428v5_0_softUpd22

428XL

Software Update

Approved by

D. Boucard Software Update Number : 428XL-22/5.0

Subsystem :

Date :

April 11, 2013

Targets

Client: Yes

Server: Yes

LCI428: No

Field electronics: No

Purpose

The purpose of this software update is to inform you of the release of Software Patch 22.

New features:

∙JOperation: a VP can be done with only mute traces in the active spread (provided one auxiliary trace at least is present).

∙DSUGPS:

-16-Mbps line data rate with no restrictions.

-8-Mbps line data rate with restrictions: see More about DSUGPS below.

Fixed issues:

∙JLine: system lockup when connecting more than one LAUR to one LRU.

∙JOperation: Pattern Number sometimes not available for modification when Guidance is activated.

∙428 Licence: in some cases while connecting a Java client on the server, licence error message and connection failure.

∙SEGD :

-Wrong trace header for mute traces.

-Wrong gain written in test SEGD files for auxiliary traces.

Installation instructions

See the .txt file in Patch 22.

More about DSUGPS

Supported:

∙Compatibility with all 428 equipment, if in a different line segment.

∙600 DSUGPS’s max per line and per LAUX-428.

∙300 DSUGPS’s max on either side of a LAUX-428.

Requires Customer

Acknowledgement Of Receipt

Specific Information

Mandatory

Not supported:

∙408 equipment is not compatible with DSUGPS within the same line.

∙Ethernet and Line Radio bridges are not supported with DSUGPS.

∙LAUX-G with a GPS receiver is not compatible with DSUGPS.

Specifications:

Technical specifications Same as DSU3-428

Power consumption (GPS on) 510 mW

Power consumption (GPS off) 310 mW

Weight 580

g

Operating temperature -40° to +70°C

Water depth ST+ (1 m) HP (1 m)

Azimuth accuracy ± 3°

Orthogonality accuracy ± 0.25°

Positioning accuracy ± 1 m

Mandatory equipment configuration:

∙LCI-428 version C.

∙Novatel Propak (Sercel P/N 3310233 — PROPAK-V3-OCXO-L1-A[SRCL]) GPS receiver must be connected to the LCI-428.

∙428XL software 5.0 minimum – patches 04 and 05.

∙If you are using DSUGPS links, it is recommended to use a Superspread so that the DSUGPS units located outside the active spread can send their GPS data to the central unit.

∙The Base Position fields are used to enter the position Easting, Northing and Elevation (metres) of the antenna of the GPS reference station attached to the LCI-428 and used to lock its clock to the GPS time.

∙16-Mbps line data rate with no restrictions.

∙8-Mbps line data rate with the following restrictions:

-either disabling Autolook mode in jLine if DSUGPS connected after last LAUL.

-or keeping Autolook mode in jLine if LAUL connected after last DSUGPS in the line.