Teledyne SeaBat UI User manual

User Manual
SeaBat UI
Version 1.1.0
December 2013
Teledyne RESON B.V.
Stuttgartstraat 42- 44
3047 AS Rotterdam
The Netherlands
Tel.: [phone]
www.teledyne-reson.com

Amendment Record Sheet
Rev.
Date
Reason for Modifications
1.1.0
15/11/2013
Major update to SeaBat UI version 4.1.0.5
1.0.6
14/03/2013
Updated to SeaBat UI version 4.0.0.10
1.0.5
12/10/2012
Updated to SeaBat UI version 4.0.0.8
1.0.4
05/07/2012
Updated to SeaBat UI version 4.0.0.4
1.0.3
04/06/2012
Minor updates
1.0.2
24/05/2012
Updated to the latest SeaBat UI version
1.0.1
14/05/2012
New items added to the SeaBat UI User Manual.
1.0.0
26/04/2012
First version of the SeaBat UI User Manual.

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Contents
1 Introduction 1
1.1 SeaBat UI ...............................................................................................................1
2 Quick Guide 3
2.1 Introduction.............................................................................................................3
2.2 Steps.......................................................................................................................3
3 General Information 5
3.1 Introduction.............................................................................................................5
3.2 Arranging the Panes...............................................................................................5
3.2.1 Panes............................................................................................................5
3.2.1.1 Opening and hiding Panes..................................................................6
3.2.1.2 Docking................................................................................................7
3.2.1.3 Floating................................................................................................8
3.2.1.4 Context Menu....................................................................................10
3.3 SeaBat UI Toolbar................................................................................................10
3.3.1 Application Settings Dialog.........................................................................10
3.3.2 About Dialog ...............................................................................................12
3.3.3 Licensed Features Dialog...........................................................................12
3.3.4 Help File......................................................................................................13
3.3.5 Color Mode..................................................................................................13
3.3.6 Service Mode..............................................................................................13
3.3.7 Operation Mode ..........................................................................................13
3.3.8 Save Snapshot............................................................................................13
3.3.9 Start Record AVI.........................................................................................13
3.3.10 Start Record RDR.....................................................................................14
3.3.11 Start the Tracker .......................................................................................14
3.3.12 Pitch Stabilization......................................................................................14
3.3.13 Roll Stabilization .......................................................................................14
3.3.14 1PPS.........................................................................................................15
3.3.15 Normalization............................................................................................15
3.3.16 BITE..........................................................................................................15
3.4 Screen Toolbar and Context Menu ......................................................................15
4 Operation 17
4.1 Introduction...........................................................................................................17
4.2 Main......................................................................................................................18
4.2.1 Range..........................................................................................................19
4.2.2 Power..........................................................................................................19
4.2.3 Gain.............................................................................................................19
4.2.4 Pulse Length...............................................................................................20
4.2.5 Gate ............................................................................................................20

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4.2.6 Tile.............................................................................................................. 21
4.3 Advanced ............................................................................................................. 22
4.3.1 Beam Mode ................................................................................................ 22
4.3.2 (Horizontal) Steering................................................................................... 24
4.3.3 Coverage Angle.......................................................................................... 25
4.3.4 (Ping) Max Rate.......................................................................................... 26
4.3.5 Frequency................................................................................................... 26
4.3.6 Beam width................................................................................................. 26
4.3.7 Pulse Type.................................................................................................. 26
4.3.8 Absorption .................................................................................................. 27
4.3.9 Spreading ................................................................................................... 27
4.3.10 Sound Velocity.......................................................................................... 28
4.3.11 SVP Filter ................................................................................................. 28
4.4 Messages............................................................................................................. 28
4.5 IO Module............................................................................................................. 28
4.5.1 Sound Velocity............................................................................................ 31
4.5.2 Clock........................................................................................................... 31
4.5.3 Attitude........................................................................................................ 31
4.5.4 Position....................................................................................................... 31
4.5.5 Heading ...................................................................................................... 31
4.5.6 Pan and Tilt ................................................................................................ 31
4.6 Detection.............................................................................................................. 32
4.6.1 Depth Gate ................................................................................................. 32
4.6.2 Range Gate ................................................................................................ 34
4.6.3 Adaptive Gate............................................................................................. 34
4.6.4 Tracker........................................................................................................ 34
4.6.5 Coverage angle .......................................................................................... 35
4.6.6 Multi-detect................................................................................................. 35
4.7 Display.................................................................................................................. 36
4.8 Recording............................................................................................................. 38
4.8.1 Raw data Record Selection........................................................................ 39
4.8.2 Status.......................................................................................................... 40
4.9 Hardware.............................................................................................................. 40
4.9.1 Motion Stabilization .................................................................................... 41
4.9.1.1 Roll Stabilization................................................................................ 41
4.9.1.2 Pitch Stabilization.............................................................................. 42
4.9.2 PPS Configuration...................................................................................... 42
4.9.3 Trigger Configuration.................................................................................. 43
4.9.4 Ping Settings .............................................................................................. 43
4.9.5 Dual Head................................................................................................... 44
4.9.6 Bracket........................................................................................................ 45
4.9.7 Normalization.............................................................................................. 46
4.10 Pipe.................................................................................................................... 46
4.10.1 Pipe in Sway Detections........................................................................... 47
4.10.2 Pipe Parts Creation .................................................................................. 48
4.10.3 Pipe Route Creation................................................................................. 49
4.10.4 Pipe Steering............................................................................................ 49
4.10.5 Five Points Environment........................................................................... 50
4.11 Screens.............................................................................................................. 50
4.11.1 Screen Toolbar......................................................................................... 51

