GUIDANCE MARINE Artemis Mk6 Operator's Manual

Guidance Marine Ltd, 5 Tiber Way, Meridian Business Park, Leicester LE19 1QP, UK

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Artemis Mk6 Operator’s Guide

featuring

Artemis Dashboard

with validation feature

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Serial No:

Date of Shipment from UK:

Sensor Software Version: Dashboard Software Version:

Artemis Mk6 Operator’s Guide
Issue Date: 23/02/2017
Document No: 94-0440-4

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FCCID: VYMARTEMIS

This radio is intended for use in occupational/controlled conditions where users have
full knowledge of their exposure and can exercise control over their exposure to meet
FCC limits. This radio device is NOT authorized for general population, consumer, or
any other use.

This device emits radio frequency (RF) energy when transmitting. Make sure to
observe all RF energy exposure standards when installing, testing and operating this
radio equipment. Proper operation of this device under normal conditions results in
user exposure to RF energy below standard acceptable limits. To maintain a safe
distance, do not operate the equipment when a person is within 18cm (0.6 feet) of
the antenna.

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Document History

Document Number Changes Issue Date

94-0440-4-A First release of Artemis Mk6 Operator’s Guide 28/06/2016

94-0440-4-B Artemis Mk6 Operator’s Guide (inclusion of Artemis Validator) 23/02/2017

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Introduction

System Overview ...................................................................................................... 6

Getting Started

Start Up and Shut Down .......................................................................................... 9

Start Up.............................................................................................................................................. 9

Shut Down ......................................................................................................................................... 9

Screen Contents ..................................................................................................... 10

Main Screen and Bird's Eye View (BEV) .......................................................................................... 11

System Status .................................................................................................................................. 12

Side Bar ........................................................................................................................................... 13

Hotkey Buttons ................................................................................................................................ 14

Menu Pane ....................................................................................................................................... 15

Display Options ...................................................................................................... 16

Display View ..................................................................................................................................... 16

Screen Layout Mode ........................................................................................................................ 16

Vessel Orientation ............................................................................................................................ 17

Basic Operation

Tracking Overview .................................................................................................. 19

Selecting a Remote Station .................................................................................... 20

To Select a Different Remote Station: .............................................................................................. 20

Adjusting the Scan Sector ...................................................................................... 21

To Adjust the Scan Sector: ..............................................................................................................21

Tracking Information Quality ................................................................................... 22

DP Feeds ................................................................................................................ 23

To View DP Feed Details: ................................................................................................................. 23

Multi-Dashboard Artemis Systems

Artemis Dashboard – Command Mode .................................................................. 25

Artemis Dashboard - Monitoring Mode .................................................................. 26

Support Information

Serial Numbers and Software Versions ..................................................................28

Network Communications Settings ........................................................................ 29

Sensor Settings ...................................................................................................... 30

Using the On-Screen Keyboard ............................................................................. 31

To enable the on-screen keyboard .................................................................................................. 31

To use the on-screen keyboard ....................................................................................................... 31

Working with Alarms ............................................................................................... 32

Artemis Validator

Using a Permanently Installed Artemis Validator....................................................35

Additional Information

International Standards Compliance ...................................................................... 38

System Specications ............................................................................................ 39

Index ....................................................................................................................... 41

Table of Contents

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Introduction

Welcome to the Artemis Mk6 Operator’s Guide. It explains how to use the Artemis system
once it has been fully installed. For instructions on how to install the system onto a vessel,
refer to the document 94-0441-4 Artemis Mk6 Installer’s Guide.

The

System Overview on page 6 describes the different components of the system and

how they work together.

The

Getting Started section on page 8 explains how to get the system up and running and

how to shut it down again. It also details what you will see on the Dashboard screen when
the system is running, and how to interpret the information.

The

Basic Operation section on page 18 deals with selecting searching for and tracking

the remote station.

The

Multi-Dashboard Artemis Systems section on page 24 explains how two or more

Dashboards operate simultaneously in an Artemis system.

Further useful information is included in the

Support Information section on page 27.

