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icListen AF User Guide

December 11, 2017

icListen AF Smart Hydrophones

Ocean Sonics Ltd.

Hill House, 11 Lornevale Road,

Great Village, NS, B0M 1L0 Canada

Phone: +1 902 655 3000

www.OceanSonics.com

Summary of Contents for icListen AF

Page 1: ...icListen AF User Guide December 11 2017 icListen AF Smart Hydrophones Ocean Sonics Ltd Hill House 11 Lornevale Road Great Village NS B0M 1L0 Canada Phone 1 902 655 3000 www OceanSonics com...

Page 2: ...ocessing in icListen 11 5 1 Waveform Time Domain Data 11 5 1 1 Real Time Data 11 5 1 2 Stored WAV Data 11 5 1 3 Gain 12 5 1 4 Duty Cycling 12 5 2 Power Spectrum FFT Data 13 5 2 1 Real time Data 13 5 2...

Page 3: ...9 6 Deployment 28 9 7 Long Term Deployment 28 10 Troubleshooting icListen 29 10 1 Instrument not communicating 29 10 2 I need to find out the icListen firmware version and serial number 29 10 3 The in...

Page 4: ...F User Guide December 2017 iii 13 Wiring Tables for icListen 33 13 1 icListen Ethernet Interface 33 13 2 Ethernet Cable 34 13 3 icListen Serial Interface 35 13 4 Shorting Jumper 35 14 Recommended Conn...

Page 5: ...ure 4 1 Lucy main display 10 Figure 5 1 FFT s with 0 Overlap 14 Figure 5 2 FFT s with 50 Overlap 14 Figure 5 3 Epoch Triggers 16 Figure 10 1 Lucy status bar 29 Figure 13 1 Subconn MCBH8M male face 33...

Page 6: ...ng sea mammals and spawning fish Laboratory reference hydrophone Locating sound sources such as malfunctioning equipment or flight data recorders Locating leaks in underwater pipes and identifying mac...

Page 7: ...GB per day Days with 256 GB 1 kS sec 0 61 417 53 480 2 kS sec 0 87 292 7 363 4 kS sec 1 4 181 1 0 254 8 kS sec 2 4 106 1 7 149 16 kS sec 4 5 56 3 1 82 32 kS sec 8 6 29 5 9 43 GB per day values are ca...

Page 8: ...m data in WAV format with meta data stored in file header 256GB of internal storage capacity2 Event detection up to 5 bandwidth configurable triggers Monitors internal temperature and humidity Monitor...

Page 9: ...serial number 2 A PC ideally the same portable one used to deploy the hydrophone with the Lucy software already installed Ensure the PC has a suitable data port interface for the icListen instrument...

Page 10: ...midity reading of 50 or less is acceptable Higher readings indicate a possible leak in the seal Contact Ocean Sonics if the humidity is higher than 80 Close the Setup window if it is still open 6 Clic...

Page 11: ...configure monitor status and retrieve live and logged data from icListen It is also capable of logging live data as it is retrieved and later viewing and analyzing logs created either by icListen or L...

Page 12: ...1 Real Time Data icListen AF is capable of transmitting real time waveform data to users using software such as Lucy Along with the digital waveform data icListen will also transmit information on ho...

Page 13: ...ation could be otherwise lost but undesirable in loud environments where data would be lost due to clipping of the signal if gain were applied icListen AF samples waveform data at 24bits and makes use...

Page 14: ...2 Stored FFT Data icListen AF is capable of storing processed power spectrum data in tab separated values format TXT files These files can be read by virtually any spreadsheet or text editor program...

Page 15: ...data used to compute frequency data This helps to improve the time resolution of the resulting data and assists in ensuring we do not miss data that may otherwise be filtered out by the Hann windowin...

Page 16: ...m power level found at each frequency This is done over a configurable number of FFT data sets This type of processing is useful when looking for events of a very short duration such as pile driving o...

Page 17: ...d threshold and the minimum duration the signal must be present The effect can be any combination of the following actions Log waveform data Log spectrum data Transmit a message over the epoch channel...

