Ixsea Ramses rt 2500 s universal User manual

RAMSES RT 2500 S

Universal

RT961S-Mk2

RAMSES RT 2500 S Universal – User Guide

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Disclaimer

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time without notify any person of such revision or improvements.

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including but not limited to loss of business profits or any commercial damages,

arising out of the use of this product.

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Warranty

IXSEA provides a standard warranty of one (1) year covering this product against any

defect in materials or manufacture. The warranty starts from the date of shipment of the

product from IXSEA’s manufacturing premises to customer’s location and its duration is

indicated in the certificate of warranty delivered with the product. In the event that a defect

in materials or manufacture becomes obvious during the stipulated warranty period,

IXSEA will undertake, at its sole discretion, either to repair the defective product, bearing

the cost of all parts and labor, or to replace it with an identical product.

In order to avail itself of this warranty, Customer must notify IXSEA of the defect before

expiry of the warranty period and take all steps necessary to enable IXSEA to proceed.

Customer shall be responsible for the packaging and the shipment of the defective

product to the repair center notified by IXSEA, the cost of such shipment being borne by

Customer. IXSEA agrees to bear the cost of return freight, based on CPT (Cost Paid To)

Customer’s airport location, import tax-free.

This warranty shall not be construed as covering defects, malfunctions or damages

caused by improper use or inadequate maintenance of the product. Under no

circumstances shall IXSEA be due to provide repair or replacement under this warranty in

order a) to repair damage caused by work done by any person not representing IXSEA for

the installation, repair or maintenance of the product ; b) to repair damage caused by

improper use or connection to incompatible equipment, and specifically, the opening of

the housing of the equipment under warranty shall cause the warranty to be automatically

cancelled ; c) to maintain any product that has been modified or integrated into a larger

configuration, if such modification or integration increases the duration or difficulty of the

maintenance of said product.

This warranty covers the product hereunder and is provided by IXSEA in place of all and

any other warranty whether expressed or implied. IXSEA does not guarantee the

suitability of the product under warranty for sale or any specific use. IXSEA’s liability is

limited to the repair or replacement of defective products, this being the sole remedy open

to Customer in the event the warranty becomes applicable. IXSEA cannot be held liable

for indirect, special, subsequent or consequential damage, irrespective of whether IXSEA

has or has not received prior notification of the risk of occurrence of such damage.

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Overview of the User Guide

This document is the User Guide for the RT961S-Mk2.It must be read and understood

prior to using the acoustic navigation system.

The manufacturer shall in no case be held liable for any application or use that does not

comply with the stipulations in this guide. The User Guide is divided into seven parts:

•Part 1: Introduction – This part introduces the RT961S-Mk2 product.

•Part 2: Technical Specifications – This part lists all the useful information about

•Part 3: Installing the RT961S-Mk2 - This part helps you to install RT961S-Mk2.

•Part 4: Setting the RT961S-Mk2 to Work – This part describes the survey

parameters to setup the different parts of the system.

•Part 5: Operating the RT961S-Mk2 – This part describes the deployment and the

operation of RT961S-Mk2 until the recovery of the equipment.

•Part 6: MMI Configuration Software – This part describes the configuration of the

RT961S-Mk2 from the dedicated MMI software.

•Part 7: Maintenance – This part lists all the maintenance operations that you can

apply on RT961S-Mk2.

The abbreviations and acronyms used in this guide are listed hereafter.

A Table of Contents is available in the following pages to allow a quick access to

dedicated information.

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Text Usage

bold Bold text is used for items you must select or click in the

software. It is also used for the field names used into the dialog

box.

Courier Text in this font denotes text or characters that you should enter

from the keyboard, the proper names of disk Drives, paths,

directories, programs, functions, filenames and extensions.

italic Italic text is the result of an action in the procedures.

Icons

The Note icon indicates that the following information is of interest to the operator and

should be read.

