MDM 500Marine Data Management

Features• Centralizedstorageforallattachedsensors.• Easydatahandling.• Distrubuteddisplayofsensordata.• Distributionofsensordataonthenetworkallowsforrealtimedata

processingwhilethedataisbeinglogged.• Microsoft©SQLServerusedfordatastoragewhichallowstheoperator

touseMicrosoft©toolsfordatahandling.• Alarmsystemsmonitortheinstruments,andalarmscanbedisplayedon

remotecomputers.• ReportManagerprovidestheoperatorwithatooltoextractdatafromthe

databaseandmakeareportoutofit.• Veryeasyinstallation.OnlytheMDM500serverrequiresaCD/DVD/file,

thentheMDM500ClientManagerisinstalledonanyclientPCbyusingtheInternetExplorer©.

OverviewTheMDM500isthethrid

generationofKongsberg’sgeneralpurposeloggingsystem.

ThemainpurposefortheMDM500istobeinstalledonasurveyvesselandprovideacentralizedstoragesystemformanydifferenttypesofsensoronboard,suchasCTD,weatherstations,magnetometer,thermo-salilnographetc.

EachsensorcanbeattachedtoaPCeitherusingRS232seriallineorEthernetconnection.ThisPCcanbelocatedanywhereontheboataslongasitisconnectedtoheship’snetwork.TheMDM500ClientManagerwillthenprovidetheoperatorwithaniceuserinterfacetoconfiguretheconnectiontotheinstrument.

DatafromtheinstrumentisdisplayedonthePCitisconnectedto,andalsoonanyotherPCinthenetworkwheretheMDM500ClientDisplayisinstalled.

TheSurveyManagercontainsaMicrosoftSQLDatabaseServerwhereitstoresallthedatafromallinstrumentsattachedtoallClients.Thismakesdatahandlingeasyasalldatacanbetransferredfromshiptoshoresimplybymovingthedatabaseasonesingleitem.

WhenupdatingtheMDM500systemwithnewfunctionallityornewinstrumentdrivers,onlytheServerManagerneedstobeupdated.TheClientsareautomaticallyupdatedoverthenetwork.

Datafromeachinstrumentisalsoavailableonthenetworkinnearrealtime,soanyscientistcanusethedatawhileitisstillbeingproperlystoredinthedatabase.

Technical information

ArchitectureTheMDM500consistsofone

ServerandseveralClients.Inadditionseveraltoolsareavailable,amongthemtheReportManagerwhichisusedtoextractdatafromthedatabaseandmakingreportsoutofit.

TheServercontrolstheloggingofthedatafromalltheClients.Itmonitorsalldatareceivedanddecideshowtostoretheminthedatabase.Instrumentscanbegroupedtogethermakingalogicalsetofdata,i.e.GPSlocationscanbestoredtogetherwithCTDdatatokeeptrackofwheretheCTDwasmade.

TheClienthasoneormoreinstrumentsattached.DatafromeachinstrumentcanbedisplayedontheClientPC,oronaClientonadifferentPCwithoutanyinstrumentsattached.

Datafromeachinstrumentisalsoavailableonthenetworkinrealtime,allowinganyonetopickitupanddorealtimedataprocessingonthedata.

Notethatthedataisstillloggedinthedatabase.

• RunsonWindows7(R)• MicrosoftSQLServerdatabase• InstrumentsconnecttoPCthrough

RS232orEthernet• Alarmscanbedisplayedonany

PCinthenetworkwheretheMDM500Watchdogapplicationisinstalled.

• Remotemonitoringofanyinstrument.

InstallationInstallationoftheMDM500is

veryeasy.

OnlytheMDM500Serverapplicationneedstobeinstalledfromamedia(DVDorfile),andtheoperatorsimplychooseswheretheSQLServershallstoreitsfiles.

InstallingtheMDM500ClientisdonebysimplytypinginthenetworkaddesstotheMDM500Serverintoawebbrowserandfollowtheinstructionsontheweb-page.

Thenconfiguringtheconnectiontotheinstrumentisdonethroughasimpleuserinterfacewherebaudrateetc.isdefined.

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Your driver hereTheMDM500hasanoption

wherethecustomercangetatailor-madedriverforaninstrument,shoulditnotalreadybeinthelistofavailabledrivers.Thisdevelopmentisnormallydoneatafixedpriceprovidedformatdescriptionsareavailable.

Generic DriverTheMDM500hasaGeneric

DriverforNMEA-likeoutputfrominstruments.Thisallowstheoperatortoconfigurehowthedatashallbeloggedanddisplayedwithouthavingtodevelopaspecificdriverforit.

ADCPTheADCPdriverlogsdepth,

heading,waterspeedandgroundspeedintwodirections.

WeatherPakThisdriverlogsanddisplays

weatherinformationsuchaswindspeedanddirection,temperature,humidity,barometricpressureandwatertemperature.

AISTheAISdriverlogsthedatafrom

theAISsystemanddisplaystheMMSInumber,position,heading,speedandstatusfromnearbytraffic.

GPSTheGPS-driverisusuallythe

backboneofanyloggingsystemasitprovidestimeandposition.Thelocationofanyothersensorcanthenbefoundeasily.TheMDM500hastwoGPSdriversallowingtheloggingoftwoseparatepositioningsystems.

Centralized storingAllsensordataloggedby

MDM500endsupinonecentralizeddatabasemakingiteasytomaintainthedata.

AlldatacanbemovedfromshiptoshoreasonedatabaseitembymakinguseofthetoolsprovidedbytheSQLServer.BackupprocedurescanalsoutilizethetoolsthatcomewithMicrosoftSQLDatabaseServer.

Alldatasamplesaretimestampedtofacilitategroupingofdatafromdifferentsensors.

External data accessThedatastoredintheSQLServer

databasecanbeaccessedby3rdpartyapplicationsthatuseODBCorADO.ThismakesitpossibletomakeyourownreportingtoolsbysimplydefiningyouownSQLstatementsusingSQLtools.

Reporting toolsMDM500comeswithseveral

reportingtools.MDMReportManagercomeswithreadymadequeriesandreportsthatmakesiteasytoaccessdatafromanysensor.MDMCrossReportisatoolthatgivesyouatabularoverviewofthedata.TheoutputcanbeopenedinExcelforfurtherevaluation.

ExpandableWithMDM500,itiseasyto

expandyourdataloggingsystem.Youmaystartwithonlyafewsensorinterfacesandaddmorewhenneededwithoutneedingtoreconfigurethesystem.

Modular systemThesoftwareconistsofseveral

separatemodulesthatcanbeinstalledondifferentPCs.YoucanforexampleinstallaClientmanageronaPClocatedclosetothesensor(s).

Data distributionSensordatainterfacedby

theMDMdriverscaneasilyberedistributedtoothersystems,eitherinthenativeformatorinacommonMDM500format.

Thismakesitpossibletousethedatafromanyinstrumentanywhereonthenetworkinnearrealtime,whilethedatafromthesameinstrumentisstillbeingstoredinthedatabase.