Power Up Device - Omega Engineering UWTC-REC3 User Manual

4.3.1 Power Up Device

To verify that a Connector/Transmitter is working before deploying remotely, install the
battery and power it on right next to the Receiver. When the Connector/Transmitter is
powered on, the green LED (TX) will blink continuously. This indicates the
Connector/Transmitter is broadcasting its data to the Receiver on selected RF channel.
The LED will blink only when the Connector/Transmitter sends data to the Receiver. If
the Receiver is not powered on, or it's out of reach, the Connector/Transmitter will not
receive the acknowledgment packet from the Receiver and therfore to save battery
power it will go to sleep.
The sleeping period can be defined by the users via the USB port (PC Configuration
software) on the Connector/Transmitter. The Connector/Transmitter sends new data for a
short period of time after every sleep period is over, until it can establish the connection
back with the Receiver. For a list of battery life versus the transmit time, please refer to
the UWTC Connector/Transmitter manual Section 6.11.
Once the Connector/Transmitter and the Receiver start communicating, make
sure to push DIP switch # 1 located on the back of the Receiver to ON position if
success calculation and lost detection features are enabled. This will lock the
wireless settings (eg. update, transmission power) on the Receiver in case of a
power outage.
When there are two Connector/Transmitters with the same Device ID/address,
both will be transmitting data every sampling period with their LEDs blinking.
The Receiver will receive data from both Connector/Transmitters and will display
their data alternately. To avoid this please turn the Connector/Transmitter one by
one and verify that the Receiver is displaying the correct data.
Make sure the Connector/Transmitter is configured to use the same Network ID
and RF channel as the Receiver. Also, make sure receiver address for the
Connector/Transmitter is set to 0.
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