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Contents
Preface ................................................................ 1
1.1 Important notices .................................................. 1
1.2 Compliance ........................................................... 2
1.3 Intellectual property .............................................. 3
Introduction ........................................................ 4
2.1 About this manual ................................................. 4
2.2 About the RD8200SG ........................................... 4
2.3 Extended warranty ................................................ 4
2.4 Manual outline ...................................................... 4
2.5 Safety .................................................................... 4
2.6 Training ................................................................. 5
System overview ................................................ 6
3.1 RD8200SG locator ............................................... 6
3.2 Tx-5 and Tx-10 transmitters ................................. 7
3.3 Using the menu .................................................... 7
Operation ............................................................ 9
4.1 First use ................................................................ 9
4.2 Power on / off...................................................... 11
4.3 Keypad actions & shortcuts ................................ 12
4.4 Antenna modes .................................................. 13
4.5 System setup ...................................................... 13
4.6 Dynamic Overload Protection™ ......................... 14
4.7 Overload warning ............................................... 15
4.8 TruDepth™ measurement .................................. 15
4.9 Passive Avoidance ............................................. 15
4.10 StrikeAlert
™
....................................................... 15
4.11 Swing Warning ................................................. 15
4.12 Vibration (haptic) Warnings .............................. 15
4.13 Backlight ........................................................... 15
4.14 Bluetooth wireless ............................................ 15
4.15 iLOC™ and SideStep™ .................................... 16
4.16 SideStepauto
™
.................................................. 16
4.17 Transmitter power output .................................. 16
4.18 Transmitter Eco mode ...................................... 16
4.19 Maximum Voltage ............................................. 17
4.20 Measure mode .................................................. 17
4.21 CALSafe™ ........................................................ 17
4.22 Usage-Logging ................................................. 18
4.23 UTIL mode ........................................................ 18
4.24 GPS (GNSS)..................................................... 18
4.25 RTK Status ....................................................... 19
Survey Grade Positioning ................................ 20
5.1 Definitions ........................................................... 20
5.2 Pairing Bluetooth Modules .................................. 21
5.3 Pairing Locator Bluetooth to Android Device ...... 22
5.4 Obtaining RTK fix using Pointman...................... 23
5.5 NTRIP Client Setup ............................................ 25
5.6 Starting a survey and obtaining RTK fix/float ..... 26
5.7 Send data from Pointman ................................... 27
5.8 Locator settings and survey measurements .. 28
5.9 Phone bracket ..................................................... 29
5.10 Magnetic Heading........................................... 30
5.11 Magnetic Heading Calibration ........................ 30
Locating cables and pipes ............................... 31
6.1 Frequencies ........................................................ 31
6.2 Choice of frequency for active location............... 32
6.3 Antenna modes ................................................... 33
6.4 Compass ............................................................. 34
6.5 Trace ................................................................... 34
6.6 Pinpoint ............................................................... 34
6.7 Sweep and search .............................................. 35
6.8 Nulling Out .......................................................... 36
Depth and current readings ............................. 38
7.1 TruDepth™ ......................................................... 38
7.2 Verifying depth measurements ........................... 38
7.3 Current readings ................................................. 39
Locating techniques ......................................... 41
8.1 Identifying target utilities ..................................... 41
8.2 Signal & ground connection ................................ 41
8.3 Double-ended connections ................................. 42
Fault-finding ...................................................... 43
9.1 About fault-finding ............................................... 43
9.2 Preparation ......................................................... 43
9.3 How to find a fault ............................................... 44
Current Direction (CD) ...................................... 45
10.1 Understanding CD ............................................ 45
10.2 CD reset ............................................................ 46
10.3 CD clamps & stethoscopes .............................. 46
Survey measurements ...................................... 47
11.1 Saving measurements ...................................... 47
11.2 Pairing to Android ............................................. 47
11.3 Survey measurement transmission over Bluetooth
........................................................................ 47
11.4 Erasing measurements ..................................... 48
11.5 Troubleshooting ................................................ 48
iLOC™ ............................................................... 49
12.1 Switching Bluetooth On .................................... 49
12.2 Switching Bluetooth off ..................................... 49
12.3 Pairing to an iLOC transmitter ......................... 49
12.4 Troubleshooting ................................................ 50
12.5
Using
iLOC ........................................................ 50
12.6 iLOC functions .................................................. 50
12.7 SideStep™ ........................................................ 51
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