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1. In addition the Single Beam interface using NMEA datagrams has been verified This version is released for both Linux and Windows XP 2 2 Software changes in 3 6 2 1 Both swaths are displayed as realtime depth in the Geographical window when the echosounder is operating in dual swath mode Replay of data If watercolumn data is recorded to a separate file the watercolumn data will now also be shown in replay mode Manual entry of absorption coefficients corrected When selecting Manual as source of absorption coefficients in Runtime parameter Filter and Gains Absorption Coefficient gt Source SIS would crash This has now been corrected 2 3 Software changes in 3 6 1 164890 Y 1 The serial number ranges for deep water and shallow water sonar heads for EM 3002 has been updated Kongsberg SIS 2 Calibration Data from head 2 for EM 3000D is now displayed in the calibaration module 2 4 Software changes since 3 5 2 4 1 Database SIS is using PostgreSQL database server on the two different platforms on which SIS is released SIS is tested with PostgreSQL version 8 2 x Any old database predating SIS 3 6 will not be used or converted to PostgreSQL Remember to save the PU parameters before earlier versions of SIS is uninstalled 2 4 2 SIS Objects SIS Objects is a new feature for SIS It is used for adding objects into the Geographical View in SIS More information is available in the separate docum
2. The TPE files are placed on the same disk as the grids in the folder sisdata surveyName sf and are named lineNumber_date_time tpe 0010_20060907_130302 tpe SIS identify each echosounder by model and serial number All configuration and surveys are linked to the model and serial number If the transducer is changed the system get a new serial number and SIS will identify it as a new echosounder A new java application has been created which allows the user to transfer all parameters and survey to the new serial number This has to be run in the following order e Start SIS to register the echosounder with the new serial number e Close SIS e Run Change Serial and change the serial number Change Serial can be started from the Start menu and All programs SIS Change Serialon Windows and Applications SIS Change Serial on Linux e Restart SIS and continue on the old surveys 19 Kongsberg SIS El Change serial number lolx File Help Select old sounder Select new sounder em710 101 y Move old surveys 25 Spanish texts The font problem has been solved and Spanish national characters are displayed correctly 26 SVP Effects A new program SVP Effects has been added to SIS Choose Tools gt Custom gt SVP Effects and the smaller GUI ever will appear The help button is activated See the preliminary User s Manual for details SVPEffects pdf reg nr 327799 27 SVPeditor and actd files
3. OBJECT_END 17 Kongsberg SIS 18 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 e The font size for KSGPL text can now be set via the SIZE field in the KSGPL message Additionally a new token has been added to the database KSGPL_FONT_NAME to allow the user to specify the font used for KSGPL text It is now possible to select polygons text and images Note It is not possible to delete a selected polygon Realtime tide When SIS is restarted or the user continue to another existing survey the new tide values are appended to the realtimetide tide file Progress bar During Import of raw data an additional progress bar is used to indicate the progress for each individual file There is also a ribbon showing that the process is alive AutoCalib When the calibration result is stored to file the local time is added to the file name which makes QA QC easier Full disk warning A full disk warning is now given by SIS on both the Linux and Windows platforms if the remaining free space on the storage disks used for the raw data and grids gets below a preset limit File creation error On both the Linux and Windows platform an error message is issued by SIS if creating a new logging file fails Maximum file size If the size of the logged data files exceeds 1 9 Gb on Linux and 3 9 Gb on Windows new files are created automatically The file system and some programs may have problems handling files larger than 2
4. param Manual control e It is now possible to select slope filter See Runtime parameters Filter and Gains Filters BIST test It is now possible to scroll and read the list of completed BIST results during ongoing Run all BISTs testing in the Installation and Test BIST The scroll bars for the result list are operational as well as the mouse wheel when the cursor is within the list borders As before no other tasks may be started until the tests are completed or cancelled Log all heights This feature can be configured from Installation and Test Sensor setup Settings Positioning System Settings and Log all heights It is now possible to define extra quality factors for GGA and GGK for which the heights are approved When this feature is enabled height datagrams h datagrams will always be sent from the PU This feature is implemented for all multi beam sounders EM range except EM121A The Log all heights feature can only be used with one positioning system attached to the echosounder The additional quality factors for which the heights are approved 27 Kongsberg SIS 28 41 42 43 44 must be defined in a comma separated list and the list can be different for all three positioning systems if used The implementation of this feature is as follows If Log all heights is disabled the PU and SIS operates as before If Log all heights is enabled the quality testing is turned off
5. Gb on Linux and 4 Gb on Windows SRV datagram to Subbottom profiler The resolution is enhanced SST and SSB use 1 decimal and SSA uses 2 decimals Planning module e Make turn in the planning module works for all lines e The P button is now selected depressed automatically when the planning frame is opened e The edit selection function for the Coordinate Type Geographical DD MM SS SS has been corrected e ASCII plan files can be stored in different coordinate formats decimal degrees decimal minutes or decimal seconds 164890 Y 164890 Y 21 22 23 24 SIS SOFTWARE RELEASE 3 6 The startup of CSV2ASVP from the SVP Editor has been made more robust SVPLogger input The SVPLogger is used to read Morse and AML formatted sound speed probes The position where the SVP is measured is now read from SIS when an echosounder is attached Output of TPE values to separate file In Tools Custom Set parameters gt Logging a new option has been added Log error estimate to file This option is only available when importing raw data into SIS There are two possible formats e 1 the simple format which outputs Beam number horizontal error and vertical error e 2a more complete format which outputs Beam number latitude degrees longitude degrees north cm east cm depth horizontal error cm and vertical error cm At the top of the file a header is written explaining the format of the file