Note that whilst we endeavour to describe system functionality correctly in this document,
we do not guarantee that it exactly represents the version of the system that you are
running, particularly after any future upgrades to the software.

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The Artemis microwave-based position reference system provides accurate positional data
to marine Dynamic Positioning (DP) control systems. It enables automated approach and
station keeping relative to a rig or platform, or to another vessel.

The standard Artemis system consists of:

• Two Sensors, user-configurable as a Mobile Station and a Fixed Station. An Alternative
configuration replaces the fixed station with a Beacon Station. In this configuration, the
system does not provide an azimuth measurement.

• The Artemis Control PC, a Windows-based marine specification computer, running the
control software.

• Artemis Client PC(s), optional computers used where more than one installation of the
Artemis Dashboard software is required.

• Hand-held Operating Panel (or Pendant).

Antenna Units

The Mobile Station is mounted on the DP-Equipped vessel, ideally at the top of the main
mast. The Fixed Station is installed on a fixed platform if absolute positioning is needed or
on a moving platform or structure to provide relative positioning.

Hand-held Operating Panel (Pendant)

A hand-held unit that can be connected to a station or Beacon unit to read and set system
parameters during installation. It can also be used to view positional data once the system
is in operation. This is an optional diagnostic aid.

System Overview

Artemis Control Software

The following applications run on the Artemis Control PC, usually mounted on the bridge
near to the controls of the vessel’s DP system:

• Manager – This Windows service running on the Artemis Control PC can be configured
to run automatically after the PC powers up. It provides a single point of control for an
Artemis sensor through which the other components communicate.

• Service Interface – Used for system installation and maintenance, it allows network
communications to be configured and parameters on an Artemis Station to be viewed and
set. It displays the state of connected Artemis Dashboard(s) and can be used to take basic
control of the station.

• Dashboard – Used to control and monitor normal system operation. Up to five instances
of the Dashboard can run simultaneously on the Control PC and Client PCs, but only one
of these can exercise control at any given time; the others can only be used to monitor the
system.

An Antenna Unit (Mobile or Fixed Station) An Operating Panel

Artemis Service Interface

Artemis Dashboard

Explosion-Proof Antenna Unit/Beacon

An antenna unit or beacon can be made safe for operation in hazardous zone 2 conditions
with the use of a pressurisation unit. This forces clean air into the housing of the antenna
unit or beacon to prevent the ingress of explosive or flammable gases that might otherwise
be ignited by electrical sparks. Contact Guidance Marine for details.

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System Overview (Continued)

System Operation

In order to provide positional data to the vessel’s DP system, the Artemis system needs to
be “locked”. In this state, the antennae of the Fixed and Mobile Stations are facing each
other and automatically track by maintaining a continuous microwave link.

The distance between the sensors is obtained from the travel time of the microwave signal,
measured by means of coded interruptions in the continuous wave. The bearing of the
Fixed Station, with respect to the centre line of the vessel, is measured using a precision
shaft encoder.

The Fixed Station measures the azimuth and reports it to the Mobile Station. The azimuth
is the horizontal angle between a reference direction and the Mobile Station, with its vertex
at the Fixed Station.

Beacon Unit

Used instead of a standard rotating Fixed Station on a fixed platform for absolute
positioning, or on a moving platform or structure for relative positioning. The antenna of a
Beacon unit does not rotate.

Semi-omni antenna with waveguide, 100° beam width

NORTH *

FIXED
STATION

AZIMUTH

RANGE

* OR ANY OTHER REFERENCE DIRECTION

HEADING

MOBILE
STATION

NORTH *

RELATIVE MOBILE ANTENNA BEARING

North*

Fixed
Station

Azimuth

Range

*or any other reference direction

Heading

North*

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Mobile Station

Layout of a Standard Artemis System

Beacon Antenna

NORTH *

FIXED
STATION

AZIMUTH

RANGE

* OR ANY OTHER REFERENCE DIRECTION

HEADING

MOBILE
STATION

NORTH *

RELATIVE MOBILE ANTENNA BEARING

Fixed
Station

North*

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Range

Layout of an Artemis Beacon System

The beam width of an antenna unit (Fixed or Mobile Station) is approximately 2°.

