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Receiver/datalogger, 12 table version for use with ats coded transmitters
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Advanced Telemetry Systems
R4500C
(Models: R4500CD or R4500CLD)
Receiver/Datalogger, 12 table version
for use with ATS Coded Transmitters
User Manual

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  • Page 1 Advanced Telemetry Systems R4500C (Models: R4500CD or R4500CLD) Receiver/Datalogger, 12 table version for use with ATS Coded Transmitters User Manual...
  • Page 2 The DSP digitally samples the audio signal from the R4500C. When the signal has been digitized, the DSP processor uses internal mathematical calculations to identify signals. The C suffix indicates the software in this receiver is programmed to detect ATS’s 100 code coded transmitters. Class B Device Statement: (Section 15.105 (b) of the FCC Rules) “Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Getting Started page 7 Receiver Controls: page 8 Navigation of the Cursor: page 9 1.0 FREQ -Frequency Entry Mode page 10 2.0 Setup Menu page 11 2.1 Clock page 11 2.2 Defaults page 12 2.2.1 Aerial Defaults page 12 2.2.2 Stationary Defaults page 13 2.3 Stat Hold (Stationary Hold)
  • Page 4 6.2 View Data page 30 6.3 Delete Data page 30 7.0 GPS – Viewing / Activating GPS Data page 31 8.0 ADDFR – Adding a Frequency to the Scan Table (Used only in Aerial Mode) page 31 9.0 DELFR – Deleting Frequencies (Used only in Aerial Mode) page 32 10.0 MERGE –...

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  • Page 8: Getting Started

    Getting Started: When you first turn on the power, the receiver will display Advanced Telemetry Systems, the receiver model and the version number of the receiver software. The display will then proceed to the Main Menu: Main Menu Items: GPS indicator: The status of the GPS is displayed in the upper right corner of the screen. The messages indicate the following: GPS (non flashing) –...

  • Page 9: Receiver Controls

    Receiver Controls: Receiver controls are shown in the figure below. Most are self explanatory. The RF Gain control is normally set to full clockwise for maximum sensitivity. RF Gain may be reduced for close in searching or while direction finding. The Audio control should be set for a comfortable level.

  • Page 10: Navigation Of The Cursor

    Most input and control of the receiver is done through the keypad. The keypad is shown below: Navigation of the Cursor: At startup in the Main Menu, the cursor will be positioned on the MANUAL menu item. To maneuver through the menu items, use the or the keys to move the cursor to the desired menu item.

  • Page 11: Freq -Frequency Entry Mode

    SETUP – Enters the Setup Menu FREQ – Enters the Frequency Menu SCR – Toggles the display backlight on and off TEST – Test internal Battery Voltage Level or External Power Supply Voltage Level MEM – Enters the Memory Menu GPS –...

  • Page 12: Setup Menu

    Screen 2 (The default frequency will be the lowest frequency of the receiver) FR 1 indicates frequency table 1. (00) represents the first frequency in the list. The next frequency will be FR 1(01), and so on. The cursor defaults to the 1 MHz position. Use the or the keys to move the cursor to the digit that needs changing.

  • Page 13: Defaults

    To access the clock, position the cursor on Clock and press “ENTER”. Here is an example of the Clock Menu: You can press “ENTER” to go through each setting, or use the and the keys to move forward or backwards to a specific setting. To change the numeric value, use the numeric digits on the keypad, or you can use the keys to increment the numeric value, up or down.

  • Page 14: Stationary Defaults

    Table #: Selects the frequency table used for scanning. Twelve tables are available. Multiple tables are used to optimize Aerial surveys in multiple locations. Scan Rate: Sets the amount of time the R4500C will stop on each frequency while attempting to detect tags.
  • Page 15 Environmental Satellites). The GOES satellite operation requires an account with NESDIS (National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service). Contact ATS for more information regarding GOES and RDPs. Pressing “ENTER” while on the EXT Data XFER setting will advance to the next screen.
  • Page 16 Screen 4 To activate the Reference tag feature, use the or the key. These two keys are used to toggle between the two choices. If you entered YES for the reference tag, you will be prompted to enter the reference tag frequency, and the store rate of the reference tag.

  • Page 17: Stat Hold (Stationary Hold)

    For this example there were 2 antennas selected and 10 reference transmitters. The reference transmitter codes were 6, 9, 15, 18, 42, 71, 78, 79, 86. There should have been 30 data points if all the transmitters had been picked up for each antenna during this store period.

  • Page 18: Ext Data

    antennas on several or all frequency channels even with no signal present; you may want to increase the Channel Delay time. If noise pulses are present, and the multiple antenna scanning sequence does not start, the Channel Delay time is set correctly. Setting the Channel Delay time longer gives more time for the R4500C to set a new threshold and optimize sensitivity while at the same time ignoring noise.

