Olex seabed mapping system installation and service
NAVION installs, upgrades and services Olex seabed mapping and plotter systems on vessels calling at ports in Busan, Vladivostok and China, as an Olex dealer. That covers new machines, licence and module handling, PC and disk replacement with migration of the accumulated seabed data, sounder and GPS interfacing, software upgrades and backup. The work is planned around the port call, with the seabed database protected before anything on the machine is touched.
Message us on TelegramAn Olex machine is only partly a plotter. What matters on board is the seabed map the vessel has built from its own soundings, tow after tow, sometimes over a decade: contours, hardness and the fastenings that were found the hard way. NAVION is an Olex dealer, and most of our Olex work in Busan is about protecting that data set while the hardware and software around it are renewed - new installations, licence and module changes, disk and PC replacement, software upgrades, and repair of the interfaces that feed the map.
What the job includes
- New Olex installation and commissioning
- Licence, ITI, 3D and Water Column modules
- Sounder, GPS and heading interfacing
- Depth offset, draft and tide settings
- Seabed database backup
- PC or disk replacement with data migration
- Olex software upgrade
- Map exchange between sister vessels
- Fault-finding on a corrupted or gapped map
- Onboard training and handover
Timing
- Backup of an existing seabed database
- typically 30-90 minutes
- Software upgrade and module activation
- typically 2-4 hours
- PC or disk swap with data migration
- typically 3-6 hours alongside
- Fault-finding on inputs or map data
- typically 2-5 hours
- New installation and full interfacing
- typically 1-2 days
What we need from the vessel
- Access to the wheelhouse console and to the cable routes behind it, with the chart table clear enough to open the machine.
- Vessel supply at the console - 24 V DC or 230 V through the inverter - live during the work.
- Echosounder, GPS and gyro or satellite compass powered, so each input can be proved rather than assumed.
- Skipper or mate available to identify known ground for the restore check and to take the handover.
- Existing licence details, keys and any original media on board, or sent to us in advance.
- A wheelhouse period without hot work, welding smoke or deck crane movements over the antennas.
Documents issued
- Interface record listing every port, telegram, baud rate and the depth, draft and antenna offsets entered.
- Backup drive with a dated copy of the seabed database, handed to the master.
- Licence and module record showing software version and which modules are active on the machine.
- Before and after screenshots of the settings pages we changed.
- Service report describing the work done, parts fitted and anything left outstanding for the next call.
Frequently asked
Will the vessel lose its seabed map if the Olex PC is replaced?
Not if the existing disk is still readable. We back the seabed database up to an external drive first, restore it onto the new machine, then open known ground and compare coverage and depths against the old machine before the original disk is released. If the disk has already failed, recovery can be attempted but nothing can be promised - which is why we would rather take a backup on a routine call than a recovery job on a broken one.
Are you an Olex dealer, or do you only service the equipment?
NAVION is an Olex dealer. That covers supply of new systems, licences and feature modules such as ITI, 3D and Water Column, as well as installation, upgrades and service on machines already fitted.
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Read moreSend us the Olex version, modules and PC details before the call
Tell us the software version, which modules are licensed, what sounder and GPS feed the machine, and your ETA in Busan. We will confirm what fits the port call and what to bring.