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Recent News
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Xeos proudly announces the latest mooring beacon in its product catalogue, the Kilo. True to its name, the Kilo is a subsurface beacon which can be deployed at depths of up to 1000 m, for up to 1 year. “Customers told us they needed a reliable, mid-depth beacon that was more user friendly than other products on the market. We designed the Kilo around their needs.”, says Derek Inglis, President. Those customer driven features have resulted in a small, sleek beacon with a replaceable battery pack in a pressure tested marine enclosure. The proprietary water sense circuit provides for immediate notification upon surfacing. When a surfacing event occurs, planned or otherwise, the Kilo uses GPS technology to quickly determine its location at the surface and transmits that position using the latest Iridium transceiver, the 9602. Optionally, the Kilo’s notification function can be activated upon tilt.
Once on the surface and transmitting, the battery pack will provide up to 90 days of data even after a yearlong deployment. The two way nature of the Iridium transceiver allows the user to reprogram the frequency of the notifications thereby making it easier to retrieve or extend the life of the battery.
One of the features most appreciated by beta testers has been the customer replaceable battery pack. The integrated AA battery pack is housed inside the sealed enclosure but careful engineering has provided for the customer to open the housing, replace the batteries, and still be ensured of a watertight seal to 1000m. For more information or customer testimonials contact Darren at Darren@xeostech.com.
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Surrey based Planet Ocean Ltd, recently announced it has been chosen to supply the surface strobe beacon for the latest version of the National Oceanography Centre’s, deep diving, autonomous underwater vehicle Autosub Long Range (ALR) . ALR is an ultra-low power vehicle achieving an unparalleled operational endurance whilst being capable of diving to 6000m, and even hibernating for periods at sea.
Planet Ocean has supplied a XEOS Technologies XMF-7500 solid state strobe beacon for fitting into the tailfin of the new long range vehicle. Its small size (30% smaller and lighter than alternatives) makes it ideal for this application.
The super-bright LED provides unparalleled visibility in even the worst conditions. Operating at depths of up to 7500 m, the XMF-7500 is significantly smaller and lighter than other flashers meaning easier storage and installation without any sacrifice in performance or operational visibility. User selectable flash patterns and repetition rates together with a no moving parts capacitance activation system make this a very useable device for a variety of marking applications, search and rescue, ROV's AUV's etc.
The XMF-7500 is also available with a remote flasher head and in a shallow, 1000m version. The XMF-7500 is a member of the new “micro family” of beacons including devices for ARGOS & VHF location monitoring. XEOS Technologies also manufacture surface and sub-surface mooring beacons using the Iridium satellite system.
For further information please contact Graham Sloane Email: graham@planet-ocean.co.uk Tel: +44 (0)845 108 1457 or visit: http://www.planet-ocean.co.uk/XEOS
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Xeos Technologies Inc. is pleased to announce that its Hammerhead Argos transmitter has recently been certified by CLS in Toulouse, France. The new Hammerhead Argos transmitter is a fully functional, stand alone PTT transmitter weighing only 4 grams that can be integrated into a variety of different packages in order to send user data and gather Doppler based position information. The Hammerhead has very low power consumption allowing for extended deployment times and includes a custom designed power amplifier that is capable of operating under a wide voltage range and allows for imperfect antenna loads.
The Hammerhead is a welcome edition to a growing list of telemetry equipment offered by Xeos Technologies Inc. For more information please visit www.xeostech.com or contact Darren Penney to discuss your telemetry requirements.
Darren E. Penney
Xeos Technologies Inc.
2 Bluewater Road
Bedford, Nova Scotia
Canada B4B1G7
Phone - 902-444-7650
Fax - 902-444-7651
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Xeos Technologies has been awarded a contract to develop a prototype Archival Tag suitable for determining mortallity of Pelagic species after release. The Survivor Tag is being developed for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and will be available in 2007. The Survivor Tag will be a miniture transmitter capable of measuring animal movement over a one month period.
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Xeos Technologies Inc. is pleased to announce that they have been awarded a contract by the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) to develop an Iridium satellite based monitor for remote seismic recording stations. The remote monitor will make use of Iridium’s Short Burst Data services as well as Circuit Switched data services to transmit state of health messages and samples of geological events in real time. Xeos will work closely with the PASSCAL Instrument Center located on the New Mexico Tech campus in Socorro, New Mexico to deliver monitors suited for deployment in the challenging environment of Antarctica.
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The Upper Ocean Process Group at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have awarded a contract to Xeos Technologies to provide an Iridium Short Burst Data (SBD) solution for their Air-Sea Interaction METeorology (ASIMET) System. ASIMET is a sophisticated moored surface buoy and requires a self-contained Iridium/GPS monitor to provide emergency position location data and internally record GPS positions. -
Xeos Technologies are very pleased to announce they have been selected as an Authorized Star-Oddi Distributor. Founded in Iceland in 1985, Star-Oddi has become recognized as one of the world´s leading manufacturer of technology for researches on the oceans and its living resources. Star-Oddi offers a wide range of products such as temperature and depth loggers, and their famous, inexpensive small salinity data logger known for its small size, accuracy and reliability to state of the art underwater tagging equipment.
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Xeos Technologies are very pleased to announce that they have been selected as an Authorized Vaisala Distributor. Vaisala develops, manufactures and markets products and services for environmental and industrial measurement. Vaisala's competitiveness in environmental measurement is based on premium value products. The company is the global market leader in many of its core businesses.
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Xeos Technologies are pleased to announce that the Alfred Wegner Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven, Germany, have selected Xeos to manufacture an Argos satellite-based transmitter to recover health status messages and position location information from remote polar seismic stations. The XA-100 transmitter will interface directly to the RefTek130 Broadband Seismic Recorder.
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Xeos Technologies Inc. is pleased to announce that they have been awarded a contract by the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) to deliver 20 XI-100 Iridium monitors. The remote monitor will make use of Iridium’s Short Burst Data services as well as Circuit Switched data services to transmit state of health messages and samples of geological events in real time. Xeos will work closely with the PASSCAL Instrument Center located on the New Mexico Tech campus in Socorro, New Mexico to deliver monitors suited for deployment in the challenging environment of Antarctica.