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Marine Sonic Technology
[A Brand of ATLAS North America]
Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual
V1.2.4
© 2017 Marine Sonic Technology, ATLAS North America
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  • Page 1 Marine Sonic Technology [A Brand of ATLAS North America] Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual V1.2.4 © 2017 Marine Sonic Technology, ATLAS North America Doc: SCTM2-OPS...

  • Page 2: Sctm2-Ops

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual This product was designed and developed by a team of engineers at ATLAS North America. © 2017 Marine Sonic Technology, ATLAS North America, All Rights Reserved. ATLAS North America 120 Newsome Drive Suite H PO Box 1309...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual Table of Contents Introduction Section 1 Quick Start (Single Frequency Configuration) Section 2 Quick Start (Dual Frequency Configuration) Section 3 Communications Section 4 Web Interface Section 5 1 Application Settings Page Configuration ...........................
  • Page 4 ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual General Packet Structure ................................44 Data Packet Types ................................45 Sync Data Packet (SYNC) ................................. 46 Sonar Data Packet (SNR2) ................................. 46 Channel Operation ............................48 Automatic Samples Per Channel ............................

  • Page 5: Sctm2-Ops

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual Page: 4 SCTM2-OPS Issue: 1.2.4 Operations Manual...

  • Page 6: Introduction

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual Introduction The Sea Scan ARC Scout MkII is an embedded side scan sonar data collection system created by Marine Sonic Technology / ATLAS North America. It features a fully integrated power supply, DSP processor transmitter, and receiver all in a single board compact package.

  • Page 7: Sctm2-Ops

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual 4. Apply the input and isolated interface power. The serial console will display its start-up message which includes the version and copyright information. You will now see information related to the network startup.

  • Page 8: Quick Start (Dual Frequency Configuration)

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual 6. Navigate to the Application Settings page by selecting the link on the main page. Under the Scout MKII Mode Setting, verify that the MKII Unit is configured as a Single Frequency. Note: Changing the application settings requires the settings to be saved and resetting the Scout MkII unit for the changes to take affect.

  • Page 9: Sctm2-Ops

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual 2. Check that everything is connected to the device labeled "Master", according to the "Sea Scan ARC Scout MkII Installation Guide", following the single frequency installation instructions. This applies to the dual frequency configuration to ensure proper device configuration.

  • Page 10: Sctm2-Ops

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual Hardware Version: 0.0 Board Rev: PSU(-) Logic(-) RXTX(-) 0 Transducer: 1800kHz => Chirp UP 256uS 150kHz 1 Transducer: 900kHz => Chirp UP 256uS 150kHz 2 Transducer: 1800kHz => Chirp UP 256uS 150kHz 3 Transducer: 900kHz =>...

  • Page 11: Sctm2-Ops

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual CAUTION: Do not connect the MkII Interconnect Cable to any unit until confirming that one device is configured as a Dual Frequency Master and the second device is configured as a Dual Frequency Slave.

  • Page 12: Sctm2-Ops

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual Executing application. Address(0x04000000) main: starting ARC Scout... System Info Serial Number: SCTM2F-46-2000 Build Date: Jul 21 2017 17:02:21 Software Version: 6.2.26 Hardware Version: 0.0 Board Rev: PSU(-) Logic(-) RXTX(-) 0 Transducer: 1800kHz =>...

  • Page 13: Sctm2-Ops

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual 11. Navigate to the Application Settings page by selecting the link on the main page. Under the Scout MkII Mode Setting, verify that the MkII Unit is configured as a Dual Frequency Slave. Note: Changing the application settings requires the settings to be saved and resetting the Scout MkII unit for the changes to take affect.

  • Page 14: Sctm2-Ops

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual Build: Jun 29 2017 17:15:03 Looking for valid images. Loading image #2 Executing application. Address(0x04000000) main: starting ARC Scout... System Info Serial Number: SCTM2F-46-2000 Build Date: Jul 21 2017 17:02:21 Software Version: 6.2.26 Hardware Version: 0.0 Board Rev: PSU(-) Logic(-) RXTX(-)

  • Page 15: Communications

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual 16. The Scout MkII now is ready to go. Use the Sonar Control web page to control the Sonar. See section 5 for more information on the Web Interface. Communications The Scout MkII system's communications can be broken up into the following categories: 1.

