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1. FIGURE 19 Settings dialog box associated with Properties option The dialog box in Figure 19 opens and by selecting the Settings tab various properties associated with each vector object can be modified For example increasing the Size parameter from the default of 3 0 m increases the font size of the label attached to that par ticular line 34 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 2004 06 28 Using Delph Nav Conducting a Survey Conducting a Survey Upon completing a survey plan and assuming all sonar and navigation equipment are working properly you should now be ready to commence surveying The following sections provide information on e connecting to serial ports to receive navigation and ancillary information e various data display windows available when acquiring navigation data e selection and arranging of lines for navigation using the Survey Control Panel and the helmsman display e recording of navigation data for later replay or export to another program for exam ple Isis or DelphS Starting a Survey Navigation Reception A basic checklist before the start of any survey is 1 Have all systems and system options been defined for the serial ports on which infor mation is arriving 2 Have the serial port parameters been configured properly in Serial Server 3 Have all relevant serial ports been turned on in Serial Server 4 Can you view the incoming information
2. At this time the Distance between cross sections and Number of cross sections to create become available in the Channel design procedure dialog box Figure 44 over laid on DelphMap s main application window 68 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 2004 06 28 Using Delph Nav An Example of Survey Planning in DelphNav Delphmap portland dmp a 15 x Project Tools Applications GIS Tools Mosaic Tools view Help SHAS S 22 2 Owe T ett B oe ii i xi Start Stop Survey Planning Editor Create border line No 1 lt 3 portland dmp Image layers A Vector layers Hf SurveyPlanninc portland_coast N Lines Ps Points Files Create border line No 2 ae Cross sections Distance between cross sections C Number of cross section to create 4 gt Edit channel bathymetry Finish Cancel North 4836791 15 m East 404879 18 m 43 40 40 94 N 70 10 48 22 W Depth 0 00 m Distance 859 46 m Heading 138 7 221 39 Survey Planning alea gt in ald Edit the survey planning using those tools Draw lines Systems Acquisition Display Draw points Fl 7 a Ala Create an object manually Ta aa E ae Import objects from an ASCII file Create a channel No Nav System Edit channel bathymetry EA Wa Serial input OFF Logging Off Survey mode Manual
3. FIGURE 44 Channel being defined with two dialog boxes overlaid 5 Enter some appropriate values for the number of cross sections and distance between cross sections and click Finish At this time the cross sections are drawn on the chart and then the Channel Bathymetry dialog box opens The first cross section is identified by a tab numbered 0 6 Use the numbered tabs at the lower edge of the dialog box to select the section you wish to work on then enter the values in the offset and depth boxes Figure 18 on page 33 shows a graphical cross section of such a line so defined 2004 06 28 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 69 An Example of Survey Planning in DelphNav Using Delph Nav 7 You can now use the numbered tabs at the bottom of the dialog box to move to the next cross section where you can either enter new channel data or use the Like previous or Like next one buttons 8 After entering the last cross section click OK to dismiss the dialog box This completes the channel creation routine Also see To create a channel design suitable for export to Bathy Pro if you intend to go on to import that channel design data into Bathy Pro To later edit a channel cross section click the Edit channel bathymetry icon to display and edit already existing channel cross sections Through such editing any of the values in the boxes may be adjusted including start and end coordinates Computing a Volu
4. showing sample data 20 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 2004 06 28 Using Delph Nav Making or Using a Survey Plan 2 Type in a pair of coordinates in the Northing and Easting fields of this dialog box Click Add to add the pair of Northing and Easting values spreadsheet To delete a way point select the Northing Easting couplet from the spreadsheet list and click on Remove 3 Continue to specify new Northings and Eastings and Add them to the list until you have as many paired points as you want If any coordinates need to be modified high light the point of interest in the spreadsheet list the corresponding Northing and East ing values will be shown in the edit fields at the top of the dialog box Change the coordinate values and then click the Apply button the values associated with that point will change in the spreadsheet list Waypoint Profile edition 3 x Northing LUEZATE A Add Northing rm Easting m 142674 89 24992302 Remove 142572 58 250062 62 142535 29 2501 30 50 Ae 14253386 250154 88 142570 67 250167 79 142566 95 250148 19 E Import as Waypoint s Profile s FIGURE 10 Waypoint Profile editing dialog box with sample data 4 When your list is complete choose either the Waypoint s or Profile s import option 5 Click Save to close the Waypoint Profile Editing dialog box and register the Points or Profile in the Sur
5. FIGURE 8 Menu for acting upon drawn lines At this time you can edit the coordinates of the line Figure 9 shows the Waypoint Profile Editing dialog box associated with the Save option Note that DelphNav sup ports multiple line segments but not curved lines When you are satisfied you have correct coordinates click Save At this point the line will be added to the list of lines in the Survey Planning box 2004 06 28 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 17 Making or Using a Survey Plan Using Delph Nav 7 Click the sign to reveal the SOL EOL coordinates Note that the direction of the line Start Point and End Point corresponds to the order in which the line points were entered using the mouse in step 3 Line direction may be reversed at a later time if desired A Running Man icon denotes the SOL and a Stop Sign icon denotes the EOL 8 You may continue adding lines anywhere in the working area Note that clicking on the line in the list will highlight the line in the main DelphMap window Drawing Duplicate Lines Drawing parallel perpendicular or radial lines are options of the dialog shown in Fig ure 8 Upon selecting one of the Duplicate Line options DelphNav will prompt you for the number of lines to be drawn port or starboard of the selected line Port and starboard sides are determined by the direction in which the selected line was drawn For example if the line was drawn from north t
6. Lines may be removed from the Survey Plan with the Delete button Figure 22 on page 40 A number of parameters that can be used as navigation and line steering aids reside in the title bar of the Helmsman Display window These include e Name Name of line being navigated e Head Heading of the vessel type of heading selected through Compass window default is True Course Over Ground and text changes according to the type selected e SOG Speed Over Ground e State Recording state of the navigation Recording Pause Waiting e SOL Distance to from start of line e EOL Distance to from end of line e CTW Course to waypoint or heading direction from current vessel position to active waypoint Figure 24 e CTS Course to steer or heading direction from previous waypoint to active waypoint Figure 24 e NCTS Next course to steer or heading direction from active waypoint to the next waypoint if survey line consists of more than two waypoints Figure 24 42 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 2004 06 28 Using Delph Nav Conducting a Survey Active NCTS a Waypoint CTW CTS FIGURE 24 Course information within Helmsman Display Values associated with these parameters can assist in the navigation of the vessel For example the CTW parameter indicates the course the helmsman should steer in order to intersect the next waypoint or end of line segment The NCTS parameter inform
7. Separator lines should not be consecutive real data one or more pairs of navigation coordinates on one or more lines must be the next line after a separator line Data lines however can be consecutive and contiguous e g a series of waypoints within a survey line All lines must end with a lt CarriageReturn gt lt LineFeeds gt pair of control charac ters in keeping with the DOS and Windows convention If there is only one point per object the object is imported as a waypoint If there are mul tiple points in an object they are merged into a line object with multiple waypoints As an example importing the ASCII file shown in Figure 12 creates four lines and one stand alone waypoint The characters SOL separating each object could be any other non numeric string For the purposes of this function numeric characters are defined to be 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 and SOL 0398804 70 4833407 61 first survey line 0399875 85 4834692 22 SOL 0398849 93 4833362 68 second survey line 0399944 60 4834646 43 WAYPOINT 0399979 96 4834611 08 a stand alone waypoint single data pair SOL 0398920 64 4833291 97 third survey line 0400015 31 4834575 72 SOL 0400045 67 4834540 36 fourth survey line 0398956 00 4833256 61 FIGURE 12 Sample ASCII data to be imported into DelphNav 2004 06 28 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 23 Making or Using a Survey Plan Using Delph
8. or by importing an ASCII file of coordinates The channel design tool will lead you through this process as follows To create a channel design 1 Click the Create a channel button icon shown to the right The system displays the Channel design procedure dialog box Figure 15 a where you can import an existing channel or create a new one The Chan nel design procedure dialog box first asks you to Create border line No 1 either draw the line insert manually or import from an ASCII file After you create the first border the system shows Create border line No 2 in blue text and Create border line No 1 displays in black text Specify the second channel border at this stage 2004 06 28 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 27 Making or Using a Survey Plan Using Delph Nav Channel design procedure lOl xi Create border line No 1 S a Create border line No 2 Cross sections Number of cross section to create Edit channel bathymetry Finish Cancel FIGURE 15 Channel design procedure dialog box 2 For the border currently being defined click one of the three available buttons Draw lines left icon Waypoint profile editor middle icon or the Open icon right icon e Ifyou chose Draw lines you can proceed to draw lines as previously explained in Drawing Lines Independently of Each Other starting on page 16 e Ifyou chose Waypoint profile editor you def
