Project Deliverables & Milestones

A: Dec. 31, 2005

• Project web site established.
• Project staff hired.
• Consultation with other projects (LOOKING, MBARI) on specifications completed.
• High definition video camera selected.
• Hardware for video transmission over fibre selected.
• Web services software development plan completed.
• User interface testing using mock-up interfaces completed.
• Underwater vehicle modification specifications completed.
• Underwater component deployment plan completed.

B: Mar. 31, 2006

• Existing McGill transmission software replicated in WSDL/SOAP.
• Plan for UCLP software test (CRC v.s. UQAM) completed.
• Low-fidelity camera-control interface prototype testing completed.
• Integration of security/authorization for camera access completed.
• Underwater camera housing specifications completed and manufacturer selected.
• Connector and tether mounting specifications completed.
• Design of tether management system completed.
• Design of underwater camera support system completed.

C: June 30, 2006

• Web Services software alpha test completed.
• Web services implementation testing on lab cameras completed.
• User interface testing for session initiation and control completed.
• Camera-control user interface completed.
• Plan completed for incorporating bio-fouling shutter if necessary.
• Plan completed for incorporating illumination if necessary.
• Underwater pan/tilt specifications completed.

C: Sept. 30, 2006

• Web Services software beta test and revisions completed.
• Report on UCLP software test (CRC v.s. UQAM) for ease of use, etc.
• Report on video quality, network performance, and accuracy and response time of camera control.
• User interface for session initiation and control completed.
• Incorporation of sensor display in user interface completed.
• Web services management of sensor data communication completed.
• Camera housing completed.
• Underwater pan/tilt completed.
• Camera housing mated to vehicle and tested.
• Camera assembly attached to VENUS node.

D: Dec. 31, 2006

• Independent evaluation - report involving feedback from test users of system.
• HCI analysis and interface tuning completed.
• Final revisions of software as a result of feedback from test users completed.
• Data stream format for NEPTUNE integration specified.
• Camera assembly performance tests completed.
• Any necessary modifications of camera assembly completed.
• Demonstrations for sponsors and the press completed.
• Final project report completed.