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Overlay Module Version 2.4

Installation and Operation Manual

Thank you for using the Abyssal OS Overlay Module for your ROV.

This instruction manual contains all the information you’ll need for

installing and operating the Overlay Module of the Abyssal OS.

This system includes a processing computer to receive telemetry and

video, process it, and output up to 4 HD video feeds with overlay. An

installation USB Pen is also included, which contains the Supervisor

Application to be installed on an external PC connected to the same

network. There is already a Supervisor application installed on the

processing unit, which can be used instead of an external computer.

Please check the support page on our web site at

www.abyssal.eu/support for the latest software versions.

We are continuously working on new features and improvements. Feel

free to send your feedback to [email protected] so we can build a

system that fits your needs.

Manuel Parente

CTO Abyssal S.A.

http://www.abyssal.eu/

mailto:[email protected]

What’s new in version 2.4

Improve support for screen scaling.

Implement zda, keypoint sentences.

Support for custom telemetry sentences.

Support for custom recording file names.

Open API for start and stop recording.

Contents

1 Getting Started 7

Introducing Abyssal OS 7

Introducing the Overlay Module for Abyssal OS 8

Hardware Overview (optional) 9

Software Overview 10

2 Setup Instructions 11

Setting up the Hardware 11

1. Power 12

2. Network 12

3. Telemetry 12

4. Outputs 13

5. Inputs 13

6. Examples 14

Installing the software 16

Fresh Install 16

Upgrading a manual installation 17

Main Display Setup 18

Changing the main display 18

Checking which graphics card the displays are connected 19

3 Using the Abyssal OS Overlay Module Software 21

Opening the applications 21

1. Opening the Supervisor application 21

2. Re-opening the overlay application 22

The Launcher Application 23

The Overlay Application 24

The Supervisor Application 25

1. Home 25

2. Overlay Editor 27

3. Video Recorder 29

4. Playback 31

5. Media Gallery 33

6. Dive Log 35

7. Settings 39

The Remote Supervisor 43

1. Configuration 43

2. Application 46

The ABY telemetry format 48

The ABY API telemetry format 49

4 Troubleshooting and diagnosing problems 50

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Getting Started

Getting Started

Introducing Abyssal OS

Abyssal Operating System for ROVs is the indispensable tool to operate in the harshest

environments with the world’s most advanced 3d technology, augmented reality, and

precise navigation.

The Abyssal OS is a suite of tools for everyone involved in subsea operations. It allows asset

tracking, life-of-field management, mission planning, and much more.

It is especially useful for subsea construction, decommissioning, renewable energy

operations, seabed trenching and well intervention.

A new era of offshore Oil & Gas operations is starting. The increasing complexity of subsea

oil fields requires the most innovative solutions. With the Abyssal Operating System

installed on your Remotely Operated Vehicles (or ROV) you will be able to have an instant

overview of the operation in real time. Using the Augmented Reality System with each of

the ROV cameras, the pilot will be able to locate targets with incredible efficiency.

It’s the perfect tool for supervisors, superintendents and managers. Organize work sites,

keep track of every mission, and manage all the data from the mission in real time. Monitor

multiple assets with live positioning data. Manage multi-ROV operations with safety and

efficiency.

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Getting Started

Introducing the Overlay Module for Abyssal OS

The Overlay Module for the Abyssal OS is a software and hardware solution that provides

an overlay system for a mission's real-time video feed, with the current telemetry

superimposed.

It offers an easy-to-use, configurable, real-time display of telemetry in different visual

formats (textual or graphic), compatible with all the different video formats.

Abyssal Overlay System is a module already prepared to be used as an interface with

Abyssal OS, the most advanced Visualization System for ROVs currently in the market.

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Getting Started

Hardware Overview (optional)

The Abyssal OS Overlay package contains:

1 4U Rack PC

3 DVI to HDMI cables

1 HDMI to HDMI cable

3 Display Port to DVI cable

4 BNC to Mini BNC cables

1 Power Cable

1 User Manual

1 Installation USB Pen with Supervisor App for external PCs

Rack PC

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Getting Started

Software Overview

The software consists of 2 different applications: an overlay application and a supervisor

application.

