CDI TRAXALL 770 User manual

Mul-source Magnec Pipeline Pig Locaon and Tracking System
Models 770 & 720
USER GUIDE
TRAXALL
1801 North Juniper Avenue
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma 74012 U.S.A.
[phone] worldwide
www.pigging.com
[email protected]

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Informaon in this document is subject to change without noce and
applies only to the version of soware, hardware, or rmware described
on the tle page.
The soware, hardware, and rmware described in this document are
designed, manufactured, and wrien by CDI. The soware and rmware
copyright © 2014 CDI with all rights reserved.
This document © 2014–2017 CDI. All rights reserved.
Document Number 89-09-0031-00
Manual Revision 08 Sept 2017
TRAXALL, TRAXALL Remote Control, FieldLink, and Congurator products
are covered under United States Patents. The TRAXALL family of
transmiers is covered under United States Patent No. 9172406.
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WARNING
Any operaon involving work on pipelines containing gases or liquids
under pressure is potenally hazardous. It is necessary, therefore, to
follow correct procedures in the use of this equipment to maintain a
safe working environment.
No person should use this equipment unless fully aware of potenal
hazards of working with pressurized pipelines and trained in the
procedures stated in this manual.
The purchaser of this equipment is responsible for the training
and competence of operators and the manner in which it is used.
Contact CDI immediately should any diculty arise
in the use of this equipment.

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CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS USER GUIDE ...................................................................... 4
Convenons used in this publicaon...................................................... 4
OVERVIEW............................................................................................... 5
Features and Capabilies ........................................................................ 5
Devices Supported by TRAXALL .............................................................. 6
Components ........................................................................................... 8
Controls .................................................................................................. 9
I/O Connecons.................................................................................... 11
LCD Display ........................................................................................... 12
GETTING STARTED .................................................................................. 19
OPERATION ........................................................................................... 21
Passage Detecon................................................................................. 21
Record/Playback ................................................................................... 22
Pinpoinng ........................................................................................... 33
APPENDICES.......................................................................................... 40
System Menu Tree ................................................................................ 40
Global Posioning System (GPS)........................................................... 48
Remote Operaon ................................................................................ 56
TRAXALL Firmware................................................................................ 76
Oponal Equipment ............................................................................. 79
TRAXALL Linestat................................................................................. 79
Remote Passage Flasher...................................................................... 80
Bulkhead-to-Client Device Cable......................................................... 80
WARRANTY............................................................................................ 81
CARE, MAINTENANCE, & SERVICING .................................................. 82
NOTES.................................................................................................... 83
ABOUT CDI ............................................................................................ 84

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ABOUT THIS USER GUIDE
Convenons used in this publicaon
pq u t and
8
indicate you are to press Up,
Down, Right, Le, or Enter on the keypad
(pg. 10):
Menu opons will appear in this guide exactly as displayed. For
example, “REC PASSES” and
“SEL VISIBLE DATA”
refer to Record Passages
and Select Visible Data
opons.
Solid arrows indicate
sequence, progression,
or transion:
Outlined arrows point out
specic items or details:
Segmented arrows indicate physical movement:

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OVERVIEW FEATURES
OVERVIEW
Features and Capabilies
TRAXALL is CDI’s latest and most powerful pig locang and tracking
receiver.
This formidable array of tracking and locang technologies is
complemented by a large number of useful new features:
• Mul-frequency1 transmier, “Legacy” (22 Hz2) transmier,
and Magnec-ux leakage (MFL) “smart pig” detecon
capability
• Three viewing modes
• Pinpointer® precision locator
• Built-in Global Posioning Satellite receiver
• Built-in Bluetooth® for remote communicaon
• Programmable relays
• USB port
These features will be explained as you read through the GETTING
STARTED and OPERATION secons of this user guide. Details can be
found in the APPENDIX (pg. 40).
1 TRAXALL 770 and 720 are idencal in design, funcon, and operaon,
diering only in mul-frequency capability. The 720 can idenfy and
record two transmier frequencies simultaneously, the 770 can process
as many as seven plus the 22 Hz Legacy frequency.
Because of the similarity of the two models, this User Guide will
generally refer to and show the TRAXALL 770.
2 The industry-standard (“Legacy”) transmier frequency is actually
21.768 Hz; however, for the sake of familiarity, the nominal term 22 Hz
will be used for this publicaon.