9. tem should be used as the Primary source by typing the command MASTER into the options text box By default the lowest numbered serial port is assumed to contain the Primary navigation This default can be overridden by typing MASTER in the higher numbered serial port s options text box A button showing which COM port has been allocated as Master will be apparent on the Systems panel of the Survey Control Panel Figure 3 This button may be toggled on the GUI to designate which navigation string or COM port is assigned as Master Delphmap NewProject dmp So asia 0 x Project Settings Tools Applicatons GIS Tools Mosaic Tools View Help SHIRES aAA wl Tirta ay Stat Stop Survey Planning Editor N Lines fis Points E Fies e L NewProject dmp N 6965286 435 m Two E 0511443 535 m COM 27 26 08 97 S 163 06 57 06 E ports No Data Acquisition eed Distance 1 74 m Fea Heading 171 1 183 99 T Bsa Master button i a Serial input On Logging Of Survey made Manual FIGURE 3 Vessel and towfish positions A master serial port has the following implications that influence data acquisition e Navigation stored within the XTF file created by DelphNav relates to the COM port defined as Master 2004 06 28 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 5 Setting Up Serial Ports Using Delph Nav e Information output from DelphNav relates to the navigation string dec
10. NMEA Depth DBT NMEA Depth DPT PKEL Depth PKEL TSS Attitude PRDID OCTAN Attitude PHTRH 2004 06 28 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 13 Making or Using a Survey Plan Using Delph Nav Making or Using a Survey Plan A Survey Plan is essentially a set of lines over which the survey will be run The Sur vey Planning Editor enables you to do the following tasks Draw lines along which the vessel can be navigated Draw points as individual waypoints towards which the vessel can steer Create an object or lines manually by typing coordinates into a spreadsheet Import objects or lines from an ASCII file Create a channel and associated cross lines at a user defined interval Edit channel bathymetry or channel profiles along the defined survey lines The end result of any Survey Planning session is the creation of a Vector layer in DelphMap This Vector layer has a generic name of SurveyPlanning which is linked to a DDS_VOB file with a default name of ProjectName Planning DDS VOB To set up the survey plan in DelphNav 1 If navigation acquisition was turned on turn it off by disconnecting the Serial Port Linkup button must not be green Verify the navigation acquisition status in the sta tus bar It should say Serial input Off Ifyou have not already done so create a new project Project New Project then select a location and name for your project In the upper l
11. Nav Importing Coordinates in Latitude and Longitude When importing coordinates in Lat Long format the following formats are supported e Decimal Degrees DD DDDDDD e g 57 234567 03 005678 e Degrees Decimal Minutes DD MMDDD e g 57 14074 03 003407 e Degrees Minutes Seconds DDMMSS SS e g 571404 44 030020 44 Note No spaces are allowed Positive longitudes are east negative are west Positive latitudes are north negative are south To import lines or points from an ASCII file into DelphNav 1 Click the Import objects from an ASCII file button icon shown to the right aa The system displays an Open dialog box La 2 Browse for and select the ASCII text file to be imported click Open to import it The system displays the ASCII importation setup dialog box Figure 13 In the example shown in Figure 13 the ASCII file only has Eastings and Northings and they are correctly arranged Eastings first then Northings according to the default import option of DelphNav However the default Positions Descriptions and Units can be modified to accommodate different layouts or units e g Latitude and Longi tude in decimal degrees 24 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 2004 06 28 Using Delph Nav Making or Using a Survey Plan ASCII file importation setup a x First 20 lines of G Portland lines txt SOL 0398804 70 4833407 61 0399875 85 4834692 22 EOL SOL x gt Define
12. of vessel relative to the operator specified survey line Parameters monitored include distance from SOL EOL off line distance course to next waypoint and navigation data recording status Data Display This provides a text overview of the incoming data strings Raw values statistics and quality parameters may be viewed for navigation attitude and single beam data X Y graphs can be generated for any parameter within this window Compass Display This shows heading information based on incoming navigation string or other sensor data for example True Heading if gyro information received An Example of Survey Planning in DelphNav The following section shows the progression of a worked example which demonstrates the use of the various survey planning features in DelphNav By following this example you will learn how to e Import a DXF file with coastline or other data e Import an ASCII file containing line or other data e Create a channel e Edit channel bathymetry 50 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 2004 06 28 Using Delph Nav An Example of Survey Planning in DelphNav The data in this sample exercise is as follows e a DXF coastline file from Portland Maine portland dxf which has metric coor dinate information based on the UTM projection and the NAD27 datum e anumber of lines in an ASCII file based on UTM projection and the WGS1984 datum portland lines txt with the coordinates in meter
13. the coastline s coordinates are UTM with NAD27 datum select Universal Transverse Mercator then click Next At this point you need some idea of where Portland Maine is in terms of its naviga tion coordinates It turns out the longitude of Portland Maine is around 70 degrees West and it is in the Northern Hemisphere Select Zone 19 66W to 72W and check the North Hemisphere radio button click Next and select North American Datum 1927 click Finish After a short pause the Projection Settings box re appears and the system displays the data relevant to your input projection settings Figure 32 Projection Settings x Input Projection Projection Universal Transverse Mercato Datum North American Datum 1927 Semi Major Axis 6378206 4 meters Semi Minor Axis 6356583 8 meters Flattening 294 98 x Translation to WGS84 8 00 meters Y Translation to WGS84 160 00 meters Z Translation to WGS84 176 00 meters Zone Number 19 Uarsianbare Klarka m Output Projection Undefined FIGURE 32 Projection Settings box with input projection info 54 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 2004 06 28 Using Delph Nav An Example of Survey Planning in DelphNav Now we need to setup the output or working projection for the project Recall that we want to use a GPS receiver having a data output in Lat Long based on WGS84 and that the project is required
14. the field s to extract Position 2 item 1 position 01 Easting Description Northing Lat Unit Meters Add Replace Delete Cancel position 02 Northing Lat Meters FIGURE 13 ASCII file importation setup dialog box 3 Click OK The next dialog box to open the Input Projection Settings allows you to specify the Projection and Datum of the coordinates to be imported e g UTM Zone 19 WGS84 Note that in the example provided in Figure 13 two lines of non numeric characters occur between lines of waypoint coordinates EOL and then SOL Although the lines still import correctly the following error message will also be generated An error occurred while importing survey planning objects This message can be ignored if all lines are registered properly check the Line listing in the Survey Control Panel 4 After specifying the Input Projection Settings the lines and waypoints should be regis tered in the Survey Control Panel 2004 06 28 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 25 Making or Using a Survey Plan Using Delph Nav 5 If you are finished with planning your survey click Done to close the Survey Planning setup dialog box Figure 14 shows the outline of a quay imported from a DXF file with five survey lines these lines are also listed in the Survey Control Panel window Clicking the sign reveals the coordinates for each line Delphmap portland dmp E p
15. to be in the UTM projection 8 In the Projection Settings dialog box click Change next to Output Projection select Universal Transverse Mercator from the list and click Next 9 Check that the displayed Zone and Hemisphere are correct for Portland Maine it should say Northern hemisphere and a longitude of approximately 70 degrees west which corresponds to Zone 19 in the Select UTM Zone and Hemisphere dialog of the Output Projection settings box 10 Select Zone 19 in the dialog box then click Next The system displays the Select Datum dialog of the Output Projection settings box 11 Select the datum for the output projection WGS Datum 1984 then click Finish Note Observe that we were not obliged to use the North American Datum 1927 as output even though that datum was used as input This demonstrates the pro gram s flexibility in allowing the operator to adapt the data to new needs After a short pause the Projection Settings box re appears with the output projection information now added to it Figure 33 shows the data 2004 06 28 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 55 An Example of Survey Planning in DelphNav Using Delph Nav r Input Projection Projection Universal Transverse Mercato Semi Major Axis 6378206 4 meters Semi Minor Axis 6356583 8 meters Flattenina 294 98 x Translation to WGS84 8 00 meters Y Translation to WGS84 160 00 meters Z Translation to WGS84 176 00 me
16. window e Alarm e Alarm Settings 48 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 2004 06 28 Using Delph Nav These options open the panels shown below the main profile window in Figure 27 Param eters that may be specified include Alarm Depth for each echo sounder source shown as a blue horizontal line in the main profile window Activation Deactivation of each alarm Activation Deactivation for a sound attached to each alarm Alarm triggering when soundings become shallower or deeper than the specified Alarm Depth Alarm Display A large variety of alarm types may be specified in this window with both visual and audible notification when operator specified parameters are exceeded Parameters related to the GPS Heading Attitude and Single Beam data can be monitored 4M Alarms Configure Kind of value Comparison failure Bad value GPS Quality Indicator GPS Number of satellites used GPS Altitude MSL k 10 0 m GPS Geoidal separation GPS DGPS Age Speed Over Ground i 0 0 m s Statistics HDOP Attitude Roll Attitude Pitch Attitude Yaw Attitude Heave Single Beam Beam A depth FIGURE 28 Alarm display types 2004 06 28 Data Display Windows 0 x CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 49 An Example of Survey Planning in DelphNav Using Delph Nav Helmsman Display This shows position
17. 4 specifying projection for 66 Survey planning tools dialog box 16 survey planning 58 changing a layer s colors 62 Channel design procedure dialog box 28 create a channel 27 create an object manually 20 22 Draw points icon 19 drawing independent lines 16 drawing points 19 edit channel bathymetry 32 import objects from an ASCII file 23 24 importing a DXF file 51 Layer insertion dialog box 58 SOL EOL coordinates 18 Waypoint Profile Editor dialog box 21 System tab Delph Nav 3 74 Using DelphNay 2004 06 28 Index T test projection settings DXF file and Delph Nav 57 W Waypoint Profile Editor dialog box survey planning 21 window components Survey Control Panel 2 2004 06 28 Using DelphNav 75 Index 76 Using DelphNav 2004 06 28
