• Pontoon 1 - Top Right - Nexus Bottle
• Pontoon 2 - Top Left - Par Sensor
• Pontoon 3 - Bottom Right - Transponder Beacon & Battery
• Pontoon 4 - Bottom Left - CTD, transmissometer fluorometer, oxygen, conductivity & temp sensors, pumps
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• Recent Vehicle Configurations
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The Triaxus vehicle was designed with ease of instrument integration in mind. The Triaxus platform provides support for countless payloads including but not limited to biological, chemical, optical, and physical sensors. The standard sensor package includes a Seabird CTD (with optional secondary C and T sensors), transmissometer, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll fluorometer, and PAR sensor. In addition to this basic configuration, Triaxus can accommodate up to 9 additional sensor packages / sensors. Each of these additional 9 sensor connections on the underwater control unit can be configured to supply 12, 24, or 48 VDC. Likewise, each of these 9 connections can be configured to accept data from sensors in RS-232, RS-422, TLL, or current loop formats. Data from each of these 10 sensor channels are multiplexed and transmitted via the high-bandwidth fiber-optic tow cable to the topside deck unit in the ET lab of the ship. The data is then available via a null DB-9 serial port for instrument specific data acquisition software. All CTD and Seabird interfaced instrumentation is collected using standard SBE Seasave data acquisition software and is plotted in real time. The versatility and high speeds of data transfer of sensor and sampling packages make Triaxus a very effective and productive platform for large scale data collection.