The Vertex Lite Collar With Integrated Uhf Id-Tag - Vectronic Aerospace VERTEX Lite Collar User Manual

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Changing of battery pack

base plates. To avoid the base plates pressing onto the battery cable, new batteries are

fixed with only two metal base plates and two Fastlock washers (Figure above).

Figure 61: Attachment for curved battery pack on round collar. Left: metal base plate; centre:

screw and Fastlock washer; right: angle to attach screws

Put the black washer (Figure above) with the convex side onto the collar (otherwise you

will not be able to countersink the screw head) and carefully attach the collar with unused

screws beginning with the central pair and then the pair at the side next which you will

open to deploy the collar. Note that the exterior threads run radially to the curved surface

of the battery pack. Take care to arrange the screw correctly to avoid damaging the

thread. Countersink the screws into the battery pack.

NOTE: After you changed the battery pack of your collar, a GPS coldstart is necessary.

For this please refer to

GPS Monitor.

The Vertex Lite collar with integrated UHF ID-Tag

Devices

Remote Stick

Radio Monitor

The VERTEX Lite Collar can be equipped with an internal UHF ID Tag to be used in

interaction studies. They send out an unique signal which can be observed by VERTEX

Plus collars (with UHF communication) recording all encounters and separation events.

The node Radio Monitor in the Devices tree allows you to check if your devices work.

You can check ID / Separation Tag, Mortality Implant and Vaginal Implant by enabling

one of these devices. For testing the device select ID / Separation Tag and take the

magnet off the device and click on

. The Listening Frequency [MHz] of the USB

Remote Stick is preset but can be changed if necessary to the transmit frequency of the

UHF ID-Tag. If messages from this device are received, you will get a list with status

messages of the corresponding device. With

you can delete the received

entries. It will be shown with the same ID number as the collar.

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