Kongsberg SIS 5 Multibeam echo sounder acquisiton software Owner's manual

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SISRemote

Remotecontrolapplication

OperatorManual

ReleaseSIS5.12

KongsbergDiscoveryAS

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•Product:SISRemote

•Document:OperatorManual

•Documentpartnumber:110-0051059

•Revision:A

•Dateofissue:13September2023

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itwasdesigned.Improperuseormaintenancemaycausedamagetotheequipmentand/or

injurytopersonnel.Youmustbefamiliarwiththecontentsoftheappropriatemanuals

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KongsbergDiscoverydisclaimsanyresponsibilityfordamageorinjurycausedby

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Tableofcontents

ABOUTTHISMANUAL..................................................................5

SISREMOTE................................................................................7

AbouttheSeaoorInformationSystem(SIS)application.....................................................7

AbouttheSISRemoteapplication..........................................................................................8

Remoteoperation..................................................................................................................10

RemoteoperationusingtheSISRemoteapplication..................................................10

RemoteV essel(s)toMothership..................................................................................13

ShiptoShorewithDirectCommunication.................................................................14

Shiptocloudcommunication......................................................................................15

ShiptoShoreviaCloud...............................................................................................16

Supportinformation..............................................................................................................17

OPERATINGPROCEDURES.........................................................18

MonitoringtheMQTTConnection.......................................................................................19

RealtimeDataController......................................................................................................20

TransferingLinePlanstoRemoteV essel.............................................................................22

TransferingallTerrainFiles..................................................................................................23

Transferingnewerterrainles..............................................................................................23

TransferingallXYZles......................................................................................................24

Monitoringmultiplevesselsand/orsystems.........................................................................24

INSTALLINGTHESOFTWARE.....................................................26

Installationsummary.............................................................................................................27

ConnectingtheHWStothePUonboard..............................................................................28

HWSfromshiptoshore.......................................................................................................29

ConguringtheMQTTmessagebroker...............................................................................29

InstallingtheMQTTmessagebroker...................................................................................29

Editingandsavingthemessagebrokercongurationle....................................................32

Deningalistener.......................................................................................................32

CongureMosquittotoonlyallowauthenticatedusers..............................................33

Creatingapasswordle..............................................................................................33

TestingtheMQTTServer............................................................................................34

InstallingSISRemoteLicense..............................................................................................36

ConguringtheMQTTconnectionintheSISInterfaceOnboardtheV essel......................37

ConguringtheMQTTconnectionintheSISInterfaceontheRemotecomputer..............40

InstallingtheMQTTbridge..................................................................................................42

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ConguringMQTTbridgeonvessel....................................................................................43

SISRemote

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Aboutthismanual

Thepurposeofthispublicationistoprovidethedescriptions,proceduresanddetailed

parameterexplanationsrequiredtoallowforsafeandefcientuseoftheSISRemote

software.Thepublicationalsoprovidesyouwithathoroughunderstandingofthe

parametersandadjustmentsprovidedbytheSISRemotesoftware.

Targetaudience

ThispublicationisintendedforallusersoftheSISRemotesoftware.Duetothenatureof

thedescriptionsandthelevelofdetailprovidedbythispublication,itiswellsuitedfor

thosewhoare-orwishtobe-expertusers.

Agoodunderstandingofsoftwarefunctionsandcontrolsisessentialtofullytakeadvantage

ofthefunctionalityprovided.Seaconditionsvary,sometimesdrastically.Theacoustic

conditionsarealsochanging.Temperatureandsalinitylayersdifferfromonedaytothe

next,andfromonepositiontoanother.Itisnotpossibletoidentifysettingsthatwill

providethebestdataatalltimes.Acarefulstudyoftheinformationinthismanualishighly

recommended,preferablywhileexploringthefunctionalityofferedbytheSISRemote

software.

