APOS Survey - Surveyor's independent Operator Station for HiPAP

APOS Survey offers full LBL and SSBL, quicker mobilisation times and is designed for both permanent and temporary installation on vessels. The software communicates directly with the HiPAP transceiver, enabling the surveyor to operate independently of the bridge. The software safely integrates into the vessels HiPAP system through a high speed, optically-isolated, serial connection to maintain independence from the vessel's Dynamic Positioning (DP) network, and removes restrictions normally associated with operating a HiPAP system for subsea survey purposes.

The surveyor can interface local survey grade sensors, IMU, GYRO and GNNS, set up lever arms and load velocity profiles independently of the vessel, unlocking the full potential of HiPAP. The cPAP LBL transceiver for ROV positioning and portable HiPAP transceivers are easily interfaced, providing flexibility for a full range of operations. Both the vessels APOS and APOS Survey can compute position off the same SSBL transponders with independent calculation. HiPAP transducer alignment for both the vessel and APOS Survey system can be run simultaneously.

Features

• APOS Survey OS version 6 or later
• Select which of the vessels HiPAP transducers are available for survey
• Opto isolated serial interface allows a secure connection to the vessel’s HiPAP
• Use vessels or local survey sensors (GNSS MRU, Gyro)
• Configuration of lever arms and offsets independent of the vessel
• Cymbal digital acoustics (500+ channels)
• Positioning modes: SSBL Fast Track, LBL & Sparse LBL
• SSBL Alignment and LBL boxin calibration
• Blue Marble Geodetic Library
• Interfaces to Subsea HAIN and cPAP LBL ROV Transceiver
• Interface ROV pressure and sound velocity sensors
• Industry standard and propriety NMEA telegrams to HiPAP

echnical specification

MP8300 computer

• Type-approved by ABS, BV, CCS, DNV, GL, KR, LR, NKK, PRS and RINA
• Tested against IACS Unified Requirements E10 and IEC 60945
• 8 Port serial card; 4 x RS-232 and 4 x RS-422/485
• 4 Gigabit Ethernet ports
• 128 GB SSD drive, DVD-RW

Power

• 110 - 240 V AC

Connecting to vessel's apos computer

• MOXA NPort 5450I Ethernet to Serial Converter

ASI program

• Delivered separately to be loaded into the vessel's APOS computer

RELATED INFORMATION

• HiPAP operating principles
• HiPAP applications and features