837A Profiling

PRODUCTS

IMAGENEX MODEL 837A “Delta T” 3000 m
MULTIBEAM PROFILING SONAR

APPLICATIONS:

  • ROV, AUV, & UUV
  • Offshore Oil & Gas
  • Sunken Timber Recovery
  • Diving Support
  • Surveying
  • Search & Recovery
  • Inspection
  • Underwater Archaeology
  • Scientific Research

FEATURES:

  • Programmable
  • High speed
  • High performance
  • Lower cost
  • Low power
  • Simple set-up and installation
  • Ethernet
  • 5 m to 100 m range scales
  • Integrated Video Capture and Display
  • Built in GPS Track Plotter

  The Imagenex Model 837 “Delta T” is a multiple receiver sonar system designed to provide high-speed imaging with all the advantages of underwater sonar. Innovative digital signal processing is used to optimize data usage from all channels to achieve the best possible resolution at every point in the field of view.  Recent advances in computing power have made it possible to transfer and process this data at resolutions equal to computer monitor resolution, and with image frame rates of better than 20 frames per second!
  The Delta T system has been designed from the ground up with the most advanced, high accuracy, low power electronic components available to provide breakthroughs in system power consumption, package size, and price.  This advanced electronics package has built in flexibility and programmability to accommodate a wide range of transducer arrays. Thus, the Delta T is the first in a family of new technology products which will have imaging and profiling capabilities to suit your underwater application.  Imagenex sonars:  advancing underwater imaging capability for the everyday user.

837A Profiler

Patent Pending

HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS:

FREQUENCY

260 kHz

TRANSDUCER BEAM WIDTH
(nominal)

Receive: 120o x 3o
Transmit:  120o x 3o

EFFECTIVE HORIZONTAL BEAM WIDTH

3o, 1.5o, 0.75o

BEAMS*

120, 240, 480

RANGE RESOLUTION

0.2 % of range

MIN. DETECTABLE RANGE

0.5 m

MAX. OPERATING DEPTH

3000 m

FRAME RATE

Up to 20 fps

INTERFACE TO PC

Standard:  10 Mbps Ethernet (10 BASE-T)
                   using TCP/IP
Bit rate may vary if an Ethernet extender is in use.

MAX. CABLE LENGTH

Standard:  100 m on CAT5e
Cable length may be increased up to ~9000 m using an Ethernet extender.
Please enquire for more information.

CONNECTOR

Side mounted right angle, 8 conductor,
wet mateable (Subconn MCBH-8M-SS)

POWER SUPPLY

22 - 32 VDC at less than 5 Watts

DIMENSIONS

See drawing (below)

WEIGHT:     In Air
 

                       In Water

Aluminum: 3 kg (7 lbs)
Stainless Steel: 6 kg (14 lbs)

Aluminum:  1.2 kg (3 lbs)
Stainless Steel: 4.5 kg (10 lbs)

MATERIALS

Aluminum unit: 6061-T6 Aluminum, Epoxy,
         PVC, Stainless Steel connector
Stainless Steel unit:  316 Stainless Steel,
         Epoxy, PVC, Stainless Steel
         connector

FINISH

Hard Anodize

*Data is acquired at full resolution every shot:  processing the data for screen display on a PC can slow the system at highest number of beams. 120 beam mode is recommended for real time data acquisition. The data can then be played back at highest resolution (480 beam).

837A Profiling Delta T
837A Profiler
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SOFTWARE SPECIFICATIONS:

DeltaT.exe

WINDOWS™ OPERATING SYSTEM

Windows™ XP, Vista

DISPLAY MODES

Sector, Linear, Perspective, Profile, Beam Test

PERSISTENCE (TRAIL)

1 - 300 seconds

RANGE SCALES

5 m, 10 m, 20 m, 30 m, 40 m, 50 m,
60 m, 80 m, 100 m

SECTOR SIZES

30o, 60o, 90o, 120o

FILE FORMAT:
     RAW DATA
     PROFILE POINT


(filename).837
(filename).83P

RECOMMENDED MINIMUM COMPUTER REQUIREMENTS:

2 GHz Pentium 4
256 MB RAM
20 GB Hard Disk
1024 x 768 screen resolution

ORDERING INFORMATION:

3000 m UNIT in Aluminum

Standard

837A-000-420

3000 m UNIT in Stainless Steel

Standard

837A-000-421

Straight Connector

Option

                       -009

IP Address*

Option

                       -020

675 kHz

Option

                       -022

External Trigger

Option

                       -023

Dual Head Software

Option

                       -024

*Note: Standard IP Address is 192.168.0.2
           A different IP Address may be specified upon ordering.

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Specifications subject to change without notice.

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