6. Minimum sector width Inst ang sonar head 1 HEAD2 Same calculations as for HEAD 1 Remember installation angle for HEAD 2 is normally negative i e pointing to starboard Miscellaneous Runtime parameter additions and changes EM122 and EM302 e It is now possible to select Swath number for the Scope Display See Runtime parameters Simulator Parameters for Scope Display 164890 Y 164890 Y 39 40 SIS SOFTWARE RELEASE 3 6 e EM122 and EM302 is running In between beam spacing instead of equidistant See Runtime parameters Sounder main Sector Coverage Beam Spacing EM710 e Penetration filter control A new filter control for sea bottom penetration has been added for EM 710 It can be controlled from Runtime parameters Filtering Penetration Filter Strength This filter control is intended for use on a seafloor consisting of soft sediments to reduce penetration into this layer and thereby false bottom detections Possible settings are OFF WEAK MEDIUM STRONG More information can be found in the release note for EM710 no 308277 EM3002 e Removed Bandwidth from Runtime parameters Advanced param Manual control e Additional pulse length selection of 400u sec for heads with large FIFO on HCT See Runtime parameters Advanced param Manual control Pulse length us e The RX gain offset db item is removed from the menu if not supported by PU See Runtime parameters Advanced
7. The operator of the Remote Helmsman can get the surveys loaded in SIS From the File Get loaded grids from SIS e Display stored coverage and stored ship tracks Stored coverage and ship tracks can now be viewed Enable in the Show Hide menu The grid must be transferred to Helm in order to display stored coverage and ship tracks If the Remote Helmsman run on a separate computer the survey folder on the SIS computer where the shipstrack and coverage files are stored has to be shared and mapped on the remote PC If the folder is mapped to a different drive letter on the Helm PC the folder has to be set in the menu SetParameter menu Display Helmsman Survey The name has to be Drive Letter sisdata grids or the complete folder name in front of the survey name If the folder is g sisdata grids on the SIS PC and accessible as h sisdata grids on the Helm PC you must enter h sisdata grids Scope display improvements User selectable annotation colors for the curve lines Amplitude Filtered Amplitude and Phase are added Survey name input Illegal character in the survey name is now automatically removed Legal characters are a z A Z 0 9 and _ The requirement about a comment when creating surveys has also been removed 164890 Y 164890 Y 10 11 12 SIS SOFTWARE RELEASE 3 6 Grid cell size units Grid cell size which can be set in the following windows New survey Impo
8. are already surveyed 2 7 3 Linux If SIS is first run by the Root user and afterwards by Sisuser the Grid Engine does not start correctly Before SIS is started by Sisuser the Root user must set the ownership of the file tmp jetty pid to sisuser users 164890 Y SIS SOFTWARE RELEASE 3 6 164890 Y 35 2009 Kongsberg Maritime Kongsberg Maritime AS Strandpromenaden 50 Telephone 47 33 02 38 00 P O Box 111 Telefax 47 33 04 47 53 N 3191 Horten www kongsberg com Norway subsea kongsberg com KONGSBERG
9. can now be displayed in the Geographical View See the section entitled Seabed Image Processing for details The Show Hide menu structure has been revised and renamed the Options menu See the section entitled Revised Show Hide Menu for details Crossing Date line The graticule is drawn correctly when any Lat Lon format is selected for the graticule The drawing of the coverage lines are also corrected A relevant projection has to be used 2 4 4 Revised Show Hide Menu Structure Options Menu In both the Geographical and Crosstrack frames the Show Hide menu has been replaced by a new Options menu The Options menu contains a tree list on the left side that can be used to select which menu pane i e set of options will be shown on the right Kongsberg SIS Geographical Options Show Hide General Survey M Graticule SIS Based Surveys IV Survey Ship Neptune Based Surveys I C Map Background Gridded Data Point Data KSGPL Planning l KSGPL Graticule Label Format DD DD C DD MM MM C DD MM 55 55 C Projection Light Source On C OFF Light Position Upper Left Corner Upper Right Corner C Lower Left Corner C Lower Right Corner C Follow Cursor Ok Cancel Apply e To open the Options menu as a modal dialog left click the button To open the Options menu as a modeless dialog hold down the CTRL key and left click the button In this mode you can continue to use the SIS user
10. image data generated by the grid engine can be viewed in the Geographical view To view seabed image data in the Geographical view the seabed image feature must be enabled the seabed images must be shown and a region for which to show the data must be selected via the mouse e To enable the seabed image feature in the Geographical view ensure the Enable Seabed Image checkbox is selected in the Sonar Display Grid pane of the Options menu for the Geographical frame This checkbox enables the seabed image feature in the Geographical view De selecting this checkbox deletes all seabed image data that has been previously loaded if any frees all memory used by this feature and disables the feature 164890 Y 11 Kongsberg SIS 12 Geographical Options er Sonar Display Grid Survey l Enable Seabed Image Clear Image SIS Based Surveys aoe Neptune Based Surveys Gridded Data Maximum Number of Cells 16 Y Point Data KSGPL Dynamic Range Intensity Min as Intensity Max 245 e To show the seabed image data in the Geographical view the Seabed Image Overlay checkbox must also be selected in the SIS Surveys pane of the Options menu for the Geographical frame Selecting this checkbox shows all loaded seabed image data De selecting this checkbox hides all loaded seabed image data However the data still exists in memory and can be shown again by selecting the checkbox 164890 Y 164890 Y
