Seanet SCU v5
0581-SOM-00002-02
Tritech International Ltd.
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1. Introduction
The Seanet Surface Control Unit SCU (v5) incorporates the very latest in electronics
and PC technology including readers for Memory Cards and a built-in Factory
Restore mode. The latest v5 model of the SCU has again been designed with
reliability and robustness in mind. The SCU is housed in a rugged 3U rack mount
chassis and incorporates a front panel Remote Access Terminal (RAT) which enables
all functions to be controlled by a combination of pointer and function button
operations.
The Seanet SCU (v5) is designed to control and display the complete range of Tritech
International Ltd sonars and subsidiary subsea sensors,
Features:
• The SCU can simultaneously run combinations of (amongst others) Imaging Sonar,
Profiling Sonar, Bathymetric & Oceanographic package and Sidescan together.
• Uses a fast ARCNET communications to the subsea devices allowing a standard
data rate of 156kBaud (max cable length 1200m) with options for fibre-optic
interfaces and other Baud rates available for longer cable lengths.
• Simultaneous connection and operation of Gemini heads via Ethernet.
• Able to run on SVGA/SXGA monitors at up to 1280 x 1024 screen resolution and
on latest QXGA capable monitors at up to 2048 x 1536 screen resolution.
• Built-in factory restore disk, for simple diskless restoration to original settings,
also contains a minimum of 32GB SSD (10GB reserved for Operating System)
• Compact Flash, SD, Memory Stick slot in front panel.
• As well as sonar data, other data including NMEA 1083, Pipetracker, Turns
Counter and Compass data may be recorded.
• A range of interface ports is provided including ARCNET 15-pin, USB2.0, 9-pin
Serial, Ethernet RJ-45, PS/2, SVGA/SXGA & Video Out, Parallel Centronics and
Audio.
• All data collected by the subsea devices can be made available on one or more
serial ports - 5 x 9-pin legacy COM ports built in for this purpose and four of these
ports (A – D) are general purpose and can provide RS-232, RS-485, RS-422 and
ARCNET connections.
• Rack-mountable in racks of depth 330mm or greater.
Note
A range of factory fit options are available on request, such as
video capture cards, please contact Tritech International Ltd for more
information.
