FORWARD Congratulations and thank you for purchasing the ACR FPR-20. The combination of superior design, high quality raw materials and quality controlled manufacturing produce a product that will perform for years to come. The Test Facility at ACR can reproduce some of the harshest environmental conditions known to man.
SECTION 1 - OVERVIEW FPR-20 The FPR-20 (Field Programmer Reader – 20) is designed to be both a re-programming and verification tool for the ACR AquaFix, TerraFix, and AeroFix 406 PLB-200/201. The FPR-20 consists of an adapter jack, a cable, programming head, programming plug adapter and the FPR-20 application software installed on a PC (PC not supplied, see figure 7).
If your beacon flashes two green LED’s, the test has been successfully completed. If you encounter only the initial green LED flash alone, your beacon has failed the self test, please contact ACR Electronics or an authorized Battery Replacement Center for servicing of your beacon.
• 1 available serial port. • Printer (optional) SECTION 4 – INSTALLING THE FPR-20 SOFTWARE Downloading FPR-20 Software The FPR-20 software may be downloaded from the web at http://www.acrelectronics.com/download.html 1) Click on the fpr20.zip file. 2) A file download window will pop up, select Save. 3) A Save As window will pop up, select a folder on your C drive to save this zip file.
3) Type or browse to the correct drive. For example if a CD is used, select browse, select your CD-ROM drive, select the file setup.exe and press ENTER and follow the installation instructions. a. Alternatively, use the file manager or Windows Explorer to find the setup.exe file on the CD, Double click on setup.exe, and follow the installation instructions.
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3. Choose the Country you wish to program into the beacon by either typing the first initial of the name of the Country or scrolling to the Country. You may scroll with the mouse or the scroll buttons. Once you have selected the Country, click the mouse or press Enter on the desired Country.
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8. Enter the User Name, if desired. It will appear on the label as entered. 9. Under the CONTROL section, Press the Program Control Button. The program data will be generated and displayed including the HEX ID. All of the information entered and used to make the message can be observed and verified prior to programming the beacon.
the message that will be transmitted by the beacon. When done viewing the message, click the Program Setup button to navigate back to the main menu. 5. If the memory read is not completed in approximately fifteen seconds, the read will time out.
Programming Head Programming Plug Adapter GPS I or I/O Switch LED’s Figure 6 - Programming Head Positioned on top of Beacon (PLB-200) Y1-03-0181 Rev. A...