11. in the PU However the PU will now transmit height datagrams continuously and it becomes the responsibility of SIS to evaluate the quality of the received height datagrams based on the additional quality factors To enable post processing the Log all heights enable status is set in the installation datagram I Three new parameters P1Q P2Q and P3Q are used for this purpose one for each positioning system PxQ 1 indicates traditional decoding of quality factors in the PU PxQ 0 indicates use additional quality factors The additional quality factors not known by the PUs used are logged by SIS in a separate new datagram 3 EMX_EXTRA_INFO_TELE Autostart of the echosounder Autostart of the echosounder can be disabled enabled from the Tools Custom Set parameters menu Use Display Automatic start of echo sounders 0 off 1 on Database backup An operator initiated possibility to take a complete backup of the SIS database has been added It can be started from the start menu and All programs gt SIS gt DBMaintenance on Windows and Applications gt SIS Database Maintenance on Linux All running SIS applications including the Grid Engine has to be closed The user must select a folder where the database is stored to file The filename is auto generated The database can only be restored for the same version of the database files and on the same computer Distribution of position datagrams to SVPLogger Pos
12. interface while the dialog is open e To open the Options menu as a modeless dialog that always remains on top of other windows hold down the CTRL SHIFT keys and left click the button In this mode you can continue to use the SIS user interface while the dialog is open and the dialog will always remain on top of the SIS user interface 10 164890 Y SIS SOFTWARE RELEASE 3 6 Note The modeless operation of the Options menu is not fully implemented Ifa parameter is changed via the SIS user interface while the dialog is open the dialog will not be updated to reflect the change For example if you use the S toolbar button toggle grid shading while the dialog is open the grid shading setting of the Options dialog will retain its current setting The next time you apply settings from the dialog the grid shading will be toggled back to its original setting Although the modeless operation is not fully implemented it has been included in this release because it is still a useful feature because most of the actions you can perform via the SIS user interface do not affect the dialog settings 2 4 5 Seabed Image Processing The grid engine can be configured to generate high resolution seabed image data in real time along with the grid data See the section entitled Seabed image processing and Realtime data cleaning for information on enabling and configuring the generation of seabed image data in real time The seabed
13. the operator tries to load a survey with a user defined projection Remember to put the user defined projection back into the database and then open the survey Remote helmsman A plan or grid must be transferred before activating a line in order to properly display the activated line Export of data from SIS The file SIS_Neptune rules created when exporting Neptune Rule from surveys logged with EM3002Dual contains severe errors and should not be imported into Neptune All beams from head 2 are misplaced 2 7 1 Limitations 1 When exporting data from SIS the residue is always O if no realtime processing has been done This is because no best fit plane is calculated if processing is off and then the residues are not computed either EM 3000 Dual head SIS can not operate on only head 2 The Auto reload in the Geographical windows should not be set lower than 10 seconds The csv2asvp application is a Windows application only Absorption coefficient files for all frequencies used by the supported echo sounders defined in Overview on page 7 must always be available except for EA 400 EA 600 and EM 121 A These files are made automatically by SIS for all Sxx datagrams received except for S13 S23 S33 S43 and S53 When using these latter datagrams it is the responsibility of the operator to supply data for all frequencies see the Operator manual for more information Remote datagrams R11 and R13 are not implemented Also t
14. the Operator manual in pdf format instead Can be found from START AII programs SIS SISHelp 2 Real Time Data Cleaning and data collected with echo sounders running in dual swath mode The Time rule can not be used This rule will remove all data from every second ping In SIS there are five predefined rules they can be activated by a slider in the real time data cleaning menu Only None Automatic 1 can be used in all the other predefined rules the Time rule is activated 3 Request Datagram SRV and NMEA MDM can only be set to send to one instance per echosounder The rest of the datagram can be send to many instances 4 Calibration and problem finding rawdata If rawdata is copied from a DVD the filename may be converted to uppercase If this data is imported to SIS and used for calibration the calibration module has problem to find the rawdata files Renaming the files to an all extension lowercase solves the problem 5 Sound velocity Probes The AML Micro probe has to be configured to disable date and time output for SIS to be able to read it Before SIS uses the probe the first time Start HyperTerminal and attach to the probe and do the setup Setup of AML Micro Probe e Command SET SCAN TIME SE SC T This command enables the displaying of time during a data scan e Command SET SCAN NOTIME SE SC NOT This command disables the displaying of time during a data scan e Command SET SCAN DATE SE SC DA
15. 581227 1420 6154 3 7 2006 10 56 05 AM 0 22546562 1420 6154 3 7 2006 10 56 05 AM 0 23580709 1420 6154 3 7 2006 10 56 06 AM 0 23539751 1420 5683 3 712006 10 56 06 AM 0 22684002 1420 5243 3 7 2006 10 56 06 AM 0 2084999 1420 5403 3 7 2006 10 56 06 AM 0 19691549 1420 5703 3 7 2006 10 56 06 AM 0 20588145 1420 5833 3 7 2006 10 56 06 AM 0 19788052 1420 6734 3 7 2006 10 56 06 AM 0 20946741 1420 6583 3 7 2006 10 56 06 AM 0 2084999 1420 5993 El 3 7 2006 10 56 06 AM 0 2188362 1420 5843 Columns where the character sequence E or E is found are converted to floating point values automatically The operator can select columns by pressing anywhere in the column and clicking the left mouse button Several columns are selected if the Shift button is down when clicking the left mouse button The selected columns can then be deleted or all non selected columns can be deleted Pressing OK writes the remaining columns back into the text editor ofthe raw data editor where rows are easily deleted select the text and delete it as in any other text editor Then save the results to file using Save as and type in the file name The results can be loaded into SVP Editor using File gt Open 21 Kongsberg SIS 22 29 30 31 Import of raw data A check box Put all depths into the grid is added for the Grid Engine Parameters Default for realtime gridding is a fixed limit for the number of points in each
