marcos-seafloor/wayfinder

Python driver for communication with a Teledyne Marine Wayfinder DVL

Wayfinder Python Driver

Python driver for communication with a Wayfinder DVL

Contents

• What is a Wayfinder?
• Documentation
• Sample code
• Installation
• Integration
• Requirements
• Usage
• Links
• Contact

What is a Wayfinder?

The Wayfinder Doppler Velocity Log (DVL) is an underwater sensor that has been designed to provide Doppler navigation capability for micro vehicles, which are often constrained by stringent size, weight and budget limitations.

Documentation

• Full documentation for the product is available here

• Full documentation for the driver is available here

Sample code

Samples of how to use the driver can be found in the examples directory

Installation

To install the dvl module, cd to the dvl directory and use pip

$ pip install .

Integration

Examples of code used for specific vehicle integration can be found in the integration directory

Requirements

• Python 3.6 or later

• pip 20.0 or later

• pyserial 3.4 or later

• numpy

Usage

To connect to the Wayfinder DVL and then retrieve the setup and print it:

from dvl.dvl import Dvl

with Dvl() as DVL:

    # Connect to serial port on COM1
    if DVL.connect("COM1"):

        # Get user system setup
        if DVL.get_setup():

            # Print setup 
            print (DVL.system_setup)

Links

Wayfinder Store

Contact

Telephone: [phone]
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.teledynemarine.com/rdi/support

License

Copyright 2020 Teledyne Marine Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.