  • Page 19: Goes - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites

    With this setting selected all the data collected during the hour will be dumped out the PC/CLONE serial port as binary compressed data. Screen 2 9600 : Sets the serial communication settings for the R4500C’s data output to “baud: 9600, no parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit”. 57600: Sets the serial communication settings for the R4500C’s data output to “baud: 57600, no parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit”.

  • Page 20: Tx Type

    Screen 3 Enter the value of the transmit window size assigned by NESDIS and press “ENTER”. Screens 2 and 3 are used to limit the amount of data dumped out the serial port. The data size will be a size that can be handled by hourly satellite transmissions.

  • Page 21: Manual Mode

    Move the cursor with the or the keys to navigate through the menu items. Once you have the cursor positioned over your selection press “Enter” to activate it. 3.1 MANUAL MODE With the cursor in the MANUAL position, press “ENTER”. The GPS is normally OFF for the Manual Mode.

  • Page 22: Aerial Mode

    The time stamp of all detected tag ID’s will be stored when pressing “RECORD” . If no ID’s are available, only the frequency is saved along with the latest time stamp. Note: GPS data will only be stored if an optional antenna is connected to the receiver, the GPS functionality is turned on and a valid GPS fix has been acquired.
  • Page 23 You may use the “CHAN ” and “CHAN ” keys at any time to scroll through the channels. When the is scanning through the frequencies, pressing the chan up or chan down keys will override the scan rate time, and advance forward or backwards through the frequency table.
  • Page 24 GPS: This flashing message will indicate the status of the GPS functionality. GPS data will only be stored if an optional antenna is connected to the receiver, the GPS functionality is turned on and a valid GPS fix has been acquired. ID’s: When a transmitter is identified, the ID will appear in the display.

  • Page 25: Stationary Mode

    If a new scan is started by starting an Aerial Scan from the “Main Menu”, the changed values will be returned to the default values if Scan Using Defaults is selected. If any of the scan protocol values need to be changed, you will need to move the cursor to New Scan and press “ENTER”.

  • Page 26: Antenna # : The Number Of Antennas The Receiver Will Sample. This Feature Requires An External Antenna Switchbox Connected To The Aux Port Of The R4500C. If Using A

    Environmental Satellites). The GOES satellite operation and requires an account with NESDIS (National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service). Contact ATS for more information regarding GOES and RDPs. Period: This setting informs the receiver what the time between coded pulse sets will be.
  • Page 27 Screen 5 Reference Freq: This is the frequency of a radio tag set up within range of your station used as a check on the system. Since you will not need the same quantity of data you can set up a longer store period to use up less memory. Instead of the strongest signal strength being stored within the storage period, it will be the time of the first valid ID detection.

  • Page 28: The Stationary Logging Flowchart

    3.3.1 The Stationary Logging Flowchart Start The receiver tunes in the next frequency from the frequency table Timer = 0 Monitor all the Monitor the Are there station's antennas station's multiple and display 'Ant 0' antenna(s) and antennas? display 'Ant 1' Timer = Time Timer = Time Out?

  • Page 29: Pc Mode

    This Mode is used when communicating with a personal computer (PC). The R4500C needs to be connected to a PC using the supplied cable. The PC must currently be running the ATS supplied ATSWinRec communication software. For more information see the sections of this manual covering “Downloading Data” and “ATSWinRec”.

  • Page 30: Scr - Turning The Screen Backlight On And Off

    4.0 SCR – Turning the Screen Backlight On and Off Pressing the “SHIFT” key followed by pressing the “SCR” key sequentially will turn the backlight on or off depending on its current state. 5.0 TEST - View of the “Battery” Voltage Pressing the “SHIFT”...

  • Page 31: View Data

    6.2 View Data This series of screens allows you to view all your previously stored data block by block. The format of the data to be viewed will depend on the selected “TX Type” and whether it was Aerial or Stationary Logging. Screen 1 Block: The number of the first data block you want to view.

  • Page 32: Delete Data

    GPS Age: The amount of time in seconds that have passed since this GPS data had been recorded. This sequence of screens will repeat until you have viewed all the data blocks listed in your range or you press the “ESC” key. 6.3 Delete Data This instructs the R4500C to reset the data pointer back to the beginning of memory effectively deleting all the stored data blocks.

  • Page 33: Gps - Viewing / Activating Gps Data

    7.0 GPS – Viewing / Activating GPS Data Pressing the “SHIFT” key followed by pressing the “GPS” key sequentially allows you to view the GPS data as the data are collected and it allows you to turn the GPS functionality on or off. The optional GPS antenna needs to be connected to the R4500C to use the GPS feature.

  • Page 34: Delfr - Deleting Frequencies (Used Only In Aerial Mode)

    9.0 DELFR - Deleting Frequencies (Used only in Aerial Mode) Pressing the “SHIFT” key followed by pressing the “DELFR” key sequentially activates the delete frequency feature. This allows you to delete frequencies from your current scan table. Changes will be maintained if you exit Aerial Mode and return to the Aerial Scan using the Resume Last Scan option.

