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- Page 1 VERTEX PLUS Survey Collar Globalstar User's Manual Version: 1.6 Last Change: 30/08/2016...
- Page 2 Name Date Signature Prepared by Edited by Erik Lewerenz 25/09/15 Checked by Robert Schulte 26/08/30 Approved by Authorised by...
- Page 3 DOCUMENT CHANGE RECORD Issue Date Item(s) Affected Description Initial Issue 27/05/15 - photos Updated Survey photos (new housing) 22/02/16 Specifications Updated specifications on page 7 29/03/16 Declaration of Added DoC Conformity 26/08/16 Declaration of Changed FCC and IC Label Conformity 30/08/16 Declaration of Updated Label...
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents 1Product overview ........................5 2Fast guide to deploy the collar ....................6 3The VERTEX Plus Vertex Survey collar system ..............7 3.1The collar ............................7 3.2Data interface ..........................8 3.3Data format ............................ 8 3.3.1List of files and extensions used ..................... 9 3.4Software ............................ -
Page 5: 1Product Overview
1 Product overview The VERTEX Plus Survey collar has been designed for long-term survival studies. The collar offers the possibility to measure and store Up to two GPS positions per day in WGS84 coordinates Transmitting the location via Globalstar Satellite Network ... -
Page 6: 2Fast Guide To Deploy The Collar
2 Fast guide to deploy the collar To get your VERTEX PLUS Survey collar working properly, you need to follow some basic steps: In the lab/office/field station (the magnet needs to be attached to the electronic housing): Make yourself familiar with the collar and its parts... -
Page 7: 3The Vertex Plus Vertex Survey Collar System
3 The VERTEX Plus Vertex Survey collar system The VERTEX Plus Survey collar has been designed for long-term survival studies. It is equipped with a mortality sensor and temperature sensor. The size of the collar can be set up to your personal needs. Handling and software for all collars is identical. This enables you to manage all collars with the same software and database, the handling of several collars becomes easy. -
Page 8: Data Interface
3.2 Data interface The Survey collar is designed for long-term survival studies and therefore includes all the necessary components. Satellite communication: The Survey Collar is equipped with the Globalstar satellite modem to transmit data from the collar. The Globalstar SIMPLEX service is a one-way only communication option and it uses a satellite network of 48 satellites with 24 hour coverage. -
Page 9: 1List Of Files And Extensions Used
Zipped Google Earth file .BTX BioTelemetry eXchange VECTRONIC-defined XML-format .GDX GPS Data eXchange Is an XML format defined by VECTRONIC Aerospace, which will make it easier to exchange acquired data over system boundaries. It is an internal format of GPS PLUS X and can also be used as import format. -
Page 10: Software
3.4 Software The VERTEX PLUS Survey collar comes with a software package including the GPS Plus X software. The software is used to configure and manage the Survey collar as well as all the GPS Plus/Pro Light collars. GPS Plus X allows you to generate schedules for GPS fixes for... -
Page 11: 4Handling Of The Collar
Remote Stick is between 0.5 and 2 metres. No parts of the VERTEX Plus Survey collar can be changed by the user. After the battery lifetime is over, you have the possibility to send the collar back to VECTRONIC Aerospace to retrieve the data. -
Page 12: 5Configuration Of The Collar
5.2 Calculate Collar Lifetime This command estimates the lifetime of your VERTEX PLUS Survey collar and can be found in the Tools menu of GPS Plus X. You need to select the “Vertex Survey”... -
Page 13: Collar Registration
After you have you have selected all the options for the Survey collar, press to start the calculation. When pressing while the calculation process is running, you will cancel the actual calculation. 5.3 Collar Registration To be able to configure the collars and to process data and messages with the GPS Plus X software, you need to register the collars. -
Page 14: Schedules
For registering the collar, please go to the Configuration tree in GPS Plus X and select Configuration → Collars. In the appearing window “Collar List”, press to add a new collar to the list. After clicking on the button, the Collar Properties Editor appears. To register a collar, click . - Page 15 The sequence is a time span within the period length between you Sequence like to take GPS positions. Here you can define: – it defines Offset the time span between the start of the period and the recording of the first GPS position; –...
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Page 16: 6Getting The Collar Into Action
6.1 Testing the collar Before the collar has been shipped to you, it has been configured according to your requirements and tested thoroughly at VECTRONIC Aerospace. Nevertheless, we strongly recommend to test the collar before it is deployed to the animal. - Page 17 Before you release the animal, please make sure that the magnet is removed from the electronic housing so that the collar is activated. The collar is attached to the animal with the electronic housing facing downwards.
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Page 18: 7Collar Specifications
7 Collar specifications 7.1 Globalstar Communication The Globalstar system provides remote data download. Each position data (maximum 2 positions per day) is sent by the collar. If a satellite is in range, data is directly transmitted to the researcher. If no satellite is in range, data is not transmitted and can only be received from the collar's non-volatile on-board-memory after the retrieval of the collar. -
Page 19: 8Specification
8 Specification 8.1 Storage capacity The collar is able to store 25800 GPS positions in solved mode. 8.2 Environmental specification for the collar Operational temperature range: -40°C ̶ +55°C Operating humidity range: <= 100% RH Storage temperature range: -45°C ̶ +55°C Storage humidity range: <= 100% RH 8.3 Battery... -
Page 20: Declaration Of Conformity
8.4 Declaration of Conformity The VERTEX PLUS Survey collar is only designed for long term survival studies on wild animals. A label on the collar will be unreadable after a very short time, therefore all labels will be sown in the manual...