The overlay application has no direct user interaction, and serves to render video with

overlay graphics in a monitor.

The supervisor application is the controller application, in which all interactions are made.

The overlay applications run without the need for running the supervisor application. The

supervisor application is used to monitor and configure the overlays, and can run on the

overlay PC or on an external computer connected to the same network.

In the supervisor application you can:

Manage worksites and their coordinate system

Manage missions (jobs) for each worksite

Manage logs for each dive in a mission

Record jobs and playback the recorded videos

Configure overlays

Manage telemetry inputs

Manage the overlays for each video output

Adjust system units (feet, meters)

See system health (alarms)

Take and review snapshots of Overlay’s applications

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Setup Instructions

Setup Instructions

Setting up the Hardware

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Setup Instructions

1. Power

Leave the power-cut button off while setting up the hardware. Turn it on when finished.

Connect the power cable to the power socket.

2. Network

Connect your Ethernet cable (RJ45) to the RJ45 jack.

3. Telemetry

If the telemetry source to be used is a serial cable, connect it to a USB port using the

supplied adapters.

For using telemetry via Ethernet (JSON), simply setup the network.

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Setup Instructions

4. Outputs

Use a DVI to HDMI cable to connect the DVI output port to one of the monitors. Connect

the HDMI end to the monitor and the DVI end to the Abyssal OS System.

Use an HDMI to HDMI cable to connect the HDMI output port to a second monitor.

To connect the last two monitors, link together a Display Port to DVI adapter and a DVI to

HDMI cable. Connect the Display Port end to the Abyssal OS System and the HDMI end to

the monitor.

5. Inputs

Connect each of the 4 BNC cables to your video sources, and the mini-BNC terminator to

the desired video input port in the Abyssal OS System.

SD Format Support

625/25 PAL, 525/29.97 NTSC.

HD Format Support

720p50, 720p59.94, 720p60, 1080p23.98, 1080p24, 1080p25, 1080p29.97, 1080p30, 1080i50,

1080i59.94 and 1080i60.

SDI Compliance

SMPTE 259M, SMPTE 292M, SMPTE 296M

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Setup Instructions

6. Examples

Example of one possible output and input configuration with 4 monitors.

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Setup Instructions

Example of one possible output and input configuration with 5 monitors.

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Setup Instructions

Installing the software

To install Abyssal OS Overlay run OverlayInstaller*.exe.

Fresh Install

The default Abyssal OS Overlay installation folder is C:\AbyssalOS Overlay. For a new

installation, we recommend that location.

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Setup Instructions

Upgrading a manual installation

If another version of Abyssal OS Overlay is already installed in your system, start by

removing the old shortcuts (in start menu and desktop) and auto-start (WIN+R >

shell:startup > remove AbyssalOS shortcuts).

When installing use the same directory to keep the settings. Typically the destination folder

should be C:\AbyssalOS.

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Setup Instructions

Main Display Setup The user must ensure that the main display is configured to be one of the monitors

connected to the discrete graphics card.

This is important because having the internal graphics card as the main display, may cause

performance issues, especially when recording.

Changing the main display

To change the main display go to Display Settings on windows (right click on desktop >

Display Settings). Select the right display and press “Make this my main display”.

Please use the “Force Restart” shortcut to restart Abyssal OS after switching the main

display.

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Setup Instructions

Checking which graphics card the displays are connected

Besides checking the cables connecting to the monitors, you can use windows Advanced

Display Settings to check which display is connected to which graphics card.

Open Display Settings (right click on desktop) and click Advanced display settings. Select

a display from the list, scroll down, and press Display adapter properties (as seen in the

image).

These properties show to which display adapter (graphics card) each monitor is connected

to.

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Setup Instructions

As an example, we can see the properties of an NVIDIA (the discrete graphics card) and

Intel (the onboard graphics card):

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Using the Abyssal OS Overlay Module Software


Opening the applications

1. Opening the Supervisor application

You can use the supervisor application to make changes to any of the monitors; there are

three options to open a Supervisor application.

a. Close an open application to free a monitor

If you close one overlay application, you can run the supervisor on that screen. Close one

overlay application by focusing (with a mouse click) the overlay application you want to

close, pressing ALT+F4, and then opening the supervisor application on that monitor using

the launcher.

