1600 Series Release Beacon
The 1600 Series Release Beacon provides the means by which scientific, survey or operational equipment can be deployed or reliably retrieved from its anchored seabed mooring. Its positive drive-off mechanism ensures a reliable mechanical release in high bio-fouling environments.
Key Features
- Positive drive-off mechanism
- Command and configured by 3510 PAM with 3191 LF Dunking transducer
- Reliable FSK acoustic command protocol
- SWL includes a 4x factor of safety
- Field adjustable internal frequency and release identities
- Long operational life
Applications
- Oceanographic long term marking
- Equipment recovery/ deployment
- Long range operation
Technical Specification
PHYSICAL SPECIFICATION
Housing material;
1669: PVC housing with hard aluminium endcaps, stainless steel protection cage.
1679: hard anodised aluminium endcap and tube, stainless steel cage and release mechanism, AliBronze release.
*SWL includes a 4x factor of safety
ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATION
A combined battery pack is fitted to separately power the release motor, transmit and the receive/processor electronics. This extends overall battery life and facilitates field servicing using 1 replacement pack.
TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION
COMPATIBILITY AND CONFIGURATION
Internally configured
Command /control
3510 PAM c/w 3191 LF Dunking transducer.
Navigation/ Tracking channels
OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT
- Syntactic flotation to mark and recover seabed equipment
OPTIONS
- Removal of release mechanism. Interchanged for rechargeable battery, positioning endcap. For operation as LF navigation beacon and LF pinger applications.
- Directional ±30° Transducer, increased output power to 199dB.
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