Underwater Acoustic Modems

Data Sheet in PDF format

UWM1000
Shallow Water, Super Low Power, Directional Transducer

 

Range: Up to 350 meters

Depth: Up to 200 meters

Data Rate: 9600 to 19200 bits/sec

Specifications

UWM2000
Medium Range, Low Power, Directional Transducer

Range: Up to 1500 meters

Depth: Up to 1000 meters

Data Rate: 9600 to 19200 bits/sec

Specifications

UWM3000
Long Range, Omni-directional Transducer

 

Range: Up to 3000 meters

Depth: Up to 6000 meters

Data Rate: 2500 to 5000 bits/sec

Specifications

UWM4000
Long Range, Deep Water, Directional Transducer

Range: Up to 4000 meters

Depth: Up to 6000 meters

Data Rate: 4800 to 9600 bits/sec

Specifications

UWM10000
Full Ocean Range and Depth, Directional Transducer

Range: Up to 10000 meters

Depth: Up to 7000 meters

Data Rate: 2750 to 5500 bits/sec

Specifications

Models Tailored For Deepwater AUV Applications

UWM3010
AUV Command and Control

Based on UWM3000 with increased transmission power to 50 watts and decreased data rate. The mechanical housing, rated at 3000 meters, has a low height profile for easy installation on AUV and Tow Fish.

UWM4010
AUV High Speed Data Link

Based on UWM4000 with a link layer protocol tailored for AUV high speed image data transfer and synchronization schemes to resolve acoustic interference.

UWM4020
AUV High Speed Data Link

Same as UWM4010 except this modem uses a high power narrow-beam (28 degrees) transducer to increase the effective signal strength significantly. It can be used in field deployments where better performance margin is needed.

Data Fusion Option:

All models of LinkQuest's acoustic modems can incorporate data fusion functions. The modems can interface to up to 8 underwater sensors or devices using the RS232 interface. These systems can also sample up to 16 analog inputs simultaneously and provide up to 1 Gbytes of permanent storage on a compact flash disk.