18. 6 28 Using Delph Nav An Example of Survey Planning in DelphNav EB File s HE Settings Main file File C DemoWreck DMOutput 1 DDS_VOB Size 3300 Bytes Creation Date 9 10 2001 17 37 7 Northing Extent 5181369 10 5181469 10 m Easting Extent 0570988 32 0571088 32 m m Dependencies c demowreck dmoutput 1 dds_ vib c demowreck dmoutput 1 dds_vob c demowreck dmoutput 1 dds_vtx ow Ademeauracl Lena mdh Le Lh FIGURE 38 Files right clicking portland_coast gt properties 16 In the Settings dialog box select the Settings tab The system displays color controls for managing a layer s colors Figure 39 2004 06 28 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 61 An Example of Survey Planning in DelphNav Using Delph Nav File s H Settings Any change made will affect the vector whose properties are displayed Objects color i Font size 10 000000 m FIGURE 39 Settings tab for inspecting or changing a layer s colors 17 Use the controls in this dialog box to set the color of the lines and the color and size of the labels if any click OK The system closes the Settings dialog box and the imagery displays in your newly chosen colors Figure 40 shows an example of this 62 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 2004 06 28 Using Delph Nav An Example of Survey Planning in Delph
19. E iol x Project Tools Applications GIS Tools Mosaic Tools View Help SHREE Sgele A mw T Hla B Start Stop Survey Planning Editor N Lines fu Points Files 3 43 portland dmp Image layers F Vector layers Ef SurveyPlanninc E g portland pe y portland_coast E G Portland p gt North 4836459 38 m East 399581 78 m 43 40 27 68 N 70 14 44 53 W Depth 0 00 m Distance 5385 66 m Heading 138 7 221 3 Survey Planning gt He 41a 2d Systems Acquisition Display HA al salon Gila wale No Nav System fae 4 CO e Serial input OFF Logging OFF Survey mode Manual FIGURE 14 Five survey lines imported from an ASCII file 26 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 2004 06 28 Using Delph Nav Making or Using a Survey Plan Creating a Channel The purpose behind creating a channel is to provide a reference surface to which a DTM of the seafloor can be compared This tool also sets up survey lines along which the vessel can be navigated to acquire profile data across the designed channel A channel design file contains two basic sets of line objects length wise borders one for each side of the channel and a series of transverse lines cross sections These line objects may be added to the DelphNav window by drawing them as lines by inserting coordinates manually in a spreadsheet
20. Helmsman Display window that can be used to assist steering along a survey line Each of these display windows will be presented in detail in the following sections Single Beam Profile Display The Single Beam Profile Display window Figure 27 is capable of showing up to two different sources of sounding data for example two different frequencies of an echo sounder 2004 06 28 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 47 Data Display Windows Using Delph Nav t gt Single Beam Profile lolx View Beam 1 0 0m 30 00 IV Show Depth Beam 2 0 00 Show Alam A Alame Status Status Alarm Depth 5m Ok Alarm Depth 0 m lInactive Fire points above JV Alarm activated Fire points above Alarm activated Fire points below Sound activated Fire points below IV Sound activated FIGURE 27 Single Beam Profile window with alarm Minimum and Maximum depths for the Y axis on the profile display can be set with the up down buttons on the left side of the window and the time scale over which the profile is built the X axis can be adjusted by the slider bar beneath the profile display The dis play of either beam can be toggled ON or OFF by the Show option on the right side of the window The current depth being received from the echo sounder is shown in the field beneath the appropriate Beam label Two options are available within the View menu of the Single Beam Profile
21. Nav Delphmap NewProjact dmp Io Binect Tool Appicationt GIS Tools Morac Toss View Hep SERS FARA ebwke Trun ay ZH Stat Stop Survey Planning Edt N Lines fb Ponts E Fates North 483697899 m East 39607728 m 43 40 42 76 N 10172381 W Depth 0 00 m Distance 7958 40 m Heading 1385 2159 Eriniee re expiction a Deplay jja sale igo Bala su Soitings Sens inat Off Logana Off Survey mode Manual FIGURE 40 Imagery displayed in a new color 18 At this point it is a good idea to save your project Click Project Save or click the Save icon on the taskbar This will not only create a DMP DelphMap Project file containing all the references to the various files that you have created but saving the project also establishes the default directory for creating subsequent layers and converted files 2004 06 28 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 63 An Example of Survey Planning in DelphNav Using Delph Nav Note DMP files do not contain the actual data files just the links to the files used to display your imagery Consequently if you move this project from its present location folder you will need to re import the various files again thereby updat ing the project s links to the files This completes the importation of the DXF coastline file Importing an ASCII Line File This series of tasks implements the general principles documented in Importing Ob
22. Nav Conducting a Survey loj x Name Line6 TCoq 543 SOG 2 2 Knits State On SOL 551 0m EOL 2225 6 m CTW 58 1 CTS 644 NCTS 90 9 FIGURE 23 Helmsman Display The first step is to select the line along which you want to steer the vessel In the Survey Control Panel an elongated box marks the line that has been selected as the navigation line Line 1 in Figure 22 If you wish to navigate along another line simply select the new line either by e left clicking on a line object in the main DelphNav window or e left clicking on a line name in Survey Control Panel In either case the line in the DelphNav window should turn blue and the corresponding line name should be highlighted Next click on the Select Line button Figure 22 This will shift the elongated box from the current navigation line to the highlighted line In addition the line object in the DelphNav window should turn white Note that the Select Line button only becomes active if the Serial Linkup button is active that is you are receiving navigation data into DelphNav In order for the Helmsman display to be correct in terms of off line magnitude and direc tion the lines must be run from SOL to EOL order A green running man icon marks the start of a line SOL a stop sign icon marks the end of each line EOL In order to change any attributes of a line in particular whether to reverse a line direction the line of interest mu
23. Off Logging Off SURAGA Awe FTR mgr Survey mode Pono 8027625 m Nothing TORIS m SRAM m Eating DEUD a i mi Depth 100 a Port TORZS m Nothing Easting 8 Deth Cd the survey planning uang thos Draw ines Po Diam ports CF Caste an otiact marnasiy impart cdyects Irom an ASOI hie Caste a chornet VF Ed channel botymaty l0 x Stat Stop Survey Planrang E dior Ports Fees ad kaa a E e Sta Ja Jan aia COM os com 08 mj gwal FIGURE 16 Channel with borders and cross lines The tabs at the bottom of the Channel bathymetry dialog box Figure 17 correspond to the cross lines of the channel starting with zero 2004 06 28 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 29 Making or Using a Survey Plan Using Delph Nav Within this window four points define each cross line two points for the top of the chan nel at each border intersection Points A and D and two points for the bottom of the channel on each side of the wall Points B and C Depth values may be entered for all of these points thereby setting the depth of the chan nel surface beneath sea level and the height of the channel walls The slope of the channel walls is specified by the X Offset parameters associated with Points C and D 30 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 2004 06 28 Using Delph Nav Making or Using a S
24. SeismicPlus and DelphNav use this program when reading data from a serial port in real time The server program launches automatically upon selecting the Serial Port Linkup button Setting the Path to the Server If you are recording navigation data with DelphNav for the first time a dialog box will open upon selecting the Serial Port Linkup button that requests the location of the SERI ALSRV exe program The location should be C Windows Folder TEIdlls e g C A WINNT TEIdIIs Once this path and file have been selected the information is stored in a INI file and the server will launch automatically during subsequent sessions Setting Up the Server Once the Serial Server GUI has launched COM ports may be set up to receive and view data Figure 4 To pick a port in the Serial Server Settings dialog box click the appropriate number and then select the Setup button note that the port must not be activated through the On option This opens the standard Windows COMx Properties dialog box enabling you to set the parameters for the port baud rate data bits parity stop bits and flow control 2004 06 28 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 7 Serial Server Using Delph Nav _ Serial Server ti E Bz AOR su loleleiclejelereieiere Settings IV On ey Setup A Spy GUI on top GUI minimized FIGURE 4 Serial Server Settings dialog for selecting COM ports An error message will be gener
25. Using DelphNav User s Manual based on DelphMap software through version 2 10 June 2004 F TRITON ELICS MN T RNATIONAL Copyright 2004 Triton Elics International Inc All rights reserved Printed in the U S A This software is copyrighted and licensed for use on one computer per copy Triton Elics International grants permission to the purchaser to make a limited number of copies of the program for backup purposes Additional reproduction of the programs or this manual is a violation of the copyright law The licensee is bound by the terms and conditions set forth in the Software License Agreement and Limited Warranty that accompanies this document The following are trademarks of Triton Elics International Inc TriPort Q MIPS VISTA TrakMap TriCAS ROVFlight SeaFlight A B Bathimagery and Convert CD The following are registered trademarks of Triton Elics International Inc Isis Sonar Delph Seismic Delph Seismic Plus The following are copyrights of their respective companies or organizations e WinRT Registry BlueWater Systems e HawkEye Imagine 128 Number Nine Visual Technology Corp The following are trademarks and or registered trademarks of their respective companies or organizations e Arc View Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc e AutoCAD Autodesk Inc e EXB 8500 EXB 8505XLI EXB 8500C EXB 8205 EXABYTE Corporation e Wind
26. Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 2004 06 28 Using Delph Nav Conducting a Survey Quality Control of a Survey Data Display Windows Figure 21 shows the various data display windows offered by DelphNav for providing quality control on incoming data strings and to help position the vessel relative to a selected survey line Display windows include Single Beam Profile Display capable of displaying both high frequency and low fre quency channels of a single beam echo sounder Audible alarms may be set for an operator specified depth with soundings below or above which cause the alarm to trigger Alarm Display a large variety of alarm types may be specified in this window with both visual and audible notification when operator specified parameters are exceeded Parameters related to the GPS Heading Attitude and Single Beam data can be moni tored Helmsman Display shows position of vessel relative to the operator specified survey line Parameters monitored include distance from SOL EOL off line distance course to next waypoint and navigation data recording status Data Display provides a text overview of the incoming data strings Raw values sta tistics and quality parameters may be viewed for navigation attitude and single beam data X Y graphs can be generated for any parameter within this window Compass Display shows heading information based on incoming navigation string or other sensor data for exampl