If the launcher happens to open behind a camera viewer you can use the

Windows Logo + Left/Right key shortcut to move it to the correct desktop.

Monitor 1 Monitor 2 Monitor 3 Monitor 4

Example of a configuration in which the supervisor app was opened in the second monitor

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b. Use a remote supervisor

You can install a remote supervisor on another machine – using the provided

AbyssalOS.Supervisor.Setup*.exe. This allows you to control the applications from a

different computer, without having to close any of the overlay applications.

The computer running the Supervisor application must be connected to the same network

as the Abyssal OS Overlay Module.

c. Use an auxiliary monitor

If you have a motherboard with onboard graphics card, you can connect a monitor there

and use it for the supervisor application. The overlay applications should open

automatically in the normal monitors (the monitors connected to the dedicated graphics

card) leaving this extra monitor free for the supervisor application.

To open the supervisor application on this extra monitor, open the launcher (start menu >

AbyssalOS Launcher) and choose to open the supervisor on that monitor. Please note that,

for the auxiliary monitor, the launcher will only open the supervisor application.

2. Re-opening the overlay application

If you want to open a previously closed overlay application, use the AbyssalOS Launcher

shortcut in the start menu.

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The Launcher Application

This application is focused on opening applications on specific screens. Use the mouse on

each screen representation, and click to open the desired application. This application can

be found in the start menu with the name AbyssalOS Launcher.

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The Overlay Application

The overlay application needs no user interaction, it is remotely configured and controlled

by the supervisor application.

This application is focused on processing the video and overlaying the telemetry

information.

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The Supervisor Application

1. Home

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A) Currently active items – shows the system’s current worksite, mission, and dive log;

B) System Status – turns red or yellow to raise issues, such as failing to connect to the

Abyssal OS Server or finding problems with the telemetry input;

C) Shortcut to take snapshot (Media Gallery);

D) Main Menu;

E) Worksite management – Shows you the current selected worksite, and its geographical

and projected coordinates; clicking on the worksite opens the worksite management –

in which you can add, remove, or edit worksite information; clicking the coordinates

allows you to change the coordinate system that is used on the current worksite;

F) Mission management – Shows you the current selected mission; clicking on the mission

opens the mission management – in which you can add, remove, or edit mission

information.

G) Map – Puts into geographical context vessels, worksites, weather, wind and currents.

This information comes through a specialized service that needs dedicated credentials.

The toggle buttons allow you to select which information is visible.

Geographical Coordinates are used to specify the geographical coordinate system that you are using for that worksite. It is used to parse the positioning system data stream so that the system can convert from Latitude and Longitude to Northing and Easting. Projected coordinates are used to specify the projection system for the Northing and Easting. Additionally, if the system is receiving the positioning data in northing and easting, it uses these coordinates to convert back to Latitude and Longitude for use in the overlay.

NOTE

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2. Overlay Editor

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A) Overlay Profile List – you can add new profiles, export/import, edit the name, clone or

delete a profile;

B) Tether Management System menu – toggle TMS/Cage telemetry information;

C) Insert text boxes and images;

D) Toggle the edition grid (which makes elements snap to the grid’s points), undo the

previous action (also available with the Ctrl+Z shortcut), and delete profiles;

E) ROV Telemetry menu – toggle ROV related telemetry and positioning information, turn

on/off date and time, worksite, mission, and dive information.

Drag items in the profile overlay to organize them according to your preference. You can also change the font size for each item. Select multiple item(s) with Ctrl+Click.

NOTES

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3. Video Recorder

The video recorder module is optional.

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The Video Recorder allows you to record up to four monitors directly onto the connected

SSD Disks:

A) See a list of connected monitors;

a. Configure a filename prefix for the generated recording;

b. Configure the file partitioning and the recording quality for each monitor;

c. Choose whether to record only to the Client disks, or to also store a duplicate

copy in the Black Box disks;

B) See a list of disks and their space availability;

C) See a conservative estimate for the remaining recording time left with the available

disk space;

D) Start or stop recording monitors;

E) Identify visually which monitors and disks are busy with the recording process.