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4.11.2 Screen Context Menu...............................................................................51
4.11.3 Zoom Functions ........................................................................................52
4.11.4 Wedge.......................................................................................................53
4.11.5 Water Column...........................................................................................55
4.11.6 Detect........................................................................................................55
4.11.7 Sidescan ...................................................................................................56
4.11.8 Snippets....................................................................................................57
4.11.9 Helmsman.................................................................................................58
5 Service 61
5.1 Introduction...........................................................................................................61
5.2 Diagram................................................................................................................62
5.3 Information............................................................................................................63
5.3.1 Status..........................................................................................................63
5.3.2 Details.........................................................................................................64
5.3.3 IO Module QC.............................................................................................66

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Figure 2-1 Selection and Start of New SeaBat UI.................................................................................3
Figure 3-1 Display pane ........................................................................................................................6
Figure 3-2 Display pane in Docking mode ............................................................................................7
Figure 3-3 Floating window with the guide diamonds for the settings panes........................................8
Figure 3-4 Two windows combined with two tabs.................................................................................9
Figure 3-5 Context menus of the pane with in each menu a different mode selected....................... 10
Figure 3-6 Toolbar of the SeaBat UI .................................................................................................. 10
Figure 3-7 Application settings dialog ................................................................................................ 10
Figure 3-8 About SeaBat UI dialog..................................................................................................... 12
Figure 3-9 Licensed Features dialog.................................................................................................. 12
Figure 3-10 Toolbar in one of the views pops up automatically........................................................... 16
Figure 4-1 Seabat UI with four screens.............................................................................................. 17
Figure 4-2 Main Pane with Control and Tile settings. ........................................................................ 19
Figure 4-3 Range................................................................................................................................ 19
Figure 4-4 Power................................................................................................................................ 19
Figure 4-5 Gain................................................................................................................................... 20
Figure 4-6 Pulse Length..................................................................................................................... 20
Figure 4-7 Gate modes with Depth gate selected (highlighted)......................................................... 20
Figure 4-8 Tile with Wedge, Water Column and snippets screen switched on (button highlited)
but Sidescan screen off (button greyed ).......................................................................... 21
Figure 4-9 Double arrow and cross to resize screens........................................................................ 21
Figure 4-10 Advanced Controls............................................................................................................ 22
Figure 4-11 Custom checkbox ticked to set the number of beams...................................................... 22
Figure 4-12 Custom checkbox ticked to set the number of beams...................................................... 22
Figure 4-13 Custom checkbox ticked to set the number of beams...................................................... 23
Figure 4-14 Illustration of the flexmode................................................................................................ 23
Figure 4-15 Setting the Outside spacing.............................................................................................. 24
Figure 4-16 Slides in the wedge to change the high density spacing.................................................. 24
Figure 4-17 Steering............................................................................................................................. 24
Figure 4-18 With a swath of 120° the maximum steering is ±25° (85°-(120°/2)) ................................. 25
Figure 4-19 With a swath of 60° the maximum steering is ±55° (85°-(60°/2)) ..................................... 25
Figure 4-20 Coverage Angle ................................................................................................................ 25
Figure 4-21 (Ping) Max Rate................................................................................................................ 26
Figure 4-22 Frequency......................................................................................................................... 26
Figure 4-23 Beam Width....................................................................................................................... 26
Figure 4-24 Pulse type ......................................................................................................................... 26
Figure 4-25 Absorption......................................................................................................................... 27
Figure 4-26 Spreading.......................................................................................................................... 27
Figure 4-27 Sound velocity with Override checkbox............................................................................ 28
Figure 4-28 Sound velocity with Filter set to Normal............................................................................ 28
Figure 4-29 Messages.......................................................................................................................... 28
Figure 4-30 IO Module pane................................................................................................................. 29

