System Overview
Figure 1-20
Operation with ROV - Subsea bottle configuration
Select a connection method, then press Connect to use the selected connection, or press Cancel
to return to the Backstage/General tab to configure the Topside Unit.
If Status column is not a green tick, the Details column contains an alert icon or the ‘U41 -Serial’
instrument connection method does not appear when expected, first wait for at least one
minute for the system to finish initialisation. See example below.
Figure 1-21
Operation with ROV - Subsea bottle configuration
If the problem continues, check that the Topside Unit and U41 subsea bottle serial communication
settings match. Also, Information about the type of problem may be found by holding the
mouse over the Status, Config or Details icons or by clicking on the Details icon.
In some circumstances, the Topside Unit LEDs may be useful to diagnose problems, their
behaviour is shown in the table below.
LED
Colour
Description
ETH. EXT.
OFF
No instrument broadcast detected.
Green
Extended ethernet protocol is currently used with the U41 instrument.
Ethernet
OFF
No instrument broadcast detected.
Green
Ethernet protocol is currently used with the U41 instrument.
RS-232
RS-485F
RS-485H
All OFF
Serial operation is not enabled
One lit
Indicates which serial protocol has been selected: RS-232, RS485 Full Du-plex or
RS-485 Half Duplex
Link
OFF
Serial link not established
Blinking
Serial link not fully established
Green
Selected serial link communication has been established
Activity
OFF
No serial data activity
Blinking Green
Serial data is transferring (Tx or Rx)
Summary of Contents for TSC U41
Page 1: ...Getting Started with TSC U41 Modernizing Subsea ACFM User s Manual ...
Page 7: ...General Precautions and Conventions ...
Page 13: ...Chapter 1 System Overview ...
Page 27: ...Chapter 2 The Subsea Bottle ...
Page 33: ...Chapter 3 The Topside Unit ...
Page 40: ...Chapter 4 Assist3 Software ...
Page 67: ...Assist3 Software 55 Figure 4 37 Finishing the installation ...
Page 69: ...Chapter 5 Troubleshooting ...
Page 71: ...Troubleshooting 59 ...