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1. MN The transmission number within the loaded dataset Table 5 2 Settings for Data Category Signal Excess TotalReverberation Mode specific Fixed Max Scale Value The maximum scale value dB Fixed Scale Step The magnitude of the value intervals within the scale dB Fixed Transparent Min If set to True the colour for the minimum value is True False completely transparent This means the map beneath the performance rose is replacing this colour Monochrome Max Scale Value the colour gradate colour gradate use Transparency Weight of transparency for the reverberation data rose e Value 0 is no transparency the map beneath the reverberation rose is not visible in the areas with high values Value 100 is fully transparent the reverberation rose is not visible No The transmission number within the loaded dataset Table 5 3 Settings for Data Category TotalReverberation TransmissionLoss Mode specific Max Scale Value The maximum scale value dB Scale Step The magnitude of the value intervals within the scale dB Fixed Transparent Min If set to True the colour for the minimum value is True False completely transparent This means the map beneath the performance rose is replacing this colour 46 FFl rapport 2008 02183 the colour gradate colour gradate use Transparency Weight of transparency for the transmission loss data rose e Value 0 is no transparency the map beneath the rever
2. Source Frigate 1 Type Formex 101 Attach video Description Attach sound Echo NEW b 1021 7000 yds WOE 691 CRS 173 6 kts Figure 10 3 Event Properties in Simson Fennikel 68 FFI rapport 2008 02183 10 3 User comments To add a user comment select the User Comments entry connected to one of the platforms in the tree view and click the third button to the right on the toolbar A new window is now displayed see Figure 10 4 SIMSON Add User Comment oe I ey Source Frigate 1 Description Figure 10 4 The User Comments window accessed from the Event Viewer There are two choices either to add a user comment to a new category or to add a user comment to an existing category To add a user comment to a new category 1 Fill in time or click Use dynamic time from dynamic playback 2 Fill in a category that groups the user comments together 3 Write the description text 4 Click OK To add a user comment to an existing category 1 Fill in time or click Use dynamic time from dynamic playback 2 Write the description text 3 Click OK To export events to Excel right click on an event and select Export List To and Excel To edit the description of a user comment right click on a user comment and select Edit To delete a user comment right click on a user comment and select Delete The various options are displayed in Figure 10 5
3. To select one or more exercises check off the box in front of the exercise 3 2 1 Filtering data in Main Selection When one or more exercises are selected the total time interval from start to stop and geographical extent in latitude and longitude are shown in the top right of the window To decrease the time interval and geographical extent check off the Set time interval and Set geoposition boxes Values can now be edited see Figure 3 6 The formats for the values are Time dd MM yyyy hh mm gt 28 09 2006 18 55 Latitude and longitude DegDeg mm ss gt 58 27 40 Click OK when satisfied 24 FFI rapport 2008 02183 SIMSON Main Selection k Demo exercise E Frigate 1 HMS Track Active Simulated E Settings amp Detection Recorded MSIFC Active Recorded Mav Propagation Model Lybin Frigate 2 B MSIFE Active Recorded Nav Submarine 1 Mav MPA Nav Scale map to selection Bele Availability Available Time 13 11 2003 00 08 i 13 11 2003 02 56 Available Geoposition Latitude Filter Set time interval 13 11 2003 00 08 Set geoposition Latitude 600258 Longitude 05 20 59 Figure 3 6 One exercise has been selected and its content has been expanded 3 3 Closing MARIA To close the application either click File gt Exit or the Close button in the top right corner of the application If changes has been made to the map zoomed in or map attributes
4. 5 e e a am Copy Save Image S Page Setup Show Point values Un Zoom Undo All Zoom Pan Set Scale to Default Figure 14 7 The context menu in the Lybin presettings window s second page Bottom By right clicking inside the plot view various functions are displayed in a context menu Figure 14 7 e Copy copies the plot to the clipboard e Save Image As allows for saving of the plot e Page Setup and Print allows for printing e Un zoom Undo zoom and set scale to default allows for control of the zooming Lybin Presettings Sarepta WS server sga06 Bottom Sound speed 0 00 0 00 o 1482 51 9 02 35 00 FETTERE NFTF EE Figure 14 8 The third tabular page Sound Speed in Lybin Presettings 106 FFI rapport 2008 02183 The Sound Speed tab Figure 14 8 is loaded with sound speed profiles which are added from the General tab The left part of the Sound Speed tab contains a list of imported sound speed profiles If several profiles are added they are added at the bottom of this list In the middle the actual sound speed profile is displayed in tabular form the one that is selected to the left Sound speed temperature or salinity is plotted to the right Click the radio buttons to view the plots Like described in the plot for bottom profile plot control functions can be accessed by clicking inside the plot see Figure 14 9 Sound speed Temperature Salinit
5. Model Description The Royal Norwegian Navy Materiel Command Bergen 2000 4 J Wegge and E Tveit OVERALL DESCRIPTION OF AN ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION TOOL FOR ACOUSTIC ASW SENSORS FFI rapport 2003 01928 2003 5 A L Gjers e M Bosseng and F Hermansen Simson Fennikel Collector 1 2 User Manual FFI rapport 2008 01566 2008 6 T D rum E Nord F Hermansen A L Gjers e and K T Hjelmervik SIMSON Analysis Tool User Guide FFI rapport 2005 02708 2005 7 M Bosseng and A L Gjersge Simson Fennikel Installation DVD 08 02185 1 2008 8 K Landmark Levering av konfidensielle dybdedata DVD 2008 01572 1 CONFIDENTIAL 2008 9 A L Gjers e Simson Fennikel Collector Installation CD 2008 01923 2008 10 E Dombestein and S Alsterberg LYBIN XML grensesnitt versjon 1 FFI Rapport 2006 00266 2006 11 F Hermansen Accessing environmental data using the Simson tool FFI Notat 2006 00777 2006 110 FFl rapport 2008 02183 Abbreviations ASW ATAS CPU dB FC FFI HDD HMS IIS LAN Maria MSIFC RAM SNR TKE TP WOE Anti Submarine Warfare Active Towed Array System Central Processing Unit decibel uPa sqrt Hz Simson Fennikel Collector Norwegian Defence Research Establishment Hard Disk Drive Hull Mounted Sonar Internet Information Services Local Area Network Map Application from Teleplan AS Multi Sensor Integration Fire Control Random Accessed Memory Sig
6. Submarine 1 Frigate 1 gps 14 FF1 H 214 Submarine 1 Submarine 1 dacula J FF1_H_214 Submarine 1 16 Brng deg hv o 18 0 i 20 f 1000 2000 3000 4000 i i i i 13 Nov 2003 01 00 12 22 z i Frigate 1 gps Submarine 1 FF1_H_214 Submarine 1 26 28 2000 4000 6000 8000 30 0 Easth m 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 E Me oe ma 43 Nov 2003 01 00 12 13 Nov 2003 01 00 12 Speed amp Course i z IE ma Brng amp Range Error l CO ax Speed amp Course 27 Nov 2008 Speed amp Course Errors 27 Nov 2008 Brng amp Range Error 27 Nov 2008 Se a ee ee ee ne 15 nie ms ankesak lerk 8 be lille nes heisen aai tk bokse Error FF1 H 214 Submarine 1 Frigate 1 gps Submarine 1 dacula FF1_H_214 Submarine 1 Error brng deg Speed m_s Error speed m_s 1000 2000 3000 4000 200 300 400 200 300 400 13 Nov 2003 00 55 02 13 Nov 2003 01 09 31 13 Nov 2003 01 09 31 Frigate 1 gps FF1_H_214 Submarine 1 Submarine 1 dacula FF1_H_214 Submarine 1 Course deg Error range m 1000 2000 3000 4000 100 200 300 400 500 0 100 200 300 400 500 13 Nov 2003 00 55 02 13 Nov 2003 01 09 31 13 Nov 2003 01 09 31 Position x Depth x BrngRange x SpeedCourse x SpeedCourse Errors x BrngRange Error x Figure 11 7 TKE plots for a track Each time Kinematic Examination gt New is selected the content of the TKE plot group is cleared and new plots are generated To add more tracks or platforms in already existin
7. Target Strengtt 0 Detection Thre 10 Figure 5 12 Performance Prediction tab with expanded nodes There are two more sections beneath the tree view in the Performance prediction tab e In the filter section performance prediction data can be filtered on different parameters See section 5 6 2 for description of the filter parameters e In the visualization settings section settings for how to present the performance prediction data can be altered Maximizing the application window to find the visualization settings may be necessary See section 5 6 3 for a description of the parameters Click Apply to view the performance prediction data Figure 5 13 shows a performance prediction view in Maria FFI rapport 2008 02183 43 MARIA Norway 250 Simson Sele Performance Prediction E M Demo exercise V Frigate 1 amp PoD 7 HMS Demo calculations F SignalExcess I HMS Demo calculations C TotalReverberation 7 HMS Demo calculations TransmissionLoss G Demo exercise Frigate Filter Filter type Min Ma x Time spa 2003 11 o Bearing 360 Visualization settings C Use Monochrome Color Scale S 1 3 7 11 15 19 23 27 31 35 3 MUM SCRL 27 11 08 09 47 552 _ Figure 5 13 Performance Prediction data in Maria During Dynamic playback described in chapter 6 the performance prediction data will be stepped through on the map 5 6 2 Filtering performance predictio
8. This function may be especially handy when time dependent plots are displayed with seconds on the x axis FFI rapport 2008 02183 11 When data is selected Simson Fennikel gives the possibility for detailed analysis by accessing various functions from the Simson menu Chapter 8 9 and 10 gives a description of the Simson menu s data tables named track table transmission table and event viewer respectively Various analysis functions can be accessed from these tables Simson Fennikel makes use of Matlab to generate technical plots and to perform various calculations Chapter 11 gives a detailed description of how to generate plots and how to manipulate these generated plots The Simson menu has an option for changing properties for data visualization on a global level this is described in detail in chapter 12 Some administrative functions are also available these are described in chapter 13 Simson Fennikel makes use of the acoustic ray trace model LYBIN 3 to estimate sonar detection range and to aid understanding the acoustical conditions influencing sonar performance Chapter 14 gives a description of how to start LYBIN calculations from Simson Fennikel The document ends with two appendices Appendix A gives more information on Technical plots generation and Appendix B gives a description of the columns in the Simson Fennikel tables for tracks and transmissions 12 FFI rapport 2008 02183 2 Requirements and installation This ch
9. e Automatic generation from context menus in the Track table described in section 11 3 the Observation Browser described in section 11 4 and the Transmission table described in section 11 5 e Interactive generation from a separate Technical Plot window available in the Simson menu described in sections 11 1 and 11 6 In addition to drawing static plots a dynamic type of presentation is supported during Dynamic Playback see section 11 7 Known issues e Never close the Matlab window unless technical plot functions are not needed in the analysis session If Matlab is unintentionally closed restart Simson Fennikel to be able to utilize the functionality again e Occasionally Matlab is sent a heavy workload from Simson Fennikel and a window telling that the server is busy will eventually be displayed This is due to a timeout in the FFI rapport 2008 02183 71 communication between Simson Fennikel and Matlab and clicking the Retry button will normally correct the problem In order to reduce this issue both the number of displayed figures as well as the number of available figures in the Matlab window should be limited 11 1 The Technical Plot window There are several methods to create technical plots in Simson Fennikel but an essential part in this concept is the Technical Plot window TP window see Figure 11 2 It is accessed by clicking Simson gt Technical Plots HE Technical Plot File Tools Plots f f lge
10. 0 is no transparency the map beneath the reverberation rose is not visible in the areas with high values o Value 100 is fully transparent the reverberation rose is not visible 5 6 Displaying predicted sonar performance Performance Prediction data are data calculated by the FFI software Sonar Performance Prediction Service SPPS This application uses the ray trace model LYBIN 3 to calculate probability of detection signal excess total reverberation and transmission loss around a reference point This results in performance prediction beams around a reference point up to a defined range on a defined depth and with a defined resolution The data is then loaded into the database and ready to be visualized by Simson Fennikel 5 6 1 Performance Prediction tab in the ASW window To view performance prediction data click the Performance Prediction tab in the analysis window Expand the nodes and check the boxes in front of data in the categories PoD probability of detection SignalExcess TotalReverberation or TransmissionLoss see Figure 5 12 42 FFl rapport 2008 02183 a Track Reference Sonar Detection Reverberaton Performance Prediction El Demo exercise S f Frigate 1 Lybin l Lybin prediction S C Pod E emo exercise Frigate Filter Filter type Min blas DF Time sp 2003 11 200311 Dlecaino 0 0 Visualization settings Use Monochrome Color Scale 5 1 a 7 11 15 19 3 27 31 35 39
11. 1 gps cl Submarine 1 dacula c2 FF1 H 370 Submarine 1 c3 FFT H 551 Submarine 1 c4 FF1_H_ 914 Submarine 1 H speed amp Course Errors W fvt Brng amp Range Error History min 200 3 Figure 11 9 The Technical Plots windows plot tree after plotting of TKE plots Appendix A describes more on how to alter the figure layout 11 4 Automatic Generation of Observation Browser plots A lot of properties describing a reference trajectory or a track can be plotted by using the Observation Browser described in section 8 4 To plot a property select a property right click to access the context menu and select Plot Property Values see Figure 11 10 Please note that this function is not available for all properties FFI rapport 2008 02183 79 SIMSON Observation Browser Observation Algorithm Not a simulated trajectory Geo Lat 65 30354 69 31182 Long Get Next Change Observations Collection Velocity Velocity m s Flot Property Walues Recording nit 2 Frigate 1 FRIGATE OSLO Sl TargetU nit Time Time 11132003 01 09 55 11 Find Observation from Time Observation number 1 Algorithm Describes the algorithm used to simulate the trajectory if applicable Previous 13 11 2003 01 03 55 Figure 11 10 The Observation Browser with the context menu for a property plot The plot is added to a new plot group named User in the TP window see Figure 11 11 This makes it possible to generate
12. GPS Submarine 1 2000 13 Nov 2003 01 00 12 Range m 2000 2500 13 Nov 2003 01 00 12 Speed amp Course Speed amp Course 27 Nov 2008 Speed m_s 2000 13 Nov 2003 00 55 02 Course deg 2000 2500 13 Nov 2003 00 55 02 Position x BrngRange x SpeedCourse x Figure 11 6 TKE plots for a reference By clicking Kinematic Examination gt New for a track the following plots will be generated see Figure 11 7 e Position plot of track track owner and target trajectories e Speed and Course plot of track track owner and target trajectories e Speed and Course Error plot of track relative target e Depth plot for target trajectory this plot is not applicable for surface platforms e Range and Bearing plot of track range bearing and true range bearing between track owner and target trajectories e Range and Bearing Error plot of track range bearing and true range bearing between track owner and target trajectories The target trajectory is defined as the associated track reference trajectory which is the default trajectory of the default target if not set The owner trajectory is the default trajectory associated with the owner 76 FFl rapport 2008 02183 Figures E EE Fle Edt wew Insert Tools Debug Desktop Window Help a gt F DMS K ARTVTS El e o ANBSD Position I Depth 27 Nov 2008 Brng amp Range 27 Nov 2008 Position 27 Nov 2008 12 00 per PETN pe talent kaia Frigate 1 gps
13. JPEG PS ee ee ee es eee S kjer i i TxTrueBearing 120 J L J t f Ag J hannen I Li I l T f i TA 115 eee See ee eee SS Jd 2 H lese pr a yy wl A A pe ee ne EEE ee T aom Se a Sy es ERTE Gi E Ti mi a m 110 Se eae JR a me eee ete EE Cee a ee ae eT Ep Ke mene EE eee ae ee eae nee Seen oan emma E ET E 100 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 13 Nov 2003 01 05 42 Figure 11 21 A dynamic plot with a circle indicating current value To edit dynamic TP interaction group values in the bottom of the technical plot window see Figure 11 22 pause the dynamic playback and edit the values FFI rapport 2008 02183 89 TranemissionA ange km TATrueBearing Velocity m Course deg Depth m 4 Dynamic 13 11 2003 01 45 02 History min y Show future Figure 11 22 The dynamic TP properties in the Technical Plots window History Determines the amount of history in the dynamic TP Show future If checked a curve for a time interval equal to the History value will be displayed for future values as well relative current playback time If a circle is not moving or the curve is changing then the current dynamic time is before start time If no circle is displayed then the current time is after the curve stop time 90 FFI rapport 2008 02183 12 Simson menu Global properties In Simson Fennikel the
14. Length of track in seconds behind current position during dynamic playback Only applicable if property DynamicDisplayStyle is LimitedHistory than the value for property SnrValuel value 1 1 e the span between property SnrValuel and SnrValue2 value 2 1 e the span between property SnrValue2 and SnrValue3 The colour of echoes with values less than SNR value 3 1 e less than the value for property SnrValue3 SnrValue2 SNR value 2 in dB SnrValue3 SNR value 3 in dB UseSNR True if SNR colouring is to be used false if plain colouring is to be used one colour for all transmissions Table 12 3 Descriptions of Global transmission properties Tips Set SNRColour4 to Transparent to filter out weak echoes and thus get a better visualization of echoes with high SNR values 96 FFl rapport 2008 02183 12 5 Layer properties Maria uses layers to present data on the map In the tab Layers manipulation of these map layers can be performed Figure 12 5 shows the tab for layer properties To hide a layer uncheck the checkbox in the Visible column To show it simply check it again To move a layer up or down in the order in which they are drawn click the Up arrow or the Down arrow Please notice that the layer to be moved must be selected before each click SIMSON Global Properties General Reference Weapon Track Transmission Layers i Visible Layer Heference Track TCM Transmission Cancel Preview Fi
