CODA DA200

MULTI SENSOR DIGITAL DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM

GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The CODA DA200 multi-sensor digital Data Acquisition system can accept input from any commercial sidescan sonar, sub-bottom profiler, and swathe bathymetry systems with simultaneous yet independent display, processing and interpretation.

FEATURES & BENEFITS

Independent, simultaneous window displays Choice of display including waterfall, horizontal scroll and 3D mesh Retains acclaimed DA100 look and feel for ease of use Cost-effective all-purpose tool Improved data visualisation and interpretation Faster, better results Reduced equipment requirements with easier mobilisation for a range of survey work Reduced operator requirements with minimal training

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
PHYSICAL Flight-cased industrial 19 chassis (21.5x22x15.5) Monitor Light Casing (19.5x23.5x21.5) Dedicated acquisition board Multiple independent input/output High-spec Pentium PC, High resolution & Mouse

HARDWARE

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CODA DA200
MULTI SENSOR DIGITAL DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM
DATA STORAGE/RETRIEVAL Digital Storage: Shock mounted high speed DDS DAT (4mm) SCSI tape (Exabyte tape, HDD, Optical Disk optional) Shock mounted 1 GB SCSI HDD Data Format: CODA, SEG-Y, SDEF, Q-MIPS Compatible Hard Copy: Continuous real-time output to various thermal recorders, Screen dump to disk or printer in EPS or TIFF format DATA INTERFACES Analogue Input: 200 kHz throughout, fully independent triggers, Input signal range 1.25 to 10V Triggering: Up to 4 fully independent triggers Master Trigger Output: Trigger period 33ms to 65s TTL (user-specificable duty cycle) Slave Trigger Input: Trigger period minimum 33ms TTL, negative/positive edge triggered. Digital Input/Output: TCP/IP Ethernet link, or customer-specificed (e.g. SCSI, GPIB), RS-232, DMA compatible parallel Navigational Interface: RS-232 serial interface, data rate up to 9600 baud, user-configurable RS-232 data format, corrected navigation input from floppy disk. On-line Processing: Simultaneous, real-time, multiple sensor display windows, real-time, online corrective processing including independent channel TVG and slant range correction, Automatic seabed detection and display, user-selectable sound velocity for sub-bottom feature measurement, full colour image enhancement. Event tagging and Databasing: event tag and recall including fix mark, database file management system including load, save, delete and print. High Resolution Display: Multi-channel window displays including horizontal and vertical waterfall display and 3D mesh plot, 3 mode zoom, A-scan oscilloscope display, on-screen measurement and event marking. High Speed Tape Operating System: Random data access with intuitive controls, continuous recording with dual tape system CODA, SEG-Y, SDEF, Q-MIPS compatible data formats. Acquistion: Navigation input and survey parameter QC, software-configurable acquisition setup, time-sychronised navigation input, userprogrammable nav. string input.

SOFTWARE

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