Ground Control Station

Description

Communications: Long-range Wi-Fi link.

Operations: Complete management software for AUV and USV vehicles.

Mode of operation

  • Cloche for remote maneuvering with 19 mappable buttons;
  • Vehicle position plotted on assignable tiles map;
  • Multiple HD cameras live feedback;
  • Depth monitoring;
  • Battery status.

Hardware

  • SBC UP4000 Series, CPU Intel Pentium N4200 2,5 GHz, RAM 8 GB DDR4L, eMMC 64 GB;
  • 21.5’’ Full HD Monitor;
  • Keyboard and touchpad;
  • x2 Lipo Battery Packs 32Ah total capacity.

Command, control & communication

  • Long Range Wi-Fi;
  • LTE;
  • RockBlock satellite modem.
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Long Range Wi-Fi

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RockBlock satellite modem

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LTE

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Cloche for remote maneuvering

Summary sheet

Ground Control Station

Dimensions

Length: 528 mm
Width: 687mm
Height: 276 mm

Endurance

12 hours

Weight

16 kgs

Safety features

BMS

The VU-GUI

The GCS includes the EdgeLab’s JDeMoN  Graphic User Interface (GUI), to allow:

  1. Mission planning, (optional) monitoring, and post-mission analysis with chart underlay.
  2. Control setting of comms (WiFi, RF, Satellite, Ethernet, and Acoustic, whichever installed) Data Links with the vehicle.
  3. Mission Management System (MMS) allows:
  • Mission Modification decided by operator.
  • Mission adaptation to environmental changes detected by AUV or external sensors (user defined).
  • Mission re-planning.