27. a Survey Plan on page 14 if you are creating a new survey plan DelphNav prompts you to choose a projection for your project when you click Done If you are opening or importing an existing survey plan DelphNav prompts you to select a file when you enable the Open Import an existing survey planning radio button 4 From the next dialog click on Import objects from an ASCII file and select the TXT file containing the line data 66 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 2004 06 28 Using Delph Nav An Example of Survey Planning in DelphNav Creating a Channel The steps that are needed to create a channel are 1 Generate two lines defining the edges or border of the channel 2 Generate the transverse lines defining the channel cross section To create a channel before a survey plan has been made 1 Click these icons in sequence e Start Stop Survey Planning Editor gt e Create a new survey planning gt e Done gt e Create channel The system displays two dialog boxes open the Survey Planning Setup Figure 43 left side and the Channel design procedure Figure 43 right side Survey planning setup EE Edit the survey planning using those tools Draw lines Ft Draw points Fer Create an object manually Ta D i Import objects from an ASCII file Create a channel Edit channel bathymetry Done ca le IR le ee Create border line No 1 Create
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29. ass display a helmsman display text displays showing the status of incoming data strings and a variety of alarm warnings A Profile display for sin gle beam echo sounders supports dual frequency systems X Y graphs may be opened for other information types arriving in the system for example Pitch Roll Heave Data output is in the form of a user defined ASCII string DelphNav supports full survey planning Lines may be specified either graphically on the screen or through the insertion of individual waypoints Parallel and perpendicular lines can easily be created relative to a single reference line Lines may be selected for navigat ing with reference to the helmsman display and line direction can be reversed such that the vessel s offset from the line port starboard remains intuitive to the helmsman 2004 06 28 1 DelphNav Overview Survey Control Panel Using Delph Nav To run DelphNav 1 Start DelphMap Delphmap exe and select the Survey Control Panel option from the View menu View Survey Control Panel Figure 1 2 Click Project New Project or Project gt Open a Project 3 Select the folder you want to work in and the name of your project Your DelphMap project file either opens if it already exists or is created if new You are now ready to set up your serial ports and survey lines Survey Control Panel circled here Delphmap NewProject dmp L y agx Project Tools Applications GIS T
30. ated if the port is already busy through another application or if that port is not present on the particular system in use Click OK when the parameters have been set correctly to return to the Serial Server dialog box After setting the parameters in the COM port properties dialog box and returning to the Serial Server dialog box activate the port by selecting the ON box Proper reception of the incoming data string can be checked through the Spy button Selection of the Spy button displays a sample of the relevant data in the dialog box win dow If no data appear in this window check the settings for the port and or the activity of the sensor sending the data Another possible fault source may be the serial cable Once these steps have been completed the server has been setup and the COM port parameters will be remembered the next time you start DelphNav and attempt a Serial Port Linkup Note that the Serial Server program must be left running throughout the survey The GUI associated with the program can either be minimized as an icon in the System Tray of the Windows Task Bar the normal operating mode Figure 5 or it can be specified as remaining on top of all other windows GUI on top Figure 4 8 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 2004 06 28 Using Delph Nav Serial Server AMstart Aep 6 18 AM FIGURE 5 Serial Server GUI minimized as icon in system tray If the GUI is minimized in the System T
31. ating a line and then creating dupli cates of that line DelphNav adds line names to the Survey Control Panel window Figure 22 A number of options exist for manipulating these lines including selecting a line to navigate relative to the Helmsman Display reordering lines within the list revers ing the run orientation and deleting lines 2004 06 28 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 39 Conducting a Survey Using Delph Nav Start Z Stop Survey Planning Editor Lines fu Paints E Files EE alale COM 01 Boat Iw HAAJ Settings 4 Survey Planning Delete Line elect f Line ad Dail To Navigate Reverse SS eee Line Direction Acquisiion m Display Move Line DOWN E Eci ia a Ey Move Line UP Automatic Logging FIGURE 22 Line navigation options in DelphNav Steering a vessel along a predetermined line is a basic necessity of practically any survey and a core function of any navigation package In DelphNav the He Imsman Display win dow Figure 23 is a key tool for navigating a vessel along a line This window provides visual information on vessel distance off the selected survey line start of line SOL EOL distance and heading direction from waypoint to waypoint and vessel to waypoint for correcting off line deviations 40 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 2004 06 28 Using Delph
32. ble to what will be specified for the multibeam survey Choose Bathy Processing Process to process your data When you choose Process the system automatically creates a DDS _ VIF raster file with the same primary name as the TXT file you imported Having created the DDS VIF file exit Bathy Pro 2004 06 28 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 71 Special Navigation Interfaces Using Delph Nav To import the DDS_VIF file into DelphNav 1 Run DelphMap again choose Project Insert Layers locate the DDS_VIF file of interest and open the DDS_VIF file to import it By default the color table applied to this file will be gray scale but a more advanta geous palette may be specified from GIS Tools Color Palettes The resulting dia log box offers data type options for sidescan sonar bathymetry and other data types 2 From GIS Tools Color Palettes select the Bathymetry data type and use the Jet palette Also see Change the Color Palette Settings on page 28 of the Using DelphMap technical manual for more information on color manipulation To compute a volumetric delta of channel actual v design e For the procedure see Computing Volumetric Differences starting on page 114 of the Using DelphMap technical manual Primary and secondary surfaces are selected from existing DDS_VIF files with the output being a user defined volume layer For example the primary surface could be the cha
33. border line No 2 Channel design procedure m e x Cross sections a a Number of cross section to create Edit channel bathymetry Finish Cancel FIGURE 43 Survey planning setup with channel design dialog 2004 06 28 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 67 An Example of Survey Planning in DelphNav Using Delph Nav 2 Do one of the following Sesh e Click Draw Lines left icon if you want to graphically enter the line from the DelphNav window e Click Edit channel middle icon if you want to enter the co ordinates manually e Click Open file right icon if you have the coordinates in an ASCII file The following description is for the graphical draw lines method To graphically enter the line from the DelphNav window 1 After clicking the Draw Lines icon click at the position on the chart where you want the first border line to start then click the position where you want the first border line to end You may click intermediate points if you wish When you have clicked your last point right click with the mouse and select Save The system displays the Waypoint Profile editor dialog box In the Waypoint Profile Editor dialog box you can edit the coordinates of your line if you wish then click Save In the Channel design procedure dialog box the focus changes to Create border line No 2 Repeat steps 1 3 to create the second border line
34. call that the last step in creating the channel design in DelphNav s Channel bathymetry dialog box is to click the OK button When you click OK the system automatically creates an ASCII file containing the channel design data By default the location of that file is the same as the location of the Survey Planning Editor In Windows 2000 that location is C Documents and Settings USERNAME Local Settings Temp where USERNAME represents the name of an actual user That location contains a file having all the X Y and Z values associated with the designed channel Initially this file is named NewProject Planning Channel 1 chn Having created the channel design file exit DelphNav Go to the above mentioned folder and rename the file by changing its file extension from CHN to TXT You can also rename the primary part of the file from NewProject Planning Channel 1 toaname that reflects the nature of your work You may also want to move the file to a more convenient working directory for additional work To import the channel design TXT file into Bathy Pro 1 2 3 Run Bathy Pro and right click on the Project files folder Choose the Add XYZ ASCII file Single Beam Data option and specify the channel design TXT file name While specifying the channel design file name verify the following parameters for the file e that input and output projections match the survey area and e that the grid resolution is compara
35. d by the program This information is entered in the form of a NW corner and E W N S extents in meters Note that by right clicking in the text area of this dialog box the NW corner coordinates can be toggled between geo graphic and grid coordinates If you are opening or importing an existing survey plan DelphNav prompts you to select a file when you activate the Open Import an existing survey planning radio but ton If a new project was not created then the new survey plan is stored in the Win dows temporary folder location depends on which Windows operating system you are using In Windows 2000 for instance the location is C Documents and Settings USER_NAME Local Settings Temp where login account is substituted for USER_ NAME 2004 06 28 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 15 Making or Using a Survey Plan Using Delph Nav Note To change the folder where your survey planning and other DelphMap DelphNav related files are saved choose Project Save As and choose a folder This folder then becomes the default folder for the whole project Once a proper DelphMap project file has been opened or created DelphNav displays the Survey Planning Tools dialog box Figure 7 Survey planning setup 2 5 x Edit the survey planning using those tools S Draw lines Py Draw points Ee Create an object manually Ce Import objects from an ASCII file Create a channel 43 Edit chan
