
350 Cable Survey System
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7.3.2 Internal Logging Format
Data packets transmitted by the SEP fall into two categories – ‘co-ordinates’ and ‘sig-
nals’. The SEP transmits them sequentially so that either packet ‘A1’ or ‘A2’ below
immediately precedes packet ‘B’.
A1) Co-ordinates Data Packet – Survey mode
The string is 23 characters long with individual field definitions as follows. The SDC
logs all distances in units of centimetres and skew angles in units of degrees. The val-
ues in the packet are rounded and it is possible that they will not precisely match
those on the Run Display screen.
Table 7–5: Internal logging format – Survey co-ordinates
Notes:
1. The Start character is a colon.
2. The number of coils in the 350 System is always 6.
3. Coil altitude (ALT) information comes from an altimeter if the System includes one.
Otherwise, the information in this field will be the fixed coil height if available. If
there is no altitude information available the field will contain three space charac-
ters and a zero.
4. The lateral offset (LAT) is measured from the centre of the coil array. Positive val-
ues indicate a target to starboard of the centre line. The field will contain question
marks if the target is out of range.
5. The vertical range to target (VRT) is the distance between the reference line of the
coil array (identified in Figure 3–2) and the target. The value is always positive.
There are several conditions that will cause the field to contain question marks:
❐The target is out of range
❐The 350 System cannot compute an accurate position for the target
❐Coil saturation has occurred because the tone signal is too strong
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