THE ANTARES SITE SECONDARY JUNCTION BOX A DEEP SEA TEST BED FOR ESONET INSTRUMENTATION DEVELOPMENTS Meeting in CPPM _ Demonstration mission in ESONET 16 sept 2008

Meeting in CPPM _ Demonstration mission in ESONET 16 sept 2008 Objectives To take benefits of the ANTARES infrastructure in order to propose cabled access by great depth to scientific, technological and industrial tests and demonstrations, with remote-control from the shore Without any disturbance for the telescope Main partners : Ifremer , CPPM , Geosciences Azur , INSU Sponsored by Region PACA Meeting in CPPM _ Demonstration mission in ESONET 16 sept 2008

BJS general principles and specifications No disturbance for the telescope thanks to precise & planned control of the equipments deployment, connecting and operating Offering at least 4 downlink interfaces compatible with emerging standards for science instrumentation net nodes Power 1KW 300 to 400VDC and data thru 100Mb Ethernet Options to be investigated : 48 VDC FO 1000Mb Ethernet DeepSeaNet instrumentation network shore link access Meeting in CPPM _ Demonstration mission in ESONET 16 sept 2008

Proposed general lay out Michel PACHA Shore station Antares Exp. Antares UW cable Antares JB BJS and users MMI & Control DeepSeaNet Opt Fiber link DeepSeaNet Node BJS Deepseanet User Exp User Exp User Exp Meeting in CPPM _ Demonstration mission in ESONET 16 sept 2008

Meeting in CPPM _ Demonstration mission in ESONET 16 sept 2008 Schedule Organization set up (Infrastructure Access Service /SAI & Access Technical Commission /CTA to examine and evaluate connexion requests) Going on BJS Junction Box installation expected by summer 2009 First operations end of 2009 Meeting in CPPM _ Demonstration mission in ESONET 16 sept 2008