The deployment frame can be adjusted to lower the coils to 20 or 40 cm above the seabed in free-fly mode, and to a height of 40 cm in tracked mode. This ability to adjust the coil and seabed separation distance facilitates more accurate tracking of buried cable products, depending on product specification and soil type. The TSS DualTrack system also includes a separate altimeter. The altimeter is mounted at the front of the vehicle to allow comparison between vehicle altitude and cable burial depth at a similar point. Two Schilling Orion extended-reach seven function rate manipulators are installed on the vehicle to provide cable cutter and cable gripper tool handling.
Facilities are available to operate spatially correspondent manipulators if required.
The cable cutter and gripper both connect to the vehicle via hydraulic hot stabs to provide easy disconnection. For cable excavation, a high-pressure water hose is available for use with the vehicle manipulators. The excavation hose is powered using a single 90 hp water pump from the jetting system to provide maximum de-burial capability. The ST200 features a unique specialized hydraulic circuit that can operate a dredge tool with the full vehicle 200 hp output. This circuit can also be used to power smaller tools if required.