Quick Start

Guide

DELPH INS
NAVIGATION & POSITIONING
CONVENTIONS

The following conventions are used in this guide:

 The  symbol leads you through nested menu items and/or dialog box options to a final action.
Example:
Tools  Export... means “Select Export... option from the Tools pull down menu”.

bold Bold text is used for items you must select or click in the software.
It is also used for the field names used in the dialog boxes.

Courier Text in this font denotes text or characters that you should enter from the keyboard, the proper names
of disk Drives, paths, directories, programs, functions, file names and extensions.

italic Italic text indicates the result of an action in the procedures.

RECOMMENDED PC CONFIGURATION FOR DELPH INS SOFTWARE

The minimum PC configuration must be:

• An Intel Pentium® IV or faster CPU running on a Microsoft® Windows®-based computer (Windows XP SP2,
Windows Vista or Windows 7)
• 1 GB of RAM (excluding the memory required by your operating system)
• 50 MB hard drive space
• Enough storage space to hold all data

INSTALLATION

Insert DELPH INS CD-ROM and follow the procedure to install the software.

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Starting a new project

Step 1: Launch DELPH INS

Double click on .
DELPH INS window opens.

Step 2: Select data files

In the Create new project window,
select your input files:
• Post-processing data file
• INS configuration file
• Optional additional file
Enter the name of your project and select
the storage folder.
Click on OK to create the project.

Step 3: Convert the input file

When the input data file is an INS post-processing data
file, the Import data window opens to convert the input file
to the DELPH INS input data file format (.xpf).
Enter the date of the survey and then click on Start
to begin the conversion process.

Step 4: Browse the project contents

At the end of the conversion, the project
contents are displayed in the Processing
panel.

The Variables panel shows the contents

of the data files for each sensor.

To display graphically the data, drag a

dataset from the Variables panel and
drop it into the display area of the
main window.

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Step Action

1 Launch DELPH INS

Double click on .
The DELPH INS window opens.

2 Select data files

Browse and select the input data file and the configuration file using the button .
The post-processing data file can be either an INS post-processing data file directly output by the INS or
a DELPH INS input data file (.xpf).
The INS configuration file is not mandatory but it helps to initialize the project with all the INS settings
(lever arms, misalignments...).
An optional additional file may be selected in order to add data from an external sensor (GPS,
synchronized output).

3 Convert the input file

When the input file is a post-processing data file logged from the INS, the Import data window
automatically opens to convert the file to the DELPH INS input data file format (.xpf). Enter the date of
your survey and then click on Start to begin the conversion process.

4 Browse the project contents

At the end of the conversion, click on the OK button.
Note that the INS configuration file field has been automatically filled in with a file name where all
configuration information (lever arm, misalignment …) logged during the survey has been written.
The Processing panel and the Variables panel display the contents of the project.
The Processing panel displays the settings of the processing; the Variables panel displays available data
from all channels of the data files. The contents of the variables panel are updated automatically when
new data becomes available.
To display values in a graphic, drag and drop an item from the Variables panel into the Time view of the
main window.

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Post-processing data
Step 1: Select the processing parameters
Processing parameters can be updated in the Processing panel:
• The Algorithm to use
• The time frame of the processing (From and To)
• The Survey mode
• The Position in the Initial conditions
• The Current modeling characteristics
• The Atmospheric pressure
• The Water Density

Step 2:
Step 2: Update the INS parameters
If necessary the INS settings can be edited in the Processing panel:
• Rough misalignment
• Fine misalignment
• Vehicle center of gravity lever arm

Step 3:
Step 3: Add and configure a sensor
- In the Processing Parameters menu, click on Add Aiding Sensor.
- Use the context menu of the Processing panel.
The sensor settings are displayed in the Processing panel
and can be updated at anytime.

Step4:4: Start the processing

Step
To start the processing, click on the Start
button in the ribbon.

The processing is performed as a background

task. Notifications (informations, warnings or
errors) are displayed in the Output panel.

The completion status of the processing is

displayed in the progress bar.

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Step Action

1 Select the processing parameters

To enter a value in the Processing panel, click on the line to be edited then click a second time to open
the editing mode. To save the modifications, press [ENTER], to cancel the modifications press [ESC].
Using the keyboard, you can use [UP] and [DOWN] arrows to navigate between the fields and press [F2]
to open the editing mode.
INS processing parameters are initialized from the configuration file (if provided) and the data file.
To enter the reference position you can enter the latitude and longitude using different notations:
• Decimal degrees: 43.508 N
• Degrees, minutes: 43°30.5 N
• Degrees, minutes, seconds: 43°30’30.0 N
To enter an altitude you can also use several units:
• Meters: 2.3 m
• Centimeters: 230 cm
• Foot: 7.546 ft

Select the ► Settings menu to change the default settings to display values in the Processing panel.

2 Update the INS configuration

The INS configuration is loaded from the configuration file when available. Please refer to the INS User
Manual for precise details on these parameters.
You may edit the Rough and Fine misalignment as well as the Vehicle center of gravity lever arm.

3 Add and configure a sensor

Sensors are extracted from the configuration file when available. To add a new sensor, two options:
• In the Processing Parameters menu, click on Add aiding sensor
• Use the context menu from the Processing panel and select Add aiding sensor
Available sensors are: GPS, DVL, DEPTH sensor, RANGE meter, USBL and EM Log.

4 Start the processing

Click on the Start button in the ribbon to start the processing. If the processing parameters are not
correct, a message is displayed and the parameters appear in red in the Processing panel. To start the
processing all the parameters must appear in blue.
The processing runs as a background process. Information is displayed in the Output panel and the
progress of the processing is displayed in the right part of the status bar.
Click on the Stop button in the ribbon to abort the processing.

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Exporting data using a user defined template
Step 1: Select the variables to export
Right click on the variable to export in the Variables panel.
Select Export using a defined template.
A window opens.

2: Select the source file to export

Step 1:
The file to export is automatically selected.
You can change it using the Browse button
in the Source field.

Step 1:
3: Select the target file name
Enter the destination file name
in the Target field.

Step 4:
Step 4: Select the period
1:
Enter the Period data.
To export all the data, keep these fields empty.

Step 5:
Step 4:
1: Select the template
Select the template file to be used (.popudt) to format the
target file. Depending on the contents of the template,
additional parameters may be needed.

5: Start the export

1:
Step 6:
Click on Start to launch the process
At the end of the process, the result file
can be automatically opened and the
dialog box closed.

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Step Action

1 Select the variable to export.

In the Variables panel, right click on the variable to export.
Select Export using a user defined template option.
The Export data window opens.

2 Select the source file to export.

Click on the Source field to activate the source file. Click on .
Select the file to export in the dialog box that opens.

3 Select the target file name.

Enter the name of the destination file in the Target field. Click on . to browse and select a folder.

4 Select the period.

Enter the Period data.
To export all the data, keep these fields empty.

5 Select the template.

Some template files (.popudt) are available in the Templates sub-folder of the installation directory (e.g.
C:\Program Files (x86)\iXBlue\DELPH INS Subsea\Templates).
You can create new templates files using a text editor (we recommend to use Notepad++ or any XML
enabled editor). Refer to the user manual of DELPH INS to get the reference information about the syntax
of user defined template files.

6 Start the export.

Click on Start.
The export process starts and its status is indicated by the export progress bar..

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