Glossary MicronNav System
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RX Receive (data)
SCU Surface Control Unit - a specially manufactured computer which is
rack mountable and capable of processing the data from the sonar
equipment running either Windows XP Embedded or Windows 7 and
Seanet Pro or Gemini software.
SeaHub An alternative to using a Seanet SCU, this device connects to a laptop
or PC via USB interface, essentially this takes the signal from the sonar
(in RS232, RS485 or ARCNET) and converts it into a signal suitable
for the USB port of the computer.
SeaKing A specific sonar produced by Tritech International Ltd but also refers
to the family of sonar equipment manufactured by Tritech International
Ltd comprising of the SeaKing, SeaKing DST scanning and profiling
sonars and the Hammerhead survey sonar.
Seanet Pro The software supplied by Tritech International Ltd which is capable of
running all the sonar devices.
Seanet RemV4 A program developed by Tritech International Ltd that runs alongside
Seanet Pro and provides remote survey or logging computers with
access to data from various devices on the host computer.
TX Transmit (data)
USB Universal Serial Bus.
USBL Ultra Short Base Line (positioning system)
UTM Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate system - a 2-dimensional
Cartesian coordinate system to give locations on the surface of the
Earth.
VOS Velocity of Sound
WGS84 World Geodetic System (1984 revision) - a standard for use in
cartography, geodesy and navigation and used as the reference
coordinate system by GPS devices.
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