Neptus Operator Manual

LSTS – Underwater Systems and Technology Laboratory

Universidade do Porto – Faculdade de Engenharia (FEUP)

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4200-465 Porto, Portugal

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• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. Conceptual Software Design
  • 1.2. About this Document
    • 1.2.1. Document Structure
    • 1.2.2. Iconography Used in this Document
• 2. Installing Neptus
  • 2.1. Minimum Requirements
  • 2.2. Installing
    • 2.2.1. Installing and Running Neptus Under Windows
    • 2.2.2. Installing and Running Neptus Under Linux
• 3. Quickstart
• 4. Essential Information
  • 4.1. Getting Systems to Communicate
    • 4.1.1. Announce
    • 4.1.2. Connections
  • 4.2. Operators Interfaces
  • 4.3. Core Concepts
    • 4.3.1. World Map vs. Mission Map
    • 4.3.2. Maneuver and Plan
    • 4.3.3. Mission
    • 4.3.4. Mission Life-cycle
    • 4.3.5. Log
    • 4.3.6. Vehicle Parameters/Configurations
• 5. LAUV Console
  • 5.1. Main Vehicle
  • 5.2. Console Central Panel
  • 5.3. Menu Bar
    • 5.3.1. Settings
  • 5.4. Bottom Bar
• 6. Mission Revision and Analysis
  • 6.1. Menu Bar
  • 6.2. Visualizations/Messages Tabs
    • 6.2.1. Visualizations Tree
    • 6.2.2. Messages Tab
  • 6.3. Display Panel
• 7. Operating Instructions
  • 7.1. Create Mission
  • 7.2. Create Plan
  • 7.3. Execute Plan
  • 7.4. Download Log from Console
  • 7.5. Inspect Log from Mission Review and Analysis (MRA)
  • 7.6. Connecting Neptus to a Vehicle
• 8. Neptus Elements
  • 8.1. Neptus Locations
    • 8.1.1. Location Parameters
    • 8.1.2. Clipboard operations
  • 8.2. Map Panel
    • 8.2.1. World Overlay
    • 8.2.2. Editing the Map
  • 8.3. Maneuvers
    • 8.3.1. Goto
    • 8.3.2. Loiter
    • 8.3.3. Station Keeping
    • 8.3.4. Rows
    • 8.3.5. RI Pattern
    • 8.3.6. Cross Hatch Pattern
    • 8.3.7. Follow Path and Follow Trajectory
    • 8.3.8. Elevator
  • 8.4. Console Components
    • 8.4.1. Settings
    • 8.4.2. Abort Button
    • 8.4.3. Chronometer
    • 8.4.4. Command Planner
    • 8.4.5. Contact Marker
    • 8.4.6. Entity State Panel
    • 8.4.7. GPS Panel
    • 8.4.8. Log Preview
    • 8.4.9. Logs Downloader
    • 8.4.10. Main Vehicle Selector
    • 8.4.11. Mission Tree
    • 8.4.12. My Location
    • 8.4.13. Notifications
    • 8.4.14. Plan Control
    • 8.4.15. Plan Control State
    • 8.4.16. Plan Editor
    • 8.4.17. LogBook History
    • 8.4.18. Simulation Utilities
    • 8.4.19. Systems Configuration
    • 8.4.20. Systems List
  • 8.5. MRA Components
    • 8.5.1. Mission Replay
    • 8.5.2. Logbook Visualization
    • 8.5.3. Photo Visualization
    • 8.5.4. Sidescan Analyzer
    • 8.5.5. Table Visualization
    • 8.5.6. Time-series Plots
• 9. Troubleshooting
  • 9.1. Cannot change the main vehicle because I don’t see it on the vehicle combo
• 10. Glossary