OKM eXp 6000 User manual

FS Future Series
eXp 6000
User's Manual

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Table of Contents
1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 7
1.1 Preface ........................................................................................................................................... 8
1.2 Important Notes ............................................................................................................................. 9
1.2.1 General Notes ........................................................................................................................ 9
1.2.2 Possible Healt Hazards ......................................................................................................... 9
1.2.3 Surrounding Area ................................................................................................................... 9
1.2.4 Voltage ................................................................................................................................... 9
1.2.5 Data safety ........................................................................................................................... 10
1.3 Maintenance and Services ........................................................................................................... 10
1.4 Danger of Explosion during Excavation ....................................................................................... 10
2 Tec nical Specifications ....................................................................................................................... 13
2.1 eXp 6000 Control Unit ................................................................................................................. 14
2.2 Telescopic Rod Assembly ............................................................................................................. 14
2.3 Computer, Minimum Requirements (not included) ...................................................................... 14
2.4 Super Sensor ................................................................................................................................ 15
2.5 Telescopic Probe .......................................................................................................................... 15
2.6 Tunnel Sensor .............................................................................................................................. 15
2.7 LiveStream Sensor ....................................................................................................................... 15
2.8 GPS Receiver / eGPS .................................................................................................................... 15
3 Scope of Delivery ................................................................................................................................. 17
4 Control Elements ................................................................................................................................. 19
4.1 Breakdown of t e eXp 6000 ......................................................................................................... 20
4.2 Power Pack ................................................................................................................................... 21
4.3 Measuring probes and sensors ..................................................................................................... 22
4.4 Telescopic rod assembly ............................................................................................................... 23
4.5 Control Unit ................................................................................................................................. 24
5 Assembly & Preparation ...................................................................................................................... 27
5.1 Control Unit ................................................................................................................................. 28
5.2 Telescopic Rod Assembly ............................................................................................................. 29
5.3 Connecting external GPS receiver ............................................................................................... 30
5.4 Connecting wireless eadp ones ................................................................................................. 31
5.5 Connecting Android devices (Video eye glasses or Tablet PCs) ................................................... 32
5.5.1 Download and install t e Android application ...................................................................... 32
5.5.2 Run t e Android application ................................................................................................. 33
5.5.3 Using t e Android M100 Smart Glasses ............................................................................... 34
6 Operating modes .................................................................................................................................. 35
6.1 Ground Scan ................................................................................................................................ 38
6.2 Pin Pointer .................................................................................................................................... 43
6.3 Magnetometer .............................................................................................................................. 45
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6.4 Tunnel Scan ................................................................................................................................. 46
6.4.1 Scan Tec nique .................................................................................................................... 46
6.5 Mineral Scan ................................................................................................................................ 49
6.5.1 Scan Tec nique .................................................................................................................... 50
6.5.2 Scan Analysis ....................................................................................................................... 52
6.5.2.1 Additional Examples ..................................................................................................... 55
6.5.3 Determining Position of Anomaly ......................................................................................... 56
6.6 Live Scan ...................................................................................................................................... 57
6.7 Settings ........................................................................................................................................ 59
6.7.1 General ................................................................................................................................. 60
6.7.2 Language .............................................................................................................................. 61
6.7.3 Date ...................................................................................................................................... 62
6.7.4 Time ..................................................................................................................................... 62
6.7.5 Layout .................................................................................................................................. 63
6.7.6 Information ........................................................................................................................... 64
6.7.7 Restore factory defaults ....................................................................................................... 64
6.8 File Explorer ................................................................................................................................ 65
6.8.1 Screen overview ................................................................................................................... 65
6.8.1.1 Toolbar ......................................................................................................................... 65
6.8.1.2 File List Item ................................................................................................................ 66
6.8.2 Browse files .......................................................................................................................... 67
6.8.3 Open files and view scan images .......................................................................................... 68
6.8.4 Delete files ........................................................................................................................... 68
6.8.5 GPS navigation ..................................................................................................................... 68
6.8.6 Copy files to USB stick ......................................................................................................... 70
6.9 S utdown / Exit ............................................................................................................................ 70
6.10 Software Update ........................................................................................................................ 71
7 Field procedure .................................................................................................................................... 73
7.1 6 Major Rules to Follow ............................................................................................................... 74
7.2 General scanning procedure ........................................................................................................ 75
7.2.1 Scan Mode ............................................................................................................................ 75
7.2.2 Regulation of t e number of impulses per scanning pat .................................................... 76
7.3 Special notes for field procedure ................................................................................................. 78
7.3.1 Orientation of t e probe ....................................................................................................... 79
7.3.1.1 Super Sensor, Tunnel Sensor ........................................................................................ 80
7.3.1.2 Telescopic Probe, LiveStream Sensor ........................................................................... 81
7.3.2 Parallel or Zig-Zag? .............................................................................................................. 81
7.3.3 Manual or automatic impulse mode? .................................................................................... 82
7.3.4 Tips from t e trainers t emselves ........................................................................................ 82
8 Scanning Tec niques ........................................................................................................................... 85
8.1 Super Sensor ................................................................................................................................ 86
8.2 Control Scans ............................................................................................................................... 87
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Illustration Index
Figure 4.1: eXp 6000 wit Telescopic Probe and Super Sensor ......................................................... 20
Figure 4.2: Control elements of t e Power Pack ................................................................................ 21
Figure 4.3: C arging t e Power Pack ................................................................................................. 21
Figure 4.4: Control elements of t e telescopic probe ........................................................................ 22
Figure 4.5: Control elements of telescopic rod assembly ................................................................... 23
Figure 4.6: Control unit ..................................................................................................................... 24
Figure 5.1: Placing t e Power Pack into t e control unit ................................................................... 28
Figure 5.2: Mounting t e Telescopic Probe onto t e telescopic rod assembly ................................... 29
Figure 5.3: Placing t e Power Pack into t e telescopic rod assembly ................................................ 29
Figure 5.4: Extending t e telescopic rod assembly ............................................................................ 30
Figure 5.5: Connecting t e external GPS receiver ............................................................................. 30
Figure 5.6: Bluetoot eadp ones wit accessories .......................................................................... 31
Figure 5.7: Pairing t e Bluetoot eadp ones ................................................................................... 32
Figure 5.8: Installation of t e application via Google Play Store ....................................................... 33
Figure 5.9: Android's application menu wit eXp 6000 ..................................................................... 33
Figure 5.10: Android M100 Smart Glasses ........................................................................................ 34
Figure 5.11: Layout for t e video eye glasses .................................................................................... 34
Figure 6.1: Main menu (“ ome screen”) ............................................................................................ 36
Figure 6.2: Workflow of Ground Scan ................................................................................................ 38
Figure 6.3: Workflow of Pin Pointer ................................................................................................... 43
Figure 6.4: Signature of a ferromagnetic metal target ...................................................................... 43
Figure 6.5: Signature of a non-ferromagnetic metal target .............................................................. 44
Figure 6.6: Signature of a non-metallic target ................................................................................... 44
Figure 6.7: Workflow of Magnetometer ............................................................................................. 45
Figure 6.8: Tunnel Scan ..................................................................................................................... 46
Figure 6.9: Tunnel s own in multi-line scan ...................................................................................... 47
Figure 6.10: Customer submitted tunnel found in Turkey ................................................................. 47
Figure 6.11: Single line met od used to locate tunnel ....................................................................... 48
Figure 6.12: Workflow of Mineral Scan .............................................................................................. 50
Figure 6.13: Visualizer 3D Screen s ot .............................................................................................. 52
Figure 6.14: Side View of Scan Area .................................................................................................. 52
Figure 6.15: Natural Mineral Field .................................................................................................... 53
Figure 6.16: Natural Mineral Field (additional example) ................................................................... 53
Figure 6.17: Example s owing t e typical signal of non-ferrous metal .............................................. 54
Figure 6.18: S ows a weak signal w ic can be smaller or deeper. .................................................. 55
Figure 6.19: Measure value indicating a non-ferrous anomaly .......................................................... 55
Figure 6.20: Position of anomaly wit distance .................................................................................. 56
Figure 6.21: Workflow of Live Scan ................................................................................................... 57
Figure 6.22: General settings ............................................................................................................. 59
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Figure 6.23: General settings ............................................................................................................. 60
Figure 6.24: Language settings ......................................................................................................... 61
Figure 6.25: Date settings .................................................................................................................. 62
Figure 6.26: Time settings ................................................................................................................. 62
Figure 6.27: Layout settings .............................................................................................................. 63
Figure 6.28: Information screen ........................................................................................................ 64
Figure 6.29: Restore factory defaults ................................................................................................. 64
Figure 6.30: Browse scan images in file explorer .............................................................................. 65
Figure 6.31: File list item ................................................................................................................... 66
Figure 6.32: Select an action for a file ............................................................................................... 67
Figure 6.33: GPS navigation .............................................................................................................. 69
Figure 6.34: GPS navigation .............................................................................................................. 69
Figure 6.35: S utdown ....................................................................................................................... 70
Figure 7.1: Starting position of a scan area ....................................................................................... 75
Figure 7.2: Scan modes to measure an area ...................................................................................... 76
Figure 7.3: Effects of c anging t e number of impulses and t eir distance ...................................... 77
Figure 7.4: Comparison of low and ig number of impulses ............................................................ 77
Figure 7.5: Different walking speeds during scanning ....................................................................... 78
Figure 7.6: Example of erroneous scan in Zig-Zag mode (“rotational errors”) .................................. 79
Figure 7.7: Orientation indication of t e connected probe ................................................................ 80
Figure 8.1: Carrying t e Super Sensor .............................................................................................. 86
Figure 8.2: Control Scan t e same line in bot directions. ................................................................ 87
Figure 8.3: Traditional control scan procedure .................................................................................. 88
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CHAPTER 1
Introduction

8 Introduction
1.1 Preface
Dear customer,
all of t e engineers, sales, training and support staff at OKM GmbH would like to t ank you for your
purc ase of t e eXp 6000.
T e eXp 6000 detector works on t e principle of Electro-Magnetic Signature Reading (EMSR). Besides
t e detection of metallic objects t is device is also capable of detecting natural features of t e eart like
formations of strata, cavities, voids, faults, ground water and ot er non-metallic objects. T en of course
t is equipment is best suited at detecting burials, graves, sepulc ers, treasure, buried utilities, tanks
and t e like.
T e eXp 6000 is able to locate, document and analyze buried objects wit in various structures and
vessels non-intrusively wit out aving to excavate t e area. Using EMSR is particularly useful in areas
w ere detection is a must and excavation is not possible. T e facile and flexible andling of t e eXp
6000 can easily and quickly give reproducible results.
Wit our team of specialists we guarantee t at our products are under recurrent control. Our specialists
try to implement new developments in terms of furt er quality improvements for you.
By purc asing or using one of our products, we cannot guarantee t at during your researc t at you will
be successful and ave a find. T e recognition of idden and buried objects depends on a uge number
of factors. As you may know t ere are different soil types all over t e world wit different levels of
natural attenuation. Variable soil properties can and will amper and alter ultimate scan measurements.
Areas w ere t ere is an extreme amount of ground water, varying clays, sands and wet soils making
scanning more difficult and may reduce t e maximum dept capabilities of any and all detection
equipment, regardless of make or model.
For more information regarding w ere t is equipment as been used and operated, please visit our
website. Our equipment is constantly being tested and w en improvements or upgrades are available,
we will list t em also on our website.
It is necessary for our company to protect our developments and all t e information learned during t e
“Researc and Development” p ases in creating our tec nology. We strive to stay wit in t e given
framework of legislation, patents and trademark registration.
Please take your time to read t is User Manual and familiarize yourself wit t e operation, functionality
and ow to utilize t e eXp 6000. We also offer training for your equipment in our factory. We strive to
maintain worldwide dealer network for assistance and support. Please visit our website for more
information.
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1.2 Important Notes
Prior to using t e eXp 6000 and its accessories, please read t ese operating instructions carefully.
T ese instructions give information on ow to use t e detector and potential sources w ere precautions
s ould be taken.
T e eXp 6000 and its accessories serve for t e analysis, documentation and detection of sub-surface
anomalies and ground disturbances. T e recorded data of t e ground structure will be transmitted to a
PC to give a visual representation using our proprietary software program. Any additional notes to t e
software s ould be observed. Please read t e user manual of t e software!
1.2.1 General Notes
Being an electronic device, t e eXp 6000 as to be treated wit caution and treated wit care as wit
any electronic device. Any failure to observe t e safety precautions given or any use for purposes ot er
t an t e ones it is designed for may result in damage or destruction of t e processing unit and/or its
accessories or connected components.
T e device as a built in anti-tampering module w ic will destroy t e unit if it is improperly opened.
T ere are no end user serviceable parts on t e inside of t e unit.
1.2.2 Possible Health Hazards
If used properly t is device normally does not pose any ealt azards. According to current scientific
knowledge, t e ig -frequency signals are not armful to t e uman body on account of t eir low power.
1.2.3 urrounding Area
W en moving t is unit from a cold place to a warmer place, watc out for condensation. Do not
immediately operate t e unit until any possible condensation could ave evaporated. T e unit is not
weat er proof and water or condensation can destroy t e unit.
Avoid strong magnetic fields, w ic may occur in places w ere t ere are large electric motors or
uns ielded loudspeakers. Try to avoid using t is equipment wit in 50 meters (150 ft) of t is type of
equipment.
Metallic objects on t e ground suc as cans, tin, nails, screws or debris can influence your scan data and
present negative results regarding your scan data. Also it is a good abit to remove any metallic objects
off of your person like cellular telep ones, keys, jewelry, etc... Do not wear steel toe boots.
1.2.4 Voltage
T e power supply s ould not be outside t e indicated range of values. Use only approved c argers,
batteries and rec argeable batteries w ic are included in t e scope of delivery.
Never use t e 115/230 Volt mains supply.
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1.2.5 Data safety
Data errors can occur if:
•t e range of t e sender module as been exceeded,
•t e power supply of t e device or t e batteries are too low,
•t e cables are too long,
•t e unit is operating to close to devices w ic sends out disturbances or
•atmosp eric conditions (electrical storms, lig tning, etc...).
1.3 Maintenance and ervices
In t is section you will learn ow to maintain your measuring instrument wit all included accessories to
keep it in good condition a long time and to get good measuring results.
T e following list indicates w at you absolutely s ould avoid:
•penetrating water
•strong dirt and dust deposits
•ard impacts
•strong magnetic fields
•ig and long lasting eat effect
To clean your device please use a dry soft rag. To avoid any damage you s ould transport t e device and
accessories always in t e appropriate carrying cases.
Prior to using your eXp 6000 please be sure t at all batteries and accumulators are fully c arged. Also
allow t e batteries to completely disc arge before rec arging t em, regardless if you are working wit
t e external battery or wit internal accumulators. T is way your batteries will ave a long and durable
life.
To c arge t e external and internal batteries, use only t e approved c argers
w ic are part of our scope of delivery.
1.4 Danger of Explosion during Excavation
Unfortunately, t e last two world wars also made t e ground in many places of t e world a potentially
explosive scrap eap. A ost of t ose let al relics are still buried in t e ground. Do not start digging and
acking for an object wildly w en you receive a signal of a piece of metal from your device. Firstly, you
mig t indeed cause irreparable damage to a truly rare find, and secondly, t ere is a c ance t at t e
object reacts in a ostile fas ion and strikes back.
Note t e color of t e ground close to t e surface. A red or reddis color of t e ground is an indicator of
rust traces. As regards t e finds t emselves, you s ould definitely pay attention to t eir s ape. Curved
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