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| 4 | [[Image(OV logo neutral medium.jpg, 300px, center)]] |
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| 6 | = Deployment Preparation = |
| 7 | == Introduction == |
| 8 | |
| 9 | This guide is aimed to the the team responsible for deploying the Shipborn Lidar on a vessel |
| 10 | or a rig. It will specify the conditions about system placement that need to be met for |
| 11 | optimal performance. Also, it will specify the information Ocean Visuals needs to prapare the |
| 12 | fastenings. |
| 13 | |
| 14 | == Deployment on a ship == |
| 15 | |
| 16 | The laser beam should be aimed at the point where the ship movement would not create foam. |
| 17 | This depends on the shape and hydrodynamics of the ship. Most common case is shown on the |
| 18 | figure on the right. The safest place would be in the bow of the ship, slightly to either |
| 19 | side, so the beam would hit water in front of the vessel. |
| 20 | |
| 21 | [[Image(Ship_top.png, 300px, right, top)]] |
| 22 | |
| 23 | The laser beam should not travel more than thirty meters before hitting the water. More than |
| 24 | that and the signal will not travel back to the Measurement device. Beam distance may be calculated by |
| 25 | taking the the square root of sum of h squared and l squared. |
| 26 | |
| 27 | [[Image(Beam_distance_formula.png, 100px)]] |
| 28 | |
| 29 | The distance will change due to waves and rocking of the vessel, so deploying the measurement |
| 30 | device so the lenght of the beam aproaches maximum distance limit should be avoided. The tolerance |
| 31 | needed depends on the most likely working conditions and should be estimated based on experience. |
| 32 | |
| 33 | [[Image(Ship_front.png, 300px)]] |
| 34 | |
| 35 | == Deployment on a rig == |
| 36 | |
| 37 | On a rig the position of the Measurement device should be choosen so it's field of view would not be blocked |
| 38 | by ships or any other obsticle. The laser beam lenght limit is the same as with the deployment |
| 39 | on a vessel and the change in length due to waves should be taken into account. |
| 40 | |
| 41 | [[Image(Rig.png, 300px)]] |
| 42 | |
| 43 | == Junction Box == |
| 44 | |
| 45 | Junction Box contains electrical and information techology devices that power the Lidar and |
| 46 | save the measurement results from the Lidar. Junction Box needs to be connected to ships 240V |
| 47 | power system and to ships local area network. The Junction Box needs to be indoors since it's |
| 48 | not wather proof nor climate controlled. |
| 49 | |
| 50 | The cable connecting the Junction Box with the Lidar should not be longer than 40 m in order |
| 51 | to guarantee sadisfactory data transfer reliability. The location for the junction box |
| 52 | should be picked accordingly. The junction box dimentions are L:50cm W:40cm D:20cm. |
| 53 | |
| 54 | == Additional information == |
| 55 | GPS antenna connected to Measurement device is sensitive to high power radio pulses from a radar. |
| 56 | If possible select a position for the Measurement device so it would not be in line of sight with |
| 57 | a powerful radar. If this is not possible separate antenna may be placed to a more suitable position |
| 58 | and connected to Measurement device via cable. |
| 59 | |
| 60 | }}} |