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SISRemote
Remotecontrolapplication
OperatorManual
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•Document:OperatorManual
•Documentpartnumber:110-0051059
•Revision:A
•Dateofissue:13September2023
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injurytopersonnel.Youmustbefamiliarwiththecontentsoftheappropriatemanuals
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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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