
Boxfish ROV Owner’s Manual
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Bringing the ROV back to surface
Safe ascent practices
Pay attention to all safety items: take care with thrusters when retrieving ROV
from water, and use two people to lift it out of the water.
How to bring ROV back to surface
Manoeuvre the ROV towards the surface: As with descending, it’s easy to do
this along a fixed reference such as an anchor line or wharf pile. It there is no
fixed reference, it’s often easiest to return the ROV to the launch point by
turning the ROV around and following the tether, ensuring the tether
operator is keeping light tension on the tether at all times.
Recover the tether as the ROV ascends. If it is ascending too fast to wind
onto the drum, recover it onto deck and wind it on later.
Monitor the ascent via the Depth reading on the telemetry screen. When the
ROV reaches 5m depth, turn on the LED illumination lights to make the ROV
easier to see.
Before the ROV breaks the surface, disable the thrusters by pressing the
Stop button on the Control Station.
Lift ROV out of the water and turn off by holding the magnetic key over the
OFF pad.