36. e True Heading if gyro information received Each of these display windows and their associated options will be discussed in detail later in this manual 2004 06 28 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 37 Conducting a Survey Using Delph Nav Single Beam Profile 2 Single Beam Profile ETx ier he Start Stop Survey Planning Editor N Lines Ro Points Files A M Alarms of x Configure Kind of value GPS Quality Indicator GPS Number of satelites used GPS Alitude MSL Heading Magnetic Varistion Speed Over Ground Alarms Statistics HDOP Abiude Roll Display Attitude Pitch ell wif fe he Single Beam Beam A depth Single Beam Beam A amplitude it Heimsman Display COM 03 COM o Heimsman Display z cz eS Data Display Compass Dispiay M Data display Els Ed Navigation ation Peston T Cog 90 4 Latitude 33 29 58 56 N Longitude 11 64 Northi 0 Easting 53 Date Time Date 206 07 Time 18 10 03 Differential Heading Speed Quality Survey Statistics Attitude Single Beam FIGURE 21 Data display window options in DelphNav 38 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 2004 06 28 Using Delph Nav Conducting a Survey Line Selection and Use of the Helmsman Display When creating a Survey Plan for example first cre
37. eft corner of the Survey Control Panel click Start Stop Sur vey Planning Editor icon is shown to the right If you have not yet opened or created a survey plan in DelphNav a Survey Planning Setup dialog box opens and prompts you to create a new survey plan or open import an existing one Figure 6 If creating a new survey plan note that a default name is applied in accordance with the Project name and directory location this default name cannot be edited at this stage 14 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 2004 06 28 Using Delph Nav Making or Using a Survey Plan Survey planning setup i l x You will now have to insert a survey planning to your project Select between the following options to specify the kind of survey planning you want to open x C Open Import an existing survey planning Survey planning file to create C DOCUME 1 Ken LOCALS 1 Temp Ne Done FIGURE 6 Survey planning dialog before a project is opened If no other imagery exists in the DelphMap window DelphNav prompts you to choose a projection for your project when you click Done These Projection and Datum parameters represent what will be displayed in DelphMap and need not be identical to the Projection and Datum of the incoming navigation After specifying the Projection and Datum DelphNav will prompt you for the location of your working area if no external navigation has been receive
38. ery with a small red box At the same time the system displays the Waypoint Profile Editing dialog box Figure 9 revealing the point s coordinates in Northings and Eastings The values may be edited at this stage with the changes registered through clicking on the Apply button 2004 06 28 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 19 Making or Using a Survey Plan Using Delph Nav Waypoint Profile edition y x m Easting 391377 41 m Add Northing m Easting m R 4853992 33 391377 41 emove Apply Northing EREE aac Import as Waypoint s Profile s Cancel FIGURE 9 Typical data for an initial point established in imagery 3 Ifyou want to include the current point in the imagery click Save A waypoint is added to the Points listing of the Survey Control Panel window select the Points tab to view these waypoints 4 Continue to add pairs of points Northings and Eastings for as many points as you wish to appear in your imagery clicking Save as each point is added Creating An Object Manually With this survey planning tool you can create a series of waypoints or object profiles by specifying Northings and Eastings within the Waypoint Profile Editing dialog box To create an object manually 1 Click the Create an object manually button icon shown to the right The system displays the Waypoint Profile Editing dialog box Figure 10
39. has a projection IF your project does not have a projection you must define one 1 Cancel FIGURE 30 Message before importing a DXF file Because DXF files contain no projection information and because we do not yet have a project open we will need to supply this information 52 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 2004 06 28 Using Delph Nav An Example of Survey Planning in DelphNav 3 Respond to the message by clicking OK in the message box The resulting dialog box asks you for the location where you want to store the imported file Internally DelphNav converts a DXF file into three files having these extensions DDS VOB DDS VTxX and DDS VLB 4 Browse to a suitable folder and click OK The system displays the Projection Settings dialog box shown in Figure 31 You now need to supply DelphNav with appropriate input and output projections for your project Projection Settings x m Input Projection Projection Undefined Change m Output Projection Projection Undefined FIGURE 31 Projection Settings before specifying projections 5 In the Projection Settings dialog box click Change next to Input Projection 2004 06 28 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 53 An Example of Survey Planning in DelphNav Using Delph Nav 6 Because this DXF file in our worked example is the coastline around Portland Maine and because
40. igation interfaces 72 ATS server 73 starting 2 survey plan 14 System tab 3 Draw points icon survey planning 19 drawing independent lines survey planning 16 Index drawing lines survey plan 17 drawing parallel lines duplicate parallel 18 duplicate perpendicular 18 duplicate radial 19 drawing points survey planning 19 duplicate parallel drawing parallel lines 18 duplicate perpendicular drawing parallel lines 18 duplicate radial drawing parallel lines 19 DXF importing 51 DXF layer imported into Delph Map 59 DXF file and Delph Nav input projection 53 54 output projection 55 56 test projection settings 57 E edit channel bathymetry survey planning 32 2004 06 28 Using DelphNav 73 Index G Geodesy tab Delph Nav 3 import objects from an ASCII file survey planning 23 24 importing a DXF file survey planning 51 input projection DXF file and Delph Nav 53 54 L Layer insertion dialog box 58 multiple window views Delph Map 2 O Offsets tab Delph Nav 3 output projection DXF file and Delph Nav 55 56 P projections specifying for survey plan 66 S Serial Port Linkup icon Delph Nav 14 setting up serial ports Delph Nav 3 Shape tab Delph Nav 4 SOL EOL coordinates survey planning 18 special navigation interfaces Delph Nav 72 ATS server 73 Start Stop Survey Planning Editor icon 14 Survey Control Panel window components 2 survey plan drawing lines 17 setting up 1
41. ine your channel lines in terms of Northings and Eastings or latitude and longitude This procedure is identical to the one explained in Creating An Object Manually starting on page 20 e Ifyou chose Open you can import an existing ASCII file containing appropriate coordinate data representing a line at least two pairs coordinates that you wish to place in your current imagery This procedure is identical to importing an ASCH file explained in Importing Objects From an ASCII File starting on page 22 3 If this is the first border being defined repeat step 2 to define the second border If this is the second border being defined the system makes available the text boxes in the Cross sections portion of the dialog box initially these text boxes were grayed out 28 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 2004 06 28 Using Delph Nav Making or Using a Survey Plan 4 In the available text boxes of the dialog box either specify a value for the Distance between the cross sections or the Number of cross sections to create click Finish The system displays the current state of the channel design Figure 65 and opens a Channel bathymetry dialog box Figure 66 You use this dialog box to specify the slope of your channel walls and the depth slope of the channel as a whole Ly tost dmg Wevaoe a7 GOT m E0001 73432m No Data Distance 1008 88 m 1475 21259 Heading Serial rout
42. ing received e g vessel position and towfish position or GPS position and Auto matic Tracking System ATS position a different shape can be allo cated to each navigation type e Settings User DefinedOptions specific to the Output and User Defined Input system types User specifies the information types either sent or received over a Serial port 2 Select the COM port tab you wish to setup click the System tab and choose a system type When you choose a system type the icon for that system also appears on the serial port tab a X Como X Como2 X Comos X Comos x cia gt Pe SENS for serial port 1 System Select the message template that corresponds to your system Select system for this port Select the message template in the list eae below K Navigation hd Motion Sensor F j Aux Sensor Enter the options to apply to the incoming messages Single Beam Scanning Sonar 4 User Defined Input T Output be Show Server i Cancel FIGURE 2 Serial port data acquisition settings dialog box 4 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 2004 06 28 Using Delph Nav Setting Up Serial Ports 3 Specify any additional options to be applied to the incoming string in the lower right hand panel of the settings dialog box For example in the case of navigation from two different sources arriving on two different COM ports designate which navigation sys
43. jects From an ASCII File starting on page 22 To import an ASCII line file 1 Open the project DMP file Assume in this case you have a project called portland dmp and it is located in g Portland In our example the previously converted coastline around Portland Maine is displayed The line file we are going import is called LINES TXT The for mat of this file is as follows ELEMENT 1 XXXXXXX XXE XXXXXXXX XXN XXXXXXX XXE XXXXXXXX XXN ELEMENT 1 is a separator of data In this case the two lines that follow are represent the start and end coordinates of a single line respectively To indicate a new survey line you would create another separator on its own line of text before introducing the actual data like this ELEMENT 2 XXXXXXX XXE XXXXXXXX XXN XXXXXXX XXE XXXXXXXX XXN You would repeat this format for each line in your survey A complete ASCII file might look like the data depicted in Figure 41 64 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 2004 06 28 Using Delph Nav An Example of Survey Planning in DelphNav SOL 0398804 70 4833407 61 first survey line 0399875 85 4834692 22 SOL 0398849 93 4833362 68 second survey line 0399944 60 4834646 43 WAYPOINT 0399979 96 4834611 08 amp waypoint single data pair SOL 0398920 64 4833291 97 third survey line 0400015 31 4834575 72 SOL 0400045 67 4834540 36 fourth survey line 0398956 00 4833256 61 FIGURE 41 An example of impo
44. lared as Master e Data Display and Compass windows may be opened for either or both navigation input strings with the Master string denoted by an M in the window menu bar an S denotes the Secondary or Slave string A more complete description of available message templates and associated options is provided in the Message Templates and Options section of this manual 4 Click OK in the Serial Port Data Acquisition Settings dialog box to register your serial port configuration choices 5 In the Survey Control Panel click the Serial Port Linkup button shown i here at the right The Serial Port Linkup icon turns green to show that it is active ir If no image or vector files have been loaded to define the survey area Pro jection and Datum DelphMap will prompt you for this information The Shape objects selected for the navigation systems should appear in the DelphMap window shortly after the Serial Port Linkup button turns green oe Remember to activate and configure the relevant serial ports in the Serial Server program 6 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 2004 06 28 Using Delph Nav Serial Server Serial Server In order to keep the input and output requests from different applications from clashing when they access data from the same COM port TEI has developed a Serial Port Server program called SERIALSRV EXE to manage the process Currently Delph Seismic Delph