16. 6 on Linux Note THIS RELEASE DELETES THE ODBC CONNECTION TO THE DATABASE SERVER USED BY SIS 3 5 AND EARLIER VERSIONS A NEW ODBC CONNECTION TO THE NEW PostgreSQL DATABASE SERVER IS CREATED THE CONTENT OF THE OLD DATABASE IS THUS INACCESSIBLE BY SIS 3 6 AND LATER VERSIONS After installing SIS 3 6 and if you want to revert back to SIS 3 5 or earlier please follow the instruction in the SIS installation procedure on how to remove SIS and uninstall PostgreSQL The installation of Operator software should be done in accordance with the updated SIS Software installation procedure reg number 851 164891 Rev N Operator manual reg number 850 164709 Rev F The Operator manual was updated for the SIS 3 4 release Note Note that some SIS features will require a hardware licence dongle Kongsberg SIS Note If the system is operated continuously with unattended hardware errors SIS may experience a gradual degradation of responsiveness due to an increased error handling load Hardware errors are normally indicated by orange or red status lamps in the SIS main menu bar as well as detailed error messages in the Message service frame 6 164890 Y SIS SOFTWARE RELEASE 3 6 2 SIS SOFTWARE RELEASE 3 6 2 1 Overview This version can be used in combination with the following echo sounders EM 3002 EM 3001 EM 3000 EM 2000 EM 1002 EM 710 EM 302 EM 300 EM 122 EM 121A EM 120 ME 70 EA 400 EA 600
17. Kongsberg SIS Seafloor Information System Release note Release 3 6 2 164890 Y Mars 2009 Document history Document number 164890 Rev Y Mars 2009 Version for release 3 6 build 174 Nov 11 2008 Note The information contained in this document remains the sole property of Kongsberg Maritime AS No part of this document may be copied or reproduced in any form or by any means and the information contained within it is not to be communicated to a third party without the prior written consent of Kongsberg Maritime AS Kongsberg Maritime AS endeavours to ensure that all information in this document is correct and fairly stated but does not accept liability for any errors or omissions Comments To assist us in making improvements to the product and to this manual we welcome comments and constructive criticism e mail km documentation kongsberg com Kongsberg Maritime AS Strandpromenaden 50 Telephone 47 33 02 38 00 P O Box 111 Telefax 47 33 04 47 53 N 3191 Horten www kongsberg com Norway subsea kongsberg com KONGSBERG 2 1 22 2 3 2 4 2 5 2 6 21 Release note Table of contents INTRODUCTION uunnunnnunnunnnunnnunnunnnunnnunnunnnunnunnnunnunnnunnnnnnn D SIS SOFTWARE RELEASE 3 6 unzuunnunnnnnnunnnunnnnnnunnunnnnnnnnnnn Z DTS Rca 7 Software CHANGES TADO LAA AAA 7 Software changes ide 7 Software changes since IN a is 8 2 4 1 Databases u A A ES 8 2 4 2 SIS ObJects ae es le een ee
18. Mercator is used that projection may be defined in a limited geographical area an UTM projection is such a projection At startup SIS may receive a position datagram at the geographical position 0 0 where the projection may not be valid If C MAP is in use SIS may hang and must be restarted The same can occur if SIS receives an invalid position during logging To avoid this enable the spike filter for positions in the Database parameters Tools Custom Set Parameters or do not use Follow ship in the Geographical window Automatic calibration is not available for Linux C Map charts are not available for Linux When using GGA_RTK alarms may not occur if RTK reference signals are lost Day night modes have been improved but are not finished yet More testing is needed to find suitable colours for all items under all conditions When the user stores user defined settings it is best to set all colour selection in daytime and use the Day colour palette 2 7 2 Grid Engine The Grid Engine and SIS communicate on the network On Windows the name of the PC running SIS is put into the PC host file to get the communication work well In order to avoid problem with enabled network cards that are not in use On Linux any unused network cards must be manually disabled 33 Kongsberg SIS 34 The GridEngine uses two different grids one called Processing grid and the other is called Display grid The Processing grid has a user de
19. S operational mode will behave as a traditional EM echosounder except for some operational restrictions and a different data logging format 13 Kongsberg SIS 14 An EA in SIS operational mode will broadcast it s presence on the network using port 1999 When detected by SIS it will be named EA600 and it can be started by SIS in the same manner as used for the EM range of echosounders Only a small number of the different SIS information display frames will be active for the EA echosounder Most noteworthy no installation and runtime parameter settings are currently available for this echosounder The numerical display will have a restricted function mainly showing position information speed and depth The major display for the EA operation in SIS will be the Geographical view frame It is used to present the depth information in gridded format based on the logged data The ship s position will be shown as a cross as no heading is currently available in the EA position datagram The pinging and logging operation is controlled by the standard SIS buttons used for this purpose The data being sent from the EA echosounder and logged by SIS is processed data i e not raw data The following is a list of the different EA datagram types being logged e GL Geographical Location e CS Comment String e D1 D2 D3 D4 Detected bottom depth e Q1 Q2 Q3 Echogram post processor e PR Parameter request e PE Parameter Ent
