iXBlue ROVINS Parts list manual

Rovins
Technical Description

Rovins -Technical Description
Revision History
Edition Date Comments
A07/2019 Creation
B 03/2020 Navigation data & settling time chapters updated
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Copyright
All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted, in any form or by
any means, whether electronic, printed manual or otherwise, including but not limited to
photocopying, recording or information storage and retrieval systems, for any purpose without
prior written permission of iXblue.
Disclaimer
iXblue specifically disclaims all warranties, either expressed or implied, including but not limited
to implied warranties about merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose with respect to
this product and documentation. iXblue reserves the right to revise or to make changes or
improvements to this product or documentation at any time without notify any person of such
revision or improvements.
In no event shall iXblue be liable for any consequential or incidental damages, including but not
limited to loss of business profits or any commercial damages, arising out of the use of this
product.
Trademarks
Microsoft, MS-DOS and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks and Celeron is a trademark of Intel Corporation.
Export Control
This product is subject to export control regulations. Please refer to the commercial offer or
contact iXblue for details about the applicable export control regulations and restrictions.
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Rovins Documentation
The following documents give all the information you need in order to understand and to use
your product.
●Rovins Technical Description (ref.: MU-ROVINSTD-AN-001)
>Rovins and iXblue technology presentation
>Technical specifications
>Certification and qualification, life cycle
>Mechanical, electrical and communication interface description
●Rovins Installation & Setup Guide (ref.: MU-ROVINSISG-AN-001)
>Conventions
>Physical and electrical installation
>Connecting to the Web-Based Graphical User Interface
>Setup the Rovins
>Contacting iXblue support
●Rovins Operation Guide (ref.: MU-ROVINSOG-AN-001)
>Introduction to the Inertial Navigation System
>Start-up Phases
>Web-Based Graphical User Interface description
>Configuring the navigation parameters & managing the external information
>Viewing the system information
>Recording data
●Rovins Interface Library (ref.: MU-ROVINSIL-AN-001)
>NMEA frames
>Digital input and output protocols
>Pulses interfaces specification
>Control commands
●Rovins Quick Start Guide
>Pack content verifying
>Installing and connecting Rovins
>Configuring and operating Rovins
●SEACON 12 PIN TI 1M Pigtail Cable - Product Description (Ref.: MU-PDCABLES-
AN-001)
>cable and pinout of the SEACON 12 pins Pigtail Cable
●SEACON 19 PIN TI 1M Pigtail Cable - Product Description (Ref.: MU-PDCABLES-
AN-002)
>cable and pinout of the SEACON 19 pins Pigtail Cable
●SEACON 26 PIN TI 1M Pigtail Cable - Product Description (Ref.: MU-PDCABLES-
AN-003)
>cable and pinout of the SEACON 26 pins Pigtail Cable
●Subsea Inertial Products - Illustrated Part Catalog (ref.: MU-SUBSEADP-AN-001)
>Detailed part list
>Alphanumerical Index
●Application Note - INS+DVL Calibration (ref.: MU-DVLINS-AN-001)
>Configuring the calibration
>Calibrating the DVL+INS
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●Application Note - Installation and Configuration of AHRS and INS for Seabed
Mapping Measurements (ref.: MU-HEAVAPN-AN-001)
>Using heave compensation on seabed mapping
>Effect of vessel transient movements
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Rovins Technical Description Overview
This document must be read and understood prior to using the product.
The manufacturer shall in no case be held liable for any application or use that does not comply
with the stipulations in this manual.
The Rovins Technical Description is divided into several parts:
●Part 1: Rovins Description
This part contains the description of the main product parts and the presentation of iXblue
technology.
●Part 2: Technical Specification
This part gives details on the technical specifications, the certification, qualifications and
the life cycle.
●Part 3: Mechanical Description
This part describes mechanical aspect of Rovins, except connectors.
●Part 4: Electrical interface Description
This part gives the detail of the electrical interface (connector, pinout description and
electrical levels).
●Part 5: Communication Interface Description
This part details the interfaces to communicate with Rovins.
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Abbreviations and Acronyms
ACC Accelerometer
EGNOS European Geo-stationary Navigation Overlay Service
Galileo European Satellite Navigation System
GLONASS Global Navigation Satellite System (operated by the Russian
Space Forces)
GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System
GPS Global Positioning System (operated by the United States Depart-
ment of Defense)
GST GPS Pseudo-range Noise (PRN) statistics (The GST message is
used to support Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring)
GUI Graphical User Interface
HRP Heading, Roll, Pitch
IMU Inertial Measurement Unit
INS Inertial Navigation System
IP Internet Protocol
LVA Lever Arms
MU Measurement Unit
PPS Pulse Per Second
RTK Real Time Kinematic
SD Standard Deviation
Seclat Secant latitude = 1 / cosine latitude
ROV Remotely Operated Vehicle
UTC International acronym for Coordinated Universal Time (CUT)
UTM Universal Transverse Mercator
VTG Vector Track and speed over Ground
WEEE Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
WGS-84 World Geodetic System 1984
ZDA Time and Date (The ZDA message identifies UTC time, day,
month, and year, local zone number, and local zone minutes)
ZUPT Zero velocity UPdaTe
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Table of Contents
1 ROVINS DESCRIPTION 11
1.1 IXBLUE TECHNOLOGY 11
1.2 ROVINS DATA AVAILABILITY 13
1.3 EXTERNAL SENSORS 14
2 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 15
2.1 PERFORMANCE PREREQUISITES 15
2.2 EQUIPMENT DATA DYNAMIC RANGE 16
2.3 EXTERNAL SENSORS 16
2.4 NAVIGATION DATA 17
2.5 INPUT / OUTPUT 18
2.6 POWER SUPPLY 18
2.7 EXPORT LIMITATIONS 19
2.8 SETTLING TIME 20
2.9 QUALIFICATIONS 22
2.10 LIFE CYCLE 23
2.10.1 Packaging, Handling, Storage, Transportation requirements 23
2.10.2 Auto-calibration 23
2.10.3 Built-in-test 23
2.10.4 Reliability & maintainability 23
3 MECHANICAL DESCRIPTION 24
3.1 PRESENTATION AND OVERALL DIMENSIONS 24
3.2 MECHANICAL ALIGNMENT 24
3.3 REFERENCE FRAME CENTER 24
4 ELECTRICAL INTERFACE DESCRIPTION 26
4.1 OVERVIEW OF ELECTRICAL INTERFACE 26
4.2 LISTING OF INTERFACES 27
4.3 ETHERNET CONNECTOR SPECIFICATION 28
4.3.1 Definition 28
4.3.2 Connector & Pin out 29
4.4 PORT A&B CONNECTOR (CENTRAL CONNECTOR) SPECIFICATIONS 30
4.4.1 Definition 30
4.4.2 Connector and Pinout 31
4.5 PORT X (X BEING C, D, OR E) CONNECTOR SPECIFICATIONS 32
4.5.1 Definition 32
4.5.2 Connector and Pinout 33
4.6 ROVINS POWER NETWORK 34
4.6.1 Power Supply Definition 34
4.6.2 Power Supply Pinout 34
4.7 RECOMMENDED WIRING 35
4.8 RS232/RS422 INPUT AND OUTPUT CHARACTERISTICS 39
4.9 INPUT PULSES ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS 40
4.10 OUTPUT PULSES ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS 41
5 COMMUNICATION INTERFACE DESCRIPTION 42
5.1 COMMUNICATION LINK 42
5.2 SOFTWARE INTERFACES AND LIBRARY 43
5.3 WEB-BASED GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE 44
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5.4 CONTROL COMMAND 45
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