PicoSonar - PicoMBES-120 (UDP/Network) - 20

Description

The Pico Multibeam Echosounder outputs both range-angle data from the bottom detection process and the full beam data.

Whereas the PicoSonar supports water column data, the driver does not.

Supported systems (that QPS is aware of):

• PicoMB-120
• PicoMB-130

Driver Information

Driver	PicoSonar - PicoMBES-120	Interface Type	UDP	Driver Class Type	I/O
UTC Driver	Yes	Input / Output	Input	Executable	DrvQPSCountedUDP.exe
Related Systems	PicoSonar - PicoMBES-120 (UDP/Network) - 20 Multibeam Echosounder
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Decoding Notes

Multibeam Data

• Each beam contains a quality flag. This can be used to block data with. Quality 0 is very low, Quality 3 is best. The quality can be used for data cleaning on Quality.
• Beam intensity is not available in the data and will be set to 0.

Water column Data

While the PicoSonar supports water column data, the driver does not.

Interfacing Notes

In order to use the Pico Multibeam with Qinsy you will first need to do the following:

Note: This does not work if Qinsy is already connected to the MBES

• Open the Pico Sonar Software
  

  

  
  
  1. Make a connection with the Pico Multibeam
  2. Hit "Record" if you want to change settings
  3. This is where you can now change settings and view the version info
• Close the Pico Sonar Software
• Start Qinsy

PicoMB outputs both range-angle data from the bottom detection process and the full beam data, on different UDP/IP port numbers, so the user can choose to record one or the other, or both.

• Commands and water column data are not supported by this driver
• The Qinsy pc needs to be set to a static IP : 10.0.100.70

Database Setup

Setup requires that the driver is listening to a specific port:

• 13000 for angle and range data