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SeapiX – Installation Manual
SSD-C-1306 Ed. A – 01/2020 12
Table of Contents
1 I
NTRODUCTION
............................................................................................................ 14
1.1 S
EAPI
X S
YSTEM
O
VERVIEW
....................................................................................................... 14
1.2 S
EAPI
X P
RINCIPLE
.................................................................................................................... 15
1.2.1 Downward-Looking Swath ................................................................................................. 16
1.2.2 Forward-Looking Swath ..................................................................................................... 16
1.2.3 Side-Looking Swath ........................................................................................................... 16
2 T
ECHNICAL
C
HARACTERISTICS
.................................................................................... 17
2.1 S
EAPI
X-F ................................................................................................................................. 17
2.2 S
EAPI
X-R ................................................................................................................................. 18
2.3 S
EAPI
X-L ................................................................................................................................. 19
3 S
EAPI
X P
ACK
............................................................................................................. 20
3.1 P
ACK
C
ONTENTS
...................................................................................................................... 20
3.2 D
ESCRIPTION OF THE
P
ACK
I
TEMS
............................................................................................. 21
4 I
NSTALLATION
P
ROCESS
............................................................................................. 23
4.1 I
NSTALLATION
C
HECKLIST
......................................................................................................... 24
4.2 C
ABLING AND
W
IRING
............................................................................................................... 27
4.2.1
Transducer Cable (SAU↔ITU) .......................................................................................... 27
4.2.1.1 Bending Radius .................................................................................................................. 28
4.2.1.2 Connectors ......................................................................................................................... 28
4.2.2
Ethernet Cables (ITU↔BFU and BFU↔VPU) ................................................................... 30
4.2.3
Control Command Cable (ITU↔BFU) ............................................................................... 31
4.3 C
HECKING THE
S
YSTEM BEFORE
I
NSTALLING
............................................................................. 32
4.4 I
NSTALLING
S
EAPI
X A
NTENNA
U
NIT
(SAU) ................................................................................ 33
4.4.1 Considering the Slamming ................................................................................................. 33
4.4.2 Cooling Down the SAU ...................................................................................................... 33
4.4.3 Corrosion Protection of the SAU ........................................................................................ 33
4.4.4 Hull-Mounting an SAU Step by Step .................................................................................. 34
4.4.4.1 Views of Hull-Mounted Antennas ...................................................................................... 37
4.4.5 Pole-Mounting an SAU Step by Step ................................................................................. 39
4.4.5.1 Views of Pole-Mounted Antennas ...................................................................................... 40
4.5 I
NSTALLING THE
I
NTERFACE
U
NIT
(ITU) ..................................................................................... 41
4.6 I
NSTALLING THE
B
EAM
F
ORMER
U
NIT
(BFU) .............................................................................. 42
4.7 I
NSTALLING THE
V
IEWER
P
ROCESSOR
U
NIT
(VPU) ..................................................................... 43
4.7.1 SeapiX Software installation .............................................................................................. 44
4.7.2 SeapiX Software reinstallation ........................................................................................... 44
5 S
EAPI
X C
OMMISSIONING
............................................................................................. 45
6 S
EAPI
X C
ONFIGURATION
............................................................................................. 47
6.1 S
ETTING THE
O
FFSETS
.............................................................................................................. 47
6.1.1 Offset Conventions ............................................................................................................ 47
6.1.2 Offsets Menu ...................................................................................................................... 47
6.2 S
ETTING THE
I
NPUTS
................................................................................................................. 48