15. Matlab Maria with special maps and LYBIN CPU Intel Pentium 4 2 5 GHz or equal 4 GB 2xDVI graphics card Free space on HDD 15 GB Table 2 2 Minimum hardware requirements If the installation also includes the database an additional 10 GB free space on the HDD must be included to allow growth of the database The lack of additional RAM requirement if database is FFI rapport 2008 02183 13 to be hosted is due to the fact that 4 GB of RAM is the maximum amount a 32 bit Microsoft Windows operating system can handle The software has yet to be tested on a 64 bit operating system like the 64 bit versions of Windows XP or Vista In theory all 32 bit applications like those installed along Simson Fennikel will be able to use 4 GB of RAM each in such a version 2 2 Software prerequisites Simson Fennikel is implemented in such a way that it utilizes third party applications to extend its own functionality Simson Fennikel has thus some software prerequisites Software Windows XP 32 bit Operating system Internet Information Hosting the Sarepta Web Service Services 5 1 or equal IIS comes with the Windows operating system Sarepta Web Service The Web service and the database with bottom profiles Teleplan MARIA 5 2 Teleplan Globe GIS application FFI map collection Detailed maps of the seabed optional Matlab 7 or higher Interactive environment for performing technical computing LYBIN 5 0 Sonar performance predic
16. chapter 6 click the second button on the toolbar e To create User Comment click the User Comments entry connected to one of the platforms in the tree view and click the third button to the right This is further described in section 10 3 FFI rapport 2008 02183 67 SIMSON Event Viewer T M bef Figure 10 2 Toolbar buttons in the Event Viewer To export the event list to Excel right click in the event list and select Export List To gt Excel Dynamic playback By selecting an event in the event list and clicking on the second button in the toolbar the dynamic playback time is set to the event s time The list of events to the right is stepped through during dynamic playback and the items are highlighted 10 2 Event properties To open the properties dialogue double click an event A window with two tabs will be displayed see Figure 10 3 e An Event tab with buttons to view attachments defined in the Attachment tab and arrow buttons which move focus to the next or previous event in the list e An Attachment tab with possibilities to attach an image a video and or a sound If an exercise contains Operator Actions an additional button is available in the properties dialogue View XML Press this button to display the operator action event in a tree view SIMSON Event Properties Seles SIMSON Event Properties Event Attachment Event Attachment Time 2 13 11 2003 01 34 00 Attach image
17. drawing objects on the map Range ring To create a ring around a point in the map click the range ring icon target sign and left click on a point Drag the mouse out to a desired range and left click again to set the range ring Reference point To set a reference on point in a map click the reference point icon drawing pin and left click on a point in the map to set the reference point Position Contains fields showing position coordinates and bearing distance between points on the map Bearing distance between points in the map To view bearing distance click on a point in the map and hold Drag the mouse to another position and read the bearing and distance in the fifth textbox from the left if all textboxes in the Position are showed Information This toolbar is linked to the Map information window Contains options for information on areas vectors i e contours and points See section 4 3 for further information Please see Maria s help function for further information 4 2 Map editor The Map editor in Maria is a powerful tool Here manipulation of the map to display exactly the desired information is possible To access the map editor click View gt Map Editor A new window is then displayed see Figure 4 2 FFl rapport 2008 02183 27 bee be Te A eal Norway 2 50 Simson a p GA Seale selector eE 1000 0 M H Names TO Paints 4 Og Lines 4 fvl Og areas Ld Surface fi Map B
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19. pulse System State The sonar system state Audio Bearing The tilt step during a tilt scan True bearing for the transmission Bearing True bearing for the transmission Not applicable The ships velocity Track number if applicable MCC Maintained close contact Indicates whether or not the sonar maintained close contact with the target 120 FFl rapport 2008 02183
20. w PLOTS l Platform H DACULA History min 200 gt Figure 11 2 The Technical Plots window in Simson Fennikel without plots 72 FFI rapport 2008 02183 This window is divided into three sections e Selection of information from various information groups to the upper left for now only the platform data can be selected e A data variable list to the bottom left e Manipulation of plots to the right This is empty in the example shown in Figure 11 2 but as soon as certain types of plots are created these will be added here The population of plots to manipulate will be described in the next sections and the manipulation of these plots is further described in section 11 6 interactive generation To manipulate properties for the plots click File gt Preferences This option is further described in section 11 6 interactive generation To generate an exercise overview plot click Plots gt Exercise overview This option is further described in section 11 2 overview section To manipulate dynamic parameters use the section Dynamic in the bottom part of the window This option is further described in section 11 7 dynamic section 11 2 Automatic Generation of exercise overview plots If there exist many different datasets within the exercise s time frame and they are spread in time it may be difficult to find the desired data Simson Fennikel provides the possibility to plot an overview of where the data exist in ti
21. 07 4 0 12 Figure 11 12 How to generate the settings plot types in the transmission table To generate a TX Setting plot right click in the grey column to the left see Figure 11 12 Click TX Setting plots and a plot for the four parameters mentioned are displayed see Figure 11 13 Figures Frigate 1 HMS settings File Edit View Insert Tools Debug Desktop Window Help yax De hilaa na El na a sings g in Frigate 1 HMS settings 27 Nov 2008 FMPulseLength ms Beam Dip deg 1500 13 Nov 2003 01 08 42 1500 13 Nov 2003 01 08 42 E E gt oO pE mo o t JIL 5 4 E Ca G E us Coverage Enum 1500 13 Nov 2003 01 08 42 Figure 11 13 Tx setting plots in Simson Fennikel To generate a Tx Setting Parameter Plot choose a row by left clicking to the left of the desired one see Figure 11 12 Then right click in the cell where the desired parameter reside Click Tx Setting plots and a plot for the requested parameter is displayed see Figure 11 14 FFI rapport 2008 02183 81 Figures Frigate 1 HMS TransmissionRange Sele File Edit View Insert Tools Debug Desktop Window Help De Ss hlan EDB ao Frigate 1 HMS TransmissionRange 27 Nov 2008 TransmissionR ange km 1500 13 Nov 2003 01 08 42 Figure 11 14 Tx Setting Parameter Plots in Simson Fennikel The TP window is now populated with a new info group and a new plot group both named Sonar This is displayed in Figure 1
22. 1 15 Section 11 6 goes deeper into how the info groups and plot groups can be used further in the analysis INFO a F PLOTS l Platform v Exercise yw 4 DACULA v TKE TKE v User E Sonar E vw Sonar E v Frigate 1 HMS settings E v Pulse Length cO FMPulseLength w Beam dip cO BeamDip TS Frequency cU FMT ransmissionFrequency cl Coverage Figure 11 15 The Technical Plots window s plot tree after plotting of sonar settings 11 6 Interactive generation of plots The interactive generation of plots is controlled from the Technical Plot window Figure 11 16 shows a Technical Plots window with various plots ready to be interactively manipulated to the right 82 FFI rapport 2008 02183 ES Technical Plot Tools Plots INFO F PLOTS El Platform E v Exercisell yw Frigate I E v E sercisel vw Frigate 2 a ME Submarine 1 I vw TKE MPA 1 E vr Position E DACULA E 7 Depth El TKE Brng Range Frigate 1 gp E Speed Course Submarine 1 dacula Speed Course Errors FFI H 370 Submarine 1 Brng A ange Error FFI H 551 Submarine 1 User FF1_H_914 Submarine 1 B e User B Sonar Frigate I FFI H 1014 Velocity Frigate I HMMS settings Frigate I FFI H 1019 Course Sonar B e Frigate I HMS settings e Pulse Length e Beam dip E fv TX Frequency E e TS Coverage History min 200 gt Figure 11 16 Technical Plots window with various in
23. 11 2003 01 22 y FM Tx Freq 12 36 13 11 2003 01 23 y FM Pulse Length l 12 a 13 11 2003 01 23 v FM Bandwidth 1 12 38 13 11 2003 01 23 v CW shape J 12 39 13 11 2003 01 24 v CW Tx Freq 12 40 13 11 2003 01 24 y CW Pulse Length 1 12 41 13 11 2003 01 25 v SCW Pulse Length 1 12 4 13 11 2003 01 25 v SFM Pulse Count 12 43 13 11 2003 01 25 y SFM Pulse Length 1 12 44 13 11 2003 01 26 y System State l 12 45 13 11 2003 01 26 y Audio Bearing J 12 46 13 11 2003 01 27 Tilt Scan Valid J 12 dr 13 11 2003 01 27 y Tilt Step 1 12 48 13 11 2003 01 27 y Max Tilt 1 12 49 13 11 2003 01 28 vy Min Tilt l 12 AL 13 11 2003 01 29 y Bearing 1 12 51 13 11 2003 01 29 eCourse J 12 Ae 13 11 2003 01 29 y velocity J 12 5a 13 11 2003 01 29 see 1 E Fi 13 11 2003 01 30 a MCC 1 E AA 13 11 2003 01 30 ae T T E Figure 9 2 The column context menu in the Transmission table Right clicking the rows reveals the row context menu see Figure 9 3 FFl rapport 2008 02183 63 Te ld Time 7 Settings Id Ts Power Ts Range F 1711 9007 74 00 A 1 1 12 Ts Settings plots 1 12 Tx Settings Parameter Plot 1 0 12 Export To ko 1 0 12 1 D 12 Properties 1 I 12 13 11 2003 01 11 08 1 12 Figure 9 3 The row context menu in the Transmission table Context menu e Tx Settings plots or Tx Setting Parameter Plot plots for sonar settings are displayed in Matlab These are further described in Technical Plots section 11 5 e Export To gt Excel option copies all data in the table to
24. 13 2 Save and Load The functionality concerning saving and loading user defined settings has not been improved from the original Simson The settings being saved are high level settings concerning global properties or exercise selection It is still not possible to save all user defined settings concerning individual tracks or transmissions 13 2 1 Saving Loading setup The global properties and other setup parameters can be saved and loaded again later By setup we mean e Global properties for tracks references and transmissions e Column order and visibility in the track and transmission tables To save the setup select Simson gt Save Setup Enter a file name to save or overwrite an existing setup save file Click Save To load a setup select Load Setup from the Simson menu select a file and click Open 13 2 2 Saving Loading work done during analysis The work done during analysis can be saved and opened again later This will save e Data displayed in MARIA e Map location e Checked unchecked state of the tree structures and the filtering applied to data e The track table To save an analysis select Simson gt Save Enter a file name to save or overwrite an existing setup save file Click Save To load an analysis select Load from the Simson menu select a file and click Open 13 3 Setting working folder The working folder is the default save and load folder for Technical Plots To set the working folder sel
25. 2 3 The next step is to dock the data selection windows inside Teleplan Maria Select the View option from the menu bar Select the Simson Fennikel windows that should be docked Normally the windows ASW Dynamic Sarepta WS and Map Editor are selected Previous versions of Teleplan Maria before version 5 2 needed an internal window to be displayed before add in windows could be displayed In that case the Map Editor is such a window FFI rapport 2008 02183 19 Figure 2 4 displays the optional windows given by the View menu option The windows check of in the list displayed are Simson Fennikel windows except Map Editor Caption and Status Bar which are standard Teleplan Maria windows wW MARIA Morway 250 Simson Fennikel m5sit ASY Active Item Bookmarks Draw Layers Dynamic Locator Map Control Map Editor Map Source Mini Map Object Management Predefined Graphics Sarepta WS Time Calculator Track Module Workspace Bar other Windows Caption Full Screen view Scrollbars Status Bar Toolbars Figure 2 4 Selecting Simson Fennikel windows to dock inside Teleplan Maria This completes the installation of Simson Fennikel 2 5 Disabling the Simson Fennikel add in in Teleplan Maria To disable the Simson Fennikel add in in Teleplan Maria simply remove the add in in Addin Manager No files will be deleted but Simson Fennikel will not be loaded in Teleplan Maria 20 FFl rapport 2008 02183 3 Getting started usin
26. 2003 02 30 00 13 11 2003 02 35 00 13 11 2003 02 36 00 13 11 2003 02 48 00 13 11 2003 02 48 00 13 11 2003 02 56 00 Type Formex 101 Formex 101 Formex 101 Formex 101 Formes 101 Formes 101 Formes 101 Formex 101 Formex 101 Formex 101 Formex 101 Formex 101 Formex 101 Source Frigate 2 Frigate 2 Frigate 2 Frigate 2 Frigate 2 Frigate Z Frigate 2 Frigate 2 Frigate 2 Frigate 2 Frigate Frigate Frigate Category Description Ay kontakt Bedre ekkoskiftet til DIR Mistet kontaktSektors k 60 Bedre ekkol6 kyd til 8 kyd My kontaktSkiftet til OKI My kontakt a kyd til 4 kyd Sonar hot b035 Rapporterte ut kontakt 3301 Riser b040 Mistet kontakt bO417 4700 yds Fikk kontakt b055 5800 yds Land Landekko Formes 101 Frigate Gertrude Uw T run ferdig Figure 10 1 The Event Viewer in Simson Fennikel 10 1 The user interface The user interface is divided into two parts e A tree view to the left side which lists units and event types within the exercise e A table to the right which lists all the events for the selection chosen in the tree view sorted ascending on time When a new event type is selected any events to the right are removed and the new events are listed e To prevent previous events from being removed click the first button on the toolbar see Figure 10 2 Events will then be merged with the event list until the same button is pressed again e To set the dynamic time for playback
27. 3 MARIA Norway 250 Simson Fennikel m5sit File Edit View Map G3DMap Object ta GE ww Window Simson Help a Height Profile Analysis tg Horizon Profile Analysis Addin Manager tg Find Maximum Elevation Hame Load Config Measure Distance 4DA GM odule es System T Servi CADRGModule yes System 3 ee FFIMara ddndb Yes System i Time Control Locator es System T MarialserData Yes System z customize MrSlO Module es System T OMMAddindl Yes System Lg SONS PosConverter es System 5 1 0 2 Running CA Frogr UM RasterMo Yes System 5 1 3 2 Running CA Progr TIFF Module es System 5 1 1 2 Running CA Frogr VPFVIsualzer Ves System 5 1 0 2 Running CA Frogr WS Client Ter System 5 1 3 4 Running CA Frogr Figure 2 3 Screen shot of Teleplan Maria with the Tools menu open The resulting window of the Addins option called Addin Manager is displayed in the background In the resulting window called Addin Manager click the System Add button Browse to the file FFIMariaAddin55 dil located in the bin folder in the installation folder of Simson Fennikel A full path of the file for a typical installation is given below C Program Files Teleplan MARIA5 Program Simson bin FFIMariaAddin55 dll Close and restart Teleplan Maria and confirm that the menu option Simson is available in the menu bar as seen in Figure
28. 3 Sonar HMS 13 11 2003 01 09 55 H 1223 Sonar HMS 13 11 2003 01 10 19 Trajectory Info H 1303 Sonar HMS 13 11 2003 01 10 13 Properties t H 2200 Sonar HMS 13 11 2003 01 11 55 a Frigate 7 FFT H 2402 Sonar HMS 13 11 2003 01 12 19 References Default target Submarine 1 Show Unit name Type Start time 2 Stop time 2 dt e GPS 13 11 2003 00 55 02 13 11 2003 02 02 14 me I GPS 13 11 2003 00 55 20 13 11 2003 02 05 41 ee DACULA 13 11 2003 01 00 12 13 11 2003 02 07 54 Set as Default Trajectory Export To Show All Hide All Target Table Trajectory Info Properties Figure 8 3 The row context menus in the Track table Row context menu in the track data display By clicking Kinematic Examination gt New in the context menu a set of default technical plots are displayed in Matlab These will be described in detail in the Technical Plots section 11 3 By clicking Set Track Reference Trajectory a reference trajectory is associated with a track This is further described in section 8 2 By clicking Export To gt Excel all data for the selected row is ready to be pasted into Excel for further analysis By clicking Show the chosen tracks are displayed in Maria Hide hides the chosen tracks from being visualized in Maria By clicking Show All all tracks in the Track Table are displayed in Maria Hide All hides all tracks in the Track table from visualization in Maria By clicking Trajectory Info anew window will open contain
29. 6 2 4 2 5 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 3 3 4 1 4 2 4 3 4 4 5 1 9 2 5 2 1 5 2 2 5 3 Introduction Background Target Audience Document structure Requirements and installation Hardware requirements Minimum requirements Recommended requirements Software prerequisites Configuring prerequisites for Simson Fennikel Installing Net 3 5 framework Installing runtime components for Visual C 2008 Libraries Activate Matlab COM Automation server capabilities Installing Internet Information Services with Sarepta Web Service Installing the FFI map collection Installing the Simson database Installing Simson Fennikel Disabling the Simson Fennikel add in in Teleplan Maria Getting started using Simson Fennikel Starting Teleplan Maria Selecting data for ASW analysis Filtering data in Main Selection Closing MARIA Relevant Maria functionality Relevant Maria menus and toolbars for ASW analysis Map editor Map information Snapshots Performing ASW analysis using Simson Fennikel Starting the analysis Displaying navigation reference data Reference tab in the ASW window Filtering reference data Displaying sensor track data FFl rapport 2008 02183 5 10 10 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 15 15 15 16 17 18 20 21 21 23 24 25 26 26 27 28 29 31 31 33 33 34 34 5 3 1 Track tab in the ASW window 34 5 3 2 Filtering active track data 36 5 3 3 The track label 37 5 3 4 Passive tracks 37 5 4 Displaying
30. 69822 16 52188 16 78041 16 81884 16 71629 Min longitude 16 5489 16 74154 16 74713 16 71239 16 60811 16 71143 16 60178 16 73101 16 5483 16 79072 16 8235 1674218 Max longitude 1667967 16 77215 16 76954 16 48611 16 58324 16 67408 69 39034 69 36101 69 35301 69 32615 69 24967 69 33192 13 11 2003 00 55 02 13 11 2003 02 02 14 01 07 12 070 4033 13 11 2003 00 56 20 13 11 2003 02 05 41 01 10 21 080 4222 13 11 2003 01 00 12 13 11 2003 02 07 54 01 07 41 219 4062 Frigate 1 Frigate 2 Submarine 1 DACULA Figure 8 1 The Track table in SIMSON Fennikel A description of the data columns are given in Appendix B 8 1 Table navigation The table is divided into four parts e A drop down list e A track data display e A reference data display e A weapon data display The drop down list If there are several track sets selected in the ASW window these data sets can be switched between from the drop down list in the top of the application FFI rapport 2008 02183 53 General information for the displays Beneath the drop down list we find the tracks and reference trajectories with various information listed in each row The show column is used to show or hide a track or a reference trajectory on the map in Maria Right click on the column header to display a column context menu where columns can be included or excluded see Figure 8 2 To reorder columns left click and hold on a column and