  • Page 16: Web Interface

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual Web Interface The web interface on the Scout MkII side scan sonar system serves as a universal interface. There are some common features that each web page has. Each page has a header that shows the Scout MkII's serial number and the Scout MkII time that the page was sent.

  • Page 17: Application Settings

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual Application Settings Page Configuration The Scout MkII is configured through the Application Settings web page. In this section we will describe the individual settings. An example Application Settings web page is shown below. Clicking the Save button will submit the settings shown on the page to the Scout MkII.

  • Page 18: Sonar Startup Settings

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual This is the Scout MkII's IPV4 address on a network. The default address is 169.254.86.213. This is compatible with the zeroconfig/autoconfig IP address range so the Scout MkII can be used out of the box with most computers in a point-to-point network configuration.
  • Page 19 ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual Channel SDS Sonar Type This sets the sonar channel type (wSonarType) in the SDS SNR2 data. For more information on why these need to be changed from their defaults please refer to the Channel Operation section. The default values are: Master Master...

  • Page 20: Sync I/O Settings

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual Master Master SDS Sonar Type STARBOARD PORT Range 30.0 m 30.0 m Range Delay 0.0 m 0.0 m 5.1.3 Sync I/O Settings The I/O settings control the behavior of the Sonar's synchronization hardware. The sync output allows other data collection systems to be synchronized with the Scout MkII's data collection cycle.

  • Page 21: Miscellaneous Settings

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual Sync Output Active High 5.1.4 Miscellaneous Settings Time Synchronization Source This setting controls the type of NMEA 0183 data string that the Scout MkII will synchronize its time with. Since there may be more than one timing sentence sent to the Scout MkII within the NMEA 0183 data stream, it is required to synchronize to only one otherwise there may be issues with the Scout MkII's timestamps jumping around due to timing of the incoming strings.
  • Page 22 ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual Pictured above is an example of the sonar.html web page. As pictured data collection has been enabled. Here is the HTTP request URL that was sent to produce this page: http://169.254.86.213/sonar.html? dataon=1&dataon=1&txon=1&rnglock=0&rngm0=30&rngm1=30&rngdlylock=0&rngdlym0=0&rngdlym1=0 &ch0=0&ch0=1&ch1=1&ch2=1&ch3=1...
  • Page 23 ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual Below is a description of all of the controls with their corresponding HTTP request variables. Control Name Request Variable Value Range Units Description Simple simple 0 or 1 Enable = 1, Disable = 0 When enabled the system will reply with...
  • Page 24 ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual Control Name Request Variable Value Range Units Description Range Delay Channel 1 rngdlym1 0.0 to Range meters Sets the range delay of the sonar. Range delay is the range (starting at time 0 when data collection begins) at...

  • Page 25: Range And Range Delay Settings

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual The base structure of the HTTP Request with and without the simple variable turned on is shown below. The values in parenthesis are the ranges allowed by the system: http://169.254.86.213/sonar.html?dataon=(0 or 1)&txon=(0 or 1)&rnglock=(0 or 1)&rngm0=( 1.0 to 300.0) &rngm1=( 1.0 to 300.0)&rngdlylock=(0 or 1)&rngdlym0=(0.0 to 300.0)&rngdlym1=(0.0 to 300.0)&ch0=(0 or 1)&ch1=(0 or 1)&ch2=(0 or 1)&ch3=(0 or 1)

  • Page 26: Commands

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual Range Delay Lock = No High Frequency Range = 15m High Frequency Range Delay = 5m Low Frequency Range = 50m Low Frequency Range Delay = 0m Channel On Selection = 0,1,2,3 http://169.254.86.213/sonar.html? dataon=1&dataon=1&txon=1&rnglock=0&rngm0=15&rngm1=50&rngdlylock=0&rngdlym0=5&rngdlym1=0...

