| Brand |
Bruttour International Pty Ltd |
| Year of initial development |
1999 |
| Product |
CEESTAR |
| Max. power consumption (W) |
6 |
| Power (DC, AC) |
12VDC. Internal rechargeable battery, and/or external (nominal) 12VDC supply |
| Weight (in air) and dimensions (w x h x d) of transducer/transceiver |
200kHz, 8° c/w 9m cable 1.2kg, 200kHz, 2.75° c/w cable 2.15kg, 200kHz, 8° + 30kHz, 19° 7.8kg c/w 9m cable |
| Weight and dimensions (w x h x d) of display and logging unit |
2.75kg |
| Portability of logger (rack, desktop, portable) |
Portable |
| Software platform (Windows, other) |
Windows |
| Depth range of operation (m) |
0.3-99.99 |
| Frequency range (kHz) |
200 + 30 |
| Number of frequencies supported simultaneously |
2, 200 and/or 30kHz |
| Power output of transducer at standard frequencies |
80W (peak) |
| Beam angles (along and across) |
200kHz, 8°, cone; 200kHz 2.75°, cone; or 30kHz, 19°, cone |
| Depth resolution, accuracy |
1cm ± 0.02% depth |
| Max. pulse sounding rate |
6Hz |
| Pulse length |
N/A |
| Dynamic range (dB) |
N/A |
| Are heave, pitch and roll corrections included? |
Yes, only heave used |
| Capable of being operated remotely (e.g. via PC) |
No |
| Supported external data inputs (heave/roll/pitch, positioning) |
Heave, roll & pitch - only heave used; tide; GPS positioning g in NMEA GGA + VTG |
| Can events and annotations be marked? |
No |
| Can sound velocity and temperature profiles be included in real time ? |
Yes, based on manual input of velocity |
| Is real-time coupling to survey/post-processing software possible? |
Yes |
| What data are displayed in real time (e.g. depth, classification, thickness)? |
Depth |
| Data output options (e.g. raw data, transducer and motion-corrected depth, sea floor classification) |
Raw data, corrected data, transducer motion corrected |
| Data output formats |
CEESTAR, NMEA, Odom and Atlas |
| Data output for sea floor classification? |
No |
| How are data displayed? |
Digital |
| Connection possibilities |
RS232 serial |
| How are data internally logged? |
No logging |
| Main use of the system |
Bathymetry, siltation surveys |
