Ultralink to Ultrawire Crossover (XTU)
The XTU is an intelligent bridge between the Ultrawire™ toolbus and Ultralink™ telemetry system; acting as both a communications interface and a programmable logging controller.
In its capacity as a logging controller, the XTU polls each tool in the toolstring for its data packet, assembling all packets into data frames for transmission to the surface acquisition system. By default, the polling program is automatically generated and executed by the XTU, making logging a very simple process. The polling program can be modified by the logging engineer.
Features & Benefits
- Automatic "plug and play" configuration and start-up
- Selectable Ultralink™ bit rate to suit varying demands & conditions
- Detailed toolbus error detection and logging to facilitate fault finding
- Facility to monitor the head voltage and internal temperature of the XTU
- Automatic transmission of the toolstring configuration to the surface system
- Automatic downlink failure detection triggers reversion to default bit rate
- Automatic generation of a default polling program that enables all the identified tools to share the available bandwidth on the wireline