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OVERVIEW
Devices Supported by TRAXALL
Mul-frequency Transmiers
The TRAXALL 770 can separate, idenfy, and record as many
as seven transmier frequencies* simultaneously. Transmission pulse
rate of each color-coded CDI X-Series transmier can be
customized with CDI’s special
FieldLink Congurator
applicaon.
* TRAXALL 720: two frequencies.
Single-frequency (Legacy) Transmiers
CDI T-series single-frequency
22 Hz transmiers
are available in various
sizes, pressure ranges,
and pulse rates.
WARNING
Always use cauon when opening any CDI transmier that has been
in a pressurized environment.
It is possible for pressurized liquid or gas to leak into a transmier
and remain there even aer the transmier has been removed from
the pipeline.
Always point the transmier away from yourself or others when
opening a cover or end cap.
DEVICES

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OVERVIEW
Magnec Flux Leakage (MFL) Pigs
Magnec Flux Leakage is a form of nondestrucve inline inspecon that
detects corrosion, ping, missing metal, cracks, and/or other defects in
steel pipelines.
An MFL “smart pig” such as shown here is a common inline inspecon
tool:
As it travels through a pipeline, the magnec array magnezes the steel.
When defects are encountered, the magnec eld "leaks" from the
steel. This leakage eld is sensed by the magnec detector.
Field intensity and defect locaons are usually stored by the unit’s on-
board recorder.
Inline Inspecon (ILI) Tool Transmiers
ILI transmiers are similar in performance
and funcon to the T-series transmiers,
but in lieu of pressure housings, are
designed to work in conjuncon
with MFL pigs.
MAGNETIC POLES MAGNETIC POLES
DETECTOR
ODOMETER WHEELS DATA RECORDER
DEVICES

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OVERVIEW
Components
COMPONENTS
The Pipe Alignment legend is a guide
to help you posion your TRAXALL
receiver for best passage detecon
results.
MFL & TRANSMITTER SENSOR ANTENNAS
LCD DISPLAY
CONTROLS
HANDLE
SHOULDER
STRAP
BATTERY
COMPARTMENT
MAGNETO-RESISTIVE (MR)
PINPOINTER SENSOR ARRAY
PIPE ALIGNMENT LEGEND
BATTERY
COMPARTMENT
HANDLE
CONTROLS
LCD DISPLAY
TRANSMITTER AND MFL SENSOR
ANTENNAS
PIPE ALIGNMENT LEGEND
MAGNETO-RESITIVE (MR)
PINPOINTER SENSOR ARRAY
SHOULDER
STRAP

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OVERVIEW
The handle and shoulder strap support the TRAXALL receiver during
portable tracking/searching operaon, such as “walking a line” during
Pinpoinng (pg. 33).
COMPONENTS/CONTROLS

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OVERVIEW
Power ON/OFF
Depress buon for 3–5 seconds to power up the TRAXALL receiver
(same to power down).
Automac Light Sensor (ALS)
The ALS will automacally adjust LCD backlighng brightness for opmal
visibility and baery life. Backlighng can also be adjusted manually via
the SYSTEM menu.
Keypad
The keypad is where TRAXALL controls are accessed.
Use the
Up
p
Down q
Right u
Le t
and
Enter
8
keys to cycle through the mode and menu opons.
CONTROLS
Controls
POWER
ON/OFF
AUTOMATIC
LIGHT SENSOR
RELAY PORT
FOR SATELLITE RADIO
& RELAY CONTACTS
USB/BLUETOOTH
CONNECTION
KEYPAD
POWER
ON/OFF
USB
CONNECTION
RELAY PORT
FOR SATELLITE RADIO
& RELAY CONTACTS
AUTOMATIC
LIGHT SENSOR
KEYPAD

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OVERVIEW
I/O Connecons
Relay Port
A 12-pin connector provides CDI
LineStat satellite radio connecon,
I/O, and programmable relay contacts
which are programmable to varying
paerns.
USB
When connected to a laptop or PC,
TRAXALL will register as a mass storage
device on the host PC.
At connecon, the TRAXALL may
display a ‘Syncing’ message. All other
TRAXALL funconality is o during
a PC–USB connecon.
Bluetooth
TRAXALL’S built-in Bluetooth will let you monitor
and operate your TRAXALL receiver from a remote
locaon (for example,
a vehicle cab or shelter
during inclement
weather) on a laptop or
PC over an approximate
maximum distance of
330  [100 m].
I/O CONNECTIONS

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OVERVIEW
LCD Display
Data Window
This is where detected transmier passage signals are displayed in X-Y
graphic form. Display modes include Transmier History (default),
Transmier Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) spectral plot, or Axis History.
See pgs. 15, and 42-45 for details of these display modes.
Transmier Source Legend
This is a decal to help you idenfy signal source displayed in the
History Window.
1–7: TRAXALL X-Series transmiers, color-coded
across seven dierent frequencies
(Transmier 1 and 2 for
the TRAXALL 720 model)
Legacy: Tradional CDI CD42 T-Series
single-frequency (22 Hz) transmiers
LCD DISPLAY
TRANSMITTER
SOURCE
LEGEND
GAIN STRENGTH
INDICATOR DATA
WINDOW
PINPOINTER
DIAL BATTERY STRENGTH
INDICATOR
BLUETOOTH
ENABLED
/DISABLED
INDICATOR
GPS DIAL
GAIN CONTROL
FILL MODE
SELECTOR
SYSTEM
MENU GPS
MENU
HELP MENU

