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SeeByte’s software control capabilities to the Seatronics Predator ROV. Having integrated and demonstrated SeeTrack CoPilot at trials in Florida earlier in the year, Seatronics took the system to OI, where they held daily demos of SeeT- rack CoPilot’s advanced control capa- bilities. www.seebyte.com Unique System Range on Display Unique System (U.K.) displayed a range of products and services that rep- resent each of the companies within the Unique Maritime Group. A few of these products include a selection of survey equipment, including a Klein sonar and a range of Tritech, Ixsea and Sonardyne 6G equipment. It also had a selection of Unique Seafl ex bag styles on display, including the Infl atable Buoyancy units and the Air Lift bags. Another key feature of the display was the newly designed Unique Hydra eDMS100 dive monitoring system. The eDMS100 is the fi rst fully integrated surface diver monitoring system oper- ating via a PLC/PC based unit that is housed in a standard 19” electronics rack with remote “Sensor Stations” located at key areas around the dive system. Each monitored parameter can have a number of fully customizable alarm conditions that can be set depending on the diving operators specifi c needs. Some of the key features are: full sensor logging, event and alarm logging, dive report cre- ation, sensor fault indication, fully cus- tomizable alarms, remote network view zccess, wireless maintenance access and a minimum of 2,000 hours logging ca- pacity. www.uniquegroup.com Buoy Range Added to the EIVA The fi rst day of the OI saw the launch of a new buoy product range – ToughBoy Panchax – produced by the Danish off- shore specialist EIVA. “ToughBoy Pan- chax is a wave buoy designed to ensure the lowest possible total cost of own- ership in the market achieved through a competitive purchase price together with low service and communications costs. This wave buoy is effectively a software product considering the wave algorithm, the data logging and remote monitoring, and as such it fi ts EIVA’s strengths perfectly,” said Jeppe Nielsen, CEO, EIVA. An integrated Teledyne RD Instruments ADCP and a thoroughly-tested, ad- vanced wave sensor provide high-preci- sion current and wave data. The settings and transmission are adjusted according to customer needs, keeping communica- tions expenditures at a minimum. From harbor monitoring to wave energy studies and any type of wave and cur- rent measurement surveys in between, the ToughBoy Panchax is up to the task. Electronics with low power consump- tion and a battery based on intelligent charging technology ensure year-long battery life and thus long intervals be- tween service inspections, that is, 12 months or more. This will cut the budget that is normally dedicated to inspections by at least 50%. The web-based soft- ware solution of the ToughBoy Panchax allows for remote confi guration and monitoring, thereby simplifying data transmission. The acquired data is trans- mitted to the customer, to EIVA servers as a backup option and to USB drives on the buoy for on-site retrieval. This virtu- ally eliminates the risk of data loss. www.eiva.com Septentrio Wins VERIPOS Order VERIPOS is concluding the upgrade of its entire global network of GNSS ref- erence stations with high performance multi frequency GPS/GLONASS/Gali- leo/BeiDou receivers from Septentrio. VERIPOS owns and operates a net- work of more than 80 reference stations worldwide that is used to determine es- timates of the orbit and clock errors of multiple GNSS satellite constellations. VERIPOS uses these estimates to cal- culate corrections which are then broad- cast to end users to signifi cantly improve the accuracy of positioning. At the heart of the network is Septentrio PolaRx4, a fully featured reference receiver that provides high-quality tracking and mea- surement of all available and upcoming GNSS signals. www.septentrio.com (Photo: Seatronics) Photo: Unique Sys tem EIVA ToughBoy Panchax is a wave buoy designed for lowest possible total cost of owner- ship, as the fi rst member of EI- VA’s new buoy product range. Image: Septentrio www.seadiscovery.com Marine Technology Reporter 51 MTR #3 (50-64).indd 51 4/9/2014 2:14:05 PM