31. ATAS tracks indicated with an A lt MSIFC track number gt The track number displayed on the supervisor console lt sensor track number gt The local track number of the current sensors tracking algorithm The labels for HMS tracks are displayed in Figure 5 7 5 3 4 Passive tracks Passive tracks can be selected in the same way as active tracks and they can be filtered on e Time span The entire track is included if it exists at some point during the time span e Track length The entire track is included if it has a length between min and max e Bearing The entire track is included if it has a bearing value between min and max Passive tracks have the same label format as active tracks FFI rapport 2008 02183 37 5 4 Displaying transmission related data In Simson Fennikel the word Transmission is used as a collective term for transmission related data as echoes and sonar properties Obviously only the active detections called echoes are displayed on the map Other transmission related data are found in a transmission table described in section 9 Sources of data may be HMS or ATAS The data is imported into the Simson database with the software Simson Fennikel Collector 5 5 4 1 Sonar detection tab in the ASW window To display echoes in Maria click the Sonar Detection tab in the ASW window Expand the nodes and check the boxes in front of the data to be displayed see Figure 5 8 Reverberation Perfor
32. DACULA ExportMatlab E TRE TRE Frigate 1 gps Frigate T gps Submarine 1 dacula Submarine 1 dacula FFT H 370 Submarine 1 FFI H 370 Submarine 1 FF1 H 551 Submarine 1 FF1 H 551 Submarine 1 FF1_H_914 Submarine 1 FFI H 914 Submarine 1 B Sonar Sonar E Frigate 1 HMS settings Frigate 1 HMS settings Figure 11 17 The information groups and their associated context menus When a new plot group is generated automatic curve characteristics will be applied If changes are required regenerate the plot group or use the functions ResetCurveCharacteristics first and then MakePlots For more information on automatic curve characteristics see Appendix A If CurveCharacteristics is chosen on Platform level Information group Platform is right clicked the platform properties can be browsed through and changes can be made The window for CurveCharacteristics is displayed in Figure 11 18 84 FFl rapport 2008 02183 EE TP Properties S TP Properties ESPA EI A Characterisbcs Category Own Name Frigate 1 OtherCol Gi Blue PlatformCol Gi Blue TrackCol Wl Black WeaponCol Gl Green l 2 v EI A Characterisbcs Category Target Name Submarine 1 OtherCol Magenta PlatformCol Ml Red TrackCol E Magenta WeaponCol E Cyan Name Platform name Name Platform name Figure 11 18 The Curve characteristics window If ExportExcel is chosen on leaf level all data variables data for the leaf will be exported to the clipboard whic
33. FFI rapport 2008 02183 Simson Fennikel user manual Morten Bosseng and Amund Lorentz Gjers e Norwegian Defence Research Establishment FFI 2 December 2008 FFI rapport 2008 02183 899 P ISBN 978 82 464 1584 0 E ISBN 978 82 464 1585 4 Keywords software frigate Fridtjof Nansen class Simson Approved by Arne Cato Jenssen Project manager Elling Tveit Director of Research John Mikal Stgrdal Director 2 FFI rapport 2008 02183 English summary The Norwegian navy will procure five new frigates within 2010 The first frigate KNM Fridtjof Nansen was delivered by Navantia in May 2006 The frigates are equipped with two sonars in addition to the Flash dipping sonar on the helicopter The low frequency acoustic array CAPTAS is able to detect small diesel electro submarines at tens of kilometres The hull mounted sonar Spherion MRS2000 makes the frigate capable of detecting mines and incoming torpedoes as well as submarines Project 899 Nansen klasse fregatt evaluering has developed quick look analysis software for anti submarine warfare ASW to be used on board the Norwegian Fridtjof Nansen class frigates This software is called Simson Fennikel and will aid the evaluation of the actions during ASW exercises This includes visualization of positioning and dynamics of the platforms involved the settings and performance of the acoustic sensors Data are presented in a geotactical display window graphs
34. SIMSON Global Properties Reference Weapon Track Transmission Layers Show from 13 11 2003 00 08 00 13 11 2003 02 56 00 Cancel Prey en Figure 5 3 Global general properties 5 2 Displaying navigation reference data Reference data is recorded navigation trajectories from different platforms The data are imported into the Simson database with the software Simson Fennikel Collector 5 5 2 1 Reference tab in the ASW window To view platform trajectories select the tab named Reference in the ASW window If multiple trajectory recordings exist all are listed under the platform One trajectory for each platform is by default selected In the filter section of the Reference tab data can be filtered on time To filter on time check the box next to Time span and edit the Min and Max values The effect of editing the time span is the same as described in section 3 2 1 Click the Apply button to view the selected platforms The result shown in Figure 5 4 is zoomed in by using the zoom button in Maria See section 4 1 for a description of the toolbar in Maria The selected platforms are also listed in the Track Table described in chapter 8 FFI rapport 2008 02183 33 To transfer the start and stop time of the platform s trajectory to the time filter section right click on a platform trajectory in the Reference tab and select Set Time Spa
35. Speed lt Contents Curve Label Bergen gps CID c0 Contents f lt Data ID SIMSON15 1 T X Time Velocity i lt lurve gt ontents SubPlot gt Monterts Plot lt flontents gt Plottsroup gt Figure A 7 Example of the minimum XML file to load into TP The file must contain the group plot subplot and curve hierarchy with nonempty labels The curve must contain a curve ID c0 and the data identification Please note that the data ID will in general change each time a new database is generated Use property in TP to acquire a valid ID pair 118 FFI rapport 2008 02183 Appendix B Simson menu tables Column descriptions This section gives a description of the data columns in the track table chapter 8 and transmission table chapter 9 The track table Where the track has originated from sonar or system The time when the track was set up Stop time The time when the track was lost Duration Time between start and stop Time between start and stop S The minimum latitude for the track Min longitude Max longitude The maximum longitude for the track The transmission table TxPower TxRange Transmission range Coverage of sonar pulse System Mode Sonar system mode TxMode Transmission mode Multipulse mode FM Bandwidth FM bandwidth CW shape Shape of the CW pulse CW Tx Freq Transmission frequency for CW pulse FFl rapport 2008 02183 119 Length of stepped FM
36. _H_364 FF1_H_370 FF1_H_551 FF1_H_630 FF1_H_914 FF1_H_1019 FF1_H_1223 FF1_H_1309 FF1_H_2200 FF1_H_2402 References Default target Submarine 1 Show Unit name Origin Sonar HMS Sonar HMS Sonar HMS Sonar HMS Sonar HMS Sonar HMS Sonar HMS Sonar HMS Sonar HMS Sonar HMS Sonar HMS Sonar HMS Start time 2 Start time Z 13 11 2003 01 09 31 13 11 2003 01 09 31 13 11 2003 01 09 31 13 11 2003 01 09 31 13 11 2003 01 09 31 13 11 2003 01 09 31 13 11 2003 01 09 55 13 11 2003 01 09 55 13 11 2003 01 10 19 13 11 2003 01 10 19 13 11 2003 01 11 55 13 11 2003 01 12 19 Stop time Z Stop time 2 13 11 2003 01 18 52 13 11 2003 01 27 32 13 11 2003 01 20 32 13 11 2003 01 17 12 13 11 2003 01 21 46 13 11 2003 01 31 18 13 11 2003 01 18 02 13 11 2003 01 18 27 13 11 2003 01 22 36 13 11 2003 01 33 52 13 11 2003 01 22 10 13 11 2003 01 45 05 Duration Length Duration 00 09 21 00 18 01 00 11 01 00 07 41 00 12 15 00 21 47 00 08 07 00 08 32 00 12 17 00 23 33 00 10 15 00 32 46 Length Min latitude Min latitude 69 41495 69 33748 69 44883 69 43941 69 44974 69 45256 69 39024 69 30354 69 41457 69 35664 69 41321 69 30823 Max latitude Max latitude Min longitude Max longitude 69 42543 69 35189 69 45484 69 45632 69 45772 69 46127 69 41672 69 31182 69 44073 69 37557 69 41641 69 31486 16 50085 16 70309 16 71879 16 69048 16 58237 16 67623 16 58472 16
37. a plot with curves for several parameters and to generate plots with information from other sources a FJPLOTS v Exercisel yyy E fv TKE E v User l fv Frigate I FF1_H_101 Velocity E Frigate I FF1_H_1019 Course Figure 11 11 The Technical Plots window s plot tree after plotting properties 11 5 Automatic Generation of Sonar settings plots Plots for sonar settings can be generated from a context menu in the Transmission table described in chapter 9 There are two different kinds of plots that can be generated e TX Setting plots where predefined plots of a selected subset of parameters are generated These parameters are Beam dip FM pulse length FM TX frequency and Coverage e Tx Setting Parameter Plot where a plot of a selected parameter is generated 80 FFI rapport 2008 02183 SIMSON Transmission Table SIMSON Transmission Table Tx tables Demo exercise Frigate 1 HMS Recorded 46 Tx tables Demo exercise Frigate 1 HMS Recorded 46 Txld Time Z Settings Id Tx Power Tx Range Txld Time Z Settings Tx Power Tx Range i 39 13 11 2003 01 24 15 4 0 12 Tx Settings Parameter Plot 5 4 TX Settings plots Export To gt 5 0 12 42 1311 2003012528 4 6 0 8 43 13 11 2003 01 25 53 4 Export To gt ri 6 0 8 44 13 11 2003 01 26 18 4 l 55 13 11 2003 01 30 28 6 0 g 45 13 11 2003 01 26 43 4 dase 56 13 11 2003 01 30 45 6 0 8 46 13 11 2003 01 27
38. ackground General Name Norway 250 Simso Apply Figure 4 2 The Map Editor in Maria The window gives the possibility to add or remove map information To view the contents of each scale click the plus sign in front of the scale This will expand the exercise to show its contents The scale used in the displayed map is marked To add or remove information on the various levels check or uncheck the information types See the catalogue Map creator functions in the help function for a full description 4 3 Map information The Map information window is heavily linked to the Information toolbar Here information on areas lines e g contours map points and elevation data can be displayed However the most relevant information for Simson Fennikel users is area and lines information To access the map information click View gt Other Windows gt Map Information A new window is then displayed see Figure 4 3 28 FFl rapport 2008 02183 AML Metadata Figure 4 3 The Map information window in Maria e To view information about an area on the map click the area button to the left on the Information toolbar Then click on an area on the map and available information on the area will be displayed in the Map Information window e To view vector information lines e g contours on the map click the vector button on the Information toolbar Then click on a line on the map and available information on the
39. an e Track length The entire track is included if it has a length between min and max e Course The entire track is included if it has a course value between min and max e Speed The entire track is included if it has a speed value between min and max Sonar tracks ATAS or HMS can be filtered on e Time span The entire track is included if it exists at some point during the time span e WOE weight of evidence The entire track is included if it has a WOE value between min and max e Track length The entire track is included if it has a length between min and max e Course The entire track is included if it has a course value between min and max e Speed The entire track is included if it has a speed value between min and max 36 FFI rapport 2008 02183 5 3 3 The track label Tracks displayed in Maria have track labels attached to them The system distinguishes between to types of track when a track label is created e System tracks from MSIFC Format lt platform short name gt _ lt MSIFC track number gt Example FNAN_110025 e Sonar tracks from the sonars Format lt platform short name gt _ lt sonar gt _ lt sensor track number gt Examples FNAN_H_7396 FNAN_A_ 7396 Figure 5 7 Tracks with track labels sonar tracks Format description lt platform short name gt This is an abbreviated version of the platform name e g FNAN lt sonar gt We distinguish between e HMsS tracks indicated with an HR e
40. and tables using one or two screens Our main objective with the development of Simson Fennikel is to aid debrief after an exercise The software can contribute to get answers for the following questions What interesting situations occurred during the exercise Why did we make the decisions we did What would have happened if we had made another decision The target group for the software is military personnel in the sonar group on board the frigates Experience from cruises shows that the software is helpful in tactical debriefs and training of sonar operators It is vital that the exercise participants have their actions fresh in mind therefore it is important to run the Simson Fennikel debrief shortly after the exercise The software is based on Microsoft technology and run under Windows Mandatory components are a database MS SQL for data storage and an application Maria 1 to visualize data To be able to utilize functionality for technical plots Matlab 2 must be available To be able to utilize functionality for simulation of sonar performance Lybin 3 must be available This document describes in detail the installation and use of Simson Fennikel The software is to be used by officers on board the Fridtjof Nansen class frigates and on shore FFI will use this software to be able to do analysis on data recorded on the frigates FFI rapport 2008 02183 3 Sammendrag Marinen anskaffer fem nye fregatter innen 2010 Den
41. apter includes a requirement specification of both hardware and software and an installation procedure for the Simson Fennikel software and some of its prerequisites 2 1 Hardware requirements The requirements for hardware are divided into minimum requirements and recommended requirements With the minimum requirements met the user will be able to get a demonstration of the software With the recommended requirements met the user will be in a better position to do thorough analysis on large datasets The software architecture of Simson Fennikel benefits form multiple desktops being connected through a LAN Analysis on the same datasets can be performed by multiple users at the same time This solution includes a separate server hosting the Simson database If the software is configured on a single PC the requirements increase due to the hosting of the Simson database 2 1 1 Minimum requirements The minimum requirements take into account the installation of the Simson Fennikel software Matlab Maria with special maps and LYBIN CPU Intel Pentium 4 1 GHz or better 1 5 GB RAM LSGBO gt No specific requirements Free space on HDD Table 2 1 Recommended hardware requirements If the installation also includes the database an additional 1 5GB RAM and 5 GB free space on the HDD must be included 2 12 Recommended requirements The recommended requirements take into account the installation of the Simson Fennikel software
42. ata and the table contains data for each single transmission The Transmission table window is placed in the Simson menu on the top of the screen Simson gt Transmission table Please note that the transmissions to be viewed in the transmission table must first be selected in the ASW window as a Sonar detection data set Figure 9 1 shows the transmission table for transmissions from our exercise SIMSON Transmission Table 25 26 af 20 23 30 31 32 33 34 35 JE af 38 33 dM Time 2 13 11 2003 01 18 27 13 11 2003 01 18 52 13 11 2003 01 19 17 13 11 2003 01 19 42 13 11 2003 01 20 07 13 11 2003 01 20 32 13 11 2003 01 20 56 13 11 2003 01 21 21 13 11 2003 01 21 46 13 11 2003 01 22 10 13 11 2003 01 22 36 13 11 2003 01 23 00 13 11 2003 01 23 25 13 11 2003 01 23 43 13 11 2003 01 24 15 74949 Fo no A a LU Settings Id 2 EE gt A w M M w Ts Power 3005 5 00 5000 A G Tx Range 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 a Coverage Omni Omni Omni Omni Omni DirBearing DirBearing DirBearing DirBearing DirBearing Omni Omni Omni Omni Omni ri System Mode ActiveFMDetect ActiveFMDetect ActveFMDetect ActveFMDetect ActveFMDetect ActveFMDetect ActiveFMDetect ActveFMDetect ActiveF MD etect ActveFMDetect ActveFMDetect ActveFMDetect ActveFMDetect ActveFMDetect ActiveFMDetect PL AP 1 Ts Mode Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefine
43. aused scenario In the top left corner the Sarepta server s name must be placed If the server is on the same machine as the application localhost must be inserted To load data for a given point in time into the window click the button Get dynamic time FFI rapport 2008 02183 103 Eel Lybin Presettings Sarepta WS server sga06 General Select time and platforms Selected data Time 13 11 2003 01 36 59 Sonar platform Target platform Platform Navigation Latitude 69 34869 69 33803 les Longitude 166217 16 75853 Target DACULA v Time 01 36 59 01 36 59 Sound speed profiles Sonar settings from transmission table Distance TimeSpan FrobeT ype Tx time Od 01 28 ABT Tx mode Tx power T length Ts frequency 7500 Tx bandwidth Tx bill Fun LYBIN Figure 14 4 The Lybin presettings window with data loaded The window for Lybin presettings are divided into three tab pages General Bottom and Sound Speed The first tab Figure 14 4 General is now loaded with data The page is divided into four sections Select time and platforms Sound speed profiles containing sound speed profiles from the database Selected data containing depths and positions e Sonar settings from transmission table The information boxes for Sonar and Target are loaded with two platforms Adjust them to correct platforms and correct reference point origin Select a sound speed profile by right clicking and selec
44. beneath Sarepta WS Server If the service is running on the same computer the computer name or simply localhost should be inserted 14 3 Lybin presettings To open the window for Lybin presettings click Simson gt LYBIN A new window will then be displayed see Figure 14 2 Lybin Presettings Sarepta WS server sg 0l General Select time and platforms Selected data Tirne O OS Get Dynamic Time sonar platform arget platform Platform Maviqation Latitude p Longitude 0 Sound speed profiles Sonar settings from transmission table Distance TimeSpan FrobeT ype Tx time ODOk m ABT Tee Ts power T length Ts frequency 5000 Ts bandwidth 150 Tx tilt Run LYBIN Figure 14 2 The Lybin Presettings window in Simson Fennikel This option is used to analyze the modelled sonar performance between the sonar and a target Data are loaded into the window when dynamic playback described in chapter 6 is run to a desired point in time see Figure 14 3 or a valid time is inserted manually therefore the Lybin presettings window will not contain any data before this step is executed 102 FFl rapport 2008 02183 8 MARIA Norway 250 Simson Demo exercise rd mr kokt SE a ap d TIA SI x it pet ae 14I Submarine 1 C Use Track Table as additional selectior Play rate sec Frigate 2 mao0 OCO NUM SCRL 27 11 08 16 29 002 gt Figure 14 3 The dynamic playback window with a p
45. beration rose is not visible in the areas with high values Value 100 is fully transparent the reverberation rose is not visible NO The transmission number within the loaded dataset Table 5 4 Settings for Data Category TransmissionLoss FFI rapport 2008 02183 47 6 Dynamic playback of displayed data Dynamic playback is a key concept in Simson Fennikel Therefore we present it quite early and refer to it in later sections where we describe the Simson menu In Simson Fennikel we have the possibility to present the data in dynamic mode The dynamic mode presents data as an animation and thus gives an opportunity to study time correlated events There are multiple parts of the analysis functionality in Simson Fennikel that are being updated during the dynamic playback e The map will be populated over time with data selected from the ASW window e Technical plots may optionally be updated with the current playback time Technical plots are described in chapter 11 and the dynamic plot mode in section 11 7 e Tables listing various data will have highlighted row correlating with the current playback time These tables are listed in section 6 3 and described further in a chapter later in the document To start dynamic playback open a new window placed in the View menu on the top of the screen View gt Dynamic Please note that dynamic playback will be performed on the data selected in the ASW window If there are minimum two platfo
