Command and Data System for an Undersea Dredge

• Main Author: Linders, Thomas E.
• Other Authors: Lockheed Missiles & Space Co.
• Language: en_US
• Published: International Foundation for Telemetering 1975
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/609252; http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/609252

International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 14-16, 1975 / Sheraton Inn, Silver Spring, Maryland === By the use of commercial equipment whose original purpose was to provide alarm monitoring (fire and burglar) over telephone lines, a command and data system was constructed to control an undersea dredge. The system was designed around the Larse Corporation Data Communicators (trademark), and only a PAM multiplexer and a digital demultiplexer were added to make the system perform. The system requirements were analyzed, and only after the candidate design was agreed upon were the ideas put to paper. The system was designed in modules, with the various components grouped according to their function, to simplify interconnecting and test/checkout. The system has performed well, no component failures have occurred to date, and all data and command functions have worked as expected.