Kongsberg Seatex RADius 1000 Parts list manual

RADius
Technical Description
Issued: 2006-11-20

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Notice
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Copyright 2006 by Kongsberg Seatex AS. All rights reserved.
Kongsberg Seatex AS
Pirsenteret, N-7462 Trondheim, Norway
Telephone: [phone]
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Revision log
Document ID Rev. Date Reason for revision Approved
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Man_techn_RADiu
s1000_r0
0 20-11-2006 First version. HR

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Table of contents
1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................... 1
1.1 About this manual .......................................................................................................... 1
1.2 References ...................................................................................................................... 1
1.3 Definitions, abbreviations and acronyms ....................................................................... 1
1.3.1 Definitions .......................................................................................................... 1
1.3.2 Abbreviations and acronyms .............................................................................. 2
2. HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT AND SAFETY................................................................... 3
3. TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION .......................................................................................... 5
3.1 The product..................................................................................................................... 5
3.2 Design principles............................................................................................................ 6
3.2.1 Distance and bearing determination ................................................................... 7
3.3 System components........................................................................................................ 9
3.3.1 Interrogator Unit ............................................................................................... 10
3.3.2 Controller Unit.................................................................................................. 11
3.3.2.1 Processing Unit................................................................................... 11
3.3.2.2 Power/connection shelf ...................................................................... 12
3.3.2.3 Keyboard/mouse................................................................................. 13
3.3.3 Transponder ...................................................................................................... 13
3.3.3.1 RADius 600 High Gain Transponder ................................................. 14
3.3.3.2 RADius 500 Low Power Transponder ............................................... 14
Index ........................................................................................................................................ 15

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List of illustrations
Figure 1 Illustration of position accuracy as a function of distance ....................................... 5
Figure 2 A typical scenario where a vessel operates close to a high structure....................... 5
Figure 3 Relative distance and bearing .................................................................................... 7
Figure 4 RADius principle ....................................................................................................... 7
Figure 5 RADius operation modes........................................................................................... 8
Figure 6 RADius 1000 system.................................................................................................. 9
Figure 7 Interrogator front view............................................................................................. 10
Figure 8 Interrogator rear view............................................................................................. 10
Figure 9 Front panel of the Processing Unit .......................................................................... 11
Figure 10 Rear panel of the Processing Unit ......................................................................... 12
Figure 11 Rear view of the power/connection shelf............................................................... 13
Figure 12 RADius transponder.............................................................................................. 13
Figure 13 Recommended transponder placement on a production vessel ............................ 14

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