Specifications

BATS AND PORTABLE BATS OPERATION
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Other items of interest…
Jobs: Stores all the setup parameters to a “Jobs” folder/file.
Project Tree: A Project Tree was developed as a graphical view of the parameters that normally
would change via the standard menus. It is a drag & drop window that can move or be hidden. The
Computer icon is shown at the top as the primary unit. This is the hardware platform that runs this
software. Under the Computer are it peripherals, display, disk services, printer, etc. The Device List
shows in a table
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all the peripheral ports that communicate with the PC including the USBL System
(BATS). A device can be any peripheral associated with the USBL System. It can communicate via
its serial ports or TCP, UDP or UDP Broadcast. The Data Output icon brings up the same Device ta-
ble but goes directly to the Device output line within the table. Just click on the line or hit Enter
and the setup dialog box is displayed to allow setup of a port to output the tracking data. (We
could have left this out and just showed the Device List but felt this brings attention to the operator
to make sure the Data Output port is setup for the job.) The “to USBL Interface” is only for graph-
ical representation of a port going to a USBL device (COM port). The “BATS” is only for graphical
representation of the Transceiver. Under the “BATS” are the items associated directly with it. It
shows the typical items that the operator should setup for USBL operation; GPS/TimeSync (format
of data input), Hydrophone parameters, Acoustic Data (Speed of sound in water, temperature,
etc.). The GPS is used for time syncing only. It does not reference the data to Latitude /Longitude.
Typical ZDA or GGA sentence received uses the first character in sentence as the sync pulse for the
time received in the sentence. This sets the clock within the Transceiver to better than 50ms accu-
racy. The time that is on each beacon’s output sentence is the time that each reply was received.
Sensor Setup: This is a system input setup dialog. Sensor inputs can be either from Heading Sen-
sor (an analog or serial input to the Transceiver or serial only to the PC) or an Attitude Sensor (in-
ternal to BATS Hydrophone if applicable or a remote analog sensor input to the Transceiver or
NMEA into either USBL or Trackman PC).
Beacons: Clicking on the Beacon(s) icon brings up a table for beacon entry. It also provides a
quick view of the Beacon parameter settings. Click on any line within the Beacon Setup Table to
bring up its dialog setup box.
ORE ICON: Right clicking on the ORE icon on the task bar brings up a menu to allow closing of
Trackman, showing the About box, or disabling the screen saver. For example, disabling the screen
saver can be useful when tracking your ROV and the screen saver decides to start the starfield
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display just when you are trying to see where your ROV is with respect to the boats prop! Click on
“Disable Screen Saver” to prevent screen saver from turning on.
Device List Status Blocks:
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When the table is displayed the “Trackman” GUI is minimized.