Angling Technics Fulcrum - Monitoring and Maintenance; Boat Battery Monitoring; Charging; Troubleshooting

Monitoring of boat battery
If you have the BOAT WARN enabled then the main display will flash the word ‘low’ over the boat bat tery
voltage if the voltage goes below the trigger value . By default the unit is set to 11.7v for the Angling Technics
standard baitboat or Microcat . If triggered it indicate s that you have approximately ten minutes before the
boat battery becomes exhauste d. For other boats you will need to ask the manufacturer for a battery
discharge profile or adjust it from experience e.g. a boat with a higher current usage than a Microcat will
need this value set higher and vice - versa. Please disconnect the transponder from your boat when not
required as it will continue to draw current even when the boat is switched off.
Charging
When the shore unit’s battery is exhausted, plug in the supplied charger into the socket on the rear of the
unit and charge for 14 hours, b ut no longer than 24 hours. There is no need to discharge the unit before
recharge as the batteries are NMH technology and have no ‘memory’ effect – i.e you may charge it at any
time.
Specification
Resolution : 0.1m
Accuracy: 2.1m CEP
Radio system: EN300 220 - 2 V2.1.1
EN301 489 - 03 V1.4.1
Radio range: 2 00m +
Transponder weight: 200g
Transponder power usage: 6v – 18v @ 1 75 mA maximum (100mA average)
Receiver battery life: 11 hours without backlight, 5 ½ hrs with backlight.
Trouble shooting
Problem
Possible c ause
Solution
No satellite fix
1) View of sky obstructed by
trees, hills, buildings etc.
2) Transponder battery supply
low
3) Power supply interference
1) W ait for several minutes until
satellites have moved in the sky
and try again.
2) Rep lace/recharge battery
3) Try with no motors running – if
this solves the problem seek
manufacturer’s guidance o n
interference suppression.
Radio link failure
1) Transponder battery supply
low or not connected.
2) Radio interference
1) Recharge or check battery
sup ply.
2) Try in another location
Marker symbol jumps around the
screen and the distance to marker
figures are erratic.
Poor satellite fix
Wait until a better fix is obtained. A small
amount of jumping will occur depending
on the quality of the fix but exce ssive
amounts indicate a poor fix.
Delay after exiting the menu
system.
Can be up to one second delay due to
signal synchronising
The system will appear to ‘hang’ waiting
for the next transmission of data from the
transponder and is normal .
Battery lif e of shore unit is poor
1) Backlight may be being used
unnecessarily
2) Low capacity batteries being
used.
1) Turn off backlight using settings
menu.
2) Obtain higher capacity batteries.