Berkeley Varitronics Systems wolfhound pro User manual

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User’smanualversion1.6
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TableofContents
Contents.........................................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................................................4
ItemsSupplied.........................................................................................................................................5
Wolfhound-PROUNITDESCRIPTION..............................................................................................7
OrganicLightEmittingDiode(OLED).......................................................................................................9
Higher-LevelMenuScreens...................................................................................................................10
MAINMENUScreen(highest-levelmenu).........................................................................................10
MEASUREMENTSScreen...................................................................................................................11
PhoneDetectionMode......................................................................................................................11
DirectionFindingMode.....................................................................................................................14
FrequencyDiscriminatorMode.........................................................................................................15
DirectionFindingScale......................................................................................................................16
ThresholdMarkerSetting..................................................................................................................16
ResetMaxBars..................................................................................................................................17
DECT6.0DetectionMode..................................................................................................................17
SETUP...........................................................................................................................................18
AntennaConnection..............................................................................................................................19
AttachmentofOmnidirectionalAntenna..........................................................................................19
AttachmentofDirectionFinding(DF)Antenna.................................................................................19
ActivatingAccessories(Sound/Vibrater/Laser)....................................................................................20
AdjustingVolume..............................................................................................................................21
SelectingFrequencyBand..................................................................................................................22
AddingAttenuation(ifnecessary).....................................................................................................23

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InformationScreen................................................................................................................................23
LoadingDefaultParameters..................................................................................................................24
OPERATION&USE........................................................................................................................25
ResettingtheMaximum-HoldMarker...................................................................................................25
Antennas................................................................................................................................................25
GeneralGuidelinesforGoodSignalReception......................................................................................26
MonitoringCellPhoneUseinReal-Time...........................................................................................26
MonitoringCoarseScaleMaximumHold..........................................................................................26
UsingWolfhound-PROUnitwiththeOmnidirectionalAntenna...........................................................26
UsingtheWolfhound-PROUnitwiththeDirectionFinding(DF)Antenna…………………………………….……26
Method1:MaximizingSignalAlongtheSameLOP..........................................................................28
Method2:“Triangulate”withTwo(ormore)LOPs...........................................................................29
MAINTENANCEandTROUBLESHOOTING.....................................................................................30
ChargingBatteries.....................................................................................................................................30
Appendix1:SynopsisfortheoptionalWolfhound-PROPCSoftware………………………………………..……………31
Wolfhound-PROWindowsSoftware…………………………………………………………………………………………………….32
Introduction…………………………………….…………………………………….………………………….…………………………………32
InstallationofSoftware………….…………………………………….…………………………………….………………………………32
GettingStarted…………………………………………………….…………………………………….…………………………………….…32
Realtime………….…………………………………….…………………………………….…………………………………….…………………34
Statistics……………………………………………….…………………………………….…………………………………….…………………35
Settings……………..…………………………………….…………………………………….…………………………………….………………36
Help………………….…………………………………….…………………………………….…………………………………….………………39
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INTRODUCTION
The Wolfhound-PRO cell detector uses a narrow-band/high-selectivity receiver controlled by an on-board
processor. The Wolfhound-PRO receiver has a resolution bandwidth of 4 MHz and uses a square-law
detector. The receiver can be set to scan multiple up-link frequency bands assigned to North America, the
European Union, Asia and Australia, as listed in Table 1:
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North America
LTE Uplink
698 – 716 MHz
777 – 787 MHz
788 – 798 MHz
GSM-850, GSM-900, CDMA, Cellular
824 – 849 MHz
896 – 901 MHz
AWS Uplink
1710 – 1755 MHz
PCS
1850 - 1910 MHz
DECT 6.0
1920 – 1930 MHz
GPS Tracking Devices (GSM)
850/900/1800/1900 MHz
Europe/Asia/Korea/Australia/Brazil/New
Zealand/Israel/Canada/Japan
EGSM-900
Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand
880 – 915 MHz
GSM 1800 (DCS-1800)
Europe, Asia, Japan
1710.2 - 1784.8 MHz
WCDMA/UMTS
Europe, Asia, Korea, Japan, Australia,
Brazil, New Zealand
1920 – 1980 MHz
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The receiver detector output is used to drive one or more of the following indicators:
1. height of coarse and fine bar charts in the OLED display
2. pulsing rate of Laser (optional accessory mounted on DF antenna assembly)
3. pulsing rate of Sound Alert (speaker or ear bud)
4. turning on Vibrator Alert (fixed rate)
The Wolfhound-PRO unit is normally used in the hand-held mode either with an Omnidirectional
antenna for cell phone detection only (see left side of Figure 1 below), or with a Direction Finding (DF)
antenna for identifying the relative orientation (i.e. Line Of Position) of a radiating cell phone. Either
antenna is connected to the Wolfhound-PRO unit RF coaxial port located at the OLED end of the unit as it
can be observed from the two photos in Figure 1.
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Figure1.Wolfhound-PROUnitmaybeusedwiththeOmnidirectionalorDirectionFinding(DF)Antenna
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ItemsSupplied
The standard package (as shipped) includes the Wolfhound-PRO unit and accessories, including a
carryingcaseasseeninFigure2:
Wolfhound-PROCellDetectorunit
Operatorsmanual
VELCROhandstrap
Earbud
ExternalACPowerCharger
Omnidirectionalmonopoleantenna
DirectionFinding(DF)Antennaassembly
MiniUSBcable
Pelican®briefcase(blackwithsecurelockandkeys)
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Figure2.Wolfhound-PROunitandaccessories
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Optionally,thefollowingitemsarealsoavailable:
GreenLasermodule(mountedonDFantennaassembly)
PCSoftwarepackage(forreal-timemonitoring,dataloggingandreportgeneration)1
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Wolfhound-PROUNITDESCRIPTION
Wolfhound-PRO(trackball model) unitappearin Figure 3. The unit has an OLED, navigation trackball,
fiveelectricalinterfacesandanLEDaslistedbelow(seealsoarrows1,2,3,6,7and8inFigure3):
1. Antennaport
2. Audio(earbud)jack
3. DCPowerjack
4. LiquidCrystalDisplay(OLED)
5. Trackball(rollfor2Dcursornavigation/pressdownforselecting)
6. Laserjack
7. MiniUSBjack
8. BatterystatusLED(Red)
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Figure3a.TheWolfhound-PROUnit,Controls,IndicatorsandInterfaces