The disks and their types are identified by their naming scheme:

Client disks are named “SSDC<number>” – e.g. “SSDC12”;

Black box disks are named “SSDBB<number>” – e.g. “SSDBB4”.

The Video Recorder can only record the screen of connected monitors, as they are seen. Black Box disks have automatic rotation. When needed, the system will automatically clean the next Black Box disk for recording. If there is a single Black Box disk, it will not be fully cleared – only its older recordings will be cleared.

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4. Playback

The playback module is part of the recording module.

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The Playback allows you to review the recorded videos for each camera:

See the list of available videos;

Play or pause playback;

Skip playback.

You can change which camera to play back in which of the quadrants.

Playback of the different videos is simultaneous.

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5. Media Gallery

A B

C

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A) Take a new snapshot of the selected applications;

B) Search the snapshots by file name;

C) Review the snapshots, grouped by date:

Expand or collapse a group of snapshots;

Edit the file name of a snapshot;

Open the snapshot’s image;

Open the snapshot’s containing folder and select the file.

If there is an active dive log when a snapshot is taken, an automatic log entry is added that

registers the snapshots.

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6. Dive Log

The dive log module is optional.

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The initial screen lists the Dive Logs and their details. Open a Dive Log and see its list of

Dive Log Entries.

a. Dive Logs

A) Generate a mission report for the selected mission.

a. After you select a target folder, the system generates a mission report;

b. The report is a portable HTML5 page which can be viewed in a web browser.

B) Create new Dive Log.

C) Filter Dive Logs by their worksite and mission.

D) Select a Dive Log on the list, double-click it or press the arrow button (G) to go to its

Dive Log Entry list.

E) Mark a Dive Log as the target of all new events by activating it as the current.

F) Fill and edit Dive Log details. The creation date and total time are automatically filled by

the system according to the date of the entries tagged “on deck” and “off deck”.

G) Navigation button to enter Dive Log Entries.

You can open the mission report in any browser. If you wish to copy or share the mission report, include all the files by copying the entire folder.

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b. Dive Log Entries

A) Add or delete entries.

B) List of all events identified by:

TYPE: Info, for user generated. System, Warning or Error, for automatically

generated entries;

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DESCRIPTION: To edit, click on the text or press the edit icon (pencil). Save by

pressing ENTER key or edit icon again;

TAG: Quickly highlight what the entry is related to. To add tag click on the tag area

or press the tag icon to open a list of existing tags. If no tags match your search,

pressing ENTER will create that new tag;

DATE: Automatically filled when a new entry is created. It can be edited by typing

the desired date or by pressing the date icon.

C) Filter entries list by toggling the entry type icons and tags on and off, and by keyword

on search box.

D) Add, edit and delete tags. To edit name double-click on the text or press the edit icon.

Click its color square button to change to another color.

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7. Settings

d. Telemetry

Telemetry Input Settings – Allows you to invert certain variables according to your

standard. For example, for some ROV models a negative pitch means upwards.

Ethernet Settings – Allows you to start or stop the server that receives SerialTap

(Oceaneering) telemetry and configure the IDs of the ROV and TMS.

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In the Serial configuration area, you can:

Add new source;

Rescan for new sources (only works if sources are currently streaming);

If you are using a system with multiple units in the same port, you can add a

Unit-ID under the relevant telemetry source;

You can click the “eye” button on a source to see the live feed on that

serial port.

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e. Video Feeds

These settings allow you to configure each of the video feeds.

Press Identify to show on each overlay application their respective camera name.

You can select the overlay profile for each camera.

Make sure to configure the camera’s field of view, in order to have an accurate artificial

horizon on the overlay.

If you have Pan and Tilt telemetry streaming to the system for a given camera, enable it

and specify its Camera ID.

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f. System

Here you can choose the length unit in which you are working; it will change how the

telemetry input is interpreted, and the units of any value that appears on screen.

You can also configure the time the system waits before raising a “no positioning” warning.

Choosing the Length Unit tells the system to interpret the data coming through telemetry in that unit. If you choose feet as a unit, the system will interpret 200 in depth as 200 feet.

IMPORTANT

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The Remote Supervisor

This application allows remote control of an overlay system. It works like a regular

supervisor, except for the video playback which is not available remotely.