AUTION ICON INDICATES THAT THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION SHOULD BE READ TO FORBID

OR PREVENT PRODUCT DAMAGE

ARNING ICON INDICATES THAT POSSIBLE PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH COULD RESULT

FROM FAILURE TO FOLLOW THE PROVIDED RECOMMENDATION

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Abbreviations and Acronyms

CIF Common Interrogation Frequency

CRF Common Response Frequency

IIF Individual Interrogation Frequency

IRF Individual Response Frequency

MDS Minimum Detect Signal

MFSK Multiple Frequency Shift Keying

USBL Ultra Short Base Line

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Table of Contents

COPYRIGHT.............................................................................................................................................I

DISCLAIMER ............................................................................................................................................I

TRADEMARKS..........................................................................................................................................I

WARRANTY ............................................................................................................................................II

OVERVIEW OF THE USER GUIDE ............................................................................................................. III

TEXT USAGE .........................................................................................................................................IV

ICONS ...................................................................................................................................................IV

ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS............................................................................................................V

TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................................VI

IINTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................ 1

IITECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ........................................................................................................... 3

II.1Mechanical Specifications ..................................................................................................... 3

II.1.1General Characteristics ....................................................................................................... 3

II.1.1.1“Bottom” Transponder RT961B2S-Mk2 3

II.1.1.2“Vehicle” Transponder RT961CS-Mk2 4

II.1.2Tube..................................................................................................................................... 4

II.1.3B2S Release System End Cap............................................................................................ 5

II.1.4Transponder End Cap.......................................................................................................... 6

II.1.5Mechanical Drawing............................................................................................................. 6

II.2Acoustic Specifications ......................................................................................................... 7

II.2.1Reception Specifications...................................................................................................... 7

II.2.2Transmission Specifications ................................................................................................ 7

II.2.3Operating Modes ................................................................................................................. 8

II.2.3.1Remote Control Mode 8

II.2.3.2Transponder Mode 9

II.2.3.3Responder Mode 9

II.2.3.4Pinger Mode 9

II.2.3.5Optional Pressure Telemetry Mode 10

II.3Electrical Specifications....................................................................................................... 11

II.3.1Power Supply..................................................................................................................... 11

II.3.2Optional External Input ...................................................................................................... 11

II.3.3Electronic and Mechanical Ground.................................................................................... 11

II.3.4Transponder Configuration ................................................................................................ 12

II.3.5Battery Description............................................................................................................. 12

IIIINSTALLING THE RT961S MK2...................................................................................................... 13

III.1Verification of the Pack Contents........................................................................................ 13

III.2Storing.................................................................................................................................... 13

III.3Mounting Recommendations............................................................................................... 14

IVSETTING THE RT961S-MK2TO WORK........................................................................................... 15

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IV.1Setting Up the Parameters of the RT961B2S-Mk2..............................................................15

IV.2Testing the RT961B2S-Mk2...................................................................................................15

VOPERATING THE RT961S-MK2......................................................................................................16

V.1Deployment of the RT961S-Mk2 ...........................................................................................16

V.1.1Fastening the Load to the Acoustic Shackle Assembly......................................................17

V.1.2Arming the B2S Releasing System.....................................................................................18

V.1.3Checking the Acoustic Link.................................................................................................20

V.2Recovering the RT961S-Mk2.................................................................................................21

VIMMI CONFIGURATION SOFTWARE ..................................................................................................23

VI.1Installing the MMI Software...................................................................................................23

VI.2Connecting the Transponder for Configuration .................................................................23

VI.3MMI Overview .........................................................................................................................25

VI.4List of the RT961B2S-Mk2 Configuration Parameters .......................................................27

VI.5Configuring the RT961B2S-Mk2 ...........................................................................................28

VI.5.1Introduction .........................................................................................................................28

VI.5.2Setting the Communication Port.........................................................................................29

VI.5.3Managing the Configuration................................................................................................30

VI.5.3.1Loading, Saving a Configuration from a Disk 30

VI.5.3.2Resetting the Configuration 31

VI.5.3.3Saving the Configuration to the Beacon 31

VI.5.4Configuring the Interrogation Frequency Codes.................................................................32

VI.5.5Configuring the Blanking Time and Turn Around Time ......................................................34

VI.5.6Configuring the Acoustic Threshold....................................................................................34

VI.5.7Configuring the Pressure Data Link....................................................................................35

VI.5.8Checking the Acoustic Remote Commands .......................................................................35

VI.5.9Configuring the Pinger Mode Parameters ..........................................................................37

VI.6Testing the RT961B2S-Mk2...................................................................................................38

VI.6.1Using the Command Utility Tool .........................................................................................38

VI.6.1.1Releasing the Transponder 38

VI.6.1.2Displaying the Current Voltage 39

VI.6.1.3Displaying the Current Pressure (Optional) 39

VI.6.1.4Setting ON the Pinger Mode 39

VIIMAINTENANCE ...............................................................................................................................40

CUSTOMER SUPPORT ...........................................................................................................................54

CONTACT .............................................................................................................................................55

APPENDICES ........................................................................................................................................56