Geoscanners AB AKULA 9000B User manual

Geoscanners AB
B
9000
AKULA
User Manual
Note: The information in this User Manuak is based on the latest information at the time of publication. Geoscanners AB® reserves the right to make changes at any
time, without notice to color, specications, accessories, materials and models. For more information contact the Geoscanners AB Sales Department [phone].
©2015 Geoscanners AB, Sweden.

Thank you
for purchasing a Geoscanners AB product
The Akula 9000B is a high performance, lower band, ground penetrating radar. It is compatible with all
Geoscanners AB antennas with center frequencies up to 600MHz and has an analogue bandwidth in
excess of 1200MHz. The unit has been designed with an easy and intuitive user interface to allow for
fast and trouble free ground penetrating radar surveys. The accompanying software enables you with
the ability of saving your les in a modern and full of features data format specically designed for the
current needs of the surveyors and taking into consideration all the latest technology advances.
The data can be stored in any digital storage media available at the ports of the PC controlling the unit.
Be sure to read this Instruction Manual to familiarize yourself with the features and proper operation of
this control unit.
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions.
1. This device may not cause harmful interference.
2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that might cause undesired
operation.
This device may still cause interference with radio or television reception when placed near such an
appliance.
Do not make any changes or modications to the equipment unless otherwise specied in the manual.
If such changes or modications should be made, you could be required to stop operation of the
equipment.
Before using your ground penetrating radar in a survey job, be sure to test it rst. Check that the quality
of the data recorded in the data les are the expected one. If the quality of the data is not what was
expected then a closer look to the battery, power cables, interconnecting cables, antennas or control PC
must be undertaken.
• Geoscanners AB and Akula 9000B are trademarks of Geoscanners AB.
• Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
• CompactFlash is a trademark of SanDisk Corporation.
• All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
EMC compliance statement
Test you control unit before starting a survey
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Important WARNINGS
The ground penetrating radar output connector contains high voltage terminals which are dangerous or even lethal
to a person if one comes in contact with them. Further more, these high voltage outputs can create sparks while
connecting the antenna with the unit powered up. This can cause malfunctioning of the unit or even permanent
damage to it. This kind of failures is not covered by the warranty.
The Akula 9000B control unit is IP54 rated meaning that the unit is protected against sprays from all directions
and that limited ingress is permitted. However, the control unit will not function properly if large amount of water
comes into the unit. If you believe that water has gotten inside the unit, remove the battery and let the unit dry
out for a minimum of 48 hours.
Although the control cable connector is identical to the one used by GSSI Inc (USA) and IDS (Italy), the unit will
not work properly with antennas from those manufacturers without the proper compatibility module. Attempting to
connect it to those antennas may damage your unit permanently.
Antennas with extra power like the unshielded VHF antennas equipped with high power transmitters require a
special module to guarantee proper operation. Borehole antennas with cables longer than 100meters also require a
special module to make their operation with the Akula 9000B possible
Make sure your unit is off before connecting or disconnecting
antennas to it.
Keep the unit dry and the fan holes free for air blowing out.
The Akula 9000B ground penetrating radar will not operate with any
other antennas except Geoscanners AB antennas without the proper
compatibility modules.
Specialty antennas might require special modules to guarantee proper
operation.
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Equipment Check List
Be sure all the following equipment and accessories have been included with your
ground penetrating radar control unit. Please contact your dealer if anything is
missing.
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• Akula 9000B control unit
• Control cable 3 or 6 meters long depending on package.
• USB cable
• Led Acid Battery in its own pouch 7.5A/h
• Led Acid Battery charger
• Generic Netbook with GAS™ control software and
GPRSoft™ standard edition installed
• Geoscanners AB software solutions disk (contains GAS™
and GPRSoft™ distribution packages)
• Suitcase for the control unit
• Instruction Manual
• Quick operation guide
• Warranty Statement