Page 18: ...ime Configuring a start time allows a deployment to be set up well in advance of an actual testing monitoring session without unwanted data being logged during this time Until the start time has been...

Page 19: ...effect is expected and temporary and knowing the temperature changes that the device experienced can help in determining if this is occurring The relative humidity reading can be used to determine th...

Page 20: ...rt pulses 0 5s each Error Booting Unit 1 short 1 long pulse 0 5s and 1s repeated 3x Note that the error pattern may repeat multiple times if unit is unable to boot Any patterns not listed in this tabl...

Page 21: ...ngs of the icListen unit to be reconfigured A copy of the Marco software is provided on the data stick supplied with all icListen units As of version 4 0 Ocean Sonics Lucy software is also capable of...

Page 22: ...t icListen HF s Web Interface The web interface is accessed by entering the IP address of the icListen into a standard web browser such as Internet Explorer Firefox or Chrome On the web page click Dat...

Page 23: ...e December 2017 22 8 Standard Operation Procedures SOPs The following procedures help to minimize the chance of human error while using icListen These procedures have been designed for use with Ocean...

Page 24: ...the Set Using PC button Check Lucy s status line to verify that the time sync has been performed this is the line of text displayed beside the Enquire button on Lucy s main panel 8 Set all waveform s...

Page 25: ...etup panel 7 Set Waveform Logging Mode and Spectrum Logging Mode both to Logging Off Click the apply button and check the Lucy status line to ensure that the setup was accepted 8 Open the icListen Fil...

Page 26: ...rocess Ideally the battery should not be fully discharged during this process to avoid the unit shutting down mid update if the power is interrupted Shutting down icListen mid update will leave the fi...

Page 27: ...complete 7 Reconnect to the icListen via your web browser To open the web interface type the IP address of your icListen into the address bar of your web browser or double click on the hydrophone in t...

Page 28: ...ould be soaked in fresh water before use Any accumulation of sand or mud in the female contact should be removed with fresh water Failure to do so could result in the splaying of the female contact an...

Page 29: ...applied WARNING Using the Reverse Bias Plug will cause the system time on the device to be reset to January 2010 and the battery charge count to be reset as well It is normal when the instrument is fi...

Page 30: ...he response to the button s right or by connecting to the unit using the Link panel Figure 10 1 Lucy status bar This information is also available on the About section of the web interface 10 3 The in...

Page 31: ...eparate private networks it will not be possible to connect to it Ocean Sonics Marco or Lucy v4 0 or newer can be used to reconfigure the device s network settings to make the instrument accessible 10...

Page 32: ...y or by manually removing files through FTP SFTP SCP Lucy 11 2 What is the login password port for SFTP and SCP The user name for logging into the instrument over SFTP and SCP is icListen By default t...

Page 33: ...options for icListen AF are listed in the table Spec Standard Options Depth 200 meters 3500 meters Connection Male 8 pin bulkhead Interface Ethernet 100 base T RS232 Serial RS422 Serial Frequency 10...

Page 34: ...s provided by Ocean Sonics As your application may have specific requirements please refer to the wiring table provided with your unit Drawings of the molded cables are available by request from Ocean...

Page 35: ...ubconn Signal Ethernet DC Power MCIL8F Name Wire Colour RJ 45 Pin Connector 1 DC BRN RING 2 COM BLU RING 3 TX GRN 6 4 TX WHT GRN 3 5 RX ORG 2 6 RX WHT ORG 1 7 DC WHT BRN RING 8 SYNC WHT BLU Figure 13...

Page 36: ...X RXD 7 DC DC 8 SYNC SYNC 13 4 Shorting Jumper The shorting jumper is used to run icListen AF in battery mode and to protect the pins on the icListen bulkhead connector The unit can also be configured...

Page 37: ...n Please ensure you check the number of pins and the connector gender before ordering connectors or whips from another vendor All listed are rated to 3500 M depth Connection Maker Pins Part Thread Mat...

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