20. SIS SOFTWARE RELEASE 3 6 Geographical Options General mem Survey IV Stored Shipstrack l Stored Coverage Sonar Display Grid 7 Processed Positions Neptune Based Surveys PES Dala Gridded Data Point Data Depth T KSGPL sr ez Czt C 2 C Zg C zr Grid Color Value Position Color Coding Depth Single Color Backscatter GPS Quality Indicator Points per Cell Depth Diff per Cell C Grayscale e To specify the region for which sonar image data is loaded into the view use the left mouse button to drag the region for which you wish to view seabed image data then hold down the SHIFT key and release the left mouse button Seabed image data will be loaded and displayed for the specified region All of the Sonar Display Grid cells touched by the region will be loaded unless the number of grid cells loaded exceeds the number of grid cells specified in the Maximum Number of Cells spin box in the Sonar Display Grid pane of the Options menu for the Geographical frame In this case only the specified number of cells will be loaded and these cells will be centred approximately in the specified region 2 4 6 EA in SIS EA singlebeam echosounders from version 2 4 0 0 and onwards have the ability to be used in a SIS compatible mode of operation This will enable the EA echosounder to be integrated in the SIS topside environment for control display and data logging purposes From the SIS point of view an EA in SI
21. SVP editor now reads and saves actd files correctly The actd files contains sound speed and density 28 SVP Editor changes File gt Open in editor now reads much larger files very much faster 20 164890 Y 164890 Y SIS SOFTWARE RELEASE 3 6 Raw file editor Raw file editor gt I Tell som soe SV amp P 4019 aj Time Pressure Sound Velocity dbars mis 3 7 2006 10 56 05 AM 1 9747333E 0001 1 42061 33E 0003 3 7 2006 10 56 05 AM 1 9816137E 0001 1 4205983E 0003 3 7 2006 10 56 05 AM 1 8754078E 0001 1 4206164E 0003 3 7 2006 10 56 05 AM 1 9719406E 0001 1 4205833E 0003 3 7 2006 10 56 05 AM 2 1581227E 0001 1 4206154E 0003 3 7 2006 10 56 05 AM 2 2546562E 0001 1 4206154E 0003 4 gt La There is a pulldown menu where the operator can choose a character to split the raw data file into columns The last one will use a large range of characters and split the lines into many columns The splitting takes place when the Split button is pressed Then a new window is opened B Correct SVP using Table operations Delete selected columns Keep selected columns ox Cancel Col 0 Col 1 Col 2 SV amp P 4019 a Time Pressure Sound Velocity dbars mis 3 712006 10 56 05 AM 0 19747383 1420 6133 3 712006 10 56 05 AM 0 19816137 1420 5983 3 712006 10 56 05 AM 0 18754078 1420 6164 3 712006 10 56 05 AM 0 19719406 1420 5833 3 712006 10 56 05 AM 0 21
22. This command enables the displaying the date during a data scan e Command SET SCAN NODATE SE SC NOD This command disables the displaying of the date during a data scan 30 164890 Y 164890 Y 10 11 12 13 14 15 SIS SOFTWARE RELEASE 3 6 Geographical Window Point Data Ifthe data is gridded with tide correction the Point Data shown is always tide corrected independent of the depth value chosen for the grid SVPLogger is a program started from SVPEditor which can log data from Morse and AML probes to construct sound speed profiles The communication with the probe is rather unreliable over the serial line If there is no contact with the probe go to the main toolbar in SIS and open Tools External sensors Then disable and enable the svp probe to restart 1t This will bring the probe back on line again Time Offset In the Installation and Test Clock Setup it is possible to use the Offset to adjust the echo sounder clock to a local time zone If a local time zone is set there are restrictions Time to use for active positioning must be set to System If not no data will be displayed in the geographical view The data it self will be correct disregarded the selected Time to use The problem is that SIS will not take the time offset into account when reading position time tags Tools gt External sensors If any changes are made to the communication protocol for the serial line connected to the sound s
23. dded in the Numerical Display for EM 710 EM 302 and EM 122 Dual swath gives the swath mode with values OFF FIXED or DYNAMIC For all other sounder types is shown Checking of legal beam pointing angles Checking of legal runtime sonar head beam pointing angles is now also performed when changing the sonar head installation angles This function is only relevant for the EM3000 EM 3001 and EM3002 echosounders When changing the sonar head installation angles this will affect the validity of the sonar head beam pointing angles set in the Runtime parameters Sounder Main frame The new installation angles will modify the allowed maximum and minimum settings for the sonar head beam pointing angles and the currently used values may therefore as a result be outside the legal range The new test aims to inform the operator about this situation so that corrective action may be taken The figure below shows the relevant angles for a dual head system e g a dual EM3002 Installation angles neg to stb Min sector width Max angle ref head N Min sector width Port max bi PA Stb max beam font angle Smax Port min beam pnt angle Pmin Stb min beam pnt ang Smin Stb min beam pnt angle Smin Stb max beam pnt angle Smax Port min beam pnt angle Pmin Port max beam pnt angle Pmax cd022201 164890 Y 164890 Y SIS SOFTWARE RELEASE 3 6 When calculating and setting the
24. ent SIS Objects User s Guide reg nr 327796 The use of SIS Objects require a licence 2 4 3 Geographical window 1 Grid shading can now be quickly toggled on off via the S toolbar button and the F4 hotkey 2 The depth of the grid under the cursor can be displayed in the view This feature can be toggled on off via the D toolbar button and the F8 hotkey 3 The depth type Z Zt Zv Zg Zr that is displayed by the grid is now shown on the color scale legend 4 Realtime depths now show the same depth type Z Zt Zv Zg Zr as the grid 5 Full cm precision is now retained for all object displayed in the Geographical View In earlier versions many objects would loose precision when the user zoomed in very close The ship symbol now retains full cm precision for position Map north is used for ship heading when projected coordinates are used for the graticule and True north is used for ship heading when geographical coordinates are used by the graticule 8 The compass tool for measuring distance heading etc now uses double precision floating point coordinate values to retain cm precision in world coordinates 9 TIFF files created by the Poseidon software can be viewed 8 164890 Y 164890 Y 10 11 12 13 SIS SOFTWARE RELEASE 3 6 TIFF file pixel scale and position can now be entered using decimal numbers bug fix Seabed imagery data from the Grid Engine s Sonar Display Grid