Onlineinformation

ForinformationabouttheSISRemoteandotherproductsfromKongsbergDiscovery,

visitourwebsite.

https://www.kongsberg.com/discovery

Licenseinformation

TheSISRemotesoftwareisalicensedproduct.Toobtainalicense,contactsupport.

Softwareversion

ThisSISRemoteOperatorManualcomplieswithsoftwareversionSIS5.12.

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Registeredtrademarks

Observetheregisteredtrademarksthatapply.

EM®isaregisteredtrademarkofKongsbergDiscoveryASinNorwayandothercountries.

Windows®isaregisteredtrademarkofMicrosoftCorporationintheUnitedStatesand

othercountries.

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SISRemote

Topics

AbouttheSeaoorInformationSystem(SIS)application,page7

AbouttheSISRemoteapplication,page8

Remoteoperation,page10

Supportinformation,page17

AbouttheSeaoorInformationSystem(SIS)

application

SISisthesoftwareanduserinterfaceforreal-timedataacquisitionforEM®systemsand

canbeusedwithallEMmultibeamechosoundersfromKongsbergDiscovery.Itisan

intuitiveanduserfriendlyinterfaceforthesurveyor,providingthefunctionalityneeded

forrunningasurveyefciently.

Itisanintuitiveanduserfriendlyinterfaceforthesurveyor,providingthefunctionality

neededforrunningasurveyefciently.

SISrunsonaWindowsoperatingsystem.Uptofourscreenscanbeusedonone

HydrographicWorkStation(HWS).Thesoftwarecanalsoshowgeographicalviewson

severalremotecomputersinthenetwork.

Allnecessarysensorinterfaces,datadisplaysforqualitycontrolandsensorcalibration,

seabedvisualization,anddataloggingarestandardpartsofthesoftwareapplication.

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Keyfeatures

TheSeaoorInformationSystem(SIS)applicationoffers:

•Flexiblelayoutwithsimultaneouswindowsyoucandene

•Enhancedfunctionalityforvisualandautomateddataqualitycontrol

•Graphicalviewstoreadthesoundspeedatthetransducer,aswellasthesoundspeed

prole

•Built-inhealthtestsofthemultibeamechosounder,continuousmonitoringofinput

dataquality

•Errorsituationsarelogged,relevantusernoticationsareprovided,eachadvisingwhat

actionyoushouldtake

•Imagingofacousticreectorsinthewatercolumn(e.g.sh,biomass)

•Real-timecomputationofthemeansealevelusingageoidmodel

•Normaloperationalwhenanechosounderismountedonaremotelyoperatedvehicleor

anautonomousunderwatervehicle

•Delayed(true)heaveloggingforpost-processingpurposes

AbouttheSISRemoteapplication

SISisthesoftwareanduserinterfaceforreal-timedataacquisitionforEM®systemsandcan

beusedwithallEMmultibeamechosoundersfromKongsbergDiscovery.Youcanusethe

SISRemoteapplicationtooperatetheSISfromaremotelocation.

Inrecognitionofsurveyplatforms’increasingrequirementstosupportremoteoperations,

KongsbergDiscoveryprovidesremotewatchstandercapability.TheSISRemoteapplication,

whichisanadd-ontoSeaoorInformationSystem(SIS),canworkwithnearlyanystrength

bandwidthconnection.TheSISRemoteapplicationrequiresaslittleas8kilobytesper

secondtoprovidemultibeamechosounderstatusinformationtotheremotecomputer.The

remotecomputercanbelocatedanywhereintheworld.Theinstallationandconguration

oftheSeaoorInformationSystem(SIS)applicationonthevesselisrequiredtorunthe

SISRemoteapplicationontheremotecomputer.