46. cally and a calculation is performed based on the preset parameters Other parameters than bottom profile sound speed profile and some of the sonar parameters are those set in LYBIN in previous calculations 108 FFl rapport 2008 02183 15 Conclusion Project 899 Nansen klasse fregatt evaluering is to supply the navy with quick look analysis software for anti submarine warfare ASW by the end of 2008 The software is intended used on board the Norwegian Fridtjof Nansen class frigates The analysis software named Simson Fennikel will aid in the evaluation of the actions during ASW exercises The Simson Fennikel Collector application 5 will be used to handle recorded data and store the relevant data in a Simson database The data in the database is in turn accessed by Simson Fennikel Simson Fennikel is a version of the Simson ASW analysis software 6 with quick look relevant functionalities This includes visualization of positioning and dynamics of the platforms involved the settings and performance of the acoustic sensors and the events noted automatically or manually during the exercises Data are presented in a geotactical display window graphs or tables using one or two screens Simson Fennikel is a valuable asset in debriefing the crew increases the lessons learned and thus the benefit of an ASW exercise Both Simson Fennikel and FC is installed on board the Norwegian Fridtjof Nansen class frigates and used by naval offic
47. d Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Multipulse Whi Mono Mona Mona Mona Mona Mona Mona Mona Mono Mona Mona Mona Mona Mona Mona Figure 9 1 The transmission table in Simson Fennikel A description of the data columns are given in Appendix B 9 1 Table navigation The table is divided into two parts e A drop down list e A transmission data display The drop down list If there is multiple Sonar detection data selected in the ASW window these data sets can be switched between from the drop down list in the top of the application The transmission types may be transmissions from HMS and ATAS 62 FFI rapport 2008 02183 The transmission data display Beneath the drop down list we find the table which contains various information for each transmission Right click on the column headers to display a column context menu where columns can be included or excluded see Figure 9 2 To reorder columns left click and hold on a column and drag it to a new location Ts ld Time vT W Ts Range 25 13 11 2003 01 18 v Time Z 12 26 13 11 2003 01 18 y Settings Id 1 12 ee 13 11 2003 01 19 oh eave 1 12 20 13 11 2003 01 19 y Tx Range 1 12 29 13 11 2003 01 20 Tilt 1 12 30 13 11 2003 01 20 v Coverage 1 12 31 13 11 2003 01 20 y System Mode 1 12 32 13 11 2003 01 21 v Tx Mode 12 33 13 11 2003 01 21 y Multipulse Mode 1 12 34 13 11 2003 01 22 v FM Shape J 12 35 13
48. d box and choose Location gt Outside North East Go to 2 for extensive guides describing functionality in Matlab or use the help function accessed by the button in Matlab The Time Calculator described in chapter 7 can be used to calculate the time corresponding to the seconds on the x axis in the plot f PLOTS v Exercise ww E v Exercise yw a MEN cl Frigate 1 Navigation GFS el Frigate 1 Narrative Formex101 ce Frigate 1 Narratwe Formex101 c3 Frigate 1 Echo HMS cd Frigate 1 System Track MSI3100 ch Frigate 1 Sonar Track HMS ch Frigate 1 PFropagation ModeltLybin cr Frigate 1 Bathy Undefined co Frigate 1 Propagation Model Signe c3 Frigate 1 Propagation Model PoD C10 Frigate 1 Propagation Mode T ot C11 Frigate 1 Propagation Model Trar cle Frigate 2 Navigation GPS cla Frigate 2 M arrative Fores 101 c14 Frigate 2 Narratve Formes101 C15 Frigate 2 Sustem Track M53100 216 Submarine 1 Mavigation DACULA c17 MPA 1 Navigation GPS Figure 11 4 The Technical Plots windows plot tree after plotting an exercise overview The exercise it now available in the TP windows plot tree see Figure 11 4 One can now right click to access a context menu with the possibility to uncheck items change properties or copy curves to other subplots These options are further described in section 11 6 interactive generation 11 3 Automatic Generation of Target Kinematic Examination plots To generate Target Kine
49. description of the transmission table in chapter 9 Data selected in the Sonar detection tab will automatically be displayed during the Dynamic playback functionality described in chapter 6 5 4 2 Filtering transmission data Transmissions can be filtered on e Time span Echoes from transmissions within the time span will be loaded e Echo SNR in Tx The entire transmission all echoes is included if it has an echo with SNR value dB between min and max FFI rapport 2008 02183 39 5 5 Displaying reverberation data Reverberation data are the recorded reverberations from the system on board the frigate Sources of data may be HMS or ATAS The data are imported into the Simson database with the software Simson Fennikel Collector 5 5 5 1 Reverberation tab in the ASW window To view reverberation data on a map select the Reverberation tab in the ASW window Expand the nodes and check the boxes in front of the data to be displayed see Figure 5 10 Track Reference Sonar Detection Feverberation Performance Prediction Demo exercise Frigate 1 E HMS Ge MSIFC Frigate 2 RR Filter Filter type hin Max Py eon 200808 20008 El Bbeangfdeg 30 Visualization settings Use Monochrome Color Scale 200 Figure 5 10 The Reverberation tab with expanded nodes There are two more sections beneath the tree view in Reverberation tab e In the filter section reverberation data can be filtered
50. develop a simulation and analysis software tool for the new Fridtjof Nansen class sonars hence the name Simson Now Simson is synonym with ASW analysis software for the Norwegian Fridtjof Nansen class e The name Fennikel is derived from Fridtjof Nansen class Quick Look or FNQL Fennikel is the Norwegian name for the herb fennel In medieval times fennel was used to keep away witchcraft and other evil things 1 2 Target Audience The target audience for this user manual is e Officers on the ships e Teaching staff onshore e Personnel to be educated onshore We assume basic understanding of underwater acoustics and how the sonar on the frigates works Some basic understanding of Matlab 2 is also assumed 1 3 Document structure The document is based on a user guide 6 for the version of Simson produced by project 849 SIMSON This document is a user guide for Simson Fennikel which reflects the functionality present in the quick look version of Simson It is also restructured and extended to better meet the needs of personnel outside FFI Figure 1 2 gives an overview of references to windows and functions that are described in this document 10 FFl rapport 2008 02183 MARIA Norway 250 Simson Sel Main Selection Open AGU a y g 3 Reverberation Performance Prediction Save Setup 4 0 Load Setup of Event viewer Technical Plots LYBIN Movies and Images Generic Sonar Processing Scena
51. drag it to a new location Label FF1_H_214 FFT H 360 FFT H 364 FFI H 370 FFT H 55 FFT H 630 FFI H 514 FF1_ H 1019 FFI H 1223 FFT H 1309 FF1_ H 2200 FFT H 2402 FFI H 2442 FFI H 2792 Origin Sonar Hh bark brass 171 w Unik name w Label Sonar Hh Sonar Hh Sonar Hh w Origin w Start time Z Sonar Hh Sonar Hh w Stop time 2 w Duration Sonar Hh Sonar Hh w Length v Min latitude Sonar Hh Sonar Hh Sonar Hh Sonar Hh Sonar Hh Sonar HMS Max latitude Min longitude Max longitude Associated Ref Traj A 13 11 2003 01 13 08 Figure 8 2 The column context menu in the Track table Shop time 13 11 2003 01 18 52 13 11 2003 01 27 32 13 11 2003 01 20 32 13 11 2003 01 17 12 13 11 2003 01 21 46 13 11 2003 01 31 18 13 11 2003 01 18 02 13 11 2003 01 18 27 13 11 2003 01 22 36 13 11 2003 01 33 52 13 11 2003 01 22 10 13 11 2003 01 45 05 13 11 2003 01 21 21 13 11 2003 01 22 10 Right clicking in one of the rows containing data reveals a new row context menu see Figure 8 3 54 FFI rapport 2008 02183 l Show Unit name Label Origin Start time 27 re eee FA H 214 Sonar HMS 13 11 2003 01 09 31 H 360 Sonar HMS 13 11 2003 01 09 31 H 364 Sonar HMS 13 11 2003 01 09 31 Export To kH 370 Sonar HMS 13 11 2003 01 09 31 Show H 551 Sonar HMS 13 11 2003 01 09 31 H 650 Sonar HMS 13 11 2003 01 09 31 de m H314 Sonar HMS 13 11 2003 01 09 55 ideki H 101
52. e Figure 12 1 shows the tab for general properties 12 2 Reference properties In the tab Reference properties that apply for all reference data can be set Figure 12 2 shows the tab for reference properties and Table 12 1 describes its properties SIMSON Global Properties D2 2 E Appearance DynamicD splays tyle LimitedHistory Linetvtidth 2 SubsurfaceColor HE DarkRed SurfaceLColor HE DarkBlue History HistoryLength 300 Label LabelT ransparency T ShortLabel ShowL abe Show Labelb ack ground Misc Showy elocityyector Symbol ShowSymbol SymbolSize DynamicDisplaySh e Determines how much of the trajectory that is displayed before and behind the current point In time during dynamic playback Not available for passive tracks Cancel Figure 12 2 Global reference properties 92 FFl rapport 2008 02183 DynamicDisplayStyle The style in which the platform trajectory is displayed during dynamic playback Valid values are History displayed data will not fade during playback Limited history data that are no longer valid within the time frame of HistoryLength will fade All the whole length of the trajectory is displayed The Symbol will mark the current position in time Line Width Platform trajectory line width SubsurfaceColor Subsurface platform trajectory line colour SurfaceColor Surface platform trajectory line colour HistoryLength Length of platform trajectory in seconds behind current position during dy
53. e 14 1 100 FFl rapport 2008 02183 Activate mouse Run Lybin Point distance 100 m Stark Latitude 69 3325 69 3469 Longitude 16 6638 16 7443 Range 3546621 Sarepta WS Version 1 0 2 006 05 2008 Figure 14 1 The Sarepta WS window in Simson Fennikel Select the alternative Activate mouse to activate bottom profile extraction from the Sarepta service To retrieve the bottom profile for a given distance click on a starting point in the map then drag to an ending point and release the mouse button Start position end position and distance between the positions are displayed beneath the checkboxes Select the alternative Run Lybin to activate calculations in LYBIN To run LYBIN calculations for a given distance and bottom profile left click and hold on a starting point in the map then drag to an ending point and release the mouse button LYBIN is then started automatically and calculation is performed based on the retrieved bottom profile and parameters set in LYBIN for previous runs See 3 for guidance on parameter setting and plot generation in LYBIN The textbox Point Distance beneath the checkboxes contains the distance between measuring points in the bottom profile The bottom profile s resolution can be manipulated by increasing or decreasing this value FFI rapport 2008 02183 101 To set the server name for which the Sarepta service is running insert the name of the service server in the combo box
54. ect Simson gt Set Working Folder FFI rapport 2008 02183 99 14 Predicting sonar performance using LYBIN 14 1 Introduction The acoustic ray trace model LYBIN 3 was originally developed by the Norwegian navy It is used for estimation of sonar detection range and to aid understanding the acoustical conditions influencing sonar performance FFI has through the last years done many extensions and adjustments to meet the needs of the new software for evaluation of the new frigates 10 There are two ways to start LYBIN calculations from Simson Fennikel e One method is to use the window Sarepta WS which is located in the View menu Here the user can analyze any distance on the map as long as it exist bottom data from the Sarepta service e Another method is to use the LYBIN alternative located in the Simson menu Here the user can analyze the modelled sonar performance between the sonar and a target By getting the dynamic time from a dynamic playback LYBIN calculations will be performed on a vertical cross section defined by the positions of the chosen sonar and the target at the chosen time 14 2 Sarepta WS The Sarepta Web Service is based on the WSAMI add in to Maria 11 Due to further development in the bathymetric database now called Sarepta we have improved the add in to become compatible with this new database To open the window for Sarepta WS click View gt Sarepta WS A new window will then be displayed see Figur
55. ed plot group ViewXML Saves a plot group as an XML file named temp in the working folder and opens a document showing the XML representation of the plot group Manipulation of plots with XML is described further in Appendix A Table 11 2 A description of the manipulation functions for technical plots 11 6 3 TP preferences To access TP preferences select File gt Preferences in the main menu of the Technical Plot window A new window will be displayed see Figure 11 20 FFl rapport 2008 02183 87 HE TP Preferences A O A Global Time scale ApplyblobalTimescale False m r Ime 13 11 2003 02 56 00 minT me 13 11 2003 00 08 00 O B Plots PyunamicRlotmMode False Link nres X Timesis Seconds Applylloball imeScale Indicates whether or not to apply global time scale Update global time Apply Figure 11 20 TP preferences in the Technical Plots window Max time Min time The timeframe in which the technical plots are plotted is automatically set to the extent of the available data in the plot The scaling of a plot can be manually redefined using the properties context menu for a selected plot item To limit the time axis for all plots set ApplyGlobalTimeScale to true By clicking the button Update global time the time interval from the Global general properties described in section 12 1 is copied The time interval may also be set manually Please note that plots must be regenerated when the time scale
56. ef kort tid etter velsen da alle parter har velsesforl pet friskt i minne Simson Fennikel er basert p Microsoft teknologi og kj rer under Windows Programvaren trenger en database MS SQL og data vises i kart ved hjelp av Maria levert av Teleplan 1 For utnytte funksjonalitet for tekniske plott m Matlab 2 v re tilgjengelig For utnytte funksjonalitet for simulering av sonarytelse m Lybin 3 v re tilgjengelig Simson Fennikel inneholder funksjonalitet relevant for quick look analyse Dette er blant annet visualisering av plattformenes posisjonsdata innstillinger og ytelse for de akustiske sensorene samt hendelser registrert automatisk eller manuelt 1 l pet av velsen M let er at marinen selv skal kunne kj re quick look analys For f til dette vil FFI fortsette vedlikeholde verkt yet v re med p tokt for erfaringsoverf ring og bidra til f oppl ring i verkt yet inn som en naturlig del av sonarpersonellets utdanning Funksjonalitet fra verkt yet vil g inn i nye prosjekt hvor m let er lage et verkt y for maritim taktisk analyse P det n v rende tidspunkt ser dette ut til bli et eget verkt y som vil ta inn data fra en rekke nye maritime plattformer samt muligens ta inn nye typer data Dette dokumentet er en brukermanual som beskriver alle funksjonene i Simson Fennikel 4 FFl rapport 2008 02183 Contents 1 2 1 3 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 4 2 3 9 2 3
57. enu in Matlab or from the plot tool icon in the Figures window as displayed in Figure A 3 Please consult the help menu in the figures container window for changing figure properties Figures BrngtRange Error File Edit View Insert Tools Debug Desktop Window Help vw ax DMS 8B ARQMV OS EIE na BHasSno Brng amp Range Error 30 Nov 2008 Sit tat OG ET V BrngRange Error 30 Nov 2008 100 l l 3 3 O e 80 120 Error brng deg i i i i Axes no title 140 vw E o a G D s w oO D pss to o o o o oO oO oO o o o 100 200 300 400 13 Nov 2003 01 09 31 Position x Depth x BrngRange x SpeedCourse x SpeedCourse Errors x BrngRange Error x EX Figure Name Brng amp Range Error Show Figure Number More Properties Colormap Ev Export Setup Figure Color Figure A 3 Interactive editing of Matlab figures A 2 Curve Characteristics We will first briefly describe automatic curve characteristics line colour line width line type and symbol The user can affect the use of line colour explained later on Also note that automatic curve characteristics always can be overridden by setting the property AnnotationMode to manual mode for a specific curve Right click on the curve name in TP and select Properties to access the property FFl rapport 2008 02183 113 The automatic curve characteristics work as follows The information in a curve Is classified as one o
58. ers e Simson This menu holds Simson Fennikel specific functionalities which are described in later chapters The Maria application holds various toolbars which can be made available by the user To access the toolbars click View gt Toolbars An alternative is to right click in the toolbar area on the screen see Figure 4 1 Simson Help a ID Standard Draw Simulate Position Track Projection Information 30 PS Connect ie Customize 1 A U IE Figure 4 1 Accessing toolbars with a context menu 26 FFl rapport 2008 02183 The following toolbars and toolbar options may be relevant for Simson Fennikel users Standard Contains options for zooming move around in the map set scales etc Magnifying glasses To zoom in on an area click the magnifying glass with a sign left click and hold Drag the mouse to make a frame around the area to zoom in on To zoom out of click the magnifying glass with a sign Pan map the hand symbol To move to an area outside the visible part of a map click the hand icon left click and hold Drag the mouse to the desired direction Arrows To return to a previously used scale use the arrows to move back and forth in history Map grid To put on a map grid e g lat long click the globe icon Properties for the grid may be set by clicking the arrow next to globe symbol Draw Contains options for
59. ers This user manual is intended to help these users to use Simson Fennikel to do quick look analysis after ASW exercises The software is based on Microsoft technology and run under Windows Mandatory components are a database MS SQL for data storage and an application Maria 1 to visualize data To be able to utilize functionality for technical plots Matlab 2 must be available To be able to utilize functionality for simulation of sonar performance Lybin 3 must be available Our goal is that navy personnel are to be able to do quick look analysis of ASW exercises To achieve this FFI personnel will continue to maintain the software participate on frigate campaigns and contribute in the effort to put Simson Fennikel training as a part of the navy s education Over the next years FFI will develop new software to aid tactical analysis on higher level involving multiple naval units Functionality from Simson Fennikel will be found in these tools In addition functionality and data will be adapted to higher level of tactical analysis Experience from exercises shows that the crew on the frigate needs practice within anti submarine warfare and Simson Fennikel is a tool to aid in this activity This document is a user manual and it describes all functionality of the software FFl rapport 2008 02183 109 References 1 www teleplanglobe com 2008 2 www mathworks com 2008 3 S Mj lsnes LYBIN SGP 180 C
