Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) - System Definitions

To interface an external device or an internal driver to QINSy a system needs to be defined.
When defining a system the requirements are System Name and Type, Interface Parameters, Port Parameters and Update Parameters.

This section describes how to define the sensor systems typically used for Cutter Suction Dredgers (CSD).
CSD sensor configurations may vary but the following should provide enough information for you to deal with variations.

It assumes you have already created a template database, defined the survey geodetics and defined the Object shapes.

Please refer also to 'A Note on Interfacing Parameters'.
Please refer also to 'Dredging Specific Drivers'.

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Individual sensors are sometimes interfaced directly to the QINSy computer and sometimes to the dredgers computer/PLC system. In the latter case data from various different sensors may be received via the same port (serial or network) interfaced to the dredger's PC/PLC.

If the data message coming from a sensor cannot be decoded by an existing driver, it may be possible to write your own driver using the I/O Driver Editor described in QINSy Help.

Valuable additional resources include:

The Drivers and Interfacing Manual provides wide ranging information about the many different sensors used in the dredging industry including: driver description, data formats, Database Setup definition, and Online configuration.
Help pages.
The Knowledge Base provides various Howto documents and some Howto videos.

The various types of systems are described separately.

System drivers used in the examples are for illustrative purposes. Please refer to the Drivers & Interfacing Manual for information about the particular system you are interfacing.

Positioning System