The Omniscan 450FS, is the most affordable forward imaging solution on the market, and it is now available for the M2 Pro Max ROV platform! The days of paying tens of thousands of dollars for imaging sonar capabilities are over!
Description
The Omniscan 450 FS is ideally suited for forward looking ROV applications. The transducer and electronics are housed in a single enclosure with the CHASING Ethernet + power interface. Two enclosure options are available for 100m or 300m depth rating.
As the M2 Pro Max moves, Cerulean SonarView “paints” the image of the scanned area of the sea floor giving excellent situational awareness in the murkiest conditions. For vehicles without positioning information, Omniscan's Dopper Position Tracking can be used for translational information in the direction of the beam. Using a pair of Omniscan 450 FS units, one forward and one 90 degrees to either side, full 2d motion tracking is available.
Animated screen capture of SonarView illustrating how vehicle motion scans the seafloor. This is not a simulation. It is screen capture of SonarView replaying an actual Omniscan log file.
Operator Scanning
Using Omniscan 450 FS on an M2 Pro Max, the scanning is under the direct control of the ROV driver so that they can focus on specific areas of interest rather than waiting for a mechanical scanning sonar to slowly come around to sweep the particular sector they want to see. Using the “Heading Up” mode in SonarView makes this manual scanning very intuitive and provides excellent situational awareness.
CHASING M2 Pro Max equipped with two OS450FS and a ROVL MK II
Easy install and operation
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What comes in the Box
Omniscan 450FS 100m: OS450FS with CHASING ethernet cable
Omniscan 450FS 300m: OS450FS with ethernet cable and buoyancy module.
Product Specifications
| Viewing Software | SonarView by Cerulean |
| Frequency | 450 kHz |
| Range Resolution | Up to 1/1200 of range setting |
| Maximum Ping Rate | 20 pings per second up to 30m range, thereafter limited by range and speed of sound. Examples: 10 pps @ 50m, 5 pps @ 140m range setting |
| Power Supply | 10-30 Volts, 5 watts max at idle, 10 watts max while pinging |
| Data Interface | CHASING Ethernet cable |
| Electrical Connection | CHASING Ethernet cable |
| Maximum Range | 100m |
| Far Field (Note 1) | 7m |
| Beam Width (Note 2) | 0.8° |
| Beam Height | 50° |
| Maximum Operating Depth | 100m and 300m versions |
| Weight in Air | 440g(100m), 825g(300m) |
| Weight in Water | -60g(100m), +325(300m) |
| Overall Dimensions | 55x67x200mm |
Note 1: Far Field distance is the range beyond which the beam width specification is valid. At nearer distances the effective beam width gets wider, and sidelobes get larger. Note 2: This is the nominal theoretical 2-way (transmit and receive) 3dB beam width.