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Figure 4-31 Clicked in the ‘Driver Name’ field of the Attitude device to have the attitude driver
list available.......................................................................................................................30
Figure 4-32 Input Distribution................................................................................................................31
Figure 4-33 Detection pane ..................................................................................................................32
Figure 4-34 Depth gate.........................................................................................................................32
Figure 4-35 Wedge with depth gates displayed....................................................................................33
Figure 4-36 Wedge with maximum depth gate not displayed. Pointer moved to Nadir outer
range of wedge and maximum depth gate dragged back into the wedge. .......................33
Figure 4-37 Depth gate with a depth gate tilt of 0° (left) and 15° (right)...............................................34
Figure 4-38 Range Gate .......................................................................................................................34
Figure 4-39 Adaptive gate parameters .................................................................................................34
Figure 4-40 Tracker ..............................................................................................................................35
Figure 4-41 Coverage angle.................................................................................................................35
Figure 4-42 Multi-detect........................................................................................................................35
Figure 4-43 Display pane......................................................................................................................36
Figure 4-44 Display pane with Detect and Water Column settings......................................................37
Figure 4-45 Recording pane .................................................................................................................38
Figure 4-46 Set path for the file. ...........................................................................................................38
Figure 4-47 Record selection................................................................................................................39
Figure 4-48 Status raw data recording .................................................................................................40
Figure 4-49 Hardware part where the sonar IP Address can be selected............................................40
Figure 4-50 Hardware part for the Motion Stabilization........................................................................41
Figure 4-51 Swath under zero roll conditions .......................................................................................41
Figure 4-52 Laterally displaced swaths under roll conditions...............................................................41
Figure 4-53 Reduced usable swath width.............................................................................................42
Figure 4-54 Swath under roll stabilization.............................................................................................42
Figure 4-55 Hardware part for the PPS Configuration..........................................................................42
Figure 4-56 Hardware part for the Trigger Configuration .....................................................................43
Figure 4-57 Example of trigger output with Delay = 0 and Pulse length = 1 ........................................43
Figure 4-58 Hardware part for the Ping Settings..................................................................................43
Figure 4-59 Hardware part for the Dual Head ......................................................................................44
Figure 4-60 Hardware part for the Dual head with the Slave connected and Offsets for Master
and Slave...........................................................................................................................44
Figure 4-61 Example of displayed local area connections. ..................................................................44
Figure 4-62 Connect checkbox ticked .................................................................................................44
Figure 4-63 Hardware Configuration for the active frequency..............................................................45
Figure 4-64 Bracket configuration drop-down list.................................................................................45
Figure 4-65 Normalization Details for the active frequency..................................................................46
Figure 4-66 Checkboxes for enable/disable pipe detection and tracking.............................................46
Figure 4-67 Pipe in sway detections parameters..................................................................................47
Figure 4-68 Pipe parts creation parameters.........................................................................................48
Figure 4-69 Pipe route creation parameters.........................................................................................49
Figure 4-70 Pipe steering parameters ..................................................................................................49
Figure 4-71 Five points environment settings.......................................................................................50
Figure 4-72 Screens. ............................................................................................................................51
Figure 4-73 Toolbar Wedge screen......................................................................................................51
Figure 4-74 Context menu Wedge screen............................................................................................52
Figure 4-75 Wedge screen with beam data color mode on Quality......................................................53
Figure 4-76 Wedge screen with history, swath shift left and swath spacing 0 .....................................53
Figure 4-77 Wedge screen with 2 sonars in dual head mode ..............................................................54
Figure 4-78 Distance Measurement function........................................................................................54