25. er e ST Status Telegram e MS Motion Sensor e SV Sound Velocity This data is stored in files with a dg extension The file name format is the same as for standard SIS all files The dg files will always contain a CS Comment String datagram as first entry It contains the date information which is not found elsewhere Raw data logging can be performed by the EA itself to a local hard disk in parallel with the logging operation in SIS I e new EA raw data files are created in parallel with the lines logged in SIS This feature is turned on by default but may be turned off by selecting Tools Custom Set parameters Logging and setting EA raw data logging No 0 Yes 1 to 0 164890 Y 164890 Y Note SIS SOFTWARE RELEASE 3 6 EA is a single beam echosounder normally only measuring the depth straight below the ship This implies that SIS is logging relatively small amounts of data and if running a survey in straight lines the gridded result might be meagre This is caused by the method used for gridding based on making triangular planes between three measured depths A better gridding result will be obtained when the survey contains several lines more or less in parallel and close 2 4 7 Other 1 Export of user settings Database setting the user may alter can now be stored for later retrieval This new option is available from the menu File Export user settings Save User s
26. ettings Storage path C sisdata common user_settings El Settings name Export selection User Parameters l Datagram subscriptions Survey templates Projections Frame settings Accept Cancel The option User parameters stores the entries in the Set Parameter menu Frame settings is all setting for all the possible Frames inside SIS The settings can be read in again from the File gt Import User settings menu The files with user settings can also be used on another computer running SIS Crosstrack e Colour coding on swath two possibilities beam detection existing or depth value new The depth value uses the same colour scale as the Geographical window e Selectable depth type either Z or Zt Note The depth below keel number displayed is never tide corrected 15 Kongsberg SIS 16 e The user can now choose to scale the crosstrack vertically by a multiplication factor previously supported or by a percentage of the view new feature Invalid beams are not displayed bug fix e The Show Hide menu structure has been revised and renamed the Options menu See the section entitled Revised Show Hide Menu for details Remote Helmsman e On ships with more than one EM multibeam and more than one SIS_PC a new program HelmSelect will help the user to select which SIS_PC to connect to e Added different draw styles to the grid similar to those in the Geographical window in SIS e
27. fined resolution of its grid cells and the user must define how many cells to keep in memory at one time This is done by specifying the number of grid cells in x and y direction for the Processing grid A maximum of nine Processing grids are then stored in memory at any time The Display grid is what the user actually sees The Display grid is organized in a hierarchical tree structure called levels The grid cell size of Level 0 of the Display grid is the same as the grid cell size of the Processing grid so Level 0 Display grid will display everything from the Processing grid Level 1 in the Display grid is computed from four grid cells of Level 0 Level 2 is created from four cells of Level 1 and so on All this is taken care of by the GridEngine In the SIS operator manual the advice for the grid engine parameters are The parameter Grid Cell Size multiplied with the number of Grid Cells should then be approximately the expected swath width For a survey with changing swath width the maximum swath width should be used when covering a large survey area If surveying a small area with a moderate amount of data a smaller value can be used for the grid cell size and in this way achieve a more detailed grid A large survey area can be divided into smaller areas Copy the files from the previous survey track folder sisdata grids survey name tracks to the new survey tracks folder In this way the coverage files shows which areas that
28. grid cell For real time gridding this parameter can be changed during gridding from the Tools Custom gt Set parametersmenu Use Logging Save all depths in grid This change can be done in realtime and SIS has not to be restarted Survey frames improvements The New survey frame and the Survey Administration frame re reads the database when they are re opened Any change in one of the two frames involving database setting is now reflected back to the other frame Seabed image processing and Real time Data Cleaning The user interface for realtime data cleaning has been extended and reorganized A possibility to include seabed image processing in the Grid Engine has been added The real time data cleaning interface see figure below can be activated from three different places Import Export Raw Data Files Processing New survey Advanced options gt GridEngine Parameters Processing Runtime parameters Data Cleaning Real Time Data Cleaning None i i j High Rule set AUTOMATIC1 y Advanced The predefined rule set can be activated by the slider or from the drop down menu A user defined rule set can also be activated from the drop down menu New rule sets and editing of existing rule sets can be done from the following user interface activated from the Advanced button 164890 Y 164890 Y 32 33 34 SIS SOFTWARE RELEASE 3 6 Real Time Data Cleaning ok Apply Cancel Active r
29. he parameters ROP SID PLN PLL and COM defined in the remote datagram format definition are not used with one exception PLL is used in R12 Running many overlapping lines with high density EM3002D approx more than five lines at 20 meters depth or shallower with small grid cell size less than 50cm may cause the update of the grid and realtime depth to lag behind the ship symbol 164890 Y 164890 Y 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 SIS SOFTWARE RELEASE 3 6 A popup box saying that the GridEngine is not running seems to appear even when the GridEngine is working properly Please verify that no data is coming from the GridEngine zoom or pan in the Geographical window before taking action Helmsman s display If a new survey is created in SIS the operator has to chose transfer grid in the planning module to get the new survey displayed in the Helmsman display Using password protected parameter settings You have to press the OK button again after typing the password for the parameters to take effect in the Installation and Test parameters window When using the program CSV2ASVP to convert SmartTalk csv files to asvp sound speed files note that csv2asvp will fail ifthe csv file from SmartTalk is not formatted correctly The operator may have to edit the csv file manually to remove invalid lines C MAP background maps in Geographical Window may cause SIS to crash under these circumstances If a projection other than
