And Maintenance - SPX Radiodetection RD7000+ Operation Manual

Section 9 – Extended Warranty,
eCAL

and Maintenance

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9.1 Product Registration and
Extended Warranty
Your RD7000+ locator and transmitter are supplied
with a 1 year warranty as standard. Radiodetection
offers a free upgrade to a 3 year extended warranty
on RD7000+ locators and the Tx range of transmitters
through registration on www.radiodetection.com within
3 months of purchase. Registered products also receive
free product software upgrades through Centros Manager
as they are released; see sections 9.2 and 9.4 for details.
Please refer to Section 10.4 for the full warranty statement.
9.2 Centros Manager
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Centros Manager is a Radiodetection PC application
which is available as a free download from:
www.radiodetection.com. From time to time
Radiodetection will release new software for the RD7000+
locator and transmitter which may improve performance
or stability and may include new features. The latest
software is contained within Centros Manager and to
download the latest software you must register your
product (see section 9.1). Once registered you will be
notified when new versions of software are available and
you may also carry out an eCAL to validate the calibration
and functionally test the RD7000+ locator.
9.2.1 Installing Centros Manager
NOTE: Before download you are advised to view or
download the Centros Manager operation Manual by
going to www.radiodetection.com/centrosmanager.
NOTE: When you install Centros Manager onto a
PC, the following message may be displayed: "You
need to log in as Administrator". If this message is
displayed, the installation of the program will not
complete. You will need to log on as an Administrator
or ask a user with Administration Rights to install the
program on your behalf. Having successfully installed
Centros Manager, the Administrator will need to carry
out the instructions in Section 7.1 of the Centros
Manager Operation Manual if they wish users without
Administrator Rights to use Centros Manager.
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1. Go to: www.radiodetection.com/centrosmanager.
2. Click on the link to download Centros Manager and
a File Download Window will appear. You will have a
choice of either, Run or Save.
Run: Centros Manager will automatically install.
Save: you will be given the option to save Centros
Manager to a destination of your choice. Once
you select the destination, the Centros Manager
executable program will download to that destination.
Once completed you will have the option to Run or
Open Folder. At this stage Centros Manager has
not been installed so you can either select Run and
Centros Manager will automatically install, or you can
choose to Open Folder. When you open the folder the
Centros Manager executable file will be available. To
install double click on this file.
3. When Centros Manager is installed run from the
Windows Start menu under Programs or alternatively,
use the Centros Manager shortcut on your desk top
if you have opted to have this during installation of
Centros Manager.
NOTE: Once Centros Manager is open, click on Help
to open the Centros Manager Operation Manual.
9.3 eCAL
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Unique to Radiodetection precision locators, eCAL
allows users to validate the original factory calibration
of the RD7000+ locator through a PC. By checking the
responses of all relevant internal components, eCAL
provides the user with confidence that the locator
performs as it did when it first left the factory, and allows
the owner to print or save a validation certificate without
the need to return the RD7000+ to a service center.
eCAL is part of the Centros
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eCAL provides users with the following tools, which may
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be accessed and carried out on site:
• Check the validation of the RD7000+ against the
original factory calibration results.
• Carry out a functional check.
• Retrieve the original factory calibration certificate or
previous eCAL validation certificates.
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Manager software suite.
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