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Figure 4-79 Water Column screen with the selected beam over a wreck............................................ 55
Figure 4-80 Detect screen with one swath........................................................................................... 55
Figure 4-81 Sidescan screen................................................................................................................ 56
Figure 4-82 Snippets screen ................................................................................................................ 57
Figure 4-83 Snippets data.................................................................................................................... 58
Figure 4-84 Helmsman screen with warning distance indication (In this example when the
distance exceeds 4 meters).............................................................................................. 59
Figure 5-1 Diagram in the Service of a SeaBat SV2.......................................................................... 62
Figure 5-2 Module in error (red), 7KCenter correct (green) ............................................................... 63
Figure 5-3 Service tabs ...................................................................................................................... 63
Figure 5-4 Example of error messages in the Status page................................................................ 64
Figure 5-5 Example of available information, here Charger, in the Details page............................... 65
Figure 5-6 Example of timed outs in the Charger .............................................................................. 65
Figure 5-7 IO Module QC page with good heading data.................................................................... 66
Figure 5-8 IO Module QC page with a timeout on the attitude data................................................... 67

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1 Introduction
1.1 SeaBat UI This manual is the new user manual for the SeaBat UI.
Before the SeaBat UI will be explained how it works, a brief explanation is
given how to setup the SeaBat UI and to start the sonar (see page 3).
After this the general information will be discussed; how the panes are
working and what the options are in the toolbar (see page 5).
In the chapter Operation the operation mode of the SeaBat UI is
discussed. The different panes that can be used in conjunction with the
screens will be explained in detail (see page 17).
In the last chapter Service the status of the complete sonar system; the
temperature, voltage, communication status and other parameters is
discussed with explaining the system diagram and how the operator can
see the BITE information (see page 61).
This manual is also available as help file in the SeaBat UI. Use F1 or in
the toolbar of the SeaBat UI to open the help file.

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2 Quick Guide
2.1 Introduction This chapter will give a brief explanation how to start the SeaBat UI, what
is needed for using the SeaBat and how to improve the performance after
the sonar is pinging.
2.2 Steps
a. Before the SeaBat UI can be started a valid license has to be
installed in the 7KControlCenter. See the Operation Manual of the
sonar how to install the license.
b. When the license is installed select in the 7KControlCenter the option
New SeaBat UI and click on the Start button to open the SeaBat UI.
Figure 2-1 Selection and Start of New SeaBat UI
c. The SeaBat UI will open in the Operation mode with the four screens
displayed and a normalization process will run indicated by a
progress bar.
d. The external clock with 1PPS and the sound velocity probe have to
be interfaced with the 7K system. This can be done in the IO Module
(see page 28).
e. For a roll and/or pitch stabilization the motion sensor has to be
connected to the right port on the sonar system.
Enable in the hardware the roll stabilization and select the right
settings (see page 41).
f. When the 1PPS is coming in and the roll / pitch stabilization is
working the sonar can be started.
g. Open the Main pane to start the sonar (see page 18). Set the power
and the gain to start the sonar pinging. Change the range so the data
is properly displayed in the wedge (see page 19).
h. Select the right frequency, pulse type and beam mode in the
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i. When the sonar is pinging then in Service can be monitored if the
complete sonar system is working (see page 61).
j. To get a better bottom detection, select the Depth, Range or
Adaptive gate in the Main pane. (See page 20)
k. Set the Tracker on to get a fully automated mode of the operation
(see page 14).
l. Before the recording of the sonar data can be started the record
selection and the path for the recorded files have to set in the
Recording pane (see page 38).
m. Use the Display pane to set the right settings for the screens (see
page 36).

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3 General Information
3.1 Introduction To setup and operate the SeaBat the SeaBat UI use:
Panes. (See below)
The SeaBat UI Toolbar (see page 10).
A screen toolbar and a Context menu.
This chapter discusses how the Panes are working, the different options
of the toolbar and how the screen toolbar is working.
3.2 Arranging the Panes
The SeaBat UI uses tabs on the right side and at the bottom to open the
settings panes, the control pane and the messages pane of the SeaBat
UI.
3.2.1 Panes
The settings panes on the right side are:
Display
Detection
Recording
Hardware
IO Module
Pipe
And the three panes at the bottom are:
Main
Advanced
Messages
In this chapter will be explained how the panes can be opened, docked,
dragged and hided.
See chapter Operation on page 17 for more information about the
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3.2.1.1 Opening and hiding Panes
Move the pointer above a tab on the right side or bottom of the view and
left-click to open the Pane. Move the pointer outside the Pane and left-
click to hide the Pane again.
Figure 3-1 Display pane

