Smart Mooring
Smart Mooring is the underwater extension of our Spotter buoy. It anchors Spotter to the seafloor and expands its sensing capabilities beneath the surface.
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Specification Sheets
Spotter and Smart Mooring Specification Sheet
Mooring Design
Mooring Design and Best Practices for Smart Mooring
Assembly
Attaching In-Line Buoyancy
Attaching Surface Float
Included and Recommended Mooring Hardware
Sensors and Payloads
Accessing and Interpreting Smart Mooring Data
Seafloor Placement for Sensors & Payloads
Appendix
Using an Acoustic Release for Conventional and Smart Moorings
Archive [for Smart Moorings Shipped Prior to July 2022]
Casket Mount Assembly for RBRCoda3 Sensors [version 2 and earlier - prior to July 2022]
Isolating and Checking Smart Mooring Sensor Modules [version 2 and earlier - prior to July 2022]
Servicing and Assembling Nodes [version 2 and earlier - prior to July 2022]