1. Configuration

The first time the Remote Supervisor is connected, a prompt will appear. The user should

type in the network name or address of the overlay system. Make sure that both machines

are in the same network.

After typing the machine's name, you can check the connection to it by pressing the Check

button.

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a. Success

A tick mark inside a circle will appear if the Remote Supervisor can successfully connect to

the selected system.

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b. Failure

If the connection cannot be established, an X inside a circle will appear. Make sure that the

machine's name is correct and that Abyssal OS is running in said system.

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2. Application

a. Appearance

The visual appearance of the Remote Supervisor application is identical to the Abyssal OS

Supervisor, with the addition of the connected-to machine in the top left corner.

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b. Connecting to another system

To change the connection to another system simply click in the current system's name. A

prompt with the Remote Configuration modal will appear. Changing the name of the

system and pressing Connect will close and relaunch the application, connected to the new

target.

The Check functionality works as previously explained.

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The ABY telemetry format

One of the telemetry input formats accepted by the Abyssal OS is the ABY format. It is a

format developed in-house and has the following variables:

Id of type string;

Heading of type float;

Pitch of type float;

Roll of type float;

Depth of type float;

Easting of type double;

Northing of type double;

Altitude of type float;

Turns of type float;

Payout of type float;

The format of the string is:

$ABY,[Id],[Heading],[Pitch],[Roll],[Depth],[Easting],[Northing],[Altitude],[Turns],[Payout]CRLF

A sample of telemetry in this format is:

[With all fields]

$ABY,ROV002,56.4,3.4,0.3,234,67.144157409668,-125.124866485596,14.9,0.3,5.6

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[Without Altitude]

$ABY,ROV002,56.4,3.4,0.3,234,67.144157409668,-125.124866485596,,0.3,5.6

When a field has no value, no value is in the feed but the comma is still added. In the

previous example there are two commas between northing and turns – the altitude value

is missing.

Length units

The system assumes that the telemetry comes in the same units as the system is configured

to accept.

The ABY API telemetry format

The system supports a limit API for external commands. The following commands are

supported – all case insensitive:

StartRecord– starts recording all configured feeds;

StopRecord – stops all recording jobs.

The format of the string is:

$ABYAPI,[Command][optional arguments]CRLF

A sample of telemetry in this format is:

[With all fields]

$ABYAPI,StartRecord

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Troubleshooting and diagnosing problems


Some common issues can be identified and solved by following the troubleshooting

methods described below.

1. In the Camera Viewer, screen is black:

The system is OKAY. This means everything is connected properly but no video is coming.

There are 2 ways of fixing this problem:

Make sure the video provider is ON, i.e. video camera.

Make sure the cable is SDI (Serial Digital Interface) and not an analog cable.

BlackMagic only accept SDI connected to their BNC connectors.

2. In the Camera Viewer, red letters on black background read “NO VIDEO”:

The system is OKAY. However, this message only appears when there are no physical cables

connected to the system.


Connect an SDI cable with a BNC connector.

Make sure the SDI cable is connected on an input pin and not on an output pin.

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3. In Camera Viewer, “VIDEO RESOLUTION NOT SUPPORTED BY LICENCE”:

The system is OKAY. This message appears when Camera Viewer is opened on a 4K

monitor and licensee does not have a 4K license.


Request a new license that includes 4K video.

Open Camera Viewer on a monitor with a 1920x1080 resolution or lower.

4. In Camera Viewer, “NO SDI VIDEO INPUT”:

The system is in WARNING but can recover. This message appears when a monitor is open

that doesn’t have a corresponding input pin on the Capture Card.

Check if there are enough input pins for the monitors.

5. In Camera Viewer, “VIDEO INDEX ALREADY IN USE”:

The system is in WARNING but can recover. This message appears when Camera Viewer is

opened using a camera whose port is already in use.

Check if multiple Camera Viewers are open on the same monitor.

6. In the Camera Viewer, “VIDEO UNAVAILABLE”:

The system is in ERROR and can't recover. This message appears when there's no Capture

Card present on the computer and/or is damaged, or the Capture Card's drivers are not

installed. After installing the card/drivers, restart the computer.

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