CDI CD42 - Page 4

CD42 Pipeline Pig Location & Tracking System
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Dump File Dates/Times........................................................................................................................ 43
View Transmitter Signal ....................................................................................................................... 44
Version/Statistic Info ............................................................................................................................ 45
CHAPTER 4 - TRANSMITTERS ............................................................................................................. 46
SPECIFICATIONS......................................................................................................................................... 46
CD42-T0 (Figure 69) ........................................................................................................................... 46
The CD42-T1A (Figure 70) .................................................................................................................. 46
CD42-T1 (Figure 71) ........................................................................................................................... 46
CD42-T2 (Figure 72) ........................................................................................................................... 47
TRANSMITTER PATTERNS .......................................................................................................................... 49
MOUNTING THE TRANSMITTER ON YOUR PIG ............................................................................................ 50
Foam Polypigs ..................................................................................................................................... 50
Metal Bodied Pigs ................................................................................................................................ 50
Miscellaneous Pigs .............................................................................................................................. 50
TRANSMISSION STRENGTH AND BATTERY LIFE ......................................................................................... 50
ROUTINE MAINTENANCE OF TRANSMITTERS ............................................................................................. 50
CHAPTER 5 - THE ANTENNA ................................................................................................................ 52
GENERAL PURPOSE ANTENNA ................................................................................................................... 52
CHAPTER 6 - TRACKING A MOVING PIG ......................................................................................... 53
USING THE CD42 TO "LEAPFROG" ............................................................................................................. 53
LEAVING THE CD42 UNATTENDED ........................................................................................................... 54
CHAPTER 7 - LOCATING A STATIONARY OR STUCK PIG ........................................................... 55
FINDING THE PIG‟S GENERAL VICINITY ..................................................................................................... 55
PINPOINTING A PIG‟S PRECISE LOCATION .................................................................................................. 56
APPENDIX A - SPECIFICATION SUMMARY ...................................................................................... 58
THE RECEIVER ........................................................................................................................................... 58
THE TRANSMITTERS .................................................................................................................................. 58
THE ANTENNA ........................................................................................................................................... 59
GLOSSARY OF TERMINOLOGY ........................................................................................................... 60
INDEX .......................................................................................................................................................... 61