Olex - Basic System plus AIS and Bottom Hardness

Olex Bathymetric Chartplotter - Basic System plus AIS and Bottom Hardness

Basic system includes:
Olex PC w/ rollerball, CD-Rom, Floppy Drive, Keyboard.  Linux based system.

Additional Modules included:
OLEX-AIS software module
OLEX-HT software module

External requirement:
Input from GPS (NMEA - GGA)
Input from AIS Receiver or Transceiver (NMEA)
Requires connection to either a Simrad ES60 Sounder or a WASSP Multibeam Sounder System (Ethernet)
110/220 VAC

The Olex 3D Chart system provides a unique combination of navigation, fishery plotting and seafloor mapping.  Leave your Windows headaches behind!  This Linux-based plotter system solves many of the common problems found in Window-based software.

By using data from a ship's own Echosounder and GPS, the Olex system collects real-time data about the seafloor, building into a realistic seafloor view.

The AIS module lets the Olex display all of the AIS parameters - Course - Speed - Vessel Name - Etc.  The Olex then displays the AIS information in conjunction with your position to alert you to any vessels crossing your heading.

The HT module allows you to map and display bottom hardness information.  This requires either a Simrad ES60 or a WASSP multibeam system.  The bottom hardness is displayed with a number rating from 0, very soft, to 100, very hard.  Additionally there is a color scale that can be manipulated to give you the scale appropriate to your applications.  This has been used very successfully by several Dungeoness Crab fishermen!

Olex has both 3D and 2D Modes allowing for a clear understanding of the topography of the area. The excellent 3D view gives a detailed picture of a particular area. Several 2D modes such as relief, depth contour and bottom zoom, highlight both flat and complex terrain. Olex also has a special function which shows 2D profiles along transects of choice.

Combined with the excellent seafloor mapping, Olex is also an extremely powerful plotter. It is extremely easy to store marks, comments, track lines and areas. Track lines can be coloured to allow for easy recognition. Plotter data is organised into plot layers, which are individually named, making it very easy to distinguish between different types of data.

Olex allows chart data, seafloor data, plotter objects and radar targets to be brought together in a single easily read display.
Features:

•     Effortless vector chart handling
•     Fast and smooth zooming and chart rotation
•     Easy route planning and editing
•     Tracking and naming of radar targets
•     Autopilot interface for computerised sailing
•     Depth and elevations in meters, fathoms or feet.
•     Automatic tide correction
•     Animated lights and sectors
•     Shows previous depth sounding for safer navigation
•     All trips stored for future reuse
•     Water temperature logging
•     Connects to GPS, Echosounder, Gyro, Radar (ARPA), Temperature Sensor, Heading Sensor, Autopilot
•     Display received AIS targets
•     Record and Display Bottom Hardness (requires a Simrad ES60 sounder or WASSP multibeam system)