1. 1 Autosub Mission Control Ship Equipment Dr. Miles Pebody Ocean Engineering Division Southampton Oceanography Centre M.Pebody@soc.soton.ac.uk

2. 2 Equipment: Computing Resources l Three Networked PCs Mission programming, mission management and vehicle telemetry.Mission programming, mission management and vehicle telemetry. Acoustic TrackingAcoustic Tracking Data ProcessingData Processing Tershelling April 2000

3. 3 Equipment: On Surface Communications l Lonworks VHF Radio Modem (range 0.5Km) l Ethernet VHF Radio Modem (range 0.5Km) l Orbcomm Satellite Communications l Argos Satellite Tracking

4. 4 Equipment: Subsurface Communications l 23-33KHz Acoustic Tracking, Telemetry and Commands l 10-14KKz Tracking (telemetry in development)

5. 5 PC Equipment Layout Mission Control PC DataProcessingPC TrackingPC Lonworks VHF Radio Modem Fast data link to Autosub on deck Ethernet VHF Radio Modem Orbcomm - E-Mail ShipGPS Acoustic Telemetry Deck Unit Transponders and Acoustic Tracking in towfish

6. 6 Current Equipment List l 3 x PC l Lonworks PC interface PCNS internal interface card orPCNS internal interface card or Serial Lontalk adapter SLTA10Serial Lontalk adapter SLTA10 l Radio Ethernet l 2 x RS422 Adapters for communications with acoustic telemetry and tracking systems l Orbcomm communicator l Ship GPS unit

7. 7 The End Dr. Miles Pebody Ocean Engineering Division Southampton Oceanography Centre M.Pebody@soc.soton.ac.uk

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