FUGROSURVEYMIDDLEEASTLIMITED

2008

GAPSSETUPNOTESWRITTENBYMOMITHARAYIL
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SETTI NG UP OF GAPS
WARNI NG
DO NOT SWI TCH ON GAPS SYSTEM FOR LONG TESTS I N THE AI R AS
THI S I S A WATER COOLED SYSTEM.CAN SWI TCH ON FOR FEW
SECONDS TO CHECK YOUR SYSTEM I S TALKI NG TO THE
TRANSDUCER BEFORE YOU DEPLOY

GAPSSETUPONDB27

MULTIFIXOPTIONALASWECANGETAPOSITIONINPUTFROMSEIS

GAPS
MMIPC
MMIPC MFIXPC
750
TRANSPONDER
REMOTE
HEAD
USBLHEAD
L1/L2
TRANSMIT/RX
MMIPC
57600ODD2
OUTPUT
96008N1
NMEAPOSITIONFM
SEIS
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DISCLAIMER
THISISWRITTENPURELYBASEDONWHATIEXPERIENCEDINTHEFIELDAND
THISISNOTANAUTHORISEDDOCUMENTFORGAPSSYSTEM.FORALL
CLARIFICATIONSYOUSHOULDREFERTHEOFFICIALMANUALSOFGAPSBEFORE
YOUPROCEEDWITHANYCAMPLAINTS.IDONOTTAKEANYRESPONSIBILITYFOR
LACKOFPERFORMANCEOFTHISSYSTEMWHENYOUSETITUPONLYBASEDON
THESENOTES
MomiTharayil

1. KEEP H1 ARRAY TO THE BOW WHI LE I NSTALLI NG TRANSDUCER

2. MAKE ALL CONNECTI ONS AS PER THE DI GRAM
3. MULTI FI X I S OPTI ONAL AS THI S SYSTEM I S SUPPOSED TO TAKE A
STANDARD NMEA STRI NG AS POSI TI ON I NPUT.
4. AFTER TAKI NG NMEA OUTPUT SELECTCONFI GURE-GGA (WGS84)
5. ALSO SELECT ZDA TI ME& DATE
6. CLI CK ON THE GGA (WGS 84) THEN ENABLE CHECKSUM FOR THI S.
7. LOAD GAPS MMI SOFTWARE ON YOUR PC
8. LOAD GAPS I XSEA_RC4 . SO WE CAN GET THE STANDARD GAPS
OUT PUT I N I OWI N.
9. GAPS DLL WI LL BE SEEN I N I OWI N- NEW/UNVALI DATED DEVI CES
AFTER YOU I NSTALL GAPSI XSEA_RC4
10. CONNECT THE USBL CABLE TO GAPS TRANSDUCER
11. BEFORE DEPLOYI NG I N WATER REMOVE PLASTI C CAPS ON
TRANSDUCER ARRAY
12. APPLY ALL STANDARD USBL DEPLOYI NG SAFETY METHODS
13. FROM THE START MENU PROGRAMS/RUN MAN MACHI NE
I NTERFACE (MMI ) SOFTWARE
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14. I F THE GAPS I S CONNECTED THI S WI LL GO THROUGH A SERI ES
OF TESTS AND COME TO A PAGE LI KE SHOWN BELOW

NOW CLI CK ON SEND COFI GURATI ON FROM MMI TO GAPS ANTENNA

ON THI S PAGE ENTER THE VESSEL PARAMETERS



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GUI DENCE FOR ANTENNA OFFSET.
I F THE SI ES I S OUTPUTTI NG THE USBL POLE FI X OFF SET POSI TI ON
NO NTENNA OFFSET REQUI RED


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CLI CK SUPERVI SI ON



CLI CK ON SERI AL LI NK
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MAKE SURE THE LI NK SET UP PORT # I S CORRECT COM1 57600-ODD-2
CLI CK ON GPS
SET THE GPS I NPUT PARAMETERS

CLI CK ON EXTERNAL SENSOR STATUS
CLI CK REAQUI RE GPS
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THE GPS I NDI CATI ON SHOULD COME GREEN I F GPS DATA COMI NG I N
CLI CK PROCESSOR

CLI CK ON OUTPUT

SELECT GAPS STANDARD
SET BAUDRATE AS 9600-8-N-1 AS WE NORMALLY USE THE I OWI N SAM
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NOW CLI CK ON SOUND VELOCI TY

ENTER VELOCI TY PROFI LE
CAN I MPORT VELOCI TY FROM A FI LE AND MAKE THI S TO ACCEPT
FORMAT TO BE I N DEPTH AND VELOCI TY ONLY .CSV FORMAT COMA DELI MATED
DEPTH VELOCI TY
1 1520
2 1521
3 1521
4 1522
5 1522
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AFTER THE ACTUAL MEASUREMENT OF DEPTH/VELOCI TY,KEEP
ADDI NG THE SAME VELOCI TY FOR THE LAST DEPTH FOR 5000 MTR
DEPTH AS SHOWN BELOW.THI S WI LL GI VE A GOOD PROFI LE.PLEASE
REMEMBER THERE WI LL BE NO DATA I F HE PROCESSOR SHOWS
SOUND VELOCI TY ERROR.
100 1521
500 1521
1000 1521
5000 1521
NOW WE WI LL SET THE TRANSPONDERS
A GAP ACOUSTI CALLY I NTERROGATES TRANSPONDER AND REPLY
WI TH A MFSK SI GNAL.THERE ARE TWO CODES 22 AND 23
ON CODE 22 THE FRQUECY I S 21.739-30.303 KHZ SWEEPI NG I N
UPPER DI RECTI ON AND CODE 23 I T I S 30.303-21.739 I N LOWER
DI RECTI ON. WE NEED TO SELECT THE CODE ,TURN AROUND TI ME
AND BLANKI NG WI TH THE PRE SET SWI TCHES I N THE TRANSPONDER
BEFORE WE CAN SET THEM I N THE GAPS MMI PROGRAMME
PLEASE REFER THE GAPS BEACON MANUAL FOR DOI NG THI S.
OPEN THE TRANSPONDER AND YOU CAN FI ND SWI TCHES WI TH
WHI CH CAN SI MPLY DO I T. THE SWI TCH POSI TI ON VALUES ARE ALSO
SHOWN I NSI DE THE TRANSPONDER.CAN USE EI THER CODE 22 OR 23
BUT I T I S ALWAYS ADVI SABLE TO USE SI NGLE CODE FOR ONE SET
OF TRANSPONDERS.TURN AROUND TI ME NORAMLLY I KEPT I S 90ms
AND BLANKI NG 800ms.
HAVE TWO TYPES OF TRANSPNDERS ONE WI TH A BUI LT I N HEAD
AND ONE WI TH REMOTE HEAD.I N FUGRO ABUDHABI WE HAVE ONLY
THE REMOTE HEAD ONES.
NOW WE CAN GO BACK TO MMI SETUP AGAI N
CLI CK ON TRANSPONDERS
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GO FOR NEW


ENTER I D #
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MFSK CODE, BLANKI NG.TURN AROUND TI ME TO BE SAME AS OF
TRANSPONDER SETTI NG.
WEATHER TRANSPONDER OR RESPONDER, PRESSURE SENSOR-
NONE AND FI LTERI NG NONE.
I N THE TOOLBOX CLI CK I N USE.THE SERI AL NUMBER I S NOT A MUST.
CAN USE 4 TRANSPONDERS AS F1, F2, F3, F4 NEED TO ENTER THE
FREQUENCY CODE.I F ROV I S F1 THEN ENTER ROV AS F1 ONLY.
I F YOU NEED TO DELETE ANY CAN DO BY CLI CKI NG SUPPRESS AND
DELETE THE TRANSPONDER WHI CH NEEDS TO BE DELETED.
ONCE THE TRANSPONDER I S I N WATER WE ARE READY TO USE THE
SYSTEM
START TRACKI NG AND YOU SHOULD BE GETTI NG THE
TRNSPONDERS I N THE SYSTEM.
SWI TCH ON THE GAPS UNI T BEFORE YOU START THE MMI SOFTARE.
AFTER 30 SECONDS START THE MMI SOFTWARE.
I F ALL ARE OKAY AND AFTER THE SERI ES OF TESTS THE SYSTEM
SHOUD BE TRACKI NG.
I MMEDI ATELY AFTER STARTI NG I F YOU SEE THE I NTERNAL
STATUS,FOR SOME TI ME THI S WI LL SHOW RED AS THE GYRO AND
FI LTER TAKE TI ME TO SETTLE. GI VE AT LEAST 15 MI NUTES FOR THE
SYSTEM TO SETTLE DOWN.THE MORE TI ME THE SYSTEM I S ON MORE
STABI LI TY.I T I S BETTER TO KEEP THE SYSTEM SWI TCHED ON BEFOE
ONE HOUR FOR GOOD STABI LI TY.
ONCE THE I NTERNAL STATUS HAS BECOME GREEN I N THE STATUS
WI NDOW YOU CAN SEE FI NE ALI GNMENT.
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CHECK THE ACOUSTI C ARRAY STATUS. ALL THE FOUR ARRAYS TO
BE GREEN. SOME TI ME THI S ARRAY WI LL REMAI N UNLI T TI LL I T GET
A PI NG FROM A TRANSPONDER.SO DONT WORRY.
PROCESSOR STATUS WI LL ALSO BE GREEN WHEN THE REPLY I S
RECEI VED FROM TRANSPONDER



ALL I NDI CATORS TO BE GREEN AND THE POSI TI ON AND ACOUSTI C
I NDI CATORS WI LL BE BLI NKI NG PURPLE /BLUE WHEN SYSTEM I S
WORKI NG FI NE.
GO TO THE RELATI VE OR ABOLUTE MODE YOU CAN SEE THE
POSI TI ON OF ALL THE TRANSPONDERS AND USBL UPDATI NG.
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NOW GAPS I S SENDI NG DATA TO OUTPUT I N GAPS STANDARD.
START FUGRO CONTROL.
OPEN I OWI N
SELECT NEW/UNVALI DATED
SELECT GAPSI XSEA-EDI T -9600-8-N-1 AS WE HAVE SELECTED THE
OUT PUT OF GAPS SAME.
RI GHT CLI CK CONFI GURE AND SELECT BOTH BOXES
NOW I N THE SEI S COMPUTER VESSEL-SENSORS-POSI TI OI NG
SYSTEMS
YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE A POSI TI ON AS
GAPSI XSEA_BEACON 0
GAPS I XSEA_BEACON 1
I F YOU HAVE 4 BEACONS WI LL SEE FOUR OF THEM. BEACON 0 I S THE
TRANSDUECR DO NOT TAKE THI S POSI TI ON FOR NEW VESSEL
SELECT THE APPROPRI TATE ONE. THI S I S SAME AS ANY SURFACE
POSI TI ONI NG SYSTEMS.SO OFFSETS OF TRANSPONDR POSI TI ON
NEED TO BE APPLI ED
NO NEED TO RUN USBL MODULE I N SEI S AS THI S I S WORKI NG AS
ABSOLUTE POSI TI ON SYSTEM
NO CALI BRATI ON NEEDED.