Elapsed time after most recent surfacing when vehicle will begin to ascend to the surface again. The timing is actually based on the variable Universal:time_fix instead of the variable Universal:platform_communications because the latter is not toggled until the message queue is clear. As a result, there are situations where the vehicle might dive for the first half of a yo, then return to the surface to continue communications, rendering the communications timeout useless. When adjusting this parameter, do not use "set", use Assign in a mission, or set NeedComms:DiveInterval from the command line. 3 Extra time to wait for the vehicle to pitch up (avoid truncating a yo). 10 Pitch to maintain while ascending 20 Depth rate to maintain while ascending. Set to NaN if using pitch NaN Standard speed during surfacing. Don't reduce this too much below 1 m/s -- the elevators can stall. (At 0.5 m/s, we have observed evidence of stall in the past.) 1 The maximum time allowed for the ascent to surface. 1000 Maximum amount of time to spend trying to get each GPS fix. 7 Maximum amount of time to spend on the surface trying to communicate before giving up, getting another GPS fix, and diving again. 30 0 last time_fix was: first GPS update timeout Comms timed out after minutes second GPS update timeout