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3.2.1.2 Docking
It is also possible to use
the context menu of the
pane to go from auto hide
to docking and back (see
page 10).
Click on the pin at the upper right corner of the pane, to avoid that the
pane will hide. The pin will change to , the pane is docked (pinned) and
will stay open even when the pointer is moved outside the pane and left-
clicked. The pane is now in Docking mode. Click on to undock the
pane.
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When the pane is closed after the pane is docked and undocked, the tab
will be placed as last tab on the right side and as right tab on the bottom.
So the order of the tabs will be changed by open and dock/undock the
pane.
Figure 3-2 Display pane in Docking mode

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3.2.1.3 Floating
It is also possible to use
the context menu of the
pane to go from docking to
floating and back (see
page 10).
When the pane is docked, double click on the title bar of the pane and it
becomes a floating window (the pane is now in Floating mode). Press
with the left mouse button on the title bar of the pane and it can be
dragged over the screen. The pane becomes a floating window and can
be docked to one of the sides of the view. Guide diamonds will appear
when the window is dragged.
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It is possible to move the floating window outside the frame of the SeaBat
UI.
Figure 3-3 Floating window with the guide diamonds for the settings panes
The guide diamonds helps to re-dock the settings panes to the left or right
side as displayed above and the Main, Advanced and Messages to the
top or bottom of the view.
Dragged the floating window to one of the guide diamonds (f.i. ) and
when the pointer (mouse cursor) is above the diamond, the location
where the pane will be placed is highlighted. Release the mouse button
and the pane will be docked to the highlighted location.
When now the pane is undocked it will hide and the tab for the pane will
be placed on the side where the pane was placed.

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It is not possible to
combine a Settings pane
with the Main, Advanced or
Messages pane.
When there are two or more floating windows it is possible to combine
these windows. Move one of the windows over the other window and the
guide diamonds appear. Select one of the options from the center guide
diamond and the location of the window is highlighted in the other
window. Select the option in the center of the center diamond and the two
windows will become one window with two tabs at the bottom of the
window. This last option is only valid for the settings panes.
Figure 3-4 Two windows combined with two tabs
Double click on the title bar of the combined window to make both
windows docked panes again. It is also possible to check Docking in the
context menu (see below) of the combined window. Both the panes will
be docked to the side where they were docked before. If both panes were
on the same side before only one pane with two tabs at the bottom will be
available.
Uncheck the option Floating in the context menu in both the windows of
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3.2.1.4 Context Menu
The different modes for the panes can also be set with the context menu.
When a pane is open, click with the right mouse button in the
pane/window and a context menu will be opened.
Figure 3-5 Context menus of the pane with in each menu a different mode
selected
The first picture is the context menu when the pane is in the Auto Hide
mode. Uncheck Auto Hide and the pane will come in the Docking mode.
The second picture is the context menu when the pane is in the Docking
mode. Check Auto Hide or Floating to go to another mode.
The third picture is the context menu when the window is in the Floating
mode. Check Docking to change the mode to the Docking mode. It is not
possible to go from Floating direct to Auto Hide mode.
3.3 SeaBat UI Toolbar
Figure 3-6 Toolbar of the SeaBat UI
The SeaBat UI has on top a toolbar with several options. The items in the
toolbar will be discussed from right to left.
3.3.1 Application Settings Dialog
Click on to open the application settings dialog.
Figure 3-7 Application settings dialog

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Language
Select the language that have to be used in the SeaBat UI. If a
language is not or partly available the not translated text will be in
English.
The SeaBat UI has to be restarted before the language change works.
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Lay-out
When the layout is disturbed, check the checkbox to reset the layout
and font size of the SeaBat UI.
The font size can be set to Small, Medium and Big and is only for the
font in the panes.
Units
The unit for the depth and range in the Seabat UI can be set. At the
moment only the unit Meters is available.
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Sonar
Check the checkbox to reset the sonar.
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Sonar
Check the checkbox to restore the factory settings of the sonar.
Sonar System
Shutdown –The software and firmware will be halted followed by a
power shutdown.
Reboot –Reset the software and firmware.
Remote desktop –Start a Microsoft Remote Desktop session with the
sonar computer.
All changes made in this dialog have effect after is pressed.

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3.3.2 About Dialog
Click on to open the about dialog.
Figure 3-8 About SeaBat UI dialog
3.3.3 Licensed Features Dialog
Click on to open the dialog.
Figure 3-9 Licensed Features dialog
The Licensed Features dialog displays the licenses of the feature
packages as purchased by the user.