60. erties can be set to control how the different data are displayed in dynamic playback These properties may be set in general in Global Properties accessed from the Simson menu or set in the properties for the specific data set FFI rapport 2008 02183 49 The following dynamic specific properties can be set for Reference data Tracks and Sonar detection e DynamicDisplayStyle This property describes how the data is displayed in Maria and have the following values o History the data type s entire history is displayed o LimitedHistory a portion of the history is displayed o All shows the entire trajectory and moves a symbol over it Not applicable for transmissions e HistoryLength if the DynamicDisplayStyle property is LimitedHistory this property sets the number of seconds of history the data is displayed behind the current point in time 6 3 Highlighted rows in tables during dynamic playback As mentioned earlier tables containing various data are stepped through during dynamic playback These tables are described in detail later in the document but listed here for the user s convenience e The target table described in section 8 5 e The observation browser for reference trajectories described in section 8 4 e The transmission table described in chapter 9 e The event list in the event viewer described in chapter 10 A snapshot of the tables during dynamic playback is displayed in Figure 6 2 50 FFl
61. f 4 information categories a platform trajectory data b track data c weapon trajectory data d other types of data Automatic curve characteristics are determined as a function of a the owner i e platform of the information b the information category For each platform each information category has unique predefined characteristics Three default sets of curve characteristics for the four types of information categories are available e own e target e other The default target is initially given the category target All other platforms are given the category own Whenever a curve to be plotted in a subplot has identical colour to a previous curve the line style is changed in a cycle between solid dotted dash dot and dashed So if 5 curves have identical colour it will not be possible to see the difference between curve 1 and 5 The user can change category or redefine the colour for each of the 4 information categories in this case the curve characteristics category is defined as type user The automatic colouring scheme above will result in the same colours as initially selected for the geotactical display with regard to platform trajectories and surface tracks and weapon trajectories Changes in colours for the geotactical picture will not change the TP automatic curve characteristics When a new plot group is generated automatic curve characteristics will be applied Changes later on will not affect the pl
62. for new curve A 3 3 Manipulation of plots via XML representation A plot group can be saved as an XML document and the user might load it later on in order to regenerate a set of plots The XML representation is created automatically by using NET serialization method and thus also support the deserialize method during loading of a plot group Thus the amount of code required is almost nothing However the generated XML 1s fairly extensive and not very user friendly Still expert users might want to modify or specify new plots using this representation typically by writing special application programs that generates the XML code To save an XML representation of the plots save the TKE plot group and open the document in Windows explorer with an editor Change parameters and save the document Load it into TP again by right clicking on the plot root PLOT and selecting Load from File Then after regeneration of plots the changes should be visible Although the XML file generated during save is quite extensive very little information is required since most values have reasonable default values An example of a minimum file is displayed in Figure A 7 FFI rapport 2008 02183 117 lt xml version 1 0 encoding utt o lt Plotsroup xmins xed hitp Way vs org 2 001 AML Schema x mina xsi http Paes org 2001 AML Schema instance Label TKE lt Corterts gt Plot Label Speed gt lt Corterts gt lt SuybPlot Label
63. formation groups to the left and plot groups to the right 11 6 1 Selecting information In the upper left section of the Technical Plots window the available information is listed The information window will be populated based on what kind of plots that are generated The following information can be made available information groups e Platforms all platforms for the selected exercise s This information group is always available e TKE kinematic examination data This information group is available if kinematic examination plots are generated from the target table described in section 11 3 e Sonar TX settings data This information is available if TX settings plots are generated from the transmission table described in section 11 5 FFI rapport 2008 02183 83 We refer to the items in the information tree as information groups When a leaf group item 1 e one that cannot be expanded further is selected the list box beneath the information tree is populated with data variables see bottom left in Figure 11 16 Both Information groups and their leaf items have associated context menus accessed with right click For information group Platforms the option CurveCharacteristics can be chosen This option allows for modification of line colour see Figure 11 17 INFO IMFO Platform Fig EE JE CurveCharacteristics Fricsijgig Frig Frigal Sut Subn Curve characteristics MF MP ExportExcel E DACUL a
64. fregatt evaluering is to supply the navy with quick look analysis software for anti submarine warfare ASW by the end of 2008 The software is intended used on board the Norwegian Fridtjof Nansen class frigates The analysis software named Simson Fennikel will aid in the evaluation of the actions during ASW exercises The Simson Fennikel Collector FC application 5 will be used to handle recorded data and store the relevant data in a Simson database The data in the database is in turn accessed by Simson Fennikel see Figure 1 1 Simson Fennikel is a version of the Simson ASW analysis software 6 with quick look relevant functionalities This includes visualization of positioning and dynamics of the platforms involved the settings and performance of the acoustic sensors and the events noted automatically or manually during the exercises Data are presented in a geotactical display window graphs or tables using one or two screens Simson Fennikel can be a valuable asset in debrief of crew after ASW exercises FFI rapport 2008 02183 9 Both Simson Fennikel and FC will be installed on board the Norwegian Fridtjof Nansen class frigates and used by naval officers This user manual is intended to help these users to use Simson Fennikel to do quick look analysis after ASW exercises The name of the application Simson Fennikel has the following explanation e The name Simson is derived from a project called Simson The project aimed to
65. g Simson Fennikel 3 1 Starting Teleplan Maria Start the Teleplan Maria application from the shortcut placed in the Program section of the Start menu Start gt Programs gt Teleplan Maria gt Teleplan Maria 5 Please note that the application Matlab is automatically started when Maria is started This application should not be closed The layout of the Matlab window is initially the same as last time it was used together with Simson Fennikel or as a standalone tool If the Matlab window is covering the Maria application minimize it by clicking the minimize button in the upper right comer Figure 3 1 shows the initial view which is displayed when the application is started MARIA Norway 250 Simson Figure 3 1 The Simson Fennikel initial view If no map is displayed in the Simson Fennikel view a map file has to be opened File gt Open Choose the folder where the maps are located drill down to the templates folder and select the file of type m5sit FFI rapport 2008 02183 21 To set this map as a default situation every time Maria is opened Map gt Save Default Situation The workspace window is per default loaded every time Maria is started To avoid this Tools gt Options gt Miscellaneous gt Uncheck Load Workspace at startup Display the ASW window which is placed in the View menu on the top of the screen View gt ASW This window may be docked to one of the four sides in the Maria applicat
66. g TKE plots mark the new track or platform and click Kinematic Examination gt Add Figure 11 8 shows plots where several tracks are included in the same plot group The TP window s plot tree is now populated with the new instances see Figure 11 9 To close TKE plots use the x button in the top right corner of the Matlab figure container window FFI rapport 2008 02183 11 Figures BrngitRange Error Is WS IRANS E O89 Error FF1 H 370 Submarine 1 Error FF1 H 551 Submarine 1 mimmin Error FF1_H_914 Submarine 1 okei dradd s aU EEP A pepan aa EET T ba et ee I ee See Error FF1_H_370 Submarine 1 FF1 H 551 Submarine 1 FF1 H 914 Submarine 1 pg BrngRange Eror Figure 11 8 TKE plots for several tracks in one plot group 78 FFl rapport 2008 02183 Technical Plot File Tools Plots INFO vw PLOTS Platform E v Exercise vw DACULA ve Exercisel vw TKE fv TKE E v Position E e Position cO Frigate 1 gps e1 Submarnne 1 dacula c2 FF1 H 370 Submarine 1 c3 FF1 H 551 Submarine 1 c4 FF1 H 914 Submarine 1 E v Depth E H Depth cO Submarnne 1 dacula E Brng Range E Bearing cO Frigate 1 gp Submarine 1 e1 FF1 H 370 Submarine 1 c2FF1 H 551 Submarine 1 c3 FF1 H 914 Submarine 1 Range cO Frigate 1 gp Submarine 1 c1 FF1_H_370 Submarine 1 c2 FF1_H_ 551 Submarine 1 coc FF1_H_ 974 Submarine 1 E v Speed amp Course E Speed cO Frigate
67. gure 12 5 Global layer properties FFl rapport 2008 02183 97 13 Simson menu Administrative functions 13 1 Clearing display of data in Maria A quick method to clear all data from the Maria display is to uncheck the exercise in the Main Selection window With this method we have to check an exercise after it has been unchecked Therefore this approach can be used when e One wants to remove the data and start over again e One wants to quickly start a new exercise Please ensure that all Matlab plot windows are closed before this action is performed Another method is to use the in built function Simson gt Clear see Figure 13 1 To clear all data from the display click Simson gt Clear gt All objects To clear references from the display click Simson gt Clear gt References and Weapons To clear track data from the display click Simson gt Clear gt Tracks To clear transmissions from the display click Simson gt Clear gt Transmissions Tools Window Simson ia a oe Main Selection Open Save Save Setup Load Setup Set Working Folder All objects Track table References and Weapons Transmission table Tracks Event Viewer Transmissions Technical Flots LYBIN Movies and Images Generic Sonar Processing Scenario Generator Properties Help Figure 13 1 The Clear function in Simson Fennikel 98 FFl rapport 2008 02183
68. h then can be pasted into MS Excel If ExportExcel is chosen on data variable level data variables to the bottom left when a leaf is chosen data for that data variable only along with time will be exported If ExportMatlab is chosen on leaf level data variables associated with the group is exported to MATLAB workspace as a struct with name equal to group and members equal to data variables If ExportMatlab is chosen on data variable level data for that data variable only will be exported When a leaf node is selected a variable in the data variable list can be selected By right clicking on a variable a context menu is available as displayed in Figure 11 19 SettingsLhange run Beambip deg Make Plot Coverage Enum add to PlotList Coverage deg d CwPulseLength Export to Excel CwShape Enum Export to Matlab Cw Transmssion Enum Info FME andwidth H4 FMPulseLength ma FMShape Erum FMT ransmissionFreguency Hz Maximum Tilt deg klinimumlilt deg Multipulsehlode Enum ShorCwPulseLengih me SteppedFMPulseCount number Figure 11 19 A variable in the Technical Plots window is right clicked and a context menu is displayed FFI rapport 2008 02183 85 Select MakePlot to generate a simple plot of the selected variable Add to PlotList will add a new curve to the selected subplot in the plot tree to the right Only time plots are supported by this function The following sequence should be followed 1 Se
69. have been changed a window is displayed asking if changes to the map should be saved To save changes click yes If changes should not be saved click no Further description of Simson Fennikel saving options can be found in chapter 13 Matlab will also automatically be closed when Maria is closed FFI rapport 2008 02183 25 4 Relevant Maria functionality There exists an extensive help function in Maria but some Maria functionality that is relevant for ASW analysis in Simson Fennikel will be described here The description in this chapter aims to give a novice Maria user an introduction to essential functionalities To access the help function click Help gt Contents For further information about the Maria application go to 1 4 1 Relevant Maria menus and toolbars for ASW analysis The Maria application is a generic tool for a lot of different applications therefore quite a lot of the functions are not relevant for ASW analysis We will here give an overview of the most relevant menus and toolbars The menu bar in the top of the application window has some options that are especially relevant for Simson Fennikel e Edit This menu includes making a copy of map snapshots see section 4 4 e View This menu contains available sub windows in Maria The Map Editor window is described in section 4 2 and the Map Information window 1s described in section 4 3 Simson Fennikel specific windows are described in later chapt
70. he following command needs to be executed in a Command prompt Go WENDOWS Mi oroc O EL NER Faner NN NS Vas pine ge If the execution fails the most common error message is Fail to access IIS Metabase when trying to access the web site FFl rapport 2008 02183 15 Sarepta Web Service files are located on 2 DVD s 8 The installation procedure involves copying the folder WSAMI Sarepta v2 from the DVD s to a location on HDD Please note that the classification of these data is CONFIDENTIAL In the Internet information Services management snap in tool a reference to the Sarepta folder needs to be added as new virtual directory The snap in tool is found in Control Panel Administrative Tools and displayed in Figure 2 1 amp Internet Information Services File Action View Help Internet Information Services Mame Y 56804 ilocal computer ZE IISHelp _ Web Sites FB san Explore Printers H SA Open Gule gr Print Browse relp gif i c en sstarl asp ocalstark asp Stop nme gif Pause agerror gif Virtual Directory All Tasks kr em Figure 2 1 Internet information Services management snap in tool Sarepta must be added as a new virtual directory When following the wizard it is important to set the alias for the virtual directory to Sarepta The access permission needs to be Read and Run scripts When the virtual folder is added to the default web site the properties fo
71. he number of seconds To find the time value found when adding a number of seconds to the reference time type a reference time and the number of seconds to add in the textbox Seconds Press enter gt The textbox Time will then show the new time value The Time Calculator window is resized in the same way as other windows Please see the description in section 3 1 for more details on how to resize and dock windows Please note that if an exercise is selected before the Time Calculator window is opened the Time Calculator s reference will be the exercise s start time 52 FFl rapport 2008 02183 8 Simson menu The track table The Track table window includes a table representation of the track and navigation reference data sets selected The tables contain overall information about single trajectories either sensor track or navigation reference The Track table is placed in the Simson menu on the top of the screen Simson gt Track table Please note that the tracks to be viewed in the track table must be checked in the ASW analysis window Figure 8 1 shows the track table for tracks from our exercise SIMSON Track Table Track tables Demo exercise Frigate 1 HMS Sonar tracks w g o Unit name Frigate 1 Frigate 1 Frigate 1 Frigate 1 Frigate 1 Frigate 1 Frigate 1 Frigate 1 Frigate 1 Frigate 1 Frigate 1 Frigate 1 v v v v v v v v v v v v Label FF1_H_214 FF1_H_360 FF1
72. ifferent points in time as well as course velocity and depth elevation for each unit In the Track table right click on a reference and select Target table Figure 8 8 shows our two platforms in the Target Table To change own unit right click a reference and select Set as Own Unit 60 FFl rapport 2008 02183 SIMSON Target Table Own unit Frigate 1 Mame Bearing Frigate 1 Frigate 2 163 6 Submarine 1 122 1 MPA 1 346 0 Lourse O02 3 213 9 000 4 210 0 Find Observation from Time O Observation number 738 Figure 8 8 Target Table in SIMSON Fennikel Velocity Depth Elevation 3 34 1 4 01 1 220 12 115 00 To step through observations following possibilities are available e Click the Next button right arrow to move forward e Click the Previous button left arrow to move backwards e Use the slide bar to get the correct observation To find an observation closest to a specific point in time type a time value in the textbox next to the button Find Observation from Time then click the button itself During Dynamic playback own unit s observations are stepped through if the table is opened before the playback is started Dynamic playback is described in chapter 6 FFI rapport 2008 02183 61 9 Simson menu The transmission table Transmissions are displayed in the Transmission table window It contains a drop down list and a table The drop down list enables selection between selected d
73. ing detailed information about a trajectory s observations This is further described in section 8 4 By clicking Properties properties can be set on for a track for selected tracks or on origin level This is further described in section 8 3 FFI rapport 2008 02183 55 Row context menu in the reference data display e By clicking Kinematic Examination gt New in the context menu a set of default technical plots are displayed in Matlab These will be described in detail in the Technical Plots section 11 3 e Set as Default Target sets the selected navigation data to represent the target in the exercise The default target is used as a reference in kinematic analysis on sensor tracks To change the default target right click a reference and select Set as Default Target e Asa platform may have multiple reference trajectories only one of them can be set as the default trajectory The default trajectory is used as the sensor trajectory in the kinematic analysis To change the default trajectory for a platform right click the reference trajectory that should be the new default and select Set as Default Trajectory To see which trajectory is the default one right click the columns and check the Default column e By clicking Export To gt Excel all data for the selected row is ready to be pasted into Excel for further analysis e By clicking Show All all reference trajectories in the Track Table are displayed in Maria Hide All hides all
