Specifications

Tritech International Ltd SeaKing System Options OM
Issue 3 TIL – Eng – Spec – 040 Page 33 of 44
OPTION 7: "NMEA 0183" GPS MESSAGE INPUTS
These have been available in the SeaKing surface software since V1.26 and until recently were
pre-configured at Tritech. In V1.53 they have been included in the Appsetup drop-down list for
Sonar and Sidescan Sonar usage whilst other Applications can still be configured by Tritech on
request. Look out for the Applications that include 'GPS' in their title…
Click on 'Menu' ->
Choose 'AppSetup' ->
In drop-down list, select Application that includes 'GPS' (e.g. 'S_GPS' = Sonar + GPS).
'Remote' Panel Setup Menu
This is the area where the serial port is configured for all data input and output through the
available serial ports. Note that the system assigns the COM2 port for the RAT controller - if a
serial mouse is used as the pointing device, this should be connected to COM2 also.
SCU Processor units have the COM1 port available as standard with option for installing and
Auxiliary I/O card to provide additional COM3 and COM4 ports (see earlier option).
Remote Panel
Clicking on the spanner icon in the 'Remote' Panel opens the RemoteV4 Setup menu. The GPS
input is on Slot 14 and this should be allocated a channel (i.e. 'Chan 1') for serial data input;
RemoteV4 Setup
In the 'RemoteV4 Setup' menu, click on the Remote Comms Setup button to allocate and
configure a COM port for the GPS serial data input (through Chan 1 in this case).
The COM1 port is 'factory' assigned against Channel 1 (Chan 1). GPS NMEA 0183 input will often
be at 4800 Baud, 8, N, 1 - ensure the correct settings are configured to match the GPS device. This
can be changed in the 'Remote Comms Setup' menu if required.
Click on here to allocate and
configure a COM port to selected
Channel (i.e. Chan 1 in this case)
Remote Data Input enables /
disables the serial input on
selected Channel