  • Page 27: Status

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual Note: When operating in the Dual Frequency configuration the Sleep & Wake Commands ONLY need to be sent to the Master unit. Status The system status can be retrieved via an HTTP request for the status.json file from the Scout MkII. This request will return the status in JSON (Javascript Object Notation) format.
  • Page 28 ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual Data Name Variable Name Units Value Range Description Example Value Channel 0's Range meters 0.0 to 300.0 Indicates the 30.0 Setting channel's range setting. Channel 0's Range rngdly meters 0.0 to 300.0...
  • Page 29 ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual Data Name Variable Name Units Value Range Description Example Value Channel 3's On / on or off Indicates whether Off Status the channel is currently enabled or disabled Channel 3's kilohertz...
  • Page 30 ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual Data Name Variable Name Units Value Range Description Example Value Master Unit's alarm {"vhi":0,"ihi":0,"thi": Alarm Flags Array Master Unit's 0 or 1 0 - No voltage Alarm Voltage High alarm Flag...

  • Page 31: Firmware Update

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual Data Name Variable Name Units Value Range Description Example Value 1- Voltage alarm has been flagged Slave Unit's Alarm 0 or 1 0 - No current Current High Flag alarm 1- Current alarm...
  • Page 32 ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual This will open the Open File window (shown). Select the Scout MkII firmware image (<filename>.bin). Then click the Open button. The web page should now show the selected file name. Click the Upload button to validate the firmware file.

  • Page 33: Setting The Time

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual In the event of a problem attempt the upload and update process again. If the process is successful and the system is rebooted the web page footer will reflect the new version and build date. Setting The Time Setting the Scout MkII's real time can be done using a HTTP Request for the sonar.html page or sonar.json file or one of the other methods (referenced in the Time Synchronization section).

  • Page 34: Console

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual Console The Scout MkII's interactive console serves a dual function. It is able to accept commands input by a user or NMEA 0183 formatted strings. All strings are terminated with a <CR> and an optional <LF>. There is no need to switch modes as the parsing of both types of strings happens automatically.

  • Page 35: Console Commands

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual Name Command Description Trace Trace debugging messages. These messages may occur rapidly and are meant for tracing program operation. The default console priority can be set in the Application Settings. Changing the console priority in the Application Settings will change the default console priority that the Scout MkII sets upon boot.

  • Page 36: Standard Nmea Data Strings

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual standards. It can receive and process string groups at a maximum of 10 Hz. Below is a list of the strings accepted and their data they contain: ·...

  • Page 37: Rmc

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual 6.3.1.1 This string contains the Recommended Minimum data. It contains Time, date position, course, and speed data. All data fields must be provided. Null fields are used only when the data is temporarily unavailable. Example: $GPRMC,161229.487,A,3723.2475,N,12158.3416,W,0.13,309.62,120598, ,*10 Format Description:...

  • Page 38: Hdt

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual Name Example Units Description Start Of String $ indicates start of string Message ID GPGGA GGA string identifier UTC Time 161229.487 hhmmss.ss (h = hour, m = minutes, s = seconds) Latitude 3723.2475...

  • Page 39: Vtg

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual Name Example Units Description Start Of String $ indicates start of string Message ID GPHDT HDT string identifier True Course 132.8 degrees Measured heading Reference True Checksum Delimeter The checksum comes after this character.

  • Page 40: Dpt

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual 6.3.1.5 This string contains Water Depth relative to the side scan transducers and offset of the measuring transducer. Example: $GPDPT,10.2,0.0,*64 Format Description: Name Example Units Description Start Of String $ indicates start of string Message ID...

  • Page 41: Proprietary Nmea Data Strings

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual Name Example Units Description 2 Digit Hexadecimal Sentence Terminator <CR><LF> Indicates end of sentence. 6.3.2 Proprietary NMEA Data Strings This section details the NMEA 0183 formatted proprietary data strings that we accept. All Marine Sonic proprietary strings are prefixed by "MS".
  • Page 42 ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual $MSAUV,<decimal seconds>, <A/V>, <latitude>, <N/S>, <longitude>, <E/W>, <SOG knots>, <COG>, <heading true>, <depth>, <altitude>,<roll>,<pitch>* hh<CR><LF> Format: Name Example Units Description Start Of String $ indicates start of string Message ID MSAUV Marine Sonic AUV string...

