Apollo (Xeos) User's Manual

51 Pages·2017·10.19 MB·English

APOLLO User Manual
SUBMERSIBLE IRIDIUM / GPS / LED FLASHER
Version 1.4.0
June 2017
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Table of Contents
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Contact Us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Table of Contents 2
Version History 6
Overview 6
General Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Theory of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Setting up your Iridium Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Quickstart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Addition Models 9
The ION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
The MONO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
On/Off Modes 9
Using the Magnets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Using Iridium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
LED Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Installation and Maintenance 11
Battery Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Opening the Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
O-Rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
O-Ring Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
O-Ring Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Replacing the Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Power Consumption and Battery Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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Current Draw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Communicating with the APOLLO 16
Using Xeos Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Adding your device to Xeos Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Tracking your APOLLO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Sending Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Using E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Attaching Email Command Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Received Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Command Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Using Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Downloading and Installing the App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Turning on Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Status Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Con(cid:28)guration Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Terminal Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Firmware Update Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Understanding Position Information 27
Iridium Doppler Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Global Positioning System Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
The APOLLO’s Timers 27
Timer Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
SBD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
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GPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
WTR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
LIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
TLT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
APOLLO Timer Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Start-up Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Underwater Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Alert Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Normal Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Changing the Timers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Configuring the Flasher 32
The APOLLO’s Sensors 33
Water Sensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Light Sensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Tilt Sensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Additional Settings and Commands 34
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Lifetime Stats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Stats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Message Enable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Unlock Codes 39
Appendix A: APOLLO-Relay 40
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
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Basic Functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Sending Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Receiving Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Appendix B: Hades 42
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Connector Pinout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Appendix C: Technical Specification 43
Mechanical APOLLO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Standard Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Short Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
MONO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
ION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Engineering Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
APOLLO with Long and Short Battery Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
ION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
MONO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
APOLLO RH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Warranty, Support, and Limited Liability 50
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Version History
Version Date Description
1.0 May 2015 Base document
1.1 July 2015 Added Engineering Drawings
1.2 Oct 2015 Format overhaul
1.2.1 Sept 2016 Corrections to battery information
1.2.5 Nov 2016 Additional corrections to LED info
1.3.0 Dec 2016 Added information on the ION
1.3.1 Jan 2017 New section for Hades version
1.3.2 Jan 2017 Specifications updated with Supply range
1.3.3 May 2017 Details on Tilt & Light sensors, Remote turn-off
1.4.0 Jun 2017 Added Apollo Mono
Overview
General Description
TheAPOLLOSubmersibleIridiumGPS-LEDFlasherMooringLocationBeaconcontinuouslymon-
itors for unplanned or accidental release of subsurface instrument moorings.
The APOLLO makes use of the bi-directional, global, real time Iridium satellite Short Burst
Data (SBD) network in combination with GPS position location and an ultra-bright LED flasher.
The APOLLO’s tubular design allows it to be easily retrofitted into existing subsurface flotation
configurations, such as syntactic foam.
InsidetheAPOLLOisa9603IridiumSatelliteShortBurstDatacoreradiotransceiver,aspecialized
low power Xeos digital controller with GPS, Iridium antenna, GPS antenna, ultra-bright LED, and
battery package.
The APOLLO is intended for subsurface deployments and is intended for deployments up to
11,000 m below sea level. Xeos Technologies Inc. (Xeos) manufactures other specific products
for surface applications as well as sub-surface applications at varying depths.
The optional Remote Head version, the Apollo RH, connects the battery pack to the electronics
via a 6 foot undersea cable for more precise weight balancing and installation of antennas on
subsea platforms.
See xeostech.com for details or call [phone].
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Theory of Operation
The APOLLO provides notification of planned and unplanned surfacing events as well as location
information on high value assets. After being activated, the APOLLO can be deployed at the
depths of up to 11,000 m. The internal solid state sensor is triggered when the APOLLO surfaces
from deployment. It will begin to flash and immediately send location messages as per the user
settings. The internal battery pack provides over 10 years of subsurface deployment followed by
up to 88 days of message transmissions.
Operators can communicate with the APOLLO once it has surfaced via Iridium using Xeos
Online. Optionally, email commands can be sent directly to the APOLLO. Status information
can be obtained, including the health of the GPS system and battery voltage. Timings can be
changed, with defaults being one message every hour and the LED-flasher can be turned on or
off. If you need to make a change to the settings, the APOLLO will receive the command on its
next Iridium message check, up to 1 hour after the command is sent.
The APOLLO will continue to send position messages and flash based on its timings and settings,
until it is manually turned off upon retrieval or the battery pack drops below the minimum
operating voltage of 7v.
Setting up your Iridium Account
The APOLLO makes use of the Iridium satellite systems’ Short Burst Data (SBD) service for
the 9602 transceiver. This service is a global, two-way, real-time, email-based data delivery service
that has a maximum outbound (from beacon) message size of 340 bytes and a maximum inbound
(to beacon) message size of 270 bytes.
APOLLO end users must set up an approved data delivery account with their preferred service
provider. This can only be done once Xeos has provided the user with an International Mobile
Equipment Identity (IMEI) number. Each 9602 has a unique IMEI number that must be registered
withthepreferredserviceprovider. ForalistofserviceprovidersinyourareapleasecontactIridium
for recommendations. Xeos Technologies is also able to provide Iridium SBD data service and
accounts. Please contact [email protected] for more information or use the online
form on our website: xeostech.com
For each IMEI number it is possible to associate up to five (5) unique email addresses. This may
vary between service providers. When registering your IMEI number, please provide the service
provider with a temporary Xeos testing account email address.
This account is: [email protected]
This temporary email testing account can be deleted or replaced at any time after delivery of the
APOLLO. Once the SBD account has been activated, please contact your Xeos representative
and confirm this.
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Quickstart
There are only a few steps required to begin using the APOLLO:
1. Contact Xeos Technologies to provision your APOLLO and set-up a Xeos Online account.
Make sure to have your APOLLO’s IMEI number on hand.
2. Add your APOLLO to Xeos Online
3. Install batteries by unscrewing the APOLLO’s end-cap
4. Put the APOLLO in a location with a clear view of the sky, and it will begin transmitting.
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Addition Models
The ION
The ION is a variant of the Apollo beacon designed for shallow and surface deploy-
ments. The titanium battery tube and end-cap of the Apollo are replaced with delrin
plastic. The head casing of the ION is made from a Copper-Nickel alloy, which pre-
vents the buildup of biofouling. The ION incorporates all features of the Apollo, but
is certified to a depth of 1500m.
Unlike the Apollo, the ION is only available with a short tube, housing three 3.6V
Lithium batteries with a nominal voltage of 10.8V.
The MONO
TheMONOisasmall-packageversionoftheApollobeacon. TheMONOincorporates
all features of the Apollo, but is certified to a depth of 6000m.
The smaller profile of the MONO allows for the use of only one 3.6V Lithium battery.
On/Off Modes
Using the Magnets
The APOLLO beacon is turned ON and OFF through the use of an external magnet near an
internal magnetic reed switch, and operation can be identified by viewing the LED through the
top of the APOLLO. To turn the APOLLO ON, press the magnet against the glass ring for a 1/2
second and then remove it for a 1/2 second. Do this twice, and the APOLLO will respond by
changing its LED from dim to bright.
To turn the APOLLO OFF, repeat the above procedure with the magnet, and watch the LED
change from bright to dim.
Using Iridium
In the event you wish to turn off a unit that is at sea, you can send the following command as an
SBD message:
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