30. ition datagrams from the active positioning system for the echosounder selected in the SIS GUI display is now distributed to address localhost 4312 The intended recipient is the SVPLogger The address is defined in the SIS database but may currently not be changed by the users Flashing red SIS screen using EM122 EM302 echosounders in deep water conditions When creating a new logged all file in SIS there is a requirement that the first entries in the file must be the current installation runtime and sound velocity settings This information is contained in the P R and U datagrams These datagrams are requested from the PU and must be received by SIS within a set fixed time limit This time limit has been too short for the new EM122 and EM302 164890 Y SIS SOFTWARE RELEASE 3 6 echosounders operating in deep water conditions When the time limit was exceeded this resulted in a flashing red screen A new scheme for setting this time limit has been implemented based on the current ping frequency i e deep water conditions will result in longer time limits This will avoid the described error situation 2 5 Software installation SIS 3 6 require Java version 1 6 Java installation is started automatically at installation The database can not be retained from any earlier SIS version due to the change of database server 2 5 1 Windows Remote Helmsmans running on an external PC require that Windows firewal
31. l is turned off If autorun is not started start setup bat Please see the Installation Procedure for details The install procedure displays SIS version and compilation time The release date is shown when choosing About SIS from inside SIS 2 5 2 Linux Log in as root and start the setup sh found on the DVD Please see the Installation Procedure for details Note that the operator now can choose where to store the raw data files and the grid files Please remember to put them on different hard disks When SIS is installed and the HWS is rebooted log in as sisuser and start to use SIS 2 5 3 SVP Manager Only Windows The MDM SVP Manager a tool for transferring SVP Profiles from various sensor types to different receivers such as echo sounders and acoustic position systems is included on the distribution CD See the folder SVPMan on the CD for documentation in the file SVP Manager pdf Installation is started by double click the SVP Manager msi file 2 6 Documentation e Online help is implemented in English only The Online help was updated for the SIS 3 4 release e SIS Software installation procedure Document registration number 851 164891 RevN 164890 Y 29 Kongsberg SIS e Operator manual Document registration number 850 164709 Rev F The Operator manual was updated for the SIS 3 4 release 2 7 Known issues 1 In some of the pages in the online help figure and formulas do not show up Please take a look in
32. n angle Pmin Sonar head 1 port max angle Pmax 2 EM3002 max angle ref head EM3002 minimum sector width Sonar head 1 starboard min angle Smin Sonar head 1 starboard max angle 2 EM3002 max angle ref head EM3002 minimum sector width 25 Kongsberg SIS 26 38 HEAD2 Same calculations as for HEAD 1 Remember installation angle for HEAD 2 is normally negative i e pointing to starboard The algorithm to determine the minimum and maximum allowed beam pointing angles for EM3000 echosounders are as follows The EM3000 minimum sector width is used to make sure that the port and stardboard beams on a head don t close This Minimum sector width is currently set to 10 degrees For EM3000 this Minimum sector width is located around the installation angle i e the port or starboard beam pointing angle may not cross the axis perpendicular to the head The EM3000 max angle ref head is currently 65 deg or 70 deg depending on deep or shallow head type HEAD 1 The maximum legal beam pointing angles Sonar head 1 port max angle Pmax EM3000 max angle ref head Inst ang sonar head 1 Sonar head 1 starboard max angle Smax EM3000 max angle ref head Inst ang sonar head 1 The minimum legal beam pointing angles Sonar head 1 port min angle Pmin Inst ang sonar head 1 EM3000 Minimum sector width Sonar head 1 starboard min angle Smin EM3000
33. n di 8 2 4 3 Geographical window eenei iaeiei ieoa e E SEEE Eina aa ss 8 2 4 4 Revised Show Hide Menu Structure Options Menu cocococcnccnnnnnnnnnnnnninnnnnn 9 2 4 5 Seabed Image Processing cccccccicicicicicinnnnonanananano nana n nono n nn nn nn rro nononnnnnnananoss 11 ZA E A E A A hhu 13 2 4 7 DM A ada aca 15 Software sta td pureed 29 2 5 1 WII W Sii di AS a T 29 25 2 MIU dd o eier 29 2 5 3 SVP Manager Only WindowWS cococicicinnonononononananananan nono n on nn nro nono nonnnnononoss 29 DOCUMER alone eher 29 TT 30 2 7 1 TIMO u A ai 32 2 7 2 Grid Engine ER da 33 2 7 3 A A oa ad 34 164890 Y 3 Kongsberg SIS 4 164890 Y Introduction 1 INTRODUCTION 164890 Y This document presents the software release documentation for the Seafloor Information System SIS version 3 6 It is released for the following platforms e Operator station HWS e Operating systems Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 3 and all relevant patches installed On a few HWS11 units problems has occurred with Service Pack 3 HWS11 units with all Windows updates installed works fine SUSE Linux 10 3 with all relevant patches installed particularly nVidia s OpenGL drivers See nvidia installer HOWTO htm in the nVidia folder for instructions on how to install nVidia drivers SIS 3 6 will not run on SUSE 10 0 e Database server SIS is tested with PostgreSQL version 8 2 7 on XP and PostgreSQL version 8 2