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Thismethodofremotemonitoringiseasieranduseslessbandwidththanatraditionalremote

desktop.Remotedesktopworksverywellonhighbandwidth,whereasSISRemoteworks

wellonunstablenetworksandlowerbandwidth.Youcanmanuallyreducethedatatransfer

ratesbytransferringonlywhatyouwanttoseeontheremotecomputer.Remotedesktop

willonlyconnecttoonecomputer/systemononeplatformatatimewhiletheSISRemote

willdisplaymultipleEM®systemsonmultiplevesselsinonedisplay.SISRemotecanoffer

automaticdataextractionand/ordatacompression.

SISRemoteenablestheSIStobeoperatedbyremotewatchstanderswheretheuser-dened

portionsofthedatacollectedfromtheEMmultibeamechosounderscanbetransferredin

realtimetoaremotelocation.Thissolutionenablescommunicationandcontrolbetween

aanysurveyvessel,whethercrewedoruncrewed,andamothershiporshoresidecontrol

station,henceforthcollectivelyas‘remotecomputer’.Thesurveyvesselmusthavea

standardSISinstallationwithaSISRemotelicenseenabled.Remotecontrolfunctionality

mustbeenabledintheSISsoftwaresettings.

SISonthevesselrunsallthedatathroughadecimationlterbeforeitsendsauser-dened

subsetofthedatatotheremotecomputer.Thedataconsistsofstatusmessages,realtime

depths,pingdisplayinformationandthecompleteterrainmodellescollected.Fromthe

remotecomputeryoucaninreturnalterruntimesettingsandinstallationparameters.You

canalsostartandstoppingingandcontrolthedatalogging.Dependingontheavailable

bandwidth,youcanmonitorandcontroltheEM®multibeamechosounderssystemsinnear

realtime.SISRemoteusesanyformofradiolinkmarinebroadbandradio(MBR),mobile

networksorsatellite)totransferreal-timemultibeamdata.

ThesameSISinstallerleisusedonthevessel,attheremotecomputer,orintheKongsberg

BlueInsightcloud.

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Remoteoperation

Topics

RemoteoperationusingtheSISRemoteapplication,page10

RemoteVessel(s)toMothership,page13

ShiptoShorewithDirectCommunication,page14

Shiptocloudcommunication,page15

ShiptoShoreviaCloud,page16

RemoteoperationusingtheSISRemoteapplication

ThereareseveraldifferentwaystoconguretheSISRemoteapplicationdependingonyour

networksetupandpurpose.TheimportantcomponenttoconsideristheMQTTmessage

broker.TheMQTTmessagebrokerisusedtocommunicatemessagesbetweenshipand

shore.

Thefollowingremotecontroloptionsareavailable:

•Remotevesselstomothership

•Remotevesselstocloudand/orshorestation

•Remotevesseltoshorestation

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Withanyoftheseoptions,afewkeyitemsarerequired:

EMmultibeamechosoundersystemwithProcessingUnit(PU)

EachEMsystemisprovidedwithaProcessingUnit(PU).

SeaoorInformationSystem(SIS)applicationwithSISRemoteLicense

YouneedalicencedinstallationoftheSISapplicationonthevessel.OneSISRemote

licenseisrequiredforeachSISinstallationonthevessel.TheSISRemotefeature

mustthenbeenabledinSISonthevessel.

HydrographicWorkStation(HWS)

TheHWSisthecomputerusedtocontroltheEMmultibeamechosoundersystem.

ItmustbeconnectedtothesamenetworkastheProcessingUnittooperatetheSIS

application.

TheHydrographicWorkStationmustbeonthesamenetworkastheMQTTbroker.

SISRemoteapplication

ThesameSISinstallerthatisusedonthevesselHWSisalsousedontheremote

computer.

Thereisnolicenserequiredfortheremoteoperator,theremaybemultipleremote

endusers.

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MQTTmessagebroker

TheMQTTmessagebrokerapplicationtransfersthedatafromtheSISapplication

runningontheHWSonthevessel,totheremotecomputerrunningtheSISRemote

application.

TheMQTTmessagebrokermaybeinstalledonthevessel,inacloudapplication,or

ontheshoresideremotecomputer.