SECTION 1 Before you start 6
1.1 Recharging the Battery 7
1.2 Connecting The Antenna 8
1.3 Connecting the Battery and Control PC 9
SECTION 2 Basic Setup 10
2.1 Starting GAS™ and Running Setup 11
SECTION 3 Full Unit Setup 13
3.1 Main Window and Control 14
3.2 Global Settings Dialogue Window 16
3.3 GPS usage 17
3.4 Setup Panel 18
3.5 Visual Enhancements 23
3.6 Marker 23
3.7 GPS Function 24
3.8 Macro Functions 25
SECTION 4 Record Mode 26
4.1 Record Mode 27
4.2 Adding Notes to Proles 28
4.3 Recording Data in Time Mode 28
4.4 Record Mode in Distance Mode 29
4.5 Record Mode in One Shot Mode 30
4.6 Hyperbola Fitting Tool 30
4.7 Depth Calibrating Tool 32
SECTION 5 Playback Mode 33
5.1 Playback Mode 34
APPENDICES 35
Appendix A – Keyboard shortcuts 36
Appendix B - Specications 37
Appendix C – Common materials RDP 38
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Table of Contents

B
This section explains
a few preliminary
steps and the basic
operation of the
Akula 9000B ground
penetrating radar
control unit.
AKULA 9000B
Before You Start
SECTION 1

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1.1 Recharging the Battery
• You should always use the charger* provided in the package to
charge your units battery.
• in case of malfunction of the charger or battery life end, please
contact Geoscanners AB for advice on selecting the appropriate
substitute.
• Connect the battery to the charger and make sure it is rmly
attached.
• The charger is now ready to start the automatic maintenance of
the connected battery.
• The red LED lights up when the charger* is charging the battery
and the green LED lights up when the battery is fully charged.
• The charging of the battery is dependent on the battery capacity
and its power level.
• For the rst time charging please allow a minimum of 24 hours
for the battery to get fully charged.
*The provided charger may differ from the one in the picture depending on the system distribution package.
1. Charger and battery
2. Connect the battery to the charger
3. Recharge the battery

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1.2 Connecting The Antenna
• Connect the end of the control cable with the green connector
to the antenna. Please note that this connector has a specic
position to be inserted. Find that position rst.
• Turn the bayonet mechanism to secure the connector in place.
• Connect the other end of the control cable with the silver
connector to the control unit main input. Please note that like in
the previous case this connector also has a specic position to
be inserted. Do not force the connector into place.
• Turn the bayonet mechanism to secure the connector in place.
• If you have a survey wheel cable then connect it now to the
survey wheel cable input of your control unit.
• Please note that this survey wheel input is known to the
software as the internal one. This is important for calibration
purposes and for surveys in distance mode.
• It might be the case that you need to attach the survey wheel
cable directly to the antenna.
• In this situation the internal survey wheel cable is not in use and
should be disabled in the control software.
• Geoscanners AB survey wheel encoders are protected against
double connections. However, third party survey wheel encoders
might not. Do not connect two survey wheel encoders
simultaneously if you are not sure.
1. Connect the antenna
2. Connect the control unit
3. Internal survey wheel cable
4. External survey wheel cable

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1.3 Connecting the Battery and Control PC
• Please make sure that the power switch of your control unit is in
the OFF position.
• Make sure that your battery is fully charged and the connector
free of dirt and moisture.
• Insert the power connector of the battery into the power input
of the Akula 9000B control unit.
• Connect the USB cable to your control unit and to the PC where
the control application will be running.
• Your Akula 9000B kit is supplied with a precongured PC so it
will not need to install any additional drivers for the GPR control
unit. If you are using your own PC then installing the drivers
might be required.
• Press the power switch on your Akula 9000B control unit. The
power LED should ash now indicating that power is good.
• At the same time your PC should recognize that a new device
has been attached via the USB port and it is ready to use.
1. Connect the Battery
2. Connect the USB Cable
3. Turn ON your Control Unit

B
This section explains
the basic setup of the
unit and how to start
recording a le
in time mode.
AKULA 9000B
Basic Setup
SECTION 2