45. me Difference Using a Channel Design One of the most useful applications of a channel design file is to use it for computing volumetric differences between data captured during your multibeam survey and your channel design The volumetric differences pinpoint areas that have not been dredged to your desired depth of the designed channel You can then use this information to dredge the area of interest so that your dredging conforms to your channel design To arrive at that result you work with DelphNav and Bathy Pro by turns In four steps here s an overview of that process 1 In DelphNav create a channel design file CHN file and rename it with a TXT file extension 2 In Bathy Pro import the channel design TXT file select any processing options appro priate for it and have Bathy Pro process it 3 In DelphNav import the DDS_VIF file created in Bathy Pro 4 In DelphNav compute a volumetric delta based on the channel design file and your multibeam survey This section explains those tasks in detail To create a channel design suitable for export to Bathy Pro 1 In DelphNayv do one of the following e Perform the procedure Creating a Channel starting on page 27 or 70 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 2004 06 28 Using Delph Nav An Example of Survey Planning in DelphNav e Perform the procedure Creating a Channel starting on page 67 Ineither of those referenced procedures re
46. nates For the former test of course you will need to have a test conversion carried out by some independent means for comparison 2004 06 28 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 57 An Example of Survey Planning in DelphNav Using Delph Nav 13 In the Projection Settings dialog box click OK either with or without doing Test After a few seconds of processing DelphNav converts the DXF file at which time the following dialog box appears Select the name of the layer to be inserted in you File C PortlandMA Portland portland dds_ vob Layer name Jportland_coast omen FIGURE 35 Layer insertion dialog box prompting By default the layer name will be the same as the DXF file name In Figure 35 we have changed portland to portland coast This refinement of a name change is optional we chose to give it a new name for added clarity to make it distinct from the project name Note that the data from the DXF file are now referred as a layer 14 Click OK After another brief pause the imported file should appear Figure 36 shows the worked example at this stage of processing 58 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 2004 06 28 Using Delph Nav An Example of Survey Planning in DelphNav Delphmap NewProject dmp of Eae Took Appicabors GIS Toads Mozac Tou View Hep SHAS ALL Laws Fi tia Oy x Start Stop Survey Panning F dor N Li
47. nel bathymetry Done FIGURE 7 Survey planning tools dialog box cale le Le Le Le Drawing Lines Independently of Each Other Lines along which to navigate may be entered either through a drawing tool as coordi nates in a spreadsheet or by importing an ASCII file of coordinates The first of these methods Draw lines is explained next 16 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 2004 06 28 Using Delph Nav Making or Using a Survey Plan To draw lines for a survey plan 1 2 From Survey planning setup click the Draw lines button icon shown to the right then use the title bar to drag the dialog box to one side 5 Use the coordinate display in the Distance Window to position the mouse cursor at the start of the first survey line Exact points need not be specified at this stage because each coordinate associated with the points constructing the line may be edited upon selecting the Save option Click at the required location move the mouse cursor to the next point of the line and click again Continue in this manner drawing as many series of connected segments or legs as you need When you have finished drawing the various legs of the line right click and a menu of choices is displayed Figure 8 Choose the Save option Delete Delete Point Close object Copy Paste Save Quit Duplicate Parallel Duplicate Perpendicular Duplicate Radial
48. nes P Points E Fies Ly NewProjecl dp BD Image layers Vector layers North 4030223 35 m East 40251312 m a HSPN Aaaa W Depth 0 00 m Distance 12528 20 m Heading 139 5 220 5 Survey Plareing F302 Es fe EE Systeme aAa sale wa Pan sla FIGURE 36 DXF layer imported into DelphNav The area we are interested in is the box outlined in white near the center bottom of the image Figure 37 shows an area that has been enlarged by the zooming technique 2004 06 28 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 59 An Example of Survey Planning in DelphNav Using Delph Nav Delphmap NewProject dmp Eec Took Appicabore GIS Toads Mosac Took View Hep SOAS FAL Laws Fi tim Oy 4 Start Stop Savoy Planning F eltcr Ly NemProyect dmg E image iges N Unes Ps Points E Fine 4 Vector layers North 4034609 10 m East 396760 09 m BS BSN 70 16 27 W Depth 000 m Distance 1057270 m Heading 133 7 026 35 Survey Planning hia of lx S FIGURE 37 Zooming in the area of interest 15 If you wish to change the color of the displayed lines right click anywhere on the portland_coast layer name or on the green check mark and select properties The system displays the Settings dialog box Figure 38 Notice that the properties of this layer include the files in the scrollable list 60 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 2004 0
49. nnel design raster layer and the secondary surface could be the processed multibeam data of the seabed Accompanying this operation is an ASCII report having the suffix LOG listing the volume and surface area above and below the primary image Special Navigation Interfaces DelphMap can work with a number of special navigation interfaces 72 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 2004 06 28 Using Delph Nav Special Navigation Interfaces ATS Server The ATS Automatic Tracking Station Server converts raw position information from the Geodimeter horizontal angle vertical angle and slope distance to geographic posi tions according to user defined geodetic parameters These converted positions are for warded to DelphNav for display of vessel position relative to survey lines or other physical features imported in the form of a DXF file 2004 06 28 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 73 Special Navigation Interfaces Using Delph Nav 74 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 2004 06 28 A ATS server Delph Nav 73 C changing a layer s colors survey planning 62 Channel design procedure dialog box survey planning 28 create a channel survey planning 27 create an object manually survey planning 20 22 D Delph Map multiple window views 2 Delph Nav Geodesy tab 3 Offsets tab 3 Serial Port Linkup icon 14 setting up serial ports 3 Shape tab 4 special nav
50. o south think of a vessel sailing 180 Consequently the starboard side would be left of the selected line as displayed in the main DelphMap win dow To add duplicate lines to a survey plan 1 Bring up the Survey Planning setup dialog box if it is not already displayed but do not click Draw lines If the button is already depressed disable the tool by left clicking on the button 2 Move the mouse cursor over the line to which you want add parallel lines and left click The line color will change to green with small edit boxes at each waypoint 3 Right click and choose one of the Duplicate options e Duplicate Parallel generates lines to either side of the line at the profile spac ing Edit the Profile Spacing and Port Starboard Profile Number fields if the defaults are unacceptable If the default line direction is not acceptable i e paral lel to the selected line then this parameter can be modified by the Set Profile Direction option e Duplicate Perpendicular generates cross lines with control over length and spacing For multi segment lines perpendicular lines will be added to each seg ment The Profile Spacing option is the same for Parallel lines i e the distance 18 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 2004 06 28 Using Delph Nav Making or Using a Survey Plan between the drawn perpendicular lines The Port Length and Starboard Length options are the lengths of the perpendic
51. on called Creating a Channel starting on page 27 32 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 2004 06 28 Using Delph Nav Making or Using a Survey Plan Point Northing 142679 7366 m Easting 249920 3849 m Depth m Point B Northing 142687 9049 m Easting 249926 1538 m Depth 10 000 m x Offset 10 000000 m Like previous Like next one Channel bathymetry F x F D B B c Point D Depth 0 000 m Point C Northing 142710 0365 m Fags 249941 7844 asting m Depth 10 000 m X Offset 10 000000 m FIGURE 18 Cross line profile after channel definition 2004 06 28 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 33 Making or Using a Survey Plan Using Delph Nav Modifying Line Properties As stated at the beginning of this section by default the vector layer inserted into DelphNav and related to a survey plan is labeled SurveyPlanning Properties related to each vector component of the specified survey plan lines and waypoints can be modified by right clicking on the SurveyPlanning layer and selecting Properties B Settings lo x A File s HE Settinas Any change made will affect the class whose properties have been modified i Object color gt Style v Label color Size 3 000000 m 2 Object color Style _ x Label color B gt Size 3 000000 m DE Ml Mbit eolo m i Chla OoOo O xl
52. ools Mosaic Tools view Help al Start Stop Survey Planning a Project window N Lines fly Points E Files SHA S SQ22 8 A g Distance window Overview window Status Bar Standard Toolbar Display Toolbar NewProject dmp lt lt lt lt lt Digit Toolbar Survey Control Pannel Survey Planning EXIGE iE es North 0 00 m East 0 00m 0 00 00 00 N Systems 0 00 00 00 W Acquisition Display Depth 0 00 m Sa lae Bie ae No Nay System BSA Survey mode Manual Distance 0 00 m Heading 0 0 0 0 Serial input OFF Logging OFF FIGURE 1 Initial DelphMap screen with multiple window views 2 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 2004 06 28 Using Delph Nav Setting Up Serial Ports Setting Up Serial Ports Serial ports are set up in DelphNav to track and log navigation data along with any other relevant ancillary sensor information e g gyros depth sensors velocity sensors etc Ports may also be allocated for the output of ASCII strings derived from incoming data Message templates can be assigned to ports to clarify which information strings hold higher precedence e g in the case of two navigation strings or to exclude fields within an information string e g NOVTG to exclude speed information from a NMEA string To make basic serial port configura