WerecommendthatyouusetheMQTTmessagebrokercreatedbyEclipse.

•SeetheMosquittointernetpagehttps://mosquitto.org/.

Communicationmethod

ThiscanbeviaaSeatexMarineBroadbandRadio(MBR),acellularnetworkor

satellitecommunication.

Remotecomputer

Theremotecomputercanbeavirtualmachineinthecloud.Itcanalsobeaphysical

computerattheshorestation.

Thisgureillustratestheconnectionbetweentheshipandtheshorestation.

Note

Thecongurationyouchosewilldependonthevesseloperationsandsurveystafng

requirements.KongsbergDiscoverytakesnoresponsibilityforthissetuportherelevant

securityrequirements.Theclient'ssystemadministratorsmustbeinvolvedtoensurethat

relevantcybersecurityrequirementsaremet.

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RemoteVessel(s)toMothership

Inthiscongurationtheradiolinkhasverylowlatencyandusuallyhighavailability.

TypicalsetupisaMarineBroadbandRadio(MBR)ontheshipandoneMBRonshore,or

MBRonremotevesselandMBRonmothership.WIFIWLANcanalsobeused,oreven4G

asnetworkcarrier.

InthissetuponlyoneMQTTmessagebrokerisinstalledontheHWSonthemothership.If

theradiocommunicationisinterrupted,realtimedataarenolongertransmittedandwillnot

bere-transmittedwhenthecommunicationisre-established.

However,loggingcontinuesonthesurveyvessel,andtheDTMisstoredandtransmittedin

fullwhenthecommunicationisre-established.

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OnemothershipmayhaveseveralremotevesselsinadditiontotheEMonthemothership

itself.TheconnectionbetweenthemothershipandthevesselscanuseMBRwithhigh

bandwidthsothesurveyoronthemothershipcancontroleachEMdirectly.

Thentheconnectionbetweenthemothershipandcloud(e.g.,BlueInsight)canbesatellite

communicationwithlowerbandwidthtransmittingtheDigitalTerrainModel(DTM)from

allvesselsatregularintervals.AMessageBrokerBridgeand/orrepeatercanbecongured

tostrengthentheconnectivitybetweenplatforms.

ThissetupmakesitpossibleforonesurveyortoeffectivelycontrolseveralEMsystemsfrom

onemothership,andtoreportprogressashoreinnearrealtime.

ShiptoShorewithDirectCommunication

Inthiscongurationtheradiolinkhasverylowlatencyandusuallyhighavailability.

TypicalsetupisanMBRontheshipandoneMBRonshore,orMBRonsurveylaunchand

MBRonmothership.WIFIWLANcanalsobeused,oreven4Gasanetworkcarrier.

InthissetuponlyoneMQTTmessagebrokerisinstalledontheHWSintheofce.Ifthe

radiocommunicationisinterrupted,realtimedataarenolongertransmittedandwillnotbe

re-transmittedwhenthecommunicationisre-established.

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However,loggingcontinuesonthesurveyvessel,andtheDTMisstoredandtransmittedin

fullwhenthecommunicationisre-established.

Here,theradiosetupisthesameasabove,butnowtheMQTTmessagebrokerisinstalled

ontheshoresideremotecomputer.

TheHWSandremotecomputermustbeonthesamenetworktoallowcommunication

betweenthevesselandtheofce.Thismaybeadesirablesolutionasitgivesthenetwork

securityofcergoodcontrolofthenetworkinterfacetotheradioandwhatdataaretobe

allowedintothenetworkwheretheHWS’sare.Thiscongurationishelpfulifyouhave

multiplesystems,multiplevessels,and/ormultiplesurveypersonnel.

