Omnitrack Base System with Tether

We recommend you test the system after each step to make sure you've done the step properly.

1. Make sure your BlueROV is fully functional. See the Blue Robotics documentation. Connect it to your computer and power it on.

2. If your Omnitrack system includes a Tracker 650 DVL, install it and verify its operation. Be sure it is not set to provide the ROV with a global origin.

3. Install the transmitter (ROVL Mk II) or transponder (Mk III) on the ROV and connect it to the ROV battery buss. You do not need to make serial connections to the ROV unless you plan to use the GPS outputs (Mk II only) when above the surface. You should tape the serial leads if they are unused so they do not short to each other or to other exposed terminals in the ROV. A Mk II transmitter will ping once per second if powered up and it has been exposed to GPS signals for a minute or two. A Mk III transponder will click if powered and gently tapped.

4. Install the ROVL's receiver (ROVL Mk II) or transceiver (ROVL Mk III) on the ring buoy and connect the base end of the tether to a POE power injector (provided), then to the Ethernet dongle (provided), then to your computer's USB port.

5. Set the Omnitrack USB Dongle network interface to use a static IP address of 192.168.2.6.

6. Bridge the Omnitrack network and the BlueROV network.

7. Power the ROV and wait 3 minutes for it to boot. Verify you can browse to the ROV at http://192.168.2.2 (assuming you have not changed the ROV from its default IP address, and that you have set a compatible IP address [by default 192.168.2.1] for the PC's Ethernet interface you are using to test).

8. Power up the Omnitrack and verify you can browse to it at http://192.168.2.9.

9. At this point, you should check the configuration of the ROVL topside transmitter or transceiver, and you should be ready to operate.

10. If you are testing indoors you may want to look here.