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μPAP - Underwater positioning system
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µPAP COMPACT AND PORTABLE ACOUSTIC POSITIONING

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OUR MISSION We shall earn the respect and recognition for our dedication to provide innovative and reliable marine electronics that ensure optimal operation at sea. By utilising and integrating our technology, experience and competencies in positioning, hydroacoustics, communication, control, navigation, simulation, and automation, we aim to give our customers The Full Picture. The Full Picture yields professional solutions and global services that make a difference enabling you to stay ahead of the competition. OUR PHILOSOPHY Our success depends on the success of our customers. Actively...

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µPAP - THE SMALL AND PORTABLE ACOUSTIC POSITIONING SYSTEM µPAP is a small and compact acoustic positioning system for operation from a surface vessel. It can track ROVs, tow fish, divers and any other subsea target at ranges to several thousand meters. The system operates in SSBL (USBL) mode where it measures the distance and direction to subsea transponders and computes a 3D position in local coordinates or in geographical coordinates. µPAP is designed to be a portable system for easy installation on a vessel or other surface unit. The system can be used with all KONGSBERG manufactured...

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SYSTEM DESCRIPTION HARDWARE µPAP’s Unique Transducer Units Navigation and External Interfaces The µPAP series of transducers has many more elements than any of its competitors in the portable and low cost market. There is a a clear connection between system performance and the number of elements. More elements provide better acoustic redundancy, mathematical redundancy and improvement of the Signal to Noise level. A µPAP system needs input from an external Heading Sensor and GNSS for providing global coordinates to the underwater targets. The data output line can be fed into a navigation...

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file View Positioning 1BL Array System User Configure Utility Help Filtered Position data: Item North East Depth TflPAP STB: Navigation HiPAP PORT: Naviqatio 1:1 Range:18.33 Beanng:207‘

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Super (Ultra) Short Base Line underwater positioning principle The SSBL (USBL) principle is clearly the simplest underwater positioning principle in operation. The Super Short Base Line refers to the very short distance between the active piezo-electric elements in the transducer, which is mounted under the vessel. The SSBL principle has the obvious advantage that it requires no installation of calibrated array transponders on the seabed. The targets that are to be positioned must be “marked” with a transponder. A SSBL system measures the horizontal and vertical angles together with the...

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The pPAP system is extremely simple in configuration and can be installed onboard a vessel very quickly. The pPAP system contains the following elements: • Portable Operating Unit (normally a Laptop PC) with APOS Base Version, SSBL Function and Cymbal for pPAP • Transducer; a series of pPAP portable versions • Cable for pPAP Transducer • Manuals for APOS and pPAP The pPAP system can be delivered with two sizes of transducers dependent on the built in Roll / Pitch sensor. The pPAP 201 series transducers have the KONGSBERG MRU or MGC series inside, whilst the pPAP 200 transducers have a less...

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SSBL ACCURACY SSBL BUILT IN ROLL/PITCH IN % OF SLANT ACCURACY IN ROLL/PITCH SENSOR RANGE DEGREES SENSOR ACCURACY LESS ADVANCED ^Position accuracy: 0.45% (1 Sigma, SNR > 20dB rel. 1pPa in bandwidth) ** NEL = No Export License required ***0.1° secant latitude heading accuracy with GNSS aiding pPAP SPECIFICATION

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Typical KONGSBERG µPAP applications: • • • • • • Fishery Aquaculture Seabed Survey Seabed Cleaning Marine Research Diving Operations Underwater Construction ROV Operations Shallow Water Seismic Shallow Water Inspection Ocean Renewable Energy Salt to Fre

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Designed to purpose - maintained to last Our life cycle management service will assist our customers throughout all phases, from design to commissioning and during the operational life time. Solid in-house competence, both in system design and usage enables us to provide solutions that are fit to purpose, resulting in efficient operation. Our common base technology provides robust designs, with few and reliable parts; an execellent foundation to maximis output at competitive costs. The distributed and open system design employs an industry standard communication network. Standard hardware...

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GLOBAL CUSTOMER SUPPORT We are always there, wherever you need us KONGSBERG customer services organisation is designed to provide high-quality, global support, whenever and wherever it is needed. We are committed to providing easy access to support and service, and to responding promptly to your needs. Support and service activities are supervised from our headquarters in Norway, with service and support centres at strategic locations around the globe – where you are and the action is. Global and local support We provide global support from local service and support facilities at strategic...

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