Operational Tips - Before You Start - Berkeley Varitronics Systems Fox Manual

OPERATIONAL TIPS - BEFORE YOU START

1) The GPS antenna has a magnetic mount. For this reason, all possible care must be taken to not get it in close
proximity to the enclosed PCMCIA memory card once data has been collected.
2) When using external power (AC or DC), connect to the
power while the unit is running.
3) It is possible that you will not need all of the cables supplied with the unit. Any unused cables are to be kept in a safe
place for possible future use.
FOX
4) Even though the
measurements in the rain.
5) The PCMCIA card is an electronic device. As such, it is susceptible to electro-static shock. It should be kept in the
soft foam padded carrying case when not in use.
6) Be very careful to be familiar with and follow the instructions for exiting the Fox and turning it off. If you do
not, you can jeopardize the integrity of the data stored on the PCMCIA card.
instructs the Fox to record the selection made, and therefore must preceed turning off the unit.
7) It is recommended that you set the unit up to take the fewest number of measurements per reading period in
order to reduce the final size of the data file. For example, approximately 1.7 Mbytes of data taken from the PCMCIA card will
expand to over 7.0 Mbytes of file size once the information is converted to tab delimited ASCII. The ASCII format data can
be saved as an Excel spread sheet for post measurement analysis by following the instructions in the Fox.MAN file previously
printed out. Therefore, in the screen where you select the number or samples per measurement, you should select 4096 (approx
1 record per second) as opposed to 64 (approx 22 records per second).
8) The FOX's charger has three different LED indications:
blinking LED-battery in unit is trickle charging
solid LED-battery in unit is fast-charging
LED off-battery in unit is fully charged
9) If the PC used to download the PCMCIA was running Windows, reenter Windows before downloading from a DOS
screen. Use the system select to change COM PORT flow control to "Hardware." If the computer used
PCMCIA card boots up in Windows (3.1 or 95), do the following BEFORE attempting to download the Fox PCMCIA card:
1) Enter WINDOWS®
2) Select the MAIN menu (win 95 "Mycomputer")
3) Select CONTROL PANEL, when in, select PORTS (win 95 system/device manager)
4) Set COM 1 or COM 2 (depending on which is to be used) FLOW CONTROL to "HARDWARE" or "OFF". The nor mal setting
for this option is "XON-XOFF". Flow Control MUST be set to the "HARDWARE" or "OFF" option for download to work reliably.
5) Enter MS-DOS® and use Fox.EXE to download PCMCIA.
Also note that when using laptops, POWER MANAGEMENT control MUST be turned OFF. This feature is usually found in the
CONTROL PANEL, set it to OFF for at least to 15 minutes. IF the power management control software puts the laptop in low
power mode DURING download, data WILL be lost.
Trademarks ®
Fox is a trademarks of Berkeley Varitronics Systems.
SolidState Data Drive is a trademark TM of ADTRON Corporation.
IBM PC is a trademarks of IBM Corporation.
MS-DOS is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
Microsoft EXCEL is a trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
ASIS is a trademarks of American Microsystems Corporation
is made to be rugged and for field use, it is not water resistant. Do not attempt taking
FOX before turning ON. DO NOT remove external
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to download the