Smart-X - New Standard In Real Time Instruments

Like all other X-Series instruments, the Smart-X uses Xchange field-swappable sensors, now available for Conductivity, Sound Velocity, Temperature, and Pressure. This means that sensor-heads can be shared with other instruments, regardless of instrument size or type. Total flexibility – of instrument model, of sensor type, and of sensor range – ensure that the right instrument is always available.

Field-swappable sensors also streamline recalibration: instead of sending the entire instrument back to a recalibration centre, calibrated sensor-heads can be sent to the instrument. Changing sensors is easy: simply unscrew one sensor-head and replace it with another.

The Smart-X offers high-speed 25Hz sampling, ensuring excellent data resolution. Designed for AUV or ROV work, the Smart-X equipped with a sound velocity sensor is also appropriate for sea surface sound velocity measurement for multi-beam systems. The instrument is available in 1 or 3 sensor configurations; form factor and functionality vary slightly between the two.

• Greater return on investment: Each instrument can multi-task as CTD or SVTP, at multiple pressure ranges, assuring greater usage.
• Right instrument always ready: Calibrated sensors are shared amongst all X-Series instruments, ensuring that the right instrument is always field-ready.
• Reduced downtime: Recalibrated sensors sent to the instrument means the instrument never leaves the field for recalibration.
• Reduction in transport and logistics costs: Instruments can be recalibrated without return to a calibration centre.
• Greater system redundancy: Mobility of sensor-heads and modularity of instruments minimizes the risk of downtime on the vessel.
• Streamlined management: Less time spent administering instrument recalibration and certification requirements.

• Each Xchange sensor-head includes its own embedded calibration
• Sensors exchange easily without use of speciality tools
• Swap any sensor with another sensor of its own kind, regardless of range
• Exchange conductivity with sound velocity, regardless of range
• Exchange pressure with temperature, regardless of range

Electrical:

• Up to 25 scans per second
• Factory Set RS232 or RS485
• Externally Powered 8-26 VDC

Mechanical:

• Housing: Delrin to 500 m or Titanium to 10,000 m
• Size: Single Sensor Configuration: 46 mm (1.8”) diameter x 308 mm (12.2”) OAL (same form fit as earlier versions of Smart instruments Multi- Sensor Configuration: Sensor Cage 70 mm (2.75”) diameter, Body 46 mm (1.8”) diameter, OAL 420 mm (16.5”).
• Connectors: Micro 6, Female
• Environmental Storage: -40oC to 60oC
• Environmental Usage: -20oC to 45oC

Sampling Modes:

• User configurable (by time, by pressure, by sound speed)