Specifications

Tritech International Ltd SeaKing System Options OM
Issue 3 TIL – Eng – Spec – 040 Page 44 of 44
PaperType - This drop-down list
selects the type of paper used in the Printer;
▪ Panel 0 (i.e. Adopt Printer Panel setting)
▪ Plastic 1
▪ Plastic 2
▪ Plastic 3
▪ Fibre 4
▪ Film 5
Chan Select - This drop-down list
selects which Sidescan Channels to plot. The Sidescan has 2
channels and these are used for the Port Transducer and the Starboard Transducer;
▪ Dual Chan (Plot both Port and Starboard Transducer data)
▪ Left Chan (Plot Port Transducer data)
▪ Right Chan (Plot Starboard Transducer data)
Time Mark Interval - The drop-down list
sets the interval of the Time Marks (Horizontal Time Line)
annotated on the printout.
▪ Mark Off
▪ Mark 30sec
▪ Mark 1min
▪ Mark 2min
▪ Mark 5min
Annotation on Left / Right - The drop-down list
has several selections for the type of data that is
annotated on the Left and Right of the Thermal Paper. The text box
will display the data that is
selected for annotating and can be used to verify that the data is coming through from the
annotator okay.
▪ Text Off (No annotation on this side of paper)
▪ Text Man** (Manual annotation - with keyboard, type text into text box
and press 'Annotation'
button)
▪ PC Datime (Annotate PC Date and Time - linked with the Time Mark Interval)
▪ Nav Datime (Expansion to include NMEA 0183 messages)
▪ Nav String (Expansion to include NMEA 0183 messages)
▪ Remote Text (See below)
** Only available on Right
'Remote Text' Annotation Messages
Section 2 enabled the Sidescan Sonar (Slot 5) Remote Data Input and allocated a serial channel
(COM Port) for this. Any ASCII
Remote Text messages that are received through this COM Port
with the <CR><LF>
terminator will be passed to the Plotter Control.
In the Plotter Control, Selecting 'Remote Text
' from either of the Annotation on Left / Right drop-
down lists will transmit the ASCII Remote Text messages to the printer as annotation messages.
N.B. The Remote Text messages can be up to 120 ASCII characters in length.
Examples of 'Remote Text' message containing UTC Time, Eastings and Northings:
Example 1:
093455.12, 230631E, 4283716W<CR><LF>
Example 2:
GPS 093455.12 230631E 4283716W<CR><LF>