350 Cable Survey System System Manual Covers DeepView Software Version 5.x.x and Firmware Version 3.7 TSS (International) Ltd 1, Garnett Close Greycaine Industrial Estate Watford, Herts, WD24 7GL Telephone +44 (0)1923 470800 Facsimile +44 (0)1923 470842 24 hr Customer Support +44 (0)7899 665603 e-mail: [email protected] The information in this Manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of TSS (International) Ltd Document P/N 402197 Issue 2.4 abcdef January 2008 1 9 9 3 THE QUEEN'S AWARD FOR EXPORT ACHIEVEMENT Contents CAUTIONARY NOTICE This System Manual contains full installation and operating instructions and is an important part of the 350 System. This Manual should remain easily available for use by those who will install, operate and maintain the System. WARNINGS and CAUTIONS Where appropriate, this Manual includes important safety information. Safety infor- mation appears as WARNING and CAUTION instructions. You must obey these instructions: ❐ WARNING instructions alert you to a potential risk of death or injury to users of the 350 System. ❐ CAUTION instructions alert you to the potential risk of damage to the 350 System. For your convenience, the Table of Contents section includes copies of all the WARNING and CAUTION instructions contained in this Manual. Technical Support and contact information TSS (International) Ltd 1 Garnett Close, Greycaine Industrial Estate, Watford, Herts, WD24 7GL Tel: +44 (0)1923 470800 Fax: +44 (0)1923 470842 Out of UK Hours Technical Helpline: +44 (0)7899 665603 These hours are: 4:30pm - 7:45am Monday to Friday and 12:30pm Friday to 7:45am Monday DPN 402197 © TSS (International) Ltd Page 1 of 6 350 Cable Survey System 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 System Description - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -1-5 1.2 Principle of Operation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -1-6 1.3 Quick Start for SDC Users - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -1-7 1.4 Warranty - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -1-7 2 SYSTEM OVERVIEW 2.1 Scope of Delivery - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -2-2 2.2 Unpacking and Inspection - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -2-4 2.3 Surface Components - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -2-5 2.4 Sub-sea Components - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -2-9 2.4.1 Sub-sea Electronics Pod - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2-9 2.4.2 Sensing Coils - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2-11 2.4.2.1 Sensing Coil Components- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2-12 2.4.3 Altimeter - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2-13 2.4.3.1 Alternative Altimeter Types. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2-13 2.4.4 Remotely Operated Vehicles - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2-14 3 PHYSICAL INSTALLATION 3.1 SDC Installation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -3-2 3.2 Sub-sea Installation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -3-3 3.2.1 SEP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3-3 3.2.2 Sensing Coils - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3-5 3.2.2.1 Assembling the Coils - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3-6 3.2.2.2 Mounting the Coils - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3-9 3.2.3 Altimeter Installation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3-11 3.3 Installation Check List - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3-13 4 ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION 4.1 Sub-sea Components - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -4-2 4.1.1 Ground Connections - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4-3 4.1.2 Care of Sub-sea Connectors - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4-4 4.1.3 Sub-sea Electronics Pod - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4-4 4.1.3.1 Power Requirement- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4-5 4.1.4 Sensing Coils - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4-7 4.1.5 Sub-sea Altimeter - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4-8 4.1.5.1 Direct connection to the SEP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4-9 4.1.5.2 Connection to the SDC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4-9 4.1.6 Roll/Pitch Sensor - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4-10 4.2 Surface Display Computer - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4-11 4.2.1 Power Connection - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4-11 4.2.2 Communication Link SEP to SDC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4-11 4.2.2.1 Alternative Communication Methods - - - - - - - - - - - - 4-14 4.2.3 Interface to Data Logger - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4-16 4.2.4 Interface to Video - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4-17 5 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 5.1 Software Installation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -5-2 5.2 Power-on Procedure - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -5-3 DPN 402197 © TSS (International) Ltd Page 2 of 6 Contents 5.3 DeepView For Windows - System Configuration - - - - - - - - - - - - -5-5 5.3.1 SEP type - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5-5 5.3.2 Communication ports - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5-6 5.4 Print Configuration - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -5-8 6 OPERATION SOFTWARE 6.1 Configuration - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -6-2 6.1.1 Survey Parameters - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6-2 6.1.1.1 Tone Frequency - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6-2 6.1.1.2 Threshold- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6-2 6.1.1.3 Coil Separation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6-2 6.2 DeepView for Windows Operating Controls - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -6-2 6.2.1 How to Use DeepView for Windows - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6-2 6.2.1.1 DeepView File Menu Options - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6-7 6.2.1.2 Run/ Display screen - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6-8 6.2.1.3 Forward Search Screen- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6-12 6.2.1.4 Other Windows - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6-14 6.2.1.5 Configuration Options- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6-18 6.2.2 Survey Parameters - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6-18 6.2.2.1 Altimeter - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6-20 6.2.2.2 External Data Logging - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6-22 6.2.2.3 Load Factory Defaults- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6-23 6.2.2.4 Video Overlay Setup - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6-23 6.2.3 DeepView for Windows Icon Tools - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6-25 6.2.4 DeepView for Windows Function Keys - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6-27 6.3 After the Dive - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6-28 6.4 Replaying a Log File - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6-29 6.5 Quality Control - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6-31 7 OPERATING PROCEDURE 7.1 Before the Survey - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -7-2 7.1.1 Personnel and Equipment Availability - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-2 7.1.2 Tone Frequency - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-3 7.1.3 Survey Requirements - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-3 7.1.4 Installation Requirements - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-3 7.2 During the survey - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -7-4 7.2.1 Safety and Pre-dive checks - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-6 7.2.2 Data Logging - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-6 7.2.3 Replay Logged Data - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-7 7.3 Data Formats - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -7-8 7.3.1 External Logging Format - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-8 7.3.1.1 Co-ordinates and Signals Format - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-8 7.3.1.2 Forward Search mode - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-10 7.3.2 Internal Logging Format - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-12 7.3.3 Altimeter Data Format - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-14 7.3.3.1 Datasonics PSA 900 and PSA 9000- - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-15 7.3.3.2 Ulvertech Bathymetric System - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-15 7.3.3.3 Simrad UK90 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-16 7.3.3.4 OSEL Bathymetric System - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-16 DPN 402197 © TSS (International) Ltd Page 3 of 6 350 Cable Survey System 7.3.3.5 Tritech SeaKing Bathy 704 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-17 7.4 After the Survey - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-19 7.5 Operational Considerations - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-20 7.5.1 Operating Performance - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-20 7.5.2 Sources of Error - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-21 7.5.2.1 ROV Handling - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-21 7.5.2.2 Electrical Interference- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-26 7.6 ROVs - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-29 7.6.1 Speed of Operation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-29 7.6.2 Altitude above the Seabed - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-29 7.6.3 Tracked ROV - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-29 8 SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS 8.1 Specifications - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -8-2 8.1.1 Surface Display Computer - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8-2