74. ion Attach This will enable us to attach the empty Simson database from the Simson Fennikel installation DVD The installed database will be empty and Simson Fennikel Collector 59 must be used to fill it with data Without the installation of the database no data can be analyzed with Simson Fennikel 2 4 Installing Simson Fennikel The entry point to the Simson Fennikel software is through Teleplan Maria as an add in The Simson Fennikel files are thus installed under the Teleplan Maria installation folder Copy the folder named Simson from the Simson Fennikel installation DVD to the Teleplan Maria program folder In a typical installation of Teleplan Maria the path for program folder is as follows C Program Files Teleplan MARIA5 Program This is due to how the permission of the Simson stored procedures were once programmed 18 FFl rapport 2008 02183 Then copy the file maria exe config from the installation DVD to the same folder as above Please note that the xml format on this file may vary with different versions of Maria Check that the format of the default configuration file is similar to the one on the installation DVD If the files are not similar copy text from the DVD version that is Simson specific to the default one The next step is to start Teleplan Maria application and add the Simson Fennikel add in Once the application has started select Tools Addins from the menu bar as displayed in Figure 2
75. ion To dock a window click on the window bar and hold while dragging the window to the arrow indicating docking position Figure 3 2 shows the process of dragging the ASW analysis window from the left side to the right side MARIA Norway 250 Simson Reverberation Performance Prediction Track Reference Sonar Detection Figure 3 2 The docking possibilities for the ASW analysis window In Figure 3 3 the ASW window has been docked to the right Maria remembers where windows are docked and placed so they only have to be docked once 22 FFl rapport 2008 02183 MARIA Norway 250 Simson DE MUM SCRL 26 11 08 17 32 552 Figure 3 3 The ASW window docked to the right 3 2 Selecting data for ASW analysis In the Simson menu click the Main Selection option to open the windows for main data selection Figure 3 4 shows where to find the menu option Main Selection and the selection window is displayed in Figure 3 5 Save Setup Figure 3 4 Selection of Main Selection All available exercises are shown on the left side Expand the tree to view the contents of each exercise FFI rapport 2008 02183 23 SIMSON Main Selection Sele Availability Demo exercise Available Time Available Geopositiors Latitude ical Longitude Filter Set time interval Set geoposition Latitude a Longitude Scale map to selection Figure 3 5 Main Selection window
76. is altered DynamicPlotMode This preference determines whether plots are updated in dynamic mode during dynamic replay It is initially set to false i e dynamic mode is disabled The dynamic mode are described further in section 11 7 LinkAxes The linking of the subplots can be changed to x default y xy or off Plots will have to be regenerated 88 FFI rapport 2008 02183 TimeAxis The time axes are by default seconds By selecting Dateticks the time axis tick labels are changed to an absolute time reference These tick labels are calculated based on the start time and the seconds along the axis Matlab will not update these labels when applying zoom as they are manually inserted for a selection of ticks Use the Time Calculator described in 7 to calculate seconds from a start point in time to some given target point in time It may also be used to calculate the time for a point when the start time and seconds to the point is known 11 7 Dynamic plot mode A special presentation mode for plots is available during dynamic replay if DynamicPlotMode described in section 11 6 3 has been set to true To enter the dynamic plot mode start a dynamic playback described in chapter 6 Then activate a plot e g a Speed amp Course plot Then observe a circle on each curve indicating the current value see Figure 11 21 Frigate I HMS settings TxTrueBearing 27 Moy 2008 125 EP FPS TA FP TE
77. lab code will trigger an error message and no curve will consequently be generated The TKE bearing and range error subplots contain curves of this type defined programmatically Assuming a single track has been selected the error curve is number 2 Inspect the properties of this curve If errors for a single track is required the set reference scheme above is much simpler 116 FFl rapport 2008 02183 However errors for multiple tracks against different references require another approach Tip use of the MATLAB interpolation function interp1 is very useful Example 1 Calculating a mean error curve Make TKE plots as described in example in section 11 3 Let us make a curve showing mean range error Cut the bearing error plot Select the range error plot then select curve cO and AddUserCalc Change the user code to the following c3 t c0 t c3 y mean c2 y ones size c0 t Example 2 Showing a bearing in the TKE position plot Assume the same as the previous example By inspecting the TKE plots we find that max range error is at time 5658 relative Bergen GPS Select the Position subplot curve c0 and AddUserCalc Select curve c3 and input the following code c3 UCBrng c0 5658 c2 UCBrng is a SIMSON function which determine coordinates for a bearing from c0 at time 5658 relative c0 datetime to c2 at same datetime More bearings can be added by copying c3 and pasting it Only change time and id of return value
78. lect a subplot create a new if necessary described in section 11 6 2 2 Select variables and add them as new curves to the selected subplot To get Enumeration information right click on an Enum variable in the variable list This is the variables with Enum Select Enum to get an overview of valid values 11 6 2 Manipulation of plots Plot information can be accessed in the tree view to the right in Technical Plot window Plots are organized like this Groups gt Plots gt SubPlots gt Curves By right clicking on any of these tree items various manipulation functions are available Table 11 1 gives an overview on what tree item a function is available and Table 11 2 gives a description of the different manipulation functions Plot root Subplot x xo T Add X Add LoadFromFile x Cu MakePlots SetReference Properties AddUserCalc ViewXML Table I 1 1 Overview over for what tree item a function is available 86 FFI rapport 2008 02183 Function Add Adds an empty sub item e g a plot beneath a group Name is default Added subitem level e g AddedPlot t LoadFromFile Loads a plot group from file Default directory can be altered by changing the working folder from the Simson menu before starting TP see section 13 3 d Described further in appendix Appendix A AddUserCalc Adds user defined curve Described further in Appendix A ResetCurveCharacteristics Reset characteristics for select
79. line will be displayed in the Map Information window To remove information from the information window click the tray icon in the top left corner of the Map Information window For more information about the Map Information window see the catalogue Map creator functions gt Map Information gt Information about vector map themes in the help function 4 4 Snapshots There are various possibilities in Maria to copy graphics from the geotactical display Figure 4 4 e To copy objects drawn on the map click the object and then Edit gt Copy e To take snapshot copy of a map without displayed exercise data click Edit gt Snapshot gt Map Only e To take snapshot copy of a map with displayed exercise data click Edit gt Snapshot gt Map and Data Click Edit gt Paste to insert the copied graphics in another editor or document FFI rapport 2008 02183 29 M MARIA Norway 250 Simson VIEW 3P Map Ctr object gt al ta ta gt D Map Tools Window Simson Help Copy Ckrl C Ctrl Faste Paste Link Insert Mew Object Map Only j Links Figure 4 4 The Edit function in Maria 30 FFl rapport 2008 02183 5 Performing ASW analysis using Simson Fennikel Simson Fennikel is an analysis software for the ASW capabilities of the Fridtjof Nansen class frigates This chapter describes the process of selecting recorded data and then how to display on the
80. mance Prediction Track Reference l sonar Detection vw Demo exercise fv Frigate 1 E s HMS Hecorded 46 Demo exerciseFrigate 1YHMS5Recorde Filter Filter Min Max Time span 1311 200 13 11 200 Echo SNA Figure 5 8 The Sonar detection tab with expanded nodes There is one more section beneath the tree view in the Sonar detection tab e In the filter section track data can be filtered on different parameters See section 5 4 2 for description of the filter parameters 38 FFl rapport 2008 02183 Click Apply to display the echoes on the map in Maria As with tracks and platform trajectories transmissions from multiple platforms or sensors can be selected at the same time Figure 5 9 shows transmissions displayed on the map in Maria The values used to colour code echoes are according to the signal to noise ratio SNR properties The colour code can be set in Global Properties for all data displayed see section 12 4 or it can be set for a specified recording or even one specific transmission see section 9 2 MARIA Norway 250 Simson Reverberation Performance Prediction Sonar Detection E M Demo exercise S V Frigate 1 V HMS Demo exercise Frigate TYHMSYRecorded Filter Timespan 13 11 2003 13 11 200 Echo SNR NUM SCRL 27 11 08 07 42 422 gt Figure 5 9 Transmissions in Maria For more information on how to use the transmission data further in the analysis see
81. map in Maria for analysis The functionalities described in this chapter are found in the ASW window and the Dynamic window 5 1 Starting the analysis In section 3 2 the selection of an exercise was described Assuming this step completed one or more exercises are selected for analysis Figure 5 1 gives an overview of the analysis process We have entered the second process in the diagram Select available Analyse selected Select exercise in data within the data by using the Main Selection exercise in the options from the ASW window Simson menu Figure 5 1 Overview of the process for analyzing data in Simson Fennikel After having selected one exercise in this case Demo Exercise the Maria window may appear like Figure 5 2 The different tabs in the ASW window are populated with various types of data from the exercise FFI rapport 2008 02183 31 MARIA Norway 250 Simson Performance Prediction C Demo exercise MUM SCRL 26 11 08 17 53 092 Figure 5 2 The SIMSON Fennikel application after one exercise has been selected Optionally select Simson gt Properties to change the start and or stop time These properties determine the time span of the data to be displayed A properties window will be displayed and the global time span values for the data can be edited Figure 5 3 shows the window for the global properties Section 12 describes setting Global Properties 32 FFI rapport 2008 02183
82. matic Examination TKE plots a track or a reference must be selected in the track table described in chapter 8 Right click on a row and a row context menu with the alternative Kinematic Examination will be displayed see Figure 11 5 74 FFI rapport 2008 02183 Tracks References Default target Submarine 1 Show Unit name Label Show Unit name Type b A O O eee eee Pe kinematic analysis Set as Default Target Set as Default Trajectory kinematic Examination Set Track Reference Trajectory Export To k Export To Show Hide Show All Show All Hide All Hide All Target Table Trajectory Info Properties Trajectory Info Properties Figure 11 5 The track table with Kinematic Examination selected in track view and reference view respectively By clicking Kinematic Examination gt New for a reference the following plots will be generated see Figure 11 6 e Position plot e Speed and Course plot e Depth plot this plot is not applicable for surface platforms e Range and Bearing plot that plots the range and bearing relative to the default trajectory of the default target If the exercise has a ship and a submarine these plots will typically display the submarine s range and bearing relative to the ship FFI rapport 2008 02183 75 Figures File Edit View Insert Tools Debug Desktop Window Help Dae S hla nal 2 08 so Al A amp Oo Position 27 Nov 2008 2000 4000 6000 Easth m Frigate 1
83. matic Generation of Sonar settings plots Interactive generation of plots Selecting information Manipulation of plots TP preferences Dynamic plot mode Simson menu Global properties General properties Reference properties Track properties Transmission properties Layer properties Simson menu Administrative functions Clearing display of data in Maria Save and Load Saving Loading setup Saving Loading work done during analysis Setting working folder Predicting sonar performance using LYBIN Introduction Sarepta WS Lybin presettings Conclusion References Abbreviations Appendix A Technical Plots Advanced use A 1 A 2 A 3 A 3 1 Matlab figures layout Curve Characteristics Manipulation of plots Function SetReference FFI rapport 2008 02183 7 72 73 74 79 80 82 83 86 87 89 91 92 92 93 95 97 98 98 99 99 99 99 100 100 100 102 109 110 111 112 112 113 115 115 A 3 2 Function AddUserCalc 115 A 3 3 Manipulation of plots via XML representation 117 Appendix B Simson menu tables Column descriptions 119 8 FFI rapport 2008 02183 1 Introduction This chapter describes the history of Simson Fennikel and the structure of this document dd 1 1 Background Simson Fennikel Analyst Simeon Fenikel Collector Figure 1 1 A diagram showing the collaboration between Simson Fennikel and Simson Fennikel Collector Project 899 Nansen klasse
84. me To generate a plot that gives an exercise overview click Simson gt Technical Plots The Technical Plots window will be displayed Click Plots gt Exercise overview and a new Matlab window will be opened with a new plot see Figure 11 3 Figures ExerciseOyw File Edit View Insert Tools Debug Desktop Window Help av ax De S s AA 7S9 2 08 ao Enaeeno ExerciseOmw 27 Nov 2008 Frigate 1 Navigation GPS Frigate 1 Narrative Formex101 Frigate 1 Narrative Formex101 Frigate 1 Echo HMS Frigate 1 System Track MSI3100 Frigate 1 Sonar_Track HMS Frigate 1 Propagation_Model Lybin Frigate 1 Bathy Undefined Frigate 1 Propagation_Model SignalExcess Frigate 1 Propagation_Model PoD Frigate 1 Propagation_Model TotalReverberation Frigate 1 Propagation_Model TransmissionLoss Frigate 2 Navigation GPS Frigate 2 Narrative Formex101 Frigate 2 Narrative Formex101 Frigate 2 System Track MSI3100 Submarine 1 Navigation DACULA MPA 1 Navigation GPS o 2 a a 3 pe m a D 12 18 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 68000 9000 Time 13 Nov 2003 00 08 09 Figure 11 3 An exercise overview plot FFI rapport 2008 02183 73 The plot gives an overview of what data that is available in the exercise Please note that Matlab functions can be used to move or resize the legend box To move the legend outside the plot choose Edit Plot in the top menu the arrow symbol right click the legen
85. mp Range Error 30 Nov 2008 ee ee Je p p J p r T Error FF1 H 214 Submarine 1 E aja ain J Speed amp Course Errors l Brng amp Range Error Speed amp Course Errors 30 Nov 2008 8 Error brng FF1 H 214 Submarine 1 Error FF1 H 214 Submarine 1 j 200 300 FI oO FI oD 13 Nov 2003 01 09 31 Error range m 13 Nov 2003 01 09 31 Error course e g bor speed m Position x Depth x BrngRange x SpeedCourse x SpeedCourse Errors x BrngRange Error x Figure A 2 TKE plots presented in three rows and two columns 112 FFI rapport 2008 02183 Note that the curved arrow left of X can be used to dock undock the figures window containing all the figures from the Matlab window or to dock undock a single figure from the figures container window Observe that there is much functionality available in the MATLAB figures a few examples are change of colour line style line width and legend of a curve draw own lines and text export to file or printing of the figure copy figure to clipboard enabling direct pasting of it into MS office applications save to MATLAB format fig and later reopen the figure for additional editing Reopen from any MATLAB figure in Simson Fennikel or direct from MATLAB itself used as a stand alone tool Interactive editing of the figure can be initiated from the main m
86. n As Filter MARIA Norway 250 Simson Reverberation Performance Prediction Track Reference Sonar Detection ga M Demo exercise Y Frigate 1 S M Frigate 2 l E Nav GPS F Submarine 1 o A Nav DACULA S C MPA 1 OR Filter Timespan 13 11 2003 13 11 200 NUM SCRL 27 11 08 07 20 242 Figure 5 4 Reference trajectories in Maria Data selected in the Reference tab will automatically be displayed during the Dynamic playback functionality described in chapter 6 5 2 2 Filtering reference data Platform trajectories can be filtered on e Time span The entire trajectory is included if it exists at some point during this time span 5 3 Displaying sensor track data Tracks are recorded tracks from the system on board the frigate Sources of data may be MSIFC HMS or ATAS The data is imported into the Simson database with the software Simson Fennikel Collector 5 5 3 1 Track tab in the ASW window To view tracks click the Track tab in the ASW window Expand the nodes and check the boxes in front of the data to be displayed see Figure 5 5 34 FFI rapport 2008 02183 Reverberation Performance Prediction Reference Sonar Detection E w Demo exercise 7 Frigate 1 El HMS Frigate 2 D emo exercise Frigate TyHMSYSonar tr Track Id TackNa Filter Time span 13 11 200 13 11 200 E Quality IY Track leng 20 Course de E Speed m Apply Fig
87. n data Performance Prediction data can be filtered on e Time span The performance prediction data is included if the corresponding transmission is within the time span e Bearing The performance prediction data that is between min and max is included 5 6 3 Visualization settings The visualization settings can be used in two modes e Intervals in the value domain are set with fixed colours We call this mode Fixed e Monochrome colours scale One colour is used for the value domain but tones indicate the different value intervals We call this mode Monochrome and this mode is entered by clicking the checkbox in front of Use Monochrome Color Scale 44 FFl rapport 2008 02183 A general rule is that the settings become visible when the data is drilled down to the innermost level Only one data type can be visualized at any time Visualization settings available are dependent on what data category we look at Table 5 1 Table 5 2 Table 5 3 and Table 5 4 describes the settings The column Mode specific describes whether the setting is applicable for mode Fixed Monochrome or for both blank Data Category PoD Probability of detection Mode specific Fixed Transparent Min If set to True the colour for the minimum value is True False completely transparent This means the map beneath the performance rose is replacing this colour Monochrome Max Scale Value the colour gradate dB colour gradate dB Plot C
88. nal to Noise Ratio Target Kinematic Examination Technical Plots Weight of evidence FFI rapport 2008 02183 111 Appendix A Technical Plots Advanced use This appendix is created to separate functionality in Matlab that are used more seldom from the main part of the manual for Technical Plots It is based on functionality descriptions given in 6 A 1 Matlab figures layout The figure layout can be changed by using the icons in the upper left part of the figure window as displayed in Figure A 1 where the tile function has been selected Cancel Figure A I Changing presentation of figures The result from applying the change in presentation is displayed in Figure A 2 Kax Figures a Fie Edit View Insert Tools Debug Desktop Window Help i DEMS KRARNDEFOIH sa m0 Eep Position 30 Nov 2008 Depth 30 Nov 2008 Frigate 1 gps Submarine 1 dacula Submarine 1 dacula FF1 H 214 Submarine 1 2 ba 30 H I O 2008008008000 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 Easth m 13 Nov 2003 01 00 12 Speed amp Course W Speed amp Course 30 Nov 2008 Brng amp Range 30 Nov 2008 S 1000 1500 2000 Submarine 1 dacula 13 Nov 2003 FF1_H_214 Submarine 1 Brng deg ct a Frigate 1 qps 500 1000 1500 2000 Submarine 1 dacula 13 Nov 2003 FF1 H 214 Submarine 1 Frigate 1 gps Submarine 1 FF1_H_214 Submarine 1 E T D D Q a T D pr G pe 3 3 O Range m Brng a