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Note:SomeWolfhound-Promodelsutilizeasingletrackballformenunavigationandcontrolwhileother
Wolfhound-Promodelsusea5-buttonlayoutfornavigation.Bothunitsareidenticalinperformanceandfeatures
leavingtheappearanceandphysicalnavigationastheonlydifferencebetweenthetwomodels.
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1. Navigate/adjustupmenu
2. Navigate/adjusttotheright
3. Navigate/adjustdownmenu
4. Navigate/adjusttotheleft
5.Selectordeselecthighlightedicon/PowerONunit
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Figure4b.TheWolfhound-PROKeypadPushbuttonNavigationControls
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OrganicLightEmittingDiode(OLED)
TheWolfhound-PROunitcanbe turnedonby holdingdownthe trackballorblackcenterpushbutton
(seearrow5inFigure3)atleastforaboutasecond.Whentheunitispowered,theambermonochrome
OLEDwilldisplayoneof thethreemeasurementscreens(Phone Detection,DirectionFindingorDECT
6.0 Detection) from which the unit was turned off. Thus, if the unit was being used in the Direction
Findingmodejustbeforepoweringoff,nexttimeitispoweredontheOLEDwilldisplaytheDirection
FindingscreeninFigure4:
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Figure4.OLEDdisplayingtheDirectionFindingScreen
Theunitcanbepoweredoffonlyfromoneofthethreemeasurementscreens,bychoosingthepower
icon in Figure 4 (the power icon is nearest to the lower right-hand-corner of all three measurement
screens).
Higher-LevelMenuScreens
MAINMENUScreen(highest-levelmenu)
TheWolfhound-PROunitMAINMENUscreen(seeFigure5)isaccessedbyselectingtheinformationicon
“i”fromanyoneofthethreemeasurementscreens(seeFigure4).
 Figure5.MAINMENUScreen
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Clicking“Back”inFigure5orinanyotherscreenwhere“Back”appearswilltaketheusertothenext
higher level menu or screen. The first four items  in the MAIN MENU (i.e., Measurements, Effect
Options,SettingsandInformation)arediscussednext:
MEASUREMENTSScreen
Clickingon“Measurements”fromtheMAINMENU(Figure5)willyieldtheMEASUREMENTSMenu:
Figure6.MEASUREMENTSMenuScreen
Thismenuallowstheusertoenteroneofthethreemodesofreal-timemonitoringoftheWolfhound-
PROunit:
PhoneDetectionMode
Inthismode (seeFigure7),theWolfhound-PROwilldetecttheuseof oneormorecellphoneswhile
monitoring the relative strength of the source signal(s) and frequencies using the Omnidirectional
antenna. The frequency band needs to be selectedvia the BAND SELECTION screen. The frequency
indicationcorrespondstothestrongestsignaldetectedintheselectedfrequencyband,usingacoarse
bar-chartvaryinginheightonarelativescaleof0to10.Eachdivisiononthecoarsescalecorrespondsto
approximately6.4dBchangeinsignallevel.Inthismodecellphoneusecanbedetectedbutdirectionof
maximumsignalstrengthcannotbedetermined.
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Figure7.PhoneDetectionMode