  • Page 35: Com Port (Settings Menu)

    R4500C. You will need to use a standard USB A Male to USB Mini communication offload cable which is provided to you by ATS. The first time you start ATSWinRec after installation you'll be asked to select a Com port from a provided list.

  • Page 36: Atswinrec

    12.3 ATSWinRec The main screen of the ATSWinRec program has the following command box that will appear in the center of the screen: 12.3.1 First Time Start Up When starting the ATSWinRec program for the first time you will be prompted for a com port with the following dialog box: It is also possible that you may also get the following dialog box: This is a notification that the software has readjusted to the R4500C receiver model.

  • Page 37: Offloading Data

    12.3.2 Offloading Data If you select Offload Stored Data followed by OK, the following screen then appears: You can select some of the offload parameters. Most are self explanatory. Recover Deleted Data allows you to recover deleted data. When deleting data, a data pointer that is used to store memory in the R4500C is reset, and when recovering deleted data, the data pointer can be returned to the previous location.
  • Page 38 Showing parameters in the offloaded data. This feature allows the data to include the scan parameters for each scan started when offloading the data. When this feature is not selected, the offloaded data will not have any scan parameters showing in the offloaded data. The figure below shows downloaded data with first an Aerial Scan, then a Manual Scan, then a Stationary Scan.

  • Page 39: View / Edit Default Configuration

    When the Data Download is complete, a window will appear asking if you would like the data deleted from the receiver. If you do delete the data, and later realize that you did not want to delete the data, the “Recover Deleted Data” tab can be used to recover the last data set deleted. The deleted data is only retrievable as a downloaded file using ATSWinRec.

  • Page 40: View / Edit Frequency Tables

    Only the selections in blue and the numeric entries in green can be modified. No information will be saved, unless the green or blue buttons are selected; Save to File, Send to Receiver or Set Receiver Clock to PC Clock. See section 2.3 Defaults for information on each configuration parameter.

  • Page 41: Delete Data

    When editing a frequency table the source can be; from a file, from a receiver connected the PC, or a new frequency table can be created using ATSWinRec. A group of twelve tables can be entered for editing, or a single table can be entered for editing.

  • Page 42: Exit

    12.3.6 EXIT To exit from the ATSWinRec program select: Exit, then OK 13.0 Setting Aerial Scan Rate The minimum Aerial Scan Rate should be set to allow for a single code from the transmitter to be heard. So, for a transmitter with a period of 2000 ms, the minimum scan rate should be set for 2 seconds so at least one code will be heard.

  • Page 43: Offloaded Data Format

    16.0 Offloaded Data Format Heading – The offloaded file heading identifies the file Model: The model of the receiver that was offloaded. Filename: The name of the file with the personal computer drive and folders included. Version: The version of ATSWinRec used to create this file. Date: The date the file was originally created.
  • Page 44 When offloading data and showing parameters in the offloaded data, there will be a parameter number appearing in the last column. Find that number under the “***PrmNum Key ***” appearing at the bottom of the offload. Cross referencing this will let you know what parameters was used for each data point that was recorded.

  • Page 45: Charging The Batteries

    17.0 Charging the Batteries The R4500C is using NiMH (Nickel Metal Hydride) batteries. The capacity of the battery pack is 4.0 Amp hours. The R4500C will operate from internal batteries for approximately 18 hours for stationary mode, and approximately 11 hours for manual and aerial modes while using the GPS. The batteries can self drain to 80% capacity during a 6 month shelf life.

  • Page 46: Ext - External Data Output

    90,000 data blocks. You can connect to the PC port using your USB cable or to your AUX port using a special ATS supplied cable from your PC. By using a communication software such as Microsoft ® HyperTerminal or Symantec’s Procomm Plus Advanced Telemetry Systems, Inc.

  • Page 47: Data Format And Translation

    and the serial settings “baud: 9600, no parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit” or “baud: 57600, no parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit” you can monitor the data that is sent out. This data comes out in a compressed format that if using GOES is the same as that you will see when downloading your data from NESDIS or if using the RDP is a compressed format that when uncompressed is the same as your normal offloaded data.

  • Page 48: Goes Translated Output Format

    Total Bytes: 629 To view this as more meaningful data you need to run translator program that is provided by ATS on request. The translated data for the RDP style dump is the same as a normal offloaded data file.
  • Page 49 Ant#: A number from 0-8 representing the antenna being used. A ‘0’ indicates all antennas were turned on. Hr: Min: A number representing the hour and minute this data point was saved to memory. #Matches: A number from 1-255 representing the number of codes detected during the scan. END: The END appears at the end of the data sent to the GOES.
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