89. namic playback Only applicable if property DynamicDisplayStyle is LimitedHistory ShortLabel Use of short or long label The short label displays the name of the platform and the long label display the course and velocity of the platform in addition to the name ShowLabelBackground True if the label background is to be displayed false if it is to be hided ShowVelocity Vector True if the velocity vector is to be displayed false if it is to be hided ShowSymbol True if symbols are to be displayed on the reference trajectory false if it is to be hided SymbolSize Symbol size Only applicable if property ShowSymbol is true Table 12 1 Descriptions of Global reference properties 12 3 Track properties In the tab Track properties that apply for all track data can be set Figure 12 3 shows the tab for track properties and Table 12 2 describes its properties FFI rapport 2008 02183 93 SIMSON Global Properties i Transmission Layers Ed E Appearance DynamicD splays tyle LimitedHistory Linetvtidth 1 TrackColor HE Black History HistoryLength 300 Label LabelT ransparency g ShortLabel ShowLabel 5howLabelBackground Misc Showy elocityyector Symbol Show S ymnbal Sumboliize DynamicDisplaySh e Determines how much of the trajectory that is displayed before and behind the current point In time during dynamic playback Not available for passive tracks Cancel Figure 12 3 Global track properties DynamicDi
90. nd Table 12 3 describes its properties SIMSON Global Properties HEA E Appearance DynamicD splays tyle EchoSize FlanLColor O Audio Bearing LabelT ransparency T LimitedHistory 2 E Red S5how udioBearing ShowLabel ShowLabelBackground History HistoryLength SHR SnrColor SnrColorz Srirlolors Srirlolor Shir ale Sn alue SnrColor3 False True True 300 Yellow 1 Orange HE Red H Darkviolet 24 20 The color of echoes with SNA values from Snvalue3 to Snyvaluez Cancel Figure 12 4 Global transmission properties FFI rapport 2008 02183 95 DynamicDisplayStyle The style in which the echoes from each transmission are displayed during dynamic playback Valid values are History displayed echoes will not fade during playback Limited history echoes that are no longer valid within the time span of HistoryLength will fade The size of the displayed echoes PlainColor Echo colour when SNR colour is not used 1 e property UseSNR is false LabelTransparency Transparency of audio bearing label background in percent ShowAudioBearing True if audio bearing is to be displayed false if it is to be hided True if audio bearing label is to be displayed false if label is to be hided Only applicable if property ShowAudioBearing is true True if the audio bearing label background is to be displayed false if it is to be hided Only applicable if property ShowLabel is true HistoryLength
91. olour The base colour which the monochrome colour scale use Transparency Weight of transparency for the PoD data rose e Value 0 is no transparency the map beneath the reverberation rose is not visible in the areas with high values Value 100 is fully transparent the reverberation rose is not visible AN The transmission number within the loaded dataset Table 5 1 Settings for Data category Probability of detection Signal Excess Mode specific Max Scale Value The maximum scale value dB Scale Step The magnitude of the value intervals within the scale dB Target Strength Possible to manipulate target strength dB Detection Threshold Possible to manipulate detection threshold dB Fixed Transparent Min If set to True the colour for the minimum value is True False completely transparent This means the map beneath the performance rose is replacing this colour Monochrome Max Scale Value The maximum value in the value domain over which the colour gradate Monochrome Min Scale Value The minimum value in the value domain over which the colour gradate Plot Colour The base colour which the monochrome colour scale FFl rapport 2008 02183 45 EE OSO Transparency Weight of transparency for the signal excess data rose e Value 0 is no transparency the map beneath the reverberation rose is not visible in the areas with high values Value 100 is fully transparent the reverberation rose is not visible
92. on Manager SQL Server 2005 Network Configuration Protocols for MSSOLSERVER Enable Shared Memory Named Pipes and TCP IP The Simson database files are located in the database folder on the Simson Fennikel installation DVD 7 and are named Simson_v63 mdf and Simson_v63_log df Copy these files to the local HDD It is advisable but not necessary to copy the files to the default location for database files in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or NENNE NES Maer SSS SMS NN MS DER To get Microsoft SQL Server 2005 to manage the Simson database it must be attached to the SQL server For those new to this application please follow the following steps But keep in mind that Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is an extensive product so please refer to documentation and internet for help e Open the application SQL Server Management Studio included in the installation of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 e Connect to a server type Database Engine on server name localhost and select authentication Windows Authentication e Select on Databases from the tree view e Right click and select Attach Displayed in Figure 2 2 e The appearing window includes an Add button Now add the Simson_v63 mdf to the server e Verify that both Simson v63 mdf and Simson_v63_log df are defined under database details Then click OK e The next step is to set user rights Depending on the computer security rights for the user running Simson Fennikel the requirements for user righ
93. on different parameters See section 5 5 2 for description of the filter parameters 40 FFl rapport 2008 02183 e In the visualization settings section settings for how to present the reverberation data can be altered See section 5 5 3 for a description of the parameters Click the Apply button to view the reverberation data Figure 5 11 shows reverberation displayed in Maria MARIA Norway 250 Simson Sonar Detection Reverberation Performance Prediction S M Demo exercise Frigate 1 amp HMS JJ MSIFC amp JMSIFC Frigate 2 4 C Bfeearing deg 50 e Visualization settings C Use Monochrome Color Scale Figure 5 11 Reverberation data in Maria Data selected in the Reverberation tab will automatically be displayed during the Dynamic playback functionality described in chapter 6 5 5 2 Filtering reverberation data Reverberation data can be filtered on e Time span Reverberation data within the time span are displayed e Bearing Only reverberation data between min and max are displayed 5 5 3 Visualization settings The following settings can be set e Min Max Scale Value The min and max values represent the dynamic range of the colour grading By narrowing the range more detail could be achieved FFI rapport 2008 02183 41 e Plot Color The colour to be used for the reverberation data rose e Transparency Weight of transparency for the reverberation data rose o Value
94. ot group If changes are required you have to regenerate the plot group using various automatic or interactive modes or use the functions ResetCurveCharacteristics and MakePlots Tip Select platform in the information tree and CurveCharacteristics Browse through platform properties and make changes see Figure A 4 114 FFl rapport 2008 02183 TP Properties a z O Characteristics Category Target Mame Submarine 1 OtherCol SS Magenta PlatformCol HE red TrackCol P Magenta WeaponCol 0 Cyan Hame Platform name Browse 4 items Apply Figure A 4 Curve characteristics window A 3 Manipulation of plots A 3 1 Function SetReference This function is used for selecting a curve as a reference for the other curves in a given subplot I e the difference between a curve and the reference curve is calculated and displayed The curve selected as reference is not displayed check box on off has no effect since this curve has constant values equal to 0 The only way to see if a reference curve has been defined in the plot tree is to select the subplot and inspect its properties The property RefCurve will point to the reference curve if defined The SetReference function is only available for time variable plots not x y plots A 3 2 Function AddUserCalc This function is used to add a user defined curve both time plot Y T and position plot YX T MATLAB syntax is used to define the curve The procedure
95. please note that the latter two options are valid for user comment only FFI rapport 2008 02183 69 SIMSON Event Viewer Demo exercise Tracks 1 event e Frigate l Category Description Formes 101 1377 5003 01 32 49 a ate 2 ieee User Comments ee Edit Frigate 2 Delete gt Fomes 101 _ User Comments Export List To Excel i Tracks Submarine 1 i User Comments Figure 10 5 The Event Viewer with the context menu for an event 70 FFl rapport 2008 02183 11 Simson menu Technical Plots Technical plots in Simson Fennikel are basically properties along a time line In addition regular Cartesian plots are available These have their origin in the start position of the Default Trajectory see section 8 1 The application Matlab 2 is used to draw the plots and to perform the necessary calculations see Figure 11 1 MATLAB 7 4 0 R200 fa File Edit Debug Desktop Window Help 1 OG ab F ar i ml E D C Program Filesi Teleplani MARIAS Program Simson TechnicalPlots MatLab w m t Shortcuts A How to Odd A What s Mew Current Directory Workspsp Command Window te z l ie AA B w a i To get started select MATLAB Help or Demos From the Help menu H Grad2Rad H Rad Grad desktopactive Command Hi aralle cag ee ee er lla E radda Tale Figure 11 1 The window from the application Matlab which is started together with Simson Fennikel Technical plots can be generated by
96. properties window for tracks on origin level is now displayed see Figure 8 4 SIMSON Track Properties SIMSON Track Origin Properties Fed FEA E Appearance E Appearance DynamicDisplaypSkyle LimitedHistory DynamicDisplaySkyle LimitedHistory Linev idth 1 Line idth 1 TrackColor HE Black TrackColor HE Black History History HistoryLength 300 HistoryLength 300 Label Label LabelTransparency a0 LabelT ransparency a0 ShortLabel ShortLabel ShowLabel ShowLabel ShowLabelB ack ground ShowLabelb ackground Misc Misc Showy elocityy ector Show velocity ector Symbol Symbol ShowSymbol ShowSymbol Symbolsize SymbolSize DynamicDisplaySkyle Appearance Determines how much of the trajectory that 12 displayed before and behind the current point in time during dynamic playback M Cancel Figure 8 4 Track properties on track and origin level To change the properties of a platform trajectory select a platform in the reference data display Right click and select Properties A properties window for reference trajectories on platform level is now displayed see Figure 8 5 FFl rapport 2008 02183 57 SIMSON Reference Properties HAEA E Appearance DunamicDisplays tyle LimitedHistory Line idth 2 ReterenceLolor HE DarkRed History HistoryLength 300 Label Labell ransparency T ShortLabel ShowLabel ShowLabelb ackground Misc Show elocikyy ector Symbol 5 howSumbol Sumbolsize DynamicDisplaySh e Determines how much of the trajectory that i
97. ption will be displayed below the property list To hide Trajectory information section press the minus sign in the upper left corner To find information about the observation property s next previous change if available right click on a property and select Get Next or Get Previous Change respectively If the property can be plotted select Plot Property Values and the property is plotted in Matlab see Figure 8 7 This is further described in Technical Plots section 11 4 FFl rapport 2008 02183 59 Submarine 1 DACULA Course Frigate I GPS Velocity 27 kMoyv 2008 Submarine I DACULA Course 27 Nov 2008 Ei FE ve Fa oe erage pels ee Ge Se we eee ts oad ska T 400 leies tea eo We pe ag Ne ge Waa fom rs ee As ok oe ie ft OTe r vet FG Velocity m s Course deg 1000 2000 3000 4000 1000 2000 3000 13 Nov 2005 00 55 02 13 Nov 2003 01 00 12 25 Figure 8 7 Matlab plots of Property Values from the Observation Browser To iterative step through the trajectory observations e Click the Next button right arrow to move forward e Click the Previous button left arrow to move backwards e Use the slide bar to get the correct observation To find an observation closest to a specific point in time type a time value in the textbox next to the button Find Observation from Time then click the button itself 8 5 The Target table The Target Table can be used to view bearing and range from own unit to other units at d
98. r the virtual directory need to be checked Open the property window for Sarepta and verify that the ASP NET version used is 2 0 50727 If not change to this version This completes the installation of the Sarepta Web Service The service should now be available from a browser by going to the address http localhost Sarepta NVRGservice asmx Without the Sarepta Web Service installed some functionalities in Simson Fennikel will not be able to retrieve bottom profiles for sonar performance prediction 2 3 9 Installing the FFI map collection After having installed the Teleplan Maria application it is necessary to add maps suited for ASW analysis These maps include a detailed seabed at selected locations Copy the map files to an easy accessible location e g C FFImap Please note that some maps have classification 16 FFl rapport 2008 02183 CONFIDENTIAL and can be obtained from The Norwegian Military Geographic Service FMGT 2 3 6 Installing the Simson database The Simson database is managed by the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 software For installation of the software please refer to the software documentation of that product Typical installation type may be chosen but with the Windows Authentication option selected Once installed it is advisable to check the network configuration for SQL Open the Computer Management application in Control Panel Administrative Tools Choose Services and Applications SQL Server Configurati
99. rapport 2008 02183 SIMSON Observation Browser Trajectory Observation EI Misc E Misc Algorithm Not a simulated trajectory ourse 9 9 Geo Lat 69 32615 69 39034 Long pit SIMSON Target Table Own unit Frigate 1 Name Bearing Range Course Velocity Depth Elevation Observations Collection equenceN umber gt Frigate 1 189 9 5 04 0 RecordingUnit 2 Frigate 1 FRIGATE OSLO sl 11 2003 Frigate 2 102 4 2912 035 3 5 40 0 Time Time 11 13 2003 00 55 02 11 elocit 5 04 Submarine 1 116 4 2837 264 5 2 95 30 ir MPA 1 332 7 13943 360 0 115 00 Course Course degrees nd Observation from Time Observation number 3081 Find Observation from Time Algorithm Describes the algorithm used to simulate the trajectory if applicable Time 13 11 2003 01 46 23 Observation number 3081 Previous 13 11 200301 46 22 SIMSON Transmission Table Tx tables Demo exercise Frigate 1 HMS Recorded 46 Demo exercise Frigate 2 14 event s Txld Time Z Settings Id Tx Power Tx Range Frigate 1 105 13 11 2003 01 44 30 7 0 8 2 Formex 101 Time 2 Type Source 106 13 11 2003 01 44 47 8 0 2 User Cornments i per Kl hA Ha AA z biia i E ormer nigate 107 19 11 2008 01 44 55 8 0 2 13 11 2003 01 36 00 Formex 101 Friga
100. reference trajectories in the Track table from visualization in Maria e By clicking Target Table bearing and range from own unit to other units can be viewed This is further described in section 8 5 e By clicking Trajectory Info anew window will open containing detailed information about a trajectory s observations This is further described in section 8 4 e By clicking Properties properties for a reference trajectory can be set This is further described in section 8 3 The weapon data display This part of the track table is not in use for the current version of Simson Fennikel 8 2 Associate reference trajectory Obsolete functionality related to torpedo simulation 8 3 Set properties To change the properties of a single track select a track in the track data display Right click and select Properties gt Track properties A properties window for tracks on track level is now displayed see Figure 8 4 To change the properties for multiple tracks mark the tracks with either Ctrl left click or Shift left click in the grey column to the left Then select Properties gt Track properties A properties window for tracks on track level is now displayed but the properties set here will be valid for all selected tracks 56 FFI rapport 2008 02183 To change the properties of multiple tracks belonging to the same origin select a track in the track data display Right click and select Properties gt Origin properties A
101. rio Generator Properties Help NUM SCRL 26 11 08 16 41 192 _ Figure 1 2 References to descriptions of windows and functions in this document This document describes in detail the installation and use of the Simson Fennikel A demo exercise will be used throughout the document to demonstrate functionality Data from this demo exercise may not be representative for real exercises but is used here to keep the user manual unclassified e First the technical basis for the software is described in chapter 2 Hardware software requirements and detailed installation instructions are given e Chapter 3 describes how to start up the Maria application and start selecting exercise data for analysis e Before the steps in the data analysis are described further a brief introduction to key Maria functionality is given in chapter 4 e Chapter 5 gives a detailed description of how to select various ASW data recorded from the exercise for analysis This includes reference data tracks transmissions reverberation and performance prediction data e Simson Fennikel gives the possibility to present data in dynamic mode a concept called dynamic playback It present data as an animation and thus gives an opportunity to study time correlated events The concept is introduced in chapter 6 and referred to in later chapters when the Simson menu is described e Chapter 7 describes the Time Calculator which converts a time frame to seconds and vice versa
102. rms in the selected exercise it 1s possible to stop the dynamic playback and run LYBIN calculations between two platforms This is performed within the Lybin Presettings This functionality is further described in chapter 14 6 1 The window for dynamic playback The Dynamic window contains a tree view showing all data selected from the ASW window see Figure 6 1 To remove data from dynamic playback simply uncheck the platform or data type Remember to stop dynamic playback if data are to be added removed in the ASW window 48 FFl rapport 2008 02183 Demo exercise S Frigate 1 BS HMMS Ev Settings amp Detection o f Nav GPS S 7 Frigate 2 a i Nav GPS S Submarine 1 oo fw Nav DACULA E emo Gxencise Use Track Table az additional selection criteria Play rate zec o Lr Jute GBR Figure 6 1 The Dynamic Playback window in Simson Fennikel To start the playback click the Play button To increase the playback rate click the up arrow button on the play rate value or type a new value between 1 and 200 seconds It is possible to set the current playback time from the Event Viewer in Simson Fennikel Select an item in the event list in the Event Viewer and press the second button on the toolbar to use the time of the event as current time The event viewer and the link to dynamic playback are further described in chapter 10 6 2 Properties used in dynamic playback Some specific prop
103. s displayed before and behind the current point Im time during dynamic playback M Cancel Figure 8 5 Reference properties To preview the changes click Preview in the properties windows To accept the changes click OK If Cancel is clicked no changes are made Section 12 2 gives a description of the properties 8 4 The Observation browser window The Observation browser display detailed information about a trajectory s observations The observations can belong to tracks or platforms It is accessed from the Track table Right click on a row in one of the displays and select Trajectory Info The Observation browser window is now displayed see Figure 8 6 58 FFl rapport 2008 02183 SIMSON Observation Browser Observation PSEA El Misc Algorithm Not a simulated trajectory Geo Lat 69 41495 69 42543 Long Observations Collection Course Course degrees Recording rit 2 Frigate 1 FRIGATE OSLO SI T argetU rit Time Time 1113 2003 01 09 31 11 Find Observation from Time O Observation number 1 Algorithm td Describes the algorithm used to simulate the trajectory if ice ere ore 13 11 2003 01 0331 Figure 8 6 The Observation Browser in Simson Fennikel Overall information about the trajectory is displayed to the left and information one single observation is displayed to the right To get information about the properties of an observation select the property and a descri
104. sonar operator has focused the audio beam audio bearings can be displayed To show the audio bearings set the property ShowAudioBearing to true The property can be set on three levels e On Tx level see section 9 2 e On Origin level see section 9 2 e On Global level see global properties in section 12 4 This will show the audio bearing for each transmission at transmission time Figure 9 5 displays audio bearings during a dynamic playback Here we have set ShowAudioBearing to true on Global level FFI rapport 2008 02183 65 ane Figure 9 5 Audio bearings for transmissions in Simson Fennikel 66 FFI rapport 2008 02183 10 Simson menu The event viewer Events are recorded during an exercise either as hand written notes or automatic generated logs Special situations voice communications combat system changes and other analysis relevant elements are called events and are displayed in the Event Viewer This functionality is accessed through the Simson menu Simson gt Event Viewer Figure 10 1 shows the Event Viewer for our exercise SIMSON Event Viewer Demo exercise Fomes 101 14 event s Frigate 1 Formex 101 User Comments Frigate 2 Formes 101 User Comments Tracks Submarine 1 User Comments MPA 1 User Comments Time 2 13 11 2003 01 25 00 13 11 2003 01 32 00 13 11 2003 01 36 00 13 11 2003 01 40 00 13 11 2003 01 46 00 13 11 2003 01 48 00 13 11 2003 01 53 00 13 11 2003 02 25 00 13 11
105. splayStyle The style in which the track is displayed during dynamic playback Valid values are History displayed data will not fade during playback Limited history data that are no longer valid within the time frame of HistoryLength will fade All the whole length of the trajectory is displayed The Symbol will mark the current position in time LineWidth Track trajectory line width TrackColor Track trajectory line colour HistoryLength Length of track in seconds behind current position during dynamic playback Only applicable if property DynamicDisplayStyle is LimitedHistory ShortLabel Use of short or long label The short label displays the track name and the long label display the course and velocity of the track in addition to the name 94 FFI rapport 2008 02183 ShowLabel True if label is to be displayed false if label is to be hided ShowLabelBackground True if the label background is to be displayed false if it is to be hided Show Velocity Vector True if the velocity vector is to be displayed false if it is to be hided ShowSymbol True if symbols are to be displayed on the track false if it is to be hided SymbolSize Symbol size Only applicable if property ShowSymbol is true Table 12 2 Descriptions of Global track properties 12 4 Transmission properties In the tab Transmission properties that apply for all transmissions can be set Figure 12 4 shows the tab for transmission properties a
106. te 2 108 13 17 2003 01 45 05 8 0 4 2 Formex 101 13 11 2003 01 40 00 Formex 101 Frigate 2 109 13 11 2003 01 45 15 8 0 4 2 User Comments men ss Submarine 1 13 11 2003 01 48 00 Formex 101 Frigate 2 Lea User Comments 13 11 2003 01 53 00 Formex 101 Frigate 2 MPA 1 13 11 2003 02 25 00 Formex 101 Frigate 2 13 11 2003 02 30 00 Formex 101 Frigate 2 User Comments 13 11 2003 02 35 00 Formex 101 Frigate 2 13 11 2003 02 36 00 Formex 101 Frigate 2 13 11 2003 02 48 00 Formex 101 Frigate 2 AC 13 11 2003 02 48 00 Formex 101 Frigate 2 11 13 11 1 46 SR EG 13 11 2003 02 56 00 Formex 101 Frigate 2 8 0 4 2 117 13 11 2003 01 46 36 8 0 4 2 118 13 11 2003 01 46 47 8 0 4 2 13 11 2003 01 46 57 8 0 4 2 AMAA AADA A Aan Figure 6 2 A snapshot of the tables that are stepped through during dynamic playback FFl rapport 2008 02183 51 7 Time calculator It may be handy to calculate the seconds between two timestamps e g when technical plots chapter 11 are analyzed where the time dependent plots are displayed with second on the x axis To access the time calculator click View gt Time Calculator This will open the Time calculator in anew window Reference time ERE Time 43 11 2003 00 08 00 Seconds 0 Figure 7 1 The Time Calculator in Simson Fennikel To find the number of seconds between a reference time and another time value type a reference time and a time value Press enter gt The textbox Seconds will then display t
107. the clip board and becomes ready to be pasted into Excel e Properties option enables the user to set the visualization properties for either a single or multiple transmissions The Origin Properties is equal of selecting all rows The Properties option is further described in section 9 2 9 2 Set properties The properties for the transmissions can be set in different ways e To change the properties for a single transmission select a transmission Right click and select Properties gt Tx Properties e To change the properties for multiple transmissions select the transmissions using the Shift or Ctrl keys Right click and select Properties gt Tx Properties e To change the properties for all transmissions in the list right click and select Properties gt Origin Properties The properties window for tracks on track or origin level is displayed in Figure 9 4 64 FFl rapport 2008 02183 SIMSON Transmission Properties AA E Appearance DinamicDisplays tyle LimitedHistory EchoSize 2 PlainColor HE Red E Audio Bearing Labell ransparency T ShowAuidiob earning False ShowLabel True ShowLabelb ack ground True History HistoryLength 300 SNA SnrColor Yellow SnrLolorz 0 Orange SnrColor3 HE Red SnrColord B DarkvViolet Mh E Appearance Cancel Figure 9 4 Transmission properties on track or origin level Section 12 4 gives a description of the properties 9 3 Audio bearing To get information about where the
108. ting Add in the resulting context menu see Figure 14 5 Every sound speed profile that is added here will be added to the list of profiles in the Sound Speed tab 104 FFl rapport 2008 02183 Sound speed profiler Dig stance TimeSpan Probe Tl ype T 15 59 56k mi BT Figure 14 5 Selecting a sound speed profile in the Lybin presettings window The columns Distance and TimeSpan will help finding the correct profile from the database A positive time span indicates a measurement performed back in time compared to the dynamic time a negative time span indicates a measurement performed later in time To set the depths for sonar and the target adjust the depths in the section for Selected data Sonar settings from selected point in time are retrieved from the selected data set in the Transmission Table window see chapter 9 If no Sonar detection data are selected a warning is displayed in the Lybin presettings window and sonar settings can be set to the desired values for calculation ES Lybin Presettings Sarepta WS serveri sg 0l me ot S EEG 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 gga Figure 14 6 The second tabular page Bottom in Lybin Presettings The Bottom tab Figure 14 6 is now loaded with a bottom profile from the Sarepta service To zoom in on an interesting values left click and hold then drag to create a rectangle surrounding the area that is interesting FFl rapport 2008 02183 105 Bottom profile
109. tion software Microsoft SQL Server Database management software for hosting the Simson database 2005 Net 3 5 Framework Program libraries for C service pack or higher Runtime components for Visual C 2008 Libraries Table 2 3 Software prerequisites for Simson Fennikel 2 3 Configuring prerequisites for Simson Fennikel Simson Fennikel is implemented in such a way that it utilizes third party applications to extend its own functionality These applications need some configuration adjustments to be optimized for Simson Fennikel Thus the adjustments are explained as a part of the installation guide for Simson Fennikel For installation of the third party applications please refer to their respective installation guides 2 3 1 Installing Net 3 5 framework The Net 3 5 framework is included on the installation DVD 7 of Simson Fennikel The installation file is called dotnetfx35 exe Without this framework installed the Simson Fennikel software will not run 14 FFl rapport 2008 02183 2 3 2 Installing runtime components for Visual C 2008 Libraries The runtime components for Visual C 2008 Libraries are included on the installation DVD 7 of Simson Fennikel The installation file is called VS2008vcredist x86 exe Without these libraries installed Simson Fennikel will not be recognized as a Maria add in 2 3 3 Activate Matlab COM Automation server capabilities The COM Automation server capabilities in Matlab have
110. to add such a curve is the following 1 Select a standard curve you want to use as a basis and the function AddUserCalc A new curve named UserCalculation is added to the subplot FFI rapport 2008 02183 115 2 Select the new curve and the function Properties see Figure A 5 Locate the property user code see Figure A 6 and input valid MATLAB code The code must define a struct named with the curve id e g c2 and with members t and y for Y T plot and t y and x for YX T plot You may also rename the curve and change other properties E st Position c0 Frigate 1 gps cl Submarine 1 dacula c2 FF1 H 214 Submarine 1 Depth Bng amp Rar SpeediC Ht Speed amp C 0PY Bng amp Rar jona Properties Figure A 5 Selecting Properties for user curve E E Code UserCode ci t cO tc3 y c0 ycdxs cO x EH Mise Plotlteme Collection ES Figure A 6 The property UserCode for a user curve Assume that curve 0 was selected as basis and that the new curve has number 3 Then initially a Y T plot would contain c3 t c0 t c3 y c0 y and an YX T plot c3 t c0 t c3 y c0 y c3 x c0 x Y 1s north and X is east c3 t is seconds relative a datetime reference which is the same as for the base curve c0 The base curve id is shown as TimeRef in the property window for the user defined curve Any valid Matlab code will work E g you may execute functions scripts or import data from files etc Invalid Mat
111. to be activated to be able to communicate with Matlab from Simson Fennikel By typing the following command in a Command prompt the capabilities will be activated for that installation of Matlab Marla sinmecel laeron Folder ban vin MATLAB ESN RENSE On success a Matlab Command Window should appear And the following command in Matlab will confirm success if the result is 1 true Ene SENNEP ETUS If the enabling of the COM Automation server capabilities in Matlab was unsuccessful please refer to the Matlab documentation or internet Without this installation installed Simson Fennikel will not be able to use Matlab for displaying figures used in kinematic analysis 2 3 4 Installing Internet Information Services with Sarepta Web Service Sarepta Web Service is the bottom profile database This functionality is used by several functionalities in Simson Fennikel involving sonar performance prediction This installation can be installed on every computer running Simson Fennikel or on a server on the LAN connecting the computers The Internet Information Services IIS are included as an optional component in most installations of Microsoft Windows IIS is not installed by default but may be added through the Add Remove Programs functionality in Windows For more information concerning installation of ISS please refer to Microsoft documentation and internet To be sure ISS is properly configured to the Net framework t
112. transmission related data 38 5 4 1 Sonar detection tab in the ASW window 38 5 4 2 Filtering transmission data 39 5 5 Displaying reverberation data 40 5 5 1 Reverberation tab in the ASW window 40 5 5 2 Filtering reverberation data 41 550 Visualization settings 41 5 6 Displaying predicted sonar performance 42 5 6 1 Performance Prediction tab in the ASW window 42 5 6 2 Filtering performance prediction data 44 5 6 3 Visualization settings 44 6 Dynamic playback of displayed data 48 6 1 The window for dynamic playback 48 6 2 Properties used in dynamic playback 49 6 3 Highlighted rows in tables during dynamic playback 50 7 Time calculator 52 8 Simson menu The track table 53 8 1 Table navigation 53 8 2 Associate reference trajectory 56 8 3 Set properties 56 8 4 The Observation browser window 58 8 5 The Target table 60 9 Simson menu The transmission table 62 9 1 Table navigation 62 9 2 Set properties 64 9 3 Audio bearing 65 10 Simson menu The event viewer 67 10 1 The user interface 67 10 2 Event properties 68 10 3 User comments 69 11 Simson menu Technical Plots 71 6 FFI rapport 2008 02183 11 2 11 3 11 4 11 5 11 6 11 6 1 11 6 2 11 6 3 11 7 12 12 1 12 2 12 3 12 4 12 5 13 13 1 13 2 13 2 1 13 2 2 13 3 14 14 1 14 2 14 3 15 The Technical Plot window Automatic Generation of exercise overview plots Automatic Generation of Target Kinematic Examination plots Automatic Generation of Observation Browser plots Auto
113. ts in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 vary For a single computer setting make sure all Simson Fennikel users on the computer are defined in the Security Logins on the SQL Server Either by their single user or a group e Their server roles should stay public but their user mapping should include Simson_v63 with the roles db_datareader and db datawriter in addition to public Enable TCP IP if computer is connected to a network FFI rapport 2008 02183 17 e Their status should naturally be a grant in connection to the database engine and an enabled login e To be able to execute stored procedures in the server the database owner dbo of Simson_v63 must permit the users to do so Enter the properties of the dbo schema in Security folder under the Simson_v63 database e Select the Permissions and add the Simson Fennikel users or group Check the Grant option on the Execute row Click OK and permission should be granted T Microsoft SOL Server Management Studio File Edit View Tools Window Community Help El New Query Li ify ia oa LG Gat ay Object Explorer Connect sy P E F localhost SOLE PRESS SOL Server 9 0 1399 NTI E 9 Security 9 Server Ob Replicatio amp Managem New Database Attach Restore Database Restore Files and Filegroups Reports Refresh Figure 2 2 Databases is selected from tree view and the context menu contains the opt
114. ure 5 5 The Track tab with expanded nodes There are two more sections beneath the tree view in the track tab e The track id section which is not yet implemented e In the filter section track data can be filtered on different parameters See section 5 3 2 for description of the filter parameters Click the Apply button to view the tracks in Maria As with reference trajectories multiple sets of data can be selected at the same time Figure 5 6 display the presentation of track data in Maria FFI rapport 2008 02183 35 MARIA Norway 250 Simson Sele Performance Prediction E V Demo exercise S F Frigate 1 S HMS Sonar tracks amp JMSIFC a C Frigate 2 EET 2986 Demo exercise Frigate 1SHMS Sonar tracks Track Id Tekno L o Filter Filter Min Max Time span 13 11 2003 13 11 200 T Quality V Track lengt 20 Course de Speed m s NUM SCRL 27 11 08 O7 32 552 i Figure 5 6 Tracks in Maria To remove tracks uncheck previously checked data in the Track tab and click the Apply button Filtering of tracks belonging to different platforms or sensors must be performed for each platform or sensor Data selected in the Track tab will automatically be displayed during the Dynamic playback functionality described in chapter 6 5 3 2 Filtering active track data MSIFC tracks can be filtered on e Time span The entire track is included if it exists at some point during the time sp
115. visualization properties determine how the different data are displayed in Maria Global Properties allows the user to change the default values of these properties for data types in general The global properties are divided into the following categories e General e Reference e Track e Transmission e Layer The values set for one of these data categories apply for all data of that category To open the Global properties click Simson gt Properties A window is now displayed containing tabs for the data categories see Figure 12 1 SIMSON Global Properties Time Show from 79 05 2008 20 03 00 to 49 05 2008 21 02 00 Cancel Figure 12 1 Global general properties FFI rapport 2008 02183 91 Each tab will have the buttons OK Cancel and Preview displayed at the bottom e Click Preview to view how the new property settings affect the displayed data The window will remain open and the edited properties will return to their original values when the window is closed e Click OK to apply the new settings to the displayed data e Click Cancel to close the window any edited properties will return to their original values 12 1 General properties In the tab General the time interval in which data is displayed can be set This applies for data in all categories both static and dynamic The Reset time button resets the time interval to its original value i e the time span in which there exist data from the exercis
116. y Copy Save Image As Page Setup Print Show Point Values Un 2oom Undo All Zoom Pan Set Scale to Default 1470 1450 1490 1500 1510 Sound speed m s Figure 14 9 The context menu accessed from the sound speed profile plot By right clicking on a profile in the profile list to the left a context menu is displayed see Figure 14 10 To smooth the profile click Smoothen and choose one of the alternatives To recalculate the sound speeds using a different salinity choose Recalculate and insert a new salinity To remove a profile choose Remove The selected profile will then be removed from the view FFI rapport 2008 02183 107 General Bottom Sound speed Start Stop Soundy elociky Temperature 0 00 0 00 4409 E1 71 gre jae Recalculate For 1 5 kHz cal Zz Remove profile 1 482 31 Twindows size of Fm 1 492 21 omme 1 452 30 General Bottom Sound speed Start Stop Soundvelocity Temperature 0 00 0 00 ia to o 0z Tr om am oo rect gt mm Remove protile z224 aa haa T nity Figure 14 10 The displayed context menu when sound speed profiles are right clicked in Lybin Presettings It may be wise to remove old unused profiles from the sound speed profile views to have control on which profile that is actually being used in the LYBIN calculation To run a LYBIN calculation with these presettings click the button Run LYBIN LYBIN is then started automati

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