  • Page 43: Sos

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual 6.3.2.3 The proprietary SOS string allows the speed of sound in water to be sent to the Scout MkII. The default internal speed of sound in water is set to 1500 m/s. This string allows the speed of sound in water to be updated dynamically.

  • Page 44: General Nmea 0183 Sentence Format

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual Name Example Units Description Sentence Terminator <CR><LF> Indicates end of sentence. 6.3.3 General NMEA 0183 Sentence Format The NMEA 0183 format is a string based format that uses standard ASCII characters. The format follows this format: ·...

  • Page 45: Variable Types

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual This section provides a description of the Sonar Data Stream and how it should be used. You may find looking at the C/C++ header file more informative. Please refer to the SDS.H file in the Software Development Kit (SDK) for more information.

  • Page 46: Data Packet Types

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual SDS Packet Structure In addition to the header a packet may have a data payload. The tag is used to describe the packet type. In the tag's description there will be information on how and what the data is. A packet's data always follows the header.

  • Page 47: Sync Data Packet (Sync)

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual Type Description Fathometer 0x46415400 This data packet stores fathometer information such as depth & altitude of (FAT) the sonar. Orientation 0x4F524E54 This data packet stores orientation such as roll &...
  • Page 48 ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual Element Variable Type Description byChannelCount BYTE Contains a count of the number of sonar channels contained within this data packet. dwPingNumber DWORD This is the ping number for this sonar. The value increments with every ping (typically every sonar data packet).

  • Page 49: 7.1.3.2.1 Channel Operation

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual Sonar Type wSonarType Value Description Port Side Scan 0x0001 Port facing side scan sonar transducer. Starboard Side Scan 0x0002 Starboard facing side scan sonar transducer. Port2 Side Scan 0x0010 2nd Port facing side scan sonar transducer.

  • Page 50: 7.1.3.2.2 Automatic Samples Per Channel

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual 7.1.3.2.2 Automatic Samples Per Channel The Scout MkII side scan sonar system sets the Samples Per Channel automatically. It adjusts the samples based on the number of active channels and the ping rate. It maintains a constant data rate of approximately 425 kBytes per second yielding higher samples per channel at longer ranges (due to reduced ping rate) and lower samples per channel at lower ranges.

  • Page 51: Fathometer Data Packet

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual Element Variable Type Description fHeave float Heave in centimeters. 7.1.3.5 Fathometer Data Packet The fathometer data packet stores depth and altitude information for a particular origin. This data can be used along with the navigation data to give the user an accurate geographical location.

  • Page 52: Mkii Data Packet

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual 7.1.3.7 MkII Data Packet The MkII data packet stores proprietary data for the Scout MkII side scan sonar system. Element Variable Type Description byteRev BYTE Stores the revision number for the packet.

  • Page 53: Synchronizing The Sonar Data Stream

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual Type Value Description Over Temp. 0x01 This bit is set when the maximum temperature has been exceeded. Over Volt 0x02 This bit is set when the maximum voltage has been exceeded.

  • Page 54: Creating Survey Files

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual second. For 15 minutes per file a new file is created after 900 SYNC packets are received. Upon receipt of packet 901 the current file is closed and a new file is created. Creating Survey Files In order to use the full functionality of Sea Scan Survey a Survey File must be created.

  • Page 55: Automatic Management

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual <file> <filename>2017AUG08_0003.sds</filename> <status>complete</status> </file> <file> <filename>2017AUG08_0004.sds</filename> <status>current</status> </file> </run> </project> When reading back data the important section is the data in the <run> element. Each SDS file that must be loaded must have a <file>...

  • Page 56: Wake On Lan

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual and Sleep w/ Sync-In. Below is a table of levels of sleep and the power consumed at that level. Single Frequency Configuration (24VDC i/p) Level Power Consumption Wake Up Time Notes: Idle (on but not collecting...