Shiptocloudcommunication

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Inthisconguration,theremotesurveypersonnelwoulduseanyavailablecomputereither

athomeorintheofcewiththedesignatednetworkcongurationandcredentialstoaccess

SISRemoteinstalledonaVirtualMachineinthecloud.Thisisausefulsetupwhenthere

arerotatingcontractedpersonnelandcredentials,hardwareandaccessneedtobecarefully

managed.

ShiptoShoreviaCloud

TheMQTTmessagebrokercanbeinstalledonavirtualmachine(VM)inthecloud(e.g.,

BlueInsight).Thenetworkbetweentheship(s)andthecloudwilltypicallybeadirect

satellitelink.Fromthecloud(e.g.,BlueInsight)tooneormoreremotelocations,land-based

highspeedInternetconnectionscanbeused.

ThissetupallowsmultiplesurveyvesselstosendtheirdatatoonecommonMQTTmessage

broker.Datacanbedisplayedsimultaneouslyatseverallocationsandeasilymonitoredby

multiplesurveyors.Thisisarecommendedsetupforover-the-horizonoperationswhere

staffmaybelocatedremotelyfromtheofcelocationandinparticularwhenthevesselor

vehicleisuncrewed.InsteadofusingaVMinthecloudforSISRemote,eachuserwould

conguretheirremotecomputer-eitherintheoperationscenterorhomeofce.

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Supportinformation

IfyouneedtechnicalsupportforyourSISRemoteapplicationyoumustcontactaKongsberg

Discoveryofce.Alistofallourofcesisavailableonourwebsite.Y oucanalsocontact

ourmainsupportofceinNorway.

A24hourtelephonesupportservicemayalsobeavailabledependingonyourService

LevelAgreement.

•Companyname:KongsbergDiscoveryAS

•Address:Strandpromenaden50,3183Horten,Norway

•Website:https://www.kongsberg.com/maritime/

•Emailaddress:km.hydrographic.support@kongsberg.com

KongsbergDiscoverysupportisalsoavailableintheKM-App.

OursupportapplicationisavailableforfreeintheAppStoreandGooglePlay.Theuseof

oursupportapplicationisfreeofcharge.Y ourmobilephoneprovidermaychargeyouthe

costofthecommunication.

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Operatingprocedures

Topics

MonitoringtheMQTTConnection,page19

RealtimeDataController,page20

TransferingLinePlanstoRemoteVessel,page22

TransferingallTerrainFiles,page23

Transferingnewerterrainles,page23

TransferingallXYZles,page24

Monitoringmultiplevesselsand/orsystems,page24

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MonitoringtheMQTTConnection

OperatingSISandSISRemotewilllightuptwolampsonthecontrolbar.Theleftlamp

isforthesonarinputsandtherightlampisfortheconnectiontotheMQTTserver.Pay

attentiontothelampsinSIS,bothontheshipandonshore.Therightonemustbegreenboth

onboardandonshoretotransmitandreceivedatathroughtheMQTT-broker.Ifbothlamps

aregreen,youshouldseethevessel(s),sonar(s)andcurrentsurveyinthedropdownmenus.

Procedure

1SelectWindowsTaskManager-ServicesiftheMQTTconnectionisred.

2SearchforKMOceanInsightConnector.

3RightclickandselectRestart

4Waitaminute,andyoushouldseetheMQTTconnectorindicatorinSISgogreen.

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RealtimeDataController

Procedure

1DatastreamsarecontrolledbythemenufoundatView-RemoteOperatorSettings-

RealtimeDataController.

2Settheintervalforhowoftentoupdateforeachitem,andclickenabletoactivate

thisdatatransfer.

3Enable/disablethedesireddatastreams.

4Usethesliderstochangetheintervalofthedatatransmissiontoaccommodatethe

availablebandwidth.

•Acrosstrack(beams)-Numberofbeamsinthepingtotransfer.

•Displaydata-Displaydataistheitemthatusesthemostbandwidth.Ifthereisno

needforCrosstrackandBeamIntensity,thisitemshouldbeoff.

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