EIVA NaviPac

Tug Management Module

Object Based with Telemetry & Rigmove

Tug Management in EIVA NaviSuite

The Situation Setting up Multiplexing

Telemetry for the Tugs Setting up Multiplexing

Telemetry for the Tugs

Setting up Multiplexing

Telemetry for the Tugs

Setting up Multiplexing

Telemetry for the Tugs

Setting up Multiplexing

Telemetry for the Barge

Setting up

Rigmove

Setting up

Rigmove

Click on a text box to move

to the captioned subject

Setting up Interface

Configuration on the

Barge

Setting up Interface

Configuration on the Tugs

Setting up Interface

Configuration on the Tugs

On the Barge, NaviPac mode must be defined like

this. Remember to Enable Multiplex Telemetry.

Multiplexing Telemetry on Barge - I of IV

Defining Mode

Multiplexing Telemetry on Barge - II of IV

Three different telemetry systems possible,

each related to a radio/frequency.

Definition of com-port where the radio is

interfaced and data is read from/routed to.

Vessel ID defined as 30 (Barge).

Remote navigation distributed to port 5010.

Tug Management distributed to port 10507

(always).

Asyncronous mode selected – otherwise

Polling master on the Barge and Polling

Slave on the Tugs.

In Polling mode the Barge acts as a master in the

communication. Tugs will only transmit within certain time-

slots. Tugs are divided into polling groups with different

polling frequencies.

Main polling frequency. A polling sequence starts with this

interval. In TMS scenario only tracking vessels are polled

with this interval. In normal scenarios all vessels are polled

with this frequency.

Polling frequency for assigned vessels.

Polling frequency for all other vessels.

Defines the time given the modems to switch mode (Rx/Tx).

List of tugs being polled. The list is defined as a comma

separated list of object numbers. Press the Get button to

read list from NaviPac setup.

Multiplexing Telemetry on Barge - III of IV

Multiplexing Telemetry on Barge - IV of IV

All data must be output on the same

adress/port – ex 127.0.0.1 / 5000.

Back to the

Situation

Multiplexing Telemetry on Tugs - I of III

Defining Mode

Definition of NaviPac mode on the Tugs.

Remember to Enable Multiplex Telemetry.

Multiplexing Telemetry on Tugs - II of III

Vessel Id: 31 (Tug 1).

If the Barge is set to Polling Master mode, all slaves must

be set to Polling Slave mode. They are only allowed to

output data to the multiplexer with a certain time interval.

Slot allocation for this is handled purely by the master.

The slave can be configured to send an end message

(acknowledge) when all buffered messages have been

sent. This allows the master to close the timeslot before

timeout and thereby to optimize the use of the bandwidth.

This can be an alternative to defining the ‘Maximum Reply

Characters’ on the polling master. The optimal solution

would be obtained by setting this value too high and let the

slave send acknowledgements.

Back to the

Situation

Multiplexing Telemetry on Tugs - III of III

Configuring Rigmove - I of VI

Rigsetup on the Barge I

Configuring Rigmove - II of VI

Rigsetup on the Barge II

Insert the number of winches in this field

(maximum is 16).

Insert name and coordinates for each

winch by double clicking each line.

Insert ID, intended

location and heading

in these fields, and

press ‘Anchor

Positions’.

Configuring Rigmove - III of VI

Rigsetup on the Barge III

Configuring Rigmove - IV of VI

Rigsetup on the Barge IV Automatic calculation of anchor

positions is performed by

pressing ‘Auto calculate..’ and

inserting values in the window.

Manual entry of anchor

positions by highlighting an

anchor, and inserting position

or range/bearing.

Up to three Mid

Line Buoys can

be defined for

each Anchor.

Mid Line markers

can be defined for

each Anchor.

Configuring Rigmove - V of VI

Rigsetup on the Barge V

2 - Save as

TUG Rigmove

Setup file.

1 - Save as

Rigmove

Setup file.

When saving the TUG Rigmove Setup file, the

warning above is given.

The file NP_TUG.ini, which is generated from the

RIGSetup option in the Barge NaviPac (previous

slide), must be copied onto the Windows

directory of each of the Tugs (C:\Windows).

[RigMove] Barge_id=30 No winch points=8 WinchName01=W1 WinchOffset01=10.000, 60.000, 0.000 WinchName02=W2 WinchOffset02=27.000, 57.000, 0.000 WinchName03=W3 WinchOffset03=27.000, -42.000, 0.000 WinchName04=W4 WinchOffset04=5.000, -42.000, 0.000 WinchName05=W5 WinchOffset05=-20.000, -42.000, 0.000 WinchName06=W6 WinchOffset06=-42.000, -42.000, 0.000 WinchName07=W7 WinchOffset07=-42.000, 57.000, 0.000 WinchName08=W8 WinchOffset08=-25.000, 60.000, 0.000

Configuring Rigmove - VI of VI

Rigsetup on the Tugs

Back to the

Situation

To send the position of the

Barge to the Tugs, the

following must be defined: Address of multiplexer:

127.0.0.1, Port 5000.

Interface Configuration on the Barge – I of X

Position Output I

To send the Barge position to the Tugs, the following output must be selected:

Interface Configuration on the Barge – II of X

Position Output II

• The IP Address should be 127.0.0.1 to send

the data to the Multiplexer.

• ID of the barge position must be set to 30.

• Choose format NaviPac.

Interface Configuration on the Barge – III of X

Receive Tug Position I

To receive the position

from the Tug, the input

here must be defined on

the Barge:

Unlimited ammount of Tugs.

