Attention:

The Doppler Log (DO Log) is part of nautical equipment. The operation belongs to the bridge only.

Summary

The Doppler log measures speed through water by using the Doppler effect of sound signal reflected from the seafloor or from suspended matter in the water column. Wärtsilä SAM 4682 transducer consists of a total of 3 hydro-acoustic elements of 270 kHz.


Manufacturer Wärtsila SAM Electronics
Model SAM4682
Serial No. n/a
Type acoustic doppler velocimeter
REGISTRY-Link ↪ REGISTRY (1620)

Transducer Frequency

Contacts

Name Institution Role
Reederei Briese Briese Schiffahrts GmbH & Co. KG Engineer In Charge

Components

The system consists of a transducer  with 3 hydro-acoustic elements installed in the ship's keel. It is operated from the bridge.


No subdevices available.

Position

Infoxyz-position of transducer from Alignment Survey Report RV Heincke (January 2016). Electronics and operation on bridge deck.
X47.221 m
Positive X axis is forward and along the centerline of the vessel with X0 at the Stern point of the vessel.
Y-0.017 m
Positive Y axis is portside of centerline with Y0 at centerline at the Very stern point of the vessel.
Z-0.074 m
Positive Z axis is upwards of basis. Z0 is set to the hydrophone on midship.

Data logging, storage and archiving

Logged parameters

Parameter O2ARegistry Output Type Unit
longitudinal ground speed speed knot
longitudinal water speed speed knot
transverse water speed speed knot
transverse ground speed speed knot

Central geographical ship's position and time standard

Time synchronization and geographical positioning is done by DShip receiving the data for logging.

Rawdata storage on board

Data storage in DShip system.

DShip

Uncorrected measurement data.

Device name

Dolog

Parameters

Longitudinal ground speed (kn)
Longitudinal water speed (kn)
Sentence (text)
Transverse ground speed (kn)
Transverse water speed (kn)

Data archiving on land

After the cruise the DShip data set can be extracted from https://dship.awi.de/.

Documentation