DiveTrack
Overview
Keep Your Divers Safe and Connected with DiveTrack
Transform your dive operations with our pioneering portable diver tracking and safety system. Designed with your team in mind – DiveTrack delivers the performance and reliability you need with the simplicity you want.
Do you want to know where your divers are and how they are performing? DiveTrack has got you covered! Designed with simplicity and ease of use in mind, DiveTrack’s excellent performance and reliability will enable your dive team to stay safe and informed.
Revolutionary technology at your service
Key advantages for your operations
- Real-time tracking and communication with your dive teams
- Intuitive operation – no acoustic expertise needed
- Seamless integration with industry-leading dive computers and rebreathers from Shearwater Research and JFD
- Quick deployment from dockside or RHIB with our simple deployment kit
- Unrestricted by export controls
Our breakthrough digital signal architecture delivers you:
- Superior performance in challenging shallow water environments
- Extended range capability for long-distance dive profiles
- Simultaneous tracking of all divers
- Intelligent acoustic management
- Real-time updates through our intuitive interface
DiveTrack testing with Shearwater
Built for real-world performance
DiveTrack gives you complete visibility of your dive operations. Building on our expertise in USBL and telemetry systems, we’re helping you push the boundaries of what’s possible in diver training and operations – all from just two rugged, easily portable, Peli cases.
Your complete solution includes:
Compact command unit housed in an IP-67 rated Peli case featuring:
- Up to 10 hours of battery life
- Integrated USBL positioning
- 10-metre cable
- Wi-Fi connectivity
- GNSS heading for calibration-free setup
- Space for your laptop or tablet
Intelligent charging station in a second Peli case:
- Charges up to 8 DiveTrack transponders
- Secure transport configuration
- Automatic ‘safe flight mode’ when stored
- 10+ hours of operational endurance per transponder
- Universal connector system for various dive computers
Working with industry leaders for the perfect setup
- The Sonardyne solution
- Shearwater integration
- JFD compatibility
The Sonardyne solution
Your rugged, rapidly deployable DiveTrack system arrives ready to go for you to get your divers in the water fast. Whether it’s from vessels or shore, all it needs is a laptop or tablet to connect to and you’re ready to dive in.
To further enhance its capabilities, extend your missions and increase the amount of information you can transmit and receive, we have worked closely with leading diving industry partners to integrate DiveTrack with their products and to give you several options in terms of performance and functionality.
Shearwater integration
We’ve collaborated with Shearwater to bring you enhanced capabilities through integration with their Petrel 2 and DiveCAN systems. This enables you to:
• Monitor crucial dive parameters in real-time
• Guide divers with dynamic navigation updates
• Enable two-way safety communication
• Coordinate team movements efficiently
• Track tank pressures
• Send recall signals
• Update mission parameters
JFD compatibility
Our work in partnership with JFD has given you the ability to take your military spec Stealth and Shadow rebreather operations further to give you:
• Real-time monitoring of vital diver metrics including average PO2, diluent and O2 pressure
• Instant system alerts and warnings
• Comprehensive system integration
• Extended capabilities for tactical diving vehicles
• Compatibility with JFD’s diver health monitoring systems
• Tank pressure levels
• Depth readings
Performance
• Up to 5% slant range
• 8 targets tracked simultaneously
• >1500 m max tracking range
• >10 hours battery life
Design
• Portable, rugged
• Simple to connect and deploy
• Easy to use, training available if required
• Developed with divers, for divers
Ownership
• Warranty: 1 year return to Sonardyne service centre
• ITAR Controlled: No
• UK Export License: Not required
• Configure a system including DiveTrack command unit, transponder transport box with 4/8 transponders, buoy/vessel deployment kit, tablet
Acoustic
• MF frequency (20-28 kHz)
• Uniquely addressed transponders for ease of use
• Digital signal architecture for high-level shallow water performance
• Omni-directional tracking and data exchange
Specifications
| Feature | DiveTrack Transceiver | DiveTrack Transponder |
|---|---|---|
| Operating range | >1,500 m | >1,500 m |
| Depth rating | n/a | 100 m |
| Frequency band | MF (20-28 kHz) | MF (20-28 kHz) |
| Transducer beam shape | Omni-directional ±130º | Omni-directional ±130º |
| Source level (re 1 µPa @ 1 m) | 181 dB | 181 dB |
| Range precision | Better than 15 mm | Better than 15 mm |
| Position accuracy | 3-5% slant range | n/a |
| Communication interface | Ethernet/Wi-Fi | RS232/CANbus |
| Depth sensor | n/a | 10 bar abs ±0.7% full scale |
| Power supply | 12/24 V dc & 115/230 V ac | 12/24 V dc |
| Power consumption – charging | ~30 W | ~6 W |
| Battery life – Quiescent listening | n/a | >3 days |
| Battery life – at DiveTrack ping rate | >10 hours | >10 hours |
| External connections | Bulgin 6000 series | Subconn MCIL8M |
| Mechanical construction | Polymer & Stainless Steel | Polymer |
| Operating temperature | -15 to 50°C | -30 to 50°C |
| Storage temperature | -30 to 55°C | 30 to 55°C |
| Dimensions (length x width x depth) | 177 x 106 x 106 mm | 192 x 55 x 55 mm |
| Weight in air/water | 1.84/0.99 kg | 584/162 g |
| Peli case dimensions (length x width x depth) | 524 x 428 x 206 mm | 524 x 428 x 206 mm |
| Peli case weight in air | 13 kg | 13 kg |
