| Electronics |
| Power Supply |
Battery Pack – 7.5V 10AH |
| Average Battery Pack Life |
3-5 months |
| Operating Temperature |
3 to 50°C |
| Acoustic Communications |
| Depth |
200m (656′) |
| Distance (line of sight) |
500m (1640′) |
| Protocol |
2 way, Broad Band Spread Spectrum 100bps, Confirmed Packet |
| Transducer Beam Pattern |
Omni-directional |
| Data Rate |
100bps |
| Error Rate |
10-6 |
| Unique Address Assignment |
1,000,000 (more available if required) |
| Doppler Tolerance |
+/- 5ms-1 |
| Transmit Technique |
Spread Spectrum (DSP) |
| Operating |
100m |
200m |
| Buoyancy lift (seawater) |
3.5 kg |
8 kg |
| Weight in air without rope |
13 kg |
15 kg |
| Dimensions |
100m |
200m |
| Overall Diameter |
410mm |
410mm |
| Overall Length |
350mm |
650mm |
| Access Hole to Cavity |
120mm |
120mm |
| Internal Free Space Dia |
170mm |
170mm* |
| Internal Free Space Length (without Modem) |
120mm |
350mm |
| Internal Free Space Length (with Modem) |
60mm |
290mm |
| * The 200m Fiobuoy cylinder has 2 internal Reinforcing Rings (180mm apart) which have internal Diameters of 120mm |
| Construction |
| Aluminium Cylinder encased in moulded polyurethane polymer |
| Endcaps: HDPE |
| Internal mechanisms: Aluminium & Stainless Steel |