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OVERVIEW
GAIN Control & Indicator
pq to increase/decrease TRAXALL receiver sensivity. Green/red LED
stack indicates current sensivity level
Usually, advancing gain about 1/3 up the scale –indicated by the stacked
green LED array on le–will be adequate to start with.
LCD DISPLAY
Mag: used to detect a magnec ux leakage (MFL) “smart pig.”
Recepon graph shown here is
clipped, and LED stack is now red,
both which indicate gain has been
set too high.
This image shows a normal gain seng.
MR Reset
When exposed to a very strong varying magnec eld, the magneto-
resisve (MR) sensor array used in Pinpoint and MAG modes can lose
sensivity unl it is reset.
Press Enter
8
while GAIN is highlighted will restore sensivity. This
realigns the magneto-resisve magnec dipoles.
When TRAXALL is in MAG mode the array is automacally reset.

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OVERVIEW
FILL Menu
This is where the transmier type (or magnec ux pig) is selected.
Use
pq to cycle through
• AUTO Select – displays all detected transmiers
• Manual Select – TRAXALL mul-frequency color-coded
transmiers 1–7
• Mag (MFL)
• Legacy – 22 Hz single-frequency transmier
When desired transmier is highlighted, press Enter
8
to select.
AUTO Mode
AUTO is the default mode. If specic TRAXALL transmier type is
unknown, passage will be recorded in this mode. TRAXALL will detect
and display all acve electromagnec transmiers within range,
regardless of Fill seng.
LCD DISPLAY

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OVERVIEW
The Magnitude History displays pig passages in a right-to-le real me
progression which can also be recorded and replayed later. (See pgs. 22-
32.) The dominant (strongest) signal is represented in a solid graph while
other signals are shown in outline. The Pinpointer will also indicate the
strongest signal.
The Instantaneous Magnitude Bar displays relave signal strength of all
detected transmiers in real me.
Here, Transmier Frequencies 1 and 2 are both detected and displayed in
AUTO ll mode. As Transmier 1 (red) has the stronger signal, it is shown
as a solid ll while Transmier 2 (green) appears in outline.
Note that the Magnitude Bar and Pinpointer Dial conrm signal
dominance of Transmier 1.
Here, Transmier 2 is passing out of range just as Transmier 4 is
detected. Meanwhile, Transmier 1 is sll within range and remains
the dominant signal.
INSTANTANEOUS
MAGNITUDE BAR
PINPOINTER
DIAL
MAGNITUDE
HISTORY

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OVERVIEW
Manual Mode
If Fill 1 through 7* or Legacy are selected, TRAXALL will detect and
display all acve electromagnec transmiers within range just as with
Auto mode, but display priority will be given to transmier selected,
regardless of signal stength. Here, Fill 2 has been selected. Therefore,
the Transmier 2 graph is now solid and Transmier 2 has been picked
up by Pinpointer.
If Fill 4 is selected, both Transmier 1 and 2 are outlined, but
Transmier 4 is undetected therefore has no graph.
*Consult your Congurator Quick Start Guide or TRAXALL Transmier User
Guide for more informaon about TRAXALL transmier operang frequencies.

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OVERVIEW
SYSTEM Menu
Use the SYSTEM menu to
• Set up a recording method
• Manage job lists
• Enable Bluetooth communicaon
• Program the relays
• Select transmier history display (graph, FFT, or axis)
• Pause data display
• Assign to and manage job lists
• Set GMT and Daylight Savings Time osets
• Adjust LCD backlighng
• Set units to either Standard or Metric
Press
u unl SYSTEM is highlighted, then
8
to access opons.
Though your TRAXALL may be operated “out of the box,” it is suggested
that GMT OFFSET and UNITS be set before use. These and other SYSTEM
menu opons are covered in the APPENDIX secon of this User Guide,
beginning on pg. 40.
LCD DISPLAY
MAG Mode
This is for detecng Magnec-ux leakage (MFL) “smart pigs” that
are not equipped with electromagnec tranmiers. (See pg. 29)

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OVERVIEW
DISPLAY LEGEND is a handy quick-
reference to LCD controls and indicators.
HELP Menu
About TRAXALL displays your TRAXALL’s
serial number, rmware version, CDI
contact informaon, and system free
storage capacity. (You may need this
informaon should you contact CDI
for operaonal or service-related
quesons.)

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GETTING STARTED
GETTING STARTED
Unpacking
The TRAXALL is shipped preassembled. It is only necessary to insert
the baeries (included).
Baeries
Open the TRAXALL baery compartment.
A screwdriver is included for this purpose.
D-cell baeries are also included. Insert
six–posive side to red contacts–as shown
here.
UNPACKING/BATTERIES

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GETTING STARTED
Close the compartment. Make sure screws are rmly seated to maintain
a weatherproof seal.
Startup
Hold down the Power buon about 3–5 seconds.
TRAXALL rmware and serial number will momentarily appear.
(This informaon is also available in the HELP menu. See pg. 18.)
STARTUP