Summary of Software Features
The IPS software operates on a Windows compatible PC (XP or Vista 32 bit and Windows 7 32 and 64 bit, 600 x 800 graphics) with at least one hundred and twenty eight (128) MB RAM. The PC allows for easy handling of the ship's and target’s positional data, and also provides a graphic display of the data as it is collected. The data may then be stored to a disk and reloaded at any time into the IPS program for review or for additional printouts. In addition, the software also allows for the following:
1. Searching through the currently displayed data and/or through any data file loaded into the system WITHOUT the loss of any incoming data. All meaningful mission data is saved in an IPS data file. This data can be filtered using any of the filtering algorithms available in the filtering menu. See MENU BAR-> File Menu for information on saving and loading data from previous missions, and MENU BAR -> for information on filtering data.
2. Shifting the current viewing window to center on any target.
3. Scaling of the current area being displayed. If Latitude/Longitude has been selected for the graphical display the available display units are units of nm, meters, yards or feet. If UTM has been selected for the graphical display the only display units allowed are meters. The text position display can be set to either UTM or Latitude\Longitude regardless of the graphical display setting. See MENU BAR -> Display Settings for information on scaling the area currently displayed.
4. Navigation of the support ship or a submerged target relative to any target, beacon, or a specified location (latitude/longitude).
5. Output of a submerged target position in a variety of NMEA and other formats suitable for interfacing with other data acquisition and plotting systems. In addition the Horita Titler may be used to provide video text overlay in real time. Please see the Serial Out Command and Technical Support Contacts sections in this manual for more information.
6. Export of all ship and ORE target position data currently in memory in many common formats such as National Marine Electronic Association (NMEA) format, IPS format and GIS formats like KML and SHP. Please see the section Text/NMEA Export data and GIS/Image Export for more information.