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Getting Started

This section covers the basics of using the Artemis system.
It contains the following pages:

•

Start Up and Shut Down section on page 9

•

Screen Contents section on page 10

•

Display Options section on page 16

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Start Up and Shut Down

Start Up

To Start Artemis Dashboard

1. Ensure that the local station is powered on.

2. Double-click on the Artemis Dashboard icon.

(Or run the Artemis Dashboard application from:
Start > All Programs > Guidance Marine Ltd > Artemis > Artemis Dashboard).

3. The Dashboard display screen will appear. If the sensor is currently suspended, the

main part of the screen will be greyed out. Click on the Resume button in the side bar
in order for the sensor to begin transmitting and for the results to be displayed on the
screen. If the sensor was already transmitting, any remote station to which it is locked
will be displayed straight away.

Shut Down

To Disconnect, Exit or Suspend

(Click on the Guidance button in the lower left corner of the screen. This reveals the
Guidance Home Menu, which contains different sets of buttons depending whether the
Dashboard is in Command Mode, and whether it is tracking a remote station. Buttons are
explained below.

•

Disconnect - Ceases communications between the local station and the Dashboard
computer. The local station is unaffected and if tracking is in progress, it will
continue.

•

Exit - Closes the Dashboard without affecting the sensor.

•

Suspend – Only available when the Dashboard is in Command Mode and the local
station is not tracking a remote station. Places the local station into a ‘sleep mode’
in which it ceases to transmit. The Dashboard remains active and connected to the
sensor ready for operations. This mode is suitable for use when travelling between
locations.

•

Suspend and Exit – Same as Suspend, except that it closes the Dashboard
program.

Dashboard screen with local station suspended

Dashboard screen with local station scanning Guidance Home Menu in

different contexts

Side Bar

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Screen Contents

The Artemis Dashboard screen is split into
three distinct sections, these are:

•

Main Screen and Bird’s Eye View
(BEV)

(see page 11)

•

Side Bar (see page 13)

•

Menu Pane (see page 15)

Side Bar

Dashboard

Main Screen and Bird’s Eye View

Menu Pane

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Main Screen and Bird's Eye
View (BEV)

The circular BEV depicts the operational area
of the Artemis system from above. The red dot
at the centre represents the local Antenna Unit
mounted on its vessel and the arc through which
it can rotate corresponds to the combined blue
areas. A grey exclusion zone can be configured
(using the End Limit parameters) if there is a
physical obstruction that prevents the antenna
from turning through 360°.

The current direction and movement of the radar
beam is indicated by the slim, light blue triangle.
If the local station is locked onto a remote
station, this is represented by a yellow dot. If
the remote station is configured as “Floating”
rather than “Fixed”, the outline of its vessel is also
shown (with its bow aligned to 0° azimuth).

Vessel Outlines

Where a vessel outline is shown, its direction
is significant, but its size, exact shape and the
position of the Artemis station within it is arbitrary.

Scan Limits

If the local station is not locked onto a remote
station, and Auto Search is enabled, the beam
moves to and fro across the configured scan
sector. The size of this sector (the dark blue area)
can be adjusted (see Adjusting the Scan Sector
on page 21).

Radial Markers

These form an angular scale in degrees,
clockwise around the circumference of the BEV.
Zero is defined by the bow of the local vessel.

Screen Contents (Continued)

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Screen Contents (Continued)

System Status

This consists of two fields:

Primary

The primary part of the status display is in the upper-right corner of the Main Pane. It
indicates the current status of the system:

•

System Running Normally

•

System Suspended

•

System Disconnected

•

Local Connection Operational

•

Communications ERROR

Secondary

The secondary status display is located in the lower right corner of the Main Pane and
is normally hidden. It displays a flashing message for a number of seconds in order to
confirm an action taken by the user (see below). It can also display a persistent, static
message if there is a communications problem.

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Screen Contents (Continued)

Side Bar

The Side Bar, the black pane to the left of the BEV, contains control and display
components in addition to the coordinates pane.

After pressing the
Guidance button: