Martin System MPS FALCON User manual

MPS
FALCON
USER GUIDE EN

CONTENTS
Transmitter Description 3
Switching Transmitter On and Off 4
Switching Receiver On and Off 6
Saving a POI 8
Adding a Transmitter 9
Retrieving the Number of a Transmitter 10
Locating an Animal or a POI Using the Receiver 11
Locating an Animal Using a Tablet or a Smartphone 12
Remote Controlling a Bird Launcher 13
Improving Transmission Performances 14
Charging your Devices 17
Maintaining your Devices 19
Technical Specifications 20
Recycling 21
Warranty 22
Conformity 23

TRANSMITTER DESCRIPTION
1. UHF antenna
2. Screen
3. Keypad
4. Charge connector
FUNCTION OF KEYPAD KEYS
Change transmitter or POI
Change transmitter or POI
Switch receiver on or off
Add a transmitter or a POI (long press)
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SWITCHING TRANSMITTER ON AND OFF
▪The transmitter is controlled using a magnet provided in the case.
▪Slide the magnet next to the transmitter's mark to switch it on or off.
▪When starting up, the transmitters flashes orange for about 30
seconds until it finds a GPS signal. If the GPS reception is hard (build-
ings in the vicinity, very cloudy sky...) it may take more time.
▪Once the transmitter finds a GPS signal, it slowly flashes green.
▪Some of the information transmitted to the receiver (such as battery
state, altitude) depend on the distance with the transmitter. If the
animal is too far away, the receiver will not receive its position any
more. Altitude and battery state are not displayed any more.
▪The information update on the receiver depends on the distance to
the transmitter and its operating time.
▪Do not release the animal before checking the pairing of the trans-
mitter with the receiver.

MEDIUM RANGE TRANSMISSION
▪Range up to 5-6 km (depending on environment conditions).
▪Transmission of all information: position, altitude, and battery state.
▪During the first 4 hours, the transmitter transmits in medium range
every 8 seconds.
▪After 4 hours of operation, the transmitter transmits in medium range
about every minute to spare the battery.
LONG RANGE TRANSMISSION
▪Range up to 50 km.
▪Transmission of the position only.
▪The transmitter transmits in long range about every minute.
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SWITCHING RECEIVER ON AND OFF
▪Switch on and off your receiver by pressing the key.
▪The icon flashes while the receiver searches for GPS satellites.
▪Once the satellites are found, the GPS position of the receiver is dis-
played as latitude and longitude.
1. Selected transmitter
▫0: receiver
▫1-16: transmitters (including Sky Probe and MPSDog trans-
mitters)
▫P0-P9: POI
▫BL/100: bird launcher
▫_ _: search of a transmitter number

2. Receiver
▫fixed: GPS signal received
▫: battery charge level
3. GPS position (latitude and longitude)
4. Selected transmitter
▫: battery charge level
▫: UHF signal level
5. Altitude of the animal or POI relative to the receiver (the precision
depends on the GPS measurements).
6. Distance from the animal or POI.
7. Direction of the animal or POI.
8. Elapsed time since last reception of data from the transmitter.
Note: Some of the information transmitted to the receiver (such as battery
state, altitude) depend on the distance with the transmitter. If the animal is
too far away, the receiver will not receive its position any more. Altitude
and battery state are not displayed any more.
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SAVING A POI
With your MPSFalcon you can save up to 10 POIs (points of interest), such
as, for example, the location of your car when you leave it.
Once you arrive at a selected place:
▪Use and keys to select the number to assign to the selected
POI (between P0 and P9).
▪Keep the key pressed during several seconds to save your loc-
ation.
▪The position is displayed and the POI is saved.
▪From now on, when you select this POI, your receiver will indicate its
distance and direction.
If a position was previously saved in the selected POI, it is erased and
replaced by the new position.

ADDING A TRANSMITTER
ADDING A TRANSMITTER
Your MPSFalcon receiver is compatible with the MPS Dog transmitters.
To connect a new transmitter to your receiver:
▪Use and keys to select the number to assign to the selected
transmitter (between 1 and 16).
▪Keep the magnet on the transmitter until the LED quickly flashes
green.
▪Press the key and keep it pressed until all direction arrows of the
transmitter flash.
▪During the connection, the receiver screen flashes and displays all the
direction arrows simultaneously.
▪The transmitter is linked to the receiver when the screen stops flash-
ing and the transmitter LED flashes slowly.
▪Do not release the animal before checking the pairing of the trans-
mitter with the receiver.
ADDING THE SKY PROBE RELAY
The Sky Probe relay is added as any transmitter, on one of the 1-16 num-
bers.
Once the Sky Probe relay is added, its channel displays as 'SP'.
If the transmitter had already recorded under another number, this con-
nection is erased the old number used is freed
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RETRIEVING THE NUMBER OF A TRANSMITTER
To retrieve the number of a transmitter already linked to your receiver:
▪Use and keys to select number _ _ (between BL/100 and 0).
▪The screen flashes and the number displayed is replaced by two hori-
zontal lines.
▪Switch the transmitter whose number you are looking for off and then
on again. It flashes orange quickly.
▪After a few seconds, the screen stops flashing and automatically com-
mutes to the detected number. The transmitter slowly flashes orange.