34. olator type used is currently Top Hat Interpolator radius The Interpolator radius determines the distance from an empty point in number of cells that will be used in the interpolation The less distance the less interpolation will be performed Fill in only Fill in only determines the interpolation to perform If enabled only empty points are filled if not the entire dataset will be smoothed PU simulator The PU simulator now remember the last folder where files were replayed from To change to another press the Cancel button and then browse for a location Message Service and Pop up Error messages Repeated Error messages are filtered and stored maximum once every 10 seconds Messages with variable text element are not only checked with error message number but also the text content The Grid Engine can hold surveys created with different number of cells 23 Kongsberg SIS 24 35 36 37 Automatic creation of new logged lines A new logged line can now be created automatically when anew SVP is activated This feature can be enabled and disabled from Tools Custom Set parameters Logging and SVP change should generate new logged line No 0 Yes 1 A new sound velocity profile is activated either when the user manually select it in the Runtime Parameter Sound Speed frame or when an SSP datagram for immediate use S00 S06 is received by SIS Dual swath A new field called Dual swath has been a
35. peed probe the sound speed probe should be restarted to make sure the new parameters are in effect In the Geographical View if a LOD value is manually chosen be careful not to zoom too far out with a low value use of LOD auto is recommended A large area with a low LOD value requires much computer memory Run defragmentation of the hard disk s to achieve a large region of continuous disk space When generating or editing a sound velocity profile asvp files make sure that no additional empty lines are present after the last profile item Some information warning and error messages may refer to echosounder type 850 This is the same as the ME70 echosounder If the user has set SIS to store all depth in the grid by selecting it in the SetParameter Logging menu the Points per cell selection in the Geographical window will show 25 depth points as maximum even if the actual number in the grid cells can be higher The display is correct up to 25 depth points In the dynamic colour settings for the water column display the menu selection Cut will display the colour map in the same manner as the Clamp selection 31 Kongsberg SIS 32 16 17 18 19 In the SVP Editor the File gt Send primary SVP to echo sounderis not yet fully operational After using this selection the operator has to select the SVP manually in the Runtime parameters frame to make it active If the database has been deleted an error may occur if
36. rt rawdata and Survey templates are now entered in meters Numerical Display e The default sort order has changed related parameters are grouped together e The number of items displayed in the Numerical Display has been increased e The transmit pulse length is displayed in milliseconds Ascii import A new possibility to select projections as in SIS when doing ASCII import is added The projection file is created automatically A progressbar is also added informing about progress The grid name is stored to the database and new grids has to have a distinct name from previous survey loaded to the database SetParameter menu At the bottom of each menu it is now stated what is needed for the parameters to be taken into effect See Tools Custom Set parameters CUBE e Import of rawdata SIS now controls that an UTM projection is selected e A possibility to delete the CUBE processing grid is added to the Import Export menu Survey Info improvements Survey Info in the Runtime parameter frame now also states which projection is used for the survey The information is also updated when the user select to continue on an existing survey KSGPL improvements e Areas texts and images can be selected e Send picked position when selecting line objects in KSGPL When selecting a line or a polygon the position where the operator clicked is reported in a new KSGPL message KSGPL_OBJECT POINT OF SELECTION 59 4 23 3
37. se angles the following rules apply e All angles are referenced to the vertical downward axis i e O deg is downward e The installation angles are positive to port and negative to the starboard applies to both heads e The port beam pointing angle is positive to the port whereas the starboard beam pointing angle is positive to the starboard applies to both heads e The maximum allowed beam pointing angle relative to the head is dependent on the type of sounder and in some cases on the serial number i e EM 3002 shallow and deep water heads This information is used when performing calculations to determine maximum and minimum allowed beam pointing angles relative to the vertical downward axis The algorithm to determine the minimum and maximum allowed beam pointing angles for EM 3002 EM 3001 echosounders are as follows The EM3002 minimum sector width is used to make sure that the port and stardboard beams on a head don t close This Minimum sector width is currently set to 10 degrees The EM3002 max angle ref head is currently 60 deg or 65 deg depending on deep or shallow head type HEAD 1 The maximum legal beam pointing angles Sonar head I port max angle Pmax EM3002 max angle ref head Inst ang sonar head 1 Sonar head I starboard max angle Smax EM3002 max angle ref head Inst ang sonar head 1 The minimum legal beam pointing angles Sonar head I port mi
38. ule AUTOMATIC1 Rule set AUTOMATIC1 V Delete Save as Ping processing rules DTM processing rules Grid processing rules Seabed Image Processing I Time rule ee Residue depth rule I Seabed Image Processing in Grid Engine pa Factor 0 050 I Overhang rule Split factor A EEE A I Residue vertical error rule Loo Merger type Factor 1 000 Average Surface fitting Polynomial order 1 T Residue avg vertical error rule Interpolator type ropHat y Factor n Tukey constant 6 000 ei 1 000 Interpolator radius 1 Max iterations 10 I Residue std rule Fill in only Y Factor 2 000 Conv criterion 0 010 I Grazing angle rule Min angle 20 000 The Seabed Image Processing part is new When Seabed Image Processing in GridEngine is selected the seabed image data is also send to the GridEngine and a seabed image mosaic is created Grid size factor is used to set the size of the sonar grid cells relative to the processing grid cells In the figure there will be 4 sonar grids for each processing grid Merger type This determines what action will be taken when more than one line fills a cell Currently Average and Last Wins are available Average will calculate the average sidescan values for all passings over a cell while Last Wins will use the last values only Interpolator type Sometimes data are missing in an area This can be filled with data from the surroundings using an interpolator The Interp

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