i-MARK 2 / i-MARK 3
USER MANUAL
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5.4.2
i-Port MQ ............................................................................................................... 25
5.4.3 i-PORT 4 ................................................................................................................ 26
5.4.4 i-PORT M 350 ......................................................................................................... 27
5.5 ANTENNAS (EU ONLY) ................................................................................................. 28
5.5.1 Elliptical Polarized Antennas ..................................................................................... 28
5.5.2 Linear Polarized Antennas ........................................................................................ 29
6 MARKER LOOP INSTALLATION................................................................................... 30
6.1 GENERAL ................................................................................................................. 30
6.2 LOOP GEOMETRY ........................................................................................................ 30
6.3 LOOP TURNS ............................................................................................................. 31
6.4 INSTALLATION ........................................................................................................... 31
7 INSTALLATION OF THE I-MARK ................................................................................. 33
7.1 MECHANICAL INSTALLATION .......................................................................................... 33
7.1.1 i-MARK 2 ................................................................................................................ 33
7.1.2 i-MARK 3 ................................................................................................................ 35
7.2 ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION ........................................................................................... 36
7.2.1 Safety Instructions .................................................................................................. 36
7.2.2 Useful Note ............................................................................................................ 36
7.2.3 Position of Ports ..................................................................................................... 36
7.2.4 DC Power Supply .................................................................................................... 37
7.2.5 Mains Power Supply (i-MARK 2 only) ........................................................................ 37
7.2.6 The i-BUS Connectors ............................................................................................. 39
7.2.7 Maximum Overall Cable Runs of i-BUS ...................................................................... 40
7.2.8 The External Marker Loop (i-MARK 3 only) ................................................................ 40
8 INITIAL OPERATION .................................................................................................. 42
8.1 GENERAL ................................................................................................................. 42
8.2 TOOLS REQUIRED ....................................................................................................... 42
8.3 CONNECTING TO THE I-MARK 2/3 FOR CONFIGURATION ....................................................... 42
8.4 ILR CONFIGURATION TOOL—OVERVIEW .......................................................................... 43
8.5 EXAMPLE CONFIGURATIONS ........................................................................................... 45
8.6 DETAILS ON SPECIFIC SETTINGS ..................................................................................... 47
8.6.1 Operation Mode—Continuous/host only .................................................................... 47
8.6.2 Synchronization—Slave/master ................................................................................ 47
8.6.3 Synchronization Mechanism ..................................................................................... 48
8.6.4 Slot Configuration Examples .................................................................................... 48
8.7 CHECKING THE INSTALLATION ........................................................................................ 49
8.8 STATUS DISPLAY (LEDS) ............................................................................................. 49
8.9 LOOP ERROR ............................................................................................................. 50
8.10 TAG CONFIGURATION .................................................................................................. 50
9 MAINTENANCE ........................................................................................................... 51
9.1 GENERAL ................................................................................................................. 51
9.2 TAG BATTERY LIFE ..................................................................................................... 51
9.3 PRECAUTIONARY MAINTENANCE ...................................................................................... 51