Specifications

Tritech International Ltd SeaKing System Options OM
Issue 3 TIL – Eng – Spec – 040 Page 17 of 44
OPTION 2: PIPETRACKER SURFACE INTERFACE
This is a one-way communications between the Pipetracker Surface Console and the SeaKing
SCU. The telemetry link between them is a 2-wire (RS-232 Tx, RS-232 Gnd) serial cable to
transmit the pipe position data from the Pipetracker Console to the SCU COM Port.
SeaKing surface software V1.40 onwards has provision to accept serial data strings from 3 types of
Pipetracker system…
1. TSS 340
2. TSS 350
3. Innovatum
The data strings from any of these systems can be sent to ANY
available serial COM port on the
SCU processor unit. Data is one way and the following cable wiring applies…
SCU 9-pin 'D' Male
(COM 1 / 3 / 4)
Pipetracker Console
(Serial RS-232 Port)
Pin 2 (Rx) Tx
Pin 3 (Tx)
Not Connected
Rx
Pin 5 (Gnd) Ground
The following steps should be followed to configure the interface thereafter…
Step 1:
Once the serial cable connecting the SCU to the Pipetracker console has been installed, the
Pipetracker serial output will then need to be configured on it's surface console (refer to the
Pipetracker documentation for this).
Step 2:
The next step is to configure the COM port on the SCU Processor unit to match the RS-232
transmission settings of the Pipetracker console.
In the SeaKing SONV3 surface software, click on the 'Remote' Tools menu (indicated by spanner
icon) and Press the 'Remote Comms Setup' button…