Bathymetric Operator Station
The Bathymetric Operator Station comprises a HWS10 Hydrographic Work Station.
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The Bathymetric Processor Unit is physically located at the bottom of the ME70 Transceiver Unit. primary task of the unit is to safeguard the collected data and to visualize it for quality control. The computer is equipped to handle the heavy processing requirements and the high speed, large volume data storage demands of hydrographic systems. It has been specifically designed as the optimal platform for running the Seafloor Information System (SIS) real-time operating software used on the Kongsberg Maritime EM multibeam echo sounders.
The special features of the Seafloor Information System (SIS) application include real-time:
•  Gridding of sounding data
•  Filtering of sounding data
•  3-D visualization of sounding data
•  Storage and visualization of high resolution backscatter data from the seabed and the water column
The partitioned system disk is by default provided with two operating systems; Linux and Microsoft Windows XP®. During the computer's boot sequence up you can decide which operating system to use. The Seafloor Information System (SIS) software is factory installed and tested on both operating systems.