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55. rack color should change from red to blue 44 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 2004 06 28 Using Delph Nav Conducting a Survey Start Stop Survey Planning Editor N Lines FY Points E Files Survey Planning rel 2 I I Sere Automatic Line Management D Pan Start Recording Pause Recording Stop Recording Automatic Logging Setup FIGURE 25 Navigation Logging Options in Survey Control Panel If a single navigation XTF file is desired then the operator may Pause Recording between lines Figure 25 If a navigation file per line is desired then the operator should Stop 2004 06 28 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 45 Conducting a Survey Using Delph Nav Recording at the EOL and Start Recording at the beginning of the next line after select ing the new line to navigate on the Survey Planning toolbar Automatic recording mode is activated through the Settings button at the bottom of the Survey Control Panel Figure 25 The Settings dialog box contains parameters to Start Stop logging a specified distance from the SOL and EOL and to Pause logging a specified distance off line Activation of the Automatic recording mode can either be set within this dialog box by checking the Automatic procedure option or by clicking on the Automatic Recording Mode button on the Survey Control Panel Figure 25 Settings i x m Naviga
56. ray Figure 5 left clicking the icon restores the serial server dialog box Right clicking the icon enables you to make changes to the serial setup without restoring the full dialog box Special Considerations for Working with Serial Server As of the Fall 2000 release of TEI software SERIALSRV EXE is installed in a folder called C Windows Folder TEId11s where Windows Folder is the main folder for the Microsoft Windows operating system Windows 95 NT 2000 etc Once the path to the server has been chosen during startup and the serial server has been started two INT files are created SERIALSRV INI and SERIALDLL INT These files can be found in the C Windows Folder If a previous version of SERIALSRV EXE has been started from some place other than C Windows Folder TEIdlls then one of two error messages is likely to occur SERIALDLL DLL was previously loaded from an unexpected folder or Server Launch FAIL Launch it manually Other Error Messages If your computer system finds certain older copies of some TEI DLLs other error mes sages can result For example you might see the message Missing Entry Points in Dynamic Link Library In general the solution to all these problems is as fol lows 2004 06 28 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 9 Serial Server Using Delph Nav Shut down Serial Server if it is running Click the serial server icon in the system tray next
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58. rtable ASCII data The import routine considers a non numeric character to be a separator so any non numeric character can be used to separate both the pairs of eastings and northings and also the pairs of coordinates denoting the start and end of a survey line In this example a space delimits each easting and northing pair and the strings ELEMENT n separate the survey line data pairs 2 Click the Start Stop Survey Planning Editor icon In the Survey Control Panel the Survey planning setup dialog box opens Figure 42 2004 06 28 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 65 An Example of Survey Planning in DelphNav Using Delph Nav Survey planning setup iol x You will now have to insert a survey planning to your project Select between the following options to specify the kind of survey planning you want to open ee eee Open Import an existing survey planning Survey planning file to create g portland portland_Planning dds_vob Done FIGURE 42 Survey planning dialog prompting for insertion Note that by default you are opening a new survey planning file and that the name of the file selected for you in this case is called g portland portland Planning dds vob The survey planning file is created in the same folder where the project file portland dmp is stored 3 Click Done As mentioned in the preliminary information appearing in Making or Using
59. s We will assume that the navigation input will be from a GPS receiver with an output in lat itude and longitude using the WGS84 datum And that the final project requirement is for a UTM projection in meters Importing a DXF file with Coastline or Other Data Any information such as coastlines pipeline routes or cable routes that could be represented as line vector data can be imported and displayed in DelphNav as a DXF file To import a coastline data or other data as a DXF file Important DelphNav at this time only imports ASCII DXF files in the AutoCAD R12 for mat 1 Click Project Insert Layers and use the pull down arrow to select ASCII AutoCAD files DXF The system displays an Open dialog box Figure 29 2004 06 28 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 51 An Example of Survey Planning in DelphNav Using Delph Nav Look in a Portland gt e ae portland dxf File name Files of type IEAM ET aa a EE A A FIGURE 29 Open dialog box for importing a DXF file 2 When you select the file and click Open a message appears Figure 30 Delphmap E xj 9 The file you are trying to include is a DxF file s It will First be translated into a DDS_YOB file before being imported 4 DXF file can t hold a projection Therefore the projection that will be used here will be whatever projection happens to be associated with your current project if your project
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61. s and Options Using Delph Nav TABLE 1 Input Systems and Supported Message Formats cont d System Message Template Comments Motion Sensor e NR230 e Seatex e TSS Tss1 e TSS Simrad e TSS PRDID e Octans Photonetics e EZ COMPASS Aux Sensor e Heading NMEA e KVH HDM Message Time ZDA Message Egg 866 876 e OSP DAI lt Depth sensor Scanning e MS1000 Sonar Upon selecting a message template additional options associated with that template may be entered in the box below the template field For example in the case of the NMEA0183 template type all commands associated with NMEA strings in Isis are supported in DelphNav So if the navigation string contains undesirable or redundant NMEA types you can specify DelphNav to ignore the information through the NOGLL NOVTG NOHDG etc A complete list of the available options that can be applied to incoming NMEA mes sages appears in Table 2 12 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 2004 06 28 Using Delph Nav Message Templates and Options TABLE 2 Options applicable to incoming NMEA messages Message Description Template Options Navigation GGA NOGGA NOCLOCK Navigation GLL NOGLL NOCLOCK Statistics GST Statistics GSA Heading HDT NOHDT Heading HDM Speed VTG NOVTG Time ZDA NR203 Position PDAS NR230 Attitude PSER NR230 Attitude A NMEA Depth DBS
62. s the helmsman of the next heading that must be attained in the case of a multi segment line In addition to these text displays of heading direction a graphical indication of off line distance and direction is shown in the main window of the Helmsman Display In the Figure 23 on page 41 example the vessel is 13 5 meters to the starboard side of the selected navigation line The red indicator bar informs the helmsman that the vessel must be turned to port to reduce the off line distance Logging Navigation Data DelphNav can record incoming navigation data as well as other ancillary information single beam data depth sensor data motion sensor data etc either in automatic mode or manual mode 2004 06 28 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 43 Conducting a Survey Using Delph Nav The data are recorded in an XTF file separate from the sonar XTF file The location of this navigation XTF file is the directory under which the DelphNav project has been saved or by default in C Documents and Settings USERNAME Local Settings Temp in the case of a New Project The naming convention for these files is ProjectName_LineName_YYMMDD_HHMMSS XTF that is PortlandProject_L1_001204_092958 XTF As mentioned above two modes exist for data recording manual or automatic In manual mode the operator selects the line to be navigated and then selects the Start Recording button upon approach to the SOL Figure 25 The vessel t
63. st not be declared as the navigation line that is the elongated box must not be around the line whose parameters require modification To reverse the line direction select the line of interest and then click on the Reverse Line Direction button in the Survey Control Panel Note that the running man and stop sign 2004 06 28 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 41 Conducting a Survey Using Delph Nav icons swap ends within the main DelphNav window In addition the box around the line name in the Survey Control Panel changes from red to green and the text associated with the Way field changes from Reverse to Normal Line ordering becomes important if the Automatic Logging option is selected This option is a part of the Settings dialog box which can be launched from the lowermost button on the Survey Control Panel Figure 22 on page 40 When this option is activated the log ging of navigation is automated in the sense that recording is turned ON when the vessel is a user defined distance from the SOL and turned OFF when the vessel moves an equal distance beyond the EOL Upon reaching the EOL and the cessation of recording the next line to navigate is the next line in the list An additional feature with this option is to PAUSE logging if the vessel exceeds a user defined off line distance Lines may be reordered using the UP or DOWN buttons in Survey Control Panel Figure 22 on page 40
64. strings through the Spy option of Serial Server 5 Has a survey plan been created in DelphNav 6 Has all associated background imagery DXF SHAPE or GeoTiff files been imported to DelphNav If all this information is registered in DelphNav then you should be ready to receive navi gation to start the survey Establishing navigation reception in DelphNav is relatively straightforward simply left click on the Serial Port Linkup button shown in Figure 20 If you haven t imported any background imagery into DelphNav or setup a survey plan then DelphNav will lead you through a series of dialog boxes to establish a Projection or Datum for the project 2004 06 28 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 35 Conducting a Survey Using Delph Nav After a short time the Serial Port Linkup button will turn Green and the Serial Setup but ton will become grayed out inactive At this stage a symbol representing the boat posi tion should appear in the main DelphNav window The shape of that symbol will depend on the Shape selected during Serial Port Setup Serial Port Linkup Serial Port Setup H A oy al zd Start 7 Stop Survey Planning Editor N Lines fu Points Files Survey Planning gt l a gt Systems Display al eae Gis Bae COM 01 com 02 AcquBition Settings FIGURE 20 Starting navigation reception in DelphNav 36 CHAPTER 1