  • Page 57: Wake On Sync-In

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual FF FF FF FF FF FF 00 1D E7 01 00 01 00 1D E7 01 00 01 00 1D E7 01 00 01 00 1D E7 01 00 01 00 1D E7 01 00 01 00 1D E7 01 00 01 00 1D E7 01 00 01 00 1D E7 01 00 01 00 1D E7 01 00 01 00 1D E7 01 00 01 00 1D E7 01 00 01 00 1D E7 01 00 01 00 1D E7 01 00 01 00 1D E7 01 00 01 00 1D E7 01 00 01 00 1D E7 01 00 01 In order to write the Magic Packet properly you will need low level access to your network hardware.

  • Page 58: Time Synchronization

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual operating temperature the system will adjust the transmit power which will result in a reduction of transmit strength and therefore maximum range. Below is a table illustrating the temperature thresholds. Temperature Flag Notes...

  • Page 59: Transducer Temperature

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual power. If the automatic management fails to keep the temperature stable and the temperature rises above C the Scout MkII will raise a warning flag. If the temperature rises to 60 C or beyond the system will raise an alarm and shutdown data collection until the temperature lowers and the system is reset.

  • Page 60: Emi & Noise Interferance

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual 11.1 EMI & Noise Interferance The effect of system background noise (EMI) through inefficient grounding or placement of components with high EMI outputs without proper shielding, too close to the system will cause the effective range of the Scout MkII to be reduced.
  • Page 61 ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual Channel On/Off Range Range Delay 50.0 (25.0) 49.0 (24.0) 50.0 (25.0) 49.0 (24.0) 50.0 (25.0) 49.0 (24.0) Note: Range: 50m (900 kHz, 600 kHz, and 300 kHz); 25m (1800 kHz and 1200 kHz) Note: Range Delay: 49m (900 kHz, 600 kHz, and 300 kHz);...
  • Page 62 ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual 2. If Transducer Extension Cables (P/N: 8HP-TEC24) are installed, make sure that the out casing of the connectors are not touching the outer casing of any of the other Transducer Extension Cables. 3.

  • Page 63: Unevern / Irregular Noise

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual 11.2 Unevern / Irregular Noise An elevated noise on a channel will degrade the performance and in some cases render that affected channel's picture unreadable. An elevated noise level can be determined by reading the average and minimum values on the Signal Statistics Window in Sea Scan Survey .

  • Page 64: Loss Of A Channel

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual If one of the channels has an elevated noise level the following should be checked to correct the issue. 1. Verify proper electrical connection between the transducer and the electronics module. a.

  • Page 65: Acoutsic Interference

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual 1. Verify, that the channel; frequency, range and range delayed are displayed, as shown in the red boxes below. If these are not being displayed, double check the system status of the system to verify that all channels are turned on.

  • Page 66: Sea Scan Arc Scout Mkii Specifications

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual The following figure is an example of interference from a depth sounder located on the trailing support boat. The following is an example of interference from a second sonar system installed on the host platform. Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Specifications This section contains specifications for the Sea Scan ARC Scout MkII side scan sonar system.

  • Page 67: Power Specifications

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual The following table shows the Along Track Resolution in centimeters, from the end of the near field out to the maximum range for each frequency. Range(m) 300 kHz 600kHz 900kHz...

  • Page 68: Interface Specifications

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual Input Voltage Dual Frequency Idle Sleep (Wake On LAN) Dual Sleep (Wake on Sync In)Dual Frequency Frequency 30 VDC 7.1 W 5.4 W 3.1 W Optically Isolated Interface: Power Requirements Parameter Minimum...

  • Page 69: Document History

    ATLAS North America Proprietary 1 of 1 Sea Scan ARC Scout MKII Operations Manual Document History Version Comments Issue Date 1.0.0 Initial Release August 2016 Updates concerning SW changes 1.1.0 February 2017 Power consumption changes Updates for configuring different ranges per frequency. 1.2.4 August 2017 Updates concerning SW changes.

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