Interface Configuration on the Barge – IV of X

Receive Tug Position II To receive the tug positions on the barge, the

following Dynamic positioning system must be

defined:

• The IP address: 127.0.0.1 is the address of the

Multiplexer.

• The TP number of Tug1 is 31.

• The TP number of Tug2 is consequently 32.

To send the

Anchor pattern to

the Tugs, a ’Data

to TUG boats’

output must be

defined on the

Barge:

NaviPac format

must be chosen.

Interface Configuration on the Barge – V of X

Output Anchor Pattern

To send Runlines to the Tugs, the

following output must be selected:

Interface Configuration on the Barge – VI of X

Send Runlines

Interface Configuration on the Barge – VII of X

Messages from the Tug I A Special input, ‘From Remote NaviPac –

control’, must be defined in order to

enable the Barge NaviPac to be capable

of using the in-coming tug commands.

As the data most often is overlaid the

general navigation data (from the Tug)

the driver must be specified to I/O mode

‘Off’.

Note the port number – has to be 10507.

When in online mode, click on the ’TUG id’ text-box and the window to the right will

open. Now insert the ID (0 - telling that this is the barge). NaviPac will remember this

setting. Remember never to close the window, as it acts as interface between the

NaviPac kernel (interpreter) and the TMS kernel (RigMon).

Interface Configuration on the Barge – VIII of X

Messages from the Tug II

Interface Configuration on the Barge – IX of X

NaviPac – on the Barge On the Barge the file C:\Eiva\NaviPac\Setup\objects.txt will now look as shown below right.

Objects on the Barge are shown below left:

0 V Barge

31 V TUG 1 32 V TUG 2 33 V TUG 3 34 V TUG 4 35 V TUG 5 36 V TUG 6 37 V TUG 7 38 V TUG 8 850 o Winch 1 851 o Winch 2 852 o Winch 3 853 o Winch 4 854 o Winch 5 855 o Winch 6 856 o Winch 7 857 o Winch 8

Vessel

Tugs

Winches

Interface Configuration on the Barge – X of X

File Transfer

Back to the

Situation Enable TMS Master.

To enable file-transfer etc. from barge

to tugs via the telemetry-link, the TMS

master program must be enabled in

Warmstart Programs.

To send the position of the

Barge to the Tugs, the

following must be defined: Address of multiplexer:

127.0.0.1, Port 5000.

Interface Configuration on the Tugs – I of XI

Receive Barge Position

Interface Configuration on the Tugs – II of XI

Receive Barge Position To receive the barge position on Tug 1, the following Dynamic positioning system must be

defined: • The IP address: 127.0.0.1 is

pointing at the Multiplexer program.

• The TP number of the barge is 30.

Interface Configuration on the Tugs – III of XI

Position Output I

To send the position from

the Tug, the following

output must be selected:

Interface Configuration on the Tugs – IV of XI

Position Output II To send the position from the Tug 1, the following output must be defined:

• The reference point (CRP) on the tug

should be the stern. This is usually the

anchor handling point on a tug.

• The ID must be defined as 31 (Tug 1).

• Format is NaviPac + Tug stat.

Interface Configuration on the Tugs – V of XI

Tug1 - Receive Tug2 Position I

To receive the position from

another Tug, the following

input must be defined:

To receive the position from another Tug, the following input must be defined:

Interface Configuration on the Tugs – VI of XI

Tug1 - Receive Tug2 Position II

To receive the

anchor pattern on

Tug1, a ’Remote

NaviPac –

Control’ special

input must be

defined: The IP address:

127.0.0.1 is the

address of the

multiplexer.

Port 5020 is the

port, where the

multiplexer is

transmitting the

anchor pattern

and the runline

data.

Interface Configuration on the Tugs – VII of XI

Receiving Anchor Pattern I

To receive the anchor pattern on the Tug, the Remote NaviPac window will be

opened automatically when entering online mode. Click on the ’TUG id’ text-box

and the window to the right will open. Now insert the ID (31 for Tug 1 etc). NaviPac

will remember this setting.

Interface Configuration on the Tugs – VIII of XI

Receiving Anchor Pattern II

Interface Configuration on the Tugs – IX of XI

Messages from Tug to Barge

The operator on the tug may activate some anchor-related commands towards the barge.

These are being activated from the Helmsman’s Display of the Tug:

• PICKED UP - The anchor has been picked up from barge (state is tracking).

• DROPPED - The anchor has been dropped on the seabed (state is laid).

• FIX - Various events performed on the tug (will be shown on HD).

The commands are send on top of the existing ‘Data to external navigation system’ output,

so no additional setup is required on the tug boat.

The data output must be selected to NaviPac (+ Tug status) or Exp. NaviPac.

On the Tugs the file C:\Eiva\NaviPac\Setup\objects.txt will now look as shown below right

(Tug 1). Objects on Tug 1 are shown below left:

Interface Configuration on the Tugs – X of XI

NaviPac on the Tugs

0 V Tug 1

30 V Barge 32 V TUG 2 33 V TUG 3 34 V TUG 4 35 V TUG 5 36 V TUG 6 37 V TUG 7 38 V TUG 8 850 o Winch 1 851 o Winch 2 852 o Winch 3 853 o Winch 4 854 o Winch 5 855 o Winch 6 856 o Winch 7 857 o Winch 8

Vessel (Tug 1)

Barge

Tugs

Winches

Interface Configuration on the Barge – XI of XI

File Transfer

Back to the

Situation Enable TMS Slave.

To enable file-transfer etc. from barge

to tugs via the telemetry-link, the TMS

Slave program must be enabled in

Warmstart Programs on the Tugs.