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Drop off realease transmitter

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Drop Off Realease Transmitter V6
User's Manual
Last Change: 20.07.2022

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  • Page 1 Drop Off Realease Transmitter V6 User's Manual Last Change: 20.07.2022...
  • Page 2 Release Transmitter Terminal User's Manual © 2022 VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH All rights reserved. No parts of this work may be reproduced in any form or by any means - graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, or information storage and retrieval systems - without the written permission of the publisher.
  • Page 3 Document Change Record...
  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Product Overview .......................5 Terminal Equipment .......................6 Battery charging .......................8 Terminal Information .......................9 4.1 F1 - Status Info menu ........................9 4.2 F2 - Transmitter Info menu ........................9 4.3 F3 - Display Setup menu ........................10 Set-up .......................11 5.1 Install Release Transmitter Manager software and drivers ........................
  • Page 5: Product Overview

    Read Drop Off’s configuration Modify Drop Off’s release mode and release time configuration As a stand-alone device on-site you can: Release radio controlled Drop Offs remotely Check UHF ID Tag signals from collars and proximity tags © 2022 VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH...
  • Page 6: Terminal Equipment

    Terminal Equipment Terminal Equipment The Release Transmitter is delivered with a protection bag, USB cable and UHF YAGI antenna. Figure 2: Protection Bag & USB cable Figure 3: UHF YAGI antenna © 2022 VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH...
  • Page 7 Figure 4 and connect it to your PC using the USB cable. In this case, the UHF YAGI antenna is not required and we recommend disconnecting the antenna. Figure 4: Bottom Cap © 2022 VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH...
  • Page 8: Battery Charging

    Figure 5: Start m enu Figure 6: Transm itter Info m enu Figure 7: Main m enu Figure 8: Term inal Info m enu Figure 9: Status Info m enu Now the status of battery and capacity are displayed. © 2022 VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH...
  • Page 9: Terminal Information

    In this menu, the following information can be monitored: Serial number of the Release Transmitter SW: Software version and date of release HW: Hardware version and date of production Figure 13: Transm itter Info m enu © 2022 VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH...
  • Page 10: F3 - Display Setup Menu

    Maximum contrast value is 255 (default) Use keypads 2 or 8 to change the contrast value Press F1 to apply new contrast value Press F2 to store selected contrast value Figure 14: Display Setup m enu © 2022 VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH...
  • Page 11: Set-Up

    The installer is available for download on our website at: https://www.vectronic-aerospace.com/downloads/ Afterwards execute the installer application. Please note that this application only supports hardware version V6 of the Release Transmitter series. Older versions are not supported. Connect Release Transmitter terminal Remove the red cap on the bottom side of the Release Transmitter by pressing the two plastic clamps.
  • Page 12 ‘Set To PC Time (UTC)’ as shown in Figure 15. This is required in case the UTC Time is not set correctly. Furthermore an info text file with this configuration details can be stored by selecting the Info File tab and ‘Save as Textfile’ afterwards. © 2022 VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH...
  • Page 13: Drop Off Registry

    In order to communicate with a Drop Off, the device has to be registered on the Release Transmitter. For this, the associated Drop Off registration key is needed. All supported devices from VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH are shipped with the corresponding key files with .key extension.
  • Page 14 Adding and removing Drop Offs to the transmitter is achieved by selecting the desired devices with the mouse and then clicking the arrow buttons in the middle section in the window. Double-clicks and right-clicks are enabled as an alternative method as well. As © 2022 VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH...
  • Page 15 After applying the changes those arrows will disappear and an updated Drop Off List with the registered IDs will be displayed in the right table as well as in the treeview menu on the left side of the window. © 2022 VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH...
  • Page 16 Figure 19: Updated Drop Off registry The registered Drop Off IDs can be double checked on the Release Transmitter via pressing F1 button in the Release Transmitter’s Main menu. Figure 20: Main m enu Figure 21: Drop Off list © 2022 VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH...
  • Page 17: Drop Off Configuration

    Note: User is required to attach the magnet at least one second and then detach it to initiate the communication. The Drop Off is always shipped with attached magnet to deactivate the Drop Off timer. Figure 23: Drop Off connection © 2022 VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH...
  • Page 18: Update Utc Time

    Figure 24. Information could be saved as text file by selecting the Info File tab and and ‘Save as Textfile’ afterwards. Figure 24: Drop Off read configuration Update UTC Time User can update the UTC time by clicking ‘Set To PC Time (UTC)’. © 2022 VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH...
  • Page 19: Set Release Time

    Figure 23. User is required to attach the magnet at least one second and then detach it again in order to initiate the communication and write the configuration. © 2022 VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH...
  • Page 20: Radio Drop Off Release

    ID can be selected by pressing keypad 2 or 8 Figure 25: Main m enu Figure 26: Drop Off Release m enu Figure 27: Drop Off Fire m enu Figure 28: Confirm Fire m enu © 2022 VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH...
  • Page 21 Drop Off is soiled which affects the mechanical release. Note: There will be no confirmation from the Drop Off whether the signal was received and the Drop Off was triggered. You can resend the release command in case you are uncertain. © 2022 VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH...
  • Page 22: Uhf Id Tag Receiver

    Press SPACE to stop receiving UHF ID Tags and go back. Press F5 to pause receiving IDs, e.g. for checking the state of a certain ID. Figure 30: Main m enu Figure 31: ID Tag receiver © 2022 VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH...
  • Page 23: Power Down

    You can switch off the device manually by following the next steps: Go to the main menu Press F10 (hold SHIFT and press F5) After pressing F10 the device switches off Figure 32: Main m enu and all functions are disabled © 2022 VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH...

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