Trisponder dataprinter

10284 type data printer for use with Autocarta II Plotting and processing system (ZBA5032) or for Trisponder Pulse/8 (ZBA5036-8), by Decca Survey Systems. It provides a hard-copy record of position correlated with time, an event number and four digits of auxillary information. Fix printouts are generated either automatically at three selectable intervals, manually upon demand or by an external closure. External equipment can be triggered at each printout.

Object has an LCD clock display and an LCD event display, an on/off switch, paper advance button and event set button with up or down options. The demand button is connected to an event dial with settings of ten minutes, one minunte and ten seconds. There is a rate dial, a clock set button and a hold/run button. The object fascia has sockets for: power, DMU in, aux in, event out, remote demand. There is also a paper roll window, with some printer paper still contained in the object.

Object Details

ID: ZBA5033
Collection: Oceanography
Type: Trisponder dataprinter
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Racal-Decca Survey Inc.
Places: London
Date made: 1984
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 215 mm x 355 mm x 330 mm
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