Compatibility with Blue Robots BlueBoat Network

The Omnitrack Wi-Fi module by design is compatible with the Blue Robotics BlueBoat long-range Wi-Fi. We purchase our Wi-Fi router (radio) from Blue Robotics in order to maintain the best possible level of compatibility.

There are two main cases for compatibility, and we cover both of them.

• You want the OmniTrack, the BlueROV, and the BlueBoat all to be on the same IP subnet so a single PC can control the BlueBoat and the Blue ROV. In this case, you would be using the Cerulean Omnitrack BaseStation Plus, or the BlueRobotics BaseStation (with a network bridge of some sort). (Case 4, Case 5)

• You want the Omnitrack network to co-exist with a BlueBoat network, but you want the two networks to be independent and not interfere with one another (Case 1, Case 3).

There are two notable network differences between the Cerulean Omnitrack BaseStation Plus and the BlueRobotics BaseStation:

• The systems are assigned different IP addresses (unless the Omnitrack BaseStation Plus is emulating the BlueBoat BaseStation).

• When either the Omnitrack Wi-Fi module or the BaseStation Plus is the access point for the Wi-Fi network, the Wi-Fi dynamic address assignment will assign an address in the 192.168.2.x subnet. This simplifies access the default network by iOS devices like iPhones or iPads. You should still assign static addresses to your device if it has a standard role in the network (i.e., you should still give the laptop running QGroundControl a static address of 192.168.2.1).