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Alarm

Configured system warning.

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Bearing

The direction from the vehicle to an object, such as the ship.

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DAQ

Data Acquisition. Usually a piece of hardware providing analog-to-digital conversion.

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Down Velocity

The rate of travel in downward direction.

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GUI

Graphical User Interface. A visual way of interacting with a computer system.

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HMI

Human Machine Interface. Typically a graphical with software driven buttons and status elements that an operator uses to input data. Particularly, HMI usually refers to an industrial-style graphical display screen that is highly configurable.

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HUD

Heads-Up Display. Data displayed above a primary graphic. The Greensea workspace uses a HUD to provide the video overlay. The workspace also uses HUD text over the map display to provide vehicle status information simultaneous to map information.

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INS

INS: Inertial Navigation System. The set of software specific to providing the navigation and sensor fusion functions for the vehicle as well as a final state estimate.

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lbl

Long BaseLine underwater acoustic positioning.

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lcm

Developed at MIT for the DARPA Urban Challenge in 2006, Lightweight Communications and Marshalling (LCM) is a message passing system that uses a publish/subscribe scheme. Data signals are broadcast to all available clients and specific clients subscribe to a given set of signals as necessary.

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Marker

A visual marker on a 2D navigational chart.

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Mean Velocity

The vehicle's average velocity.

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MOB

Man Overboard. A special purpose shortcut that marks the vehicle's current location on the map.

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PCOMMS

Primary Communications. "Primary Communications", or PCOMMS, in openSEA parlance refers generally to the traditional communications from a topside operator interface to the subsea system.

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PDU

Power Distribution Unit.

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Pitch

A vehicle's rotation about the Y axis. For example the vehicle will 'nose' up or down.

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Roll

A vehicle's rotation about the X axis. This can be seen in body tilt from side to side.

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Tolerance

The allowed space that is predefined between the vehicle and a waypoint that is considered to be arrival.

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UI

User Interface. The means by which a user and system interact.

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USBL

Ultra Short BaseLine underwater acoustic positioning.

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Velocity

The rate of change of an object's position.

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Waypoint

A plotted point assigned as a destination marker for vehicle's path.

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YAW

The vehicle's rotational about it's Z (vertical) axis.

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North Up

On the compass rose, the compass points north in the graphic display. This is only a graphical display change for the operator's viewing convenience. 

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Timestamp

The timestamp is a UNIX timestamp that displays with all the device feeds. This timestamp is especially important for log files. A user can go back to view log activity with timestamp references.

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LAN

LAN stands for Local-Area Network.

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Balefire
UDP

UDP stands for User Datagram Protocol. It is an Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) transport layer protocol.

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RS232

RS232 is a serial communication protocol. The connection is through a serial port like a DB9. One device can be connected through each port. This protocol is typically used over fairly short distances.

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Navquest Configuration

Configuration has to be done using windows utility.

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Xinput Calibrator for Touchscreen Calibration

Get xinput_calibrator

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Touchscreen Calibration

Assuming you have installed and run xinput_calibrator, now you need to map the input to output for your dual monitors. This is not a calibration, that part is done. This step tells the desktop's graphical interface what input ID goes to what output. Open a command prompt and type xinput.

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Disk Image creation

Making a disk image of your computer means that it is an exact copy. So first you need to surf through your system and remove things you don't want present on the new machine.

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Dual Screen Configuration With a Debian KDE Desktop
Network Clock Synchronization

We use chrony to synchronize the clocks of computers over a network.

$ apt-get install chrony

If you're running on an disconnected network you will have to manually download then install the chrony package.  

$ aptitude download chrony timelimit

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Zero Button

The Zero button calibrates the vehicle depth relative to a specific depth. If you want your zero depth to be set to something other than the default reading, press Zero and the scale will recognize the current vehicle read as zero.

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Acceleration

Acceleration refers to the speed change in an x, y and z direction of the vehicle's travel.

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Attitude

Attitude refers to the behavior of the vehicle in flight about the three dimensions of the vehicle's center of mass.

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Mean Altitude

Your mean altitude is your average recorded altitude.

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Pan

Selecting Pan allows the vehicle operator to change map views. This feature allows the vehicle to be panned off the screen as long as the Center On button is not selected. If this button is selected the vehicle must remain the center of the map view.

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ECEF
LBL

LBL is Long Baseline underwater acoustic positioning. Long baseline systems determine the position of a vehicle by acoustically measuring the distance from a vehicle interrogator to three or more baseline transponders

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DVL

DVL stands for Doppler Velocity Log.

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Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU)

An Inertial Measurement Unit (

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PCOMMS

PCOMMS stands for Primary Communications. PCOMMS in openSEA parlance refers generally to the traditional communications from a topside operator interface to the subsea system.

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YAML

YAML Ain't Markup Language (.yml file format) is a data serialization language which is both human readable and computationally powerful. Greensea uses the markup language for text-based configuration files in the openSEA system.

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openCMD

openCMD is the Greensea proprietary software control application for the openSEA Suite. The application provides station keeping, autopilots, route following, and dynamic positioning for ROVs and AUVs.

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openDEVICE

openDEVICE is Greensea's proprietary openSEA software device server for sensors and actuators that provides data management, communication, forwarding, time-stamping, and aggregation.

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openINS

openINS is Greensea's proprietary openSEA software-based Inertial Navigation System.

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openMNGR

openMNGR is a high-level supervisory application that coordinates mission planning, execution, and monitoring. openMNGR provides a solution for complex route planning, surveys, search grids, sonar-based target tracking, task management, and full vehicle autonomy.

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openSEA

openSEA is the Open Software and Equipment Architecture. This is the fundamental software library developed, used, and owned by Greensea for navigation and control applications.

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openSEA Suite

The openSEA suite of applications provides commercial control and navigation applications with well-defined interfaces that can be used stand-alone or as parts of a larger system. These applications are openCMD, openDEVICE, openINS and openMNGR.

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