65. ta 0 43 Data Display Windows 0cccceeeeeees 47 Single Beam Profile Display 47 Alarm Display co 02 c lt cagene ye tasir ie bok ape hones 49 Helmsman Display 00 0 0 e eee eee ee 50 Data Display 0 0 0 eee eee eee 50 Compass Display 00 c eee eee eee 50 An Example of Survey Planning in DelphNav 50 Importing a DXF file with Coastline or Other Data 51 Importing an ASCII Line File 64 Creating aChannel 00200005 67 Computing a Volume Difference Using a Channel Design 70 Special Navigation Interfaces 000000e 72 ATS SErvera steph wing waste a estate beards 73 vi Using Delph Nav 2004 06 28 capter Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel DelphNav Overview Survey Control Panel DelphNav embodied collectively in DelphMap as the Survey Control Panel is a fully functional navigation package It can receive and display up to two different sources of positioning information for example GPS RTK ATS USBL User Defined in addi tion to data from single beam echo sounders multibeam echo sounders motion sensors and auxiliary sensors for example gyros depth sensors Interfaces exist for Posidonia and TrackPoint II SBL USBL type systems Multiple window options are available for both primary and secondary navigation sources These windows include a comp
66. ters Zone Number 19 Uarsianhbara Alart zl r Output Projection Projection Datum WGS Datum 1984 Semi Major Axis 6378137 meters Semi Minor Axis 6356752 3 meters Flattening 298 26 x Translation to WGS84 0 00 meters Y Translation to WGS84 0 00 meters Z Translation to WGS84 0 00 meters Zone Number 19 p Unrsian barn Kh arth Projection Settings Ea A Change Datum North American Datum 1927 Test OK Cancel FIGURE 33 Projection Settings box with output projection info 12 Click OK after checking that everything is correctly entered If you wish you can click Test to get a dialog box like the one shown in Figure 34 56 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 2004 06 28 Using Delph Nav An Example of Survey Planning in DelphNav Test Projection Settings x Translation to WGS84 8 00 meters Y Translation to WGS84 160 00 meters Z Translation to WGS84 176 00 meters 19 North Projection Universal Transverse Mercator Datum WGS Datum 1984 Semi Major Axis 6378137 meters Semi Minor Axis 6356752 3 meters Flattening 298 26 1000000 00 500000 00 FIGURE 34 Test Projection Settings dialog box You can use this test feature to check whether the conversion from Lat Long to grid coordinates in either datum is being carried out correctly or whether to make spot conversions from Lat Long to grid coordi
67. tes this Agreement is governed by the laws of California If this product was acquired outside the United States then local law may apply Contents CHAPTER1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 1 DelphNav Overview Survey Control Panel 1 Setting Up Serial Ports 00 c cc ccc ecw ee neee 3 Serial Servet iss seh el Fos ib sel OE eaa e a a 7 Setting the Path to the Server 0 7 Setting Up the Server 00000005 7 Special Considerations for Working with Serial Server 9 Other Error Messages 0 0000 e ee eee ee 9 Message Templates and Options 44 11 Making or Using a Survey Plan 046 14 Drawing Lines Independently of Each Other 16 Drawing Duplicate Lines 18 Drawing Points ser isamaa ee uae ee ee 19 Creating An Object Manually 20 Importing Objects From an ASCII File 22 Importing Coordinates in Latitude and Longitude 24 Creating aChannel 0 0 0 eee ee eee 27 Editing Channel Bathymetry 32 Modifying Line Properties 004 34 2004 06 28 Using Delph Nav v Conducting a Survey ccc cece cece ences 35 Starting a Survey Navigation Reception 35 Quality Control of a Survey Data Display Windows 37 Line Selection and Use of the Helmsman Display 39 Logging Navigation Da
68. tion goeosecasocccossscsosocscososesosecososesssoseceea Neveesncnsncnsesnsesnsnsastsncnonsnsasesncnsnseced IV Start Stop logging at 50 tm from the beginning end of line V Pause logging when 25 m off the track Playback I Loop on selected files list Maximum speed playback Cancel FIGURE 26 Settings Options for Automatic Navigation Logging As mentioned previously the line order as shown in the Survey Planning window is important when surveying in Automatic recording mode because DelphNav sequentially selects the next line to navigate based on this list If a line is missed or logging is Paused along a line because the vessel wandered too far off line simply deactivate Automatic mode reorder the lines and reactivate Automatic mode 46 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 2004 06 28 Using Delph Nav Data Display Windows Note The color of the vessel track should indicate the status of recording red for no recording blue for recording All navigation files may be played back in DelphNav through selecting the Files tab option of the Survey Planning window opening the relevant XTF files and selecting the Play button Options affecting the playback of such files appear in the Settings dialog box shown in Figure 26 on page 46 Data Display Windows DelphNav provides a number of display windows for conducting quality control on incoming data strings in addition to the
69. tions in DelphNav 1 In the Survey Control Panel click the Serial Port Setup icon Figure 1 the icon shown here to the right The system displays the Serial Port Data Acquisition Settings dialog box Figure 2 with COM1 as the initially displayed tab Additional serial port choices appear as additional tab choices on the top row Initially red Xs appear on the numbered serial port tabs indicating no templates have yet been assigned to the ports A second row of tabs below the top row is associated with the selected System type These tabs can be used to configure Offsets Geodesy or Shape parameters associ ated with the particular System For systems other than Navigation only the Offset tab is available whereas for Output a Settings tab is offered e System One of eight data types may be assigned to the selected serial port Nav igation Motion Sensor Aux Sensor Single Beam Scanning Sonar User Defined Input Output or No template e Offsets Allows offset distance of the sensor from a given reference point to be specified e Geodesy This relates to the Projection and Datum of the incoming navigation string Unprojected geographic coordinates are the default input set tings 2004 06 28 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 3 Setting Up Serial Ports Using Delph Nav e Shape This relates to the object shape to be displayed in DelphMap for the par ticular navigation type If two navigation strings are be
70. to the system clock and then click the X in the top right corner of the Serial Server Settings box to close it Use Explorer to find and delete the two INI files SERIALSRV INI and SERIALDLL INI Check that the only copies of the following files are those that are in the C Windows Folder TEId11s folder SERIALSRV EXE SERIALDLL DLL MPX LLNE DLL TEIGUIEXT DLL TEIMAP DLL TIMETAG DLL LXTOOLS DLL MPX MAIN DLL MPX COUNTRY DLL Restart the application Delph Seismic or DelphMap and when prompted locate the file SERIALSRV EXE 10 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 2004 06 28 Using Delph Nav Message Templates and Options Message Templates and Options A number of pre defined message templates exist for parsing information arriving at a serial port from a particular system sensor Those templates are shown in Table 1 TABLE 1 Input Systems and Supported Message Formats System Message Template Comments Navigation e NMEA0183 lt GPGGA GPGLL etc e NR202K e Nav_Delph lt Accepts Grid coords e ATS lt Launches ATS Server e Posidonia lt Requires Beacon e TrackPoint Il lt Standard EC format Single Beam e SB_NMEA e SB _ Deso Marimatech_Deso25 e EchoTrac_Deso25 e EchoTrack_DBS e Knudsen_Deso20 e Knudsen_ PKEL e Knudsen_Elac e Raytheon 719 e Fansweep 2004 06 28 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 11 Message Template
71. ular line s to either side of the selected line with port and starboard orientation defined by the run direction of the selected line Note that the first perpendicular line added to the Survey Plan crosses the selected line s start coordinate e Duplicate Radial generates radially spaced lines with options for the angle between the lines and the number of lines port or starboard of the selected line s end coordinate 4 To finish right click and select Quit 5 To close the Survey Planning setup click Done DelphNav now prompts you with the question Do you want to start data acquisition now The options are e Check the acquisition parameters displays the serial port setup box e Yes takes you into the online mode e No returns you to the standard DelphNav window in offline mode After choosing either the Yes or No option listed above the Survey Planning session is complete 6 Saving your project is recommended at this time Drawing Points Waypoints may be added to a Survey Plain either by saving a Line as a set of points as opposed to the default of saving as a Profile or with the Draw Points tool as discussed in this next section To draw one or more points 1 2 In the Survey planning setup dialog box Figure 7 on page 16 click on the Draw points button icon shown to the right In an area of interest in your imagery click to establish a point The system marks the location in your imag
72. urvey Plan Channel bathymetry l Point 4 Point D Northing 4833613 259 m Northing 4833479 095 m Easting 298861 9134 m Easting 399026 2618 m Depth MANIE rn Depth 0 000 m Point B Point C Northing 4933613 253 m Northing 4833479 095 m Easting 3588515134 m Easting 3990262618 n Depth 0 000 m Depth 0 000 m x Offset 0 000000 m X Offset D 000000 m Like previous Like next one cme FIGURE 17 Cross line profile before channel definition 2004 06 28 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 31 Making or Using a Survey Plan Using Delph Nav 5 Progressively modify the Depth and X Offset parameters associated with each of the cross lines each of the tab fields until the channel shape has been adequately defined 6 Click OK when completed Note After defining the profile shape for one cross line the parameters can be auto matically passed to the next profile or to the previous profile through selection of the Like previous and Like next one buttons Editing Channel Bathymetry If an imported or existing channel needs modifications the Edit Channel Bathymetry tool can be used To edit a channel 1 Click the Edit channel bathymetry button icon shown to the right When you click the icon the system opens the Channel bathymetry dialog a box like the one shown in Figure 66 The functions available here are the a same as those documented in the secti
73. vey Control Panel window and in DelphNav If you chose Waypoint s in the Waypoint Profile Editing dialog box the system marks your imagery with crosses at the paired points These waypoints are shown in the Points window of the Survey Control Panel select the Points tab 2004 06 28 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 21 Making or Using a Survey Plan Using Delph Nav If you chose Profile s the system joins the paired points in your imagery with line segments The object is registered as a line in the Survey Control Panel select the Lines tab manually created object FIGURE 11 Example of a manually created object in imagery Importing Objects From an ASCII File In DelphNav you can import a survey plan or set of lines in ASCII format The file must be structured as follows For each survey line you should have at least two paired values two or more Easting and Northing pairs or two or more Latitude and Longitude pairs A non numeric character usually a space must separate the paired navigation values 22 CHAPTER 1 Using DelphNav Survey Control Panel 2004 06 28 Using Delph Nav Making or Using a Survey Plan Any line of text in your ASCII file that contains a non numeric character is interpreted as a separator of data not data itself Separators and data exist on their own lines of text The separator can be any string of text that s meaningful to you

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