1 Autosub Mission Control Ship Equipment Dr. Miles Pebody Ocean Engineering Division Southampton Oceanography Centre

2 Equipment: Computing Resources l Three Networked PCs Mission programming, mission management and vehicle telemetry.Mission programming, mission management and vehicle telemetry. Acoustic TrackingAcoustic Tracking Data ProcessingData Processing Tershelling April 2000

3 Equipment: On Surface Communications l Lonworks VHF Radio Modem (range 0.5Km) l Ethernet VHF Radio Modem (range 0.5Km) l Orbcomm Satellite Communications l Argos Satellite Tracking

4 Equipment: Subsurface Communications l 23-33KHz Acoustic Tracking, Telemetry and Commands l 10-14KKz Tracking (telemetry in development)

5 PC Equipment Layout Mission Control PC DataProcessingPC TrackingPC Lonworks VHF Radio Modem Fast data link to Autosub on deck Ethernet VHF Radio Modem Orbcomm - ShipGPS Acoustic Telemetry Deck Unit Transponders and Acoustic Tracking in towfish

6 Current Equipment List l 3 x PC l Lonworks PC interface PCNS internal interface card orPCNS internal interface card or Serial Lontalk adapter SLTA10Serial Lontalk adapter SLTA10 l Radio Ethernet l 2 x RS422 Adapters for communications with acoustic telemetry and tracking systems l Orbcomm communicator l Ship GPS unit

7 The End Dr. Miles Pebody Ocean Engineering Division Southampton Oceanography Centre

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