Vectronic Aerospace V6 User manual

Drop Off Realease Transmitter V6
Last Change: 20.07.2022
User's Manual

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Release Transmitter Terminal
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User's Manual
Raef Mohamed 13.04.2022
Martin Müller
Kai-Immo Wels
Raef Mohamed
Kai-Immo Wels
02.06.2022
10.06.2022
16.06.2022
05.07.2022

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Table of Contents
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1Product Overview
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2Terminal Equipment
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3Battery charging
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4Terminal Information
...................................................................................................................... 94.1 F1 - Status Info menu
...................................................................................................................... 94.2 F2 - Transmitter Info menu
...................................................................................................................... 104.3 F3 - Display Setup menu
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5Set-up
...................................................................................................................... 115.1 Install Release Transmitter Manager software and drivers
...................................................................................................................... 115.2 Connect Release Transmitter terminal
...................................................................................................................... 115.3 Open Release Transmitter Manager application
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6Drop Off Registry
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7Drop Off Configuration
...................................................................................................................... 177.1 Read Drop Off configuration
...................................................................................................................... 187.2 Update UTC Time
...................................................................................................................... 197.3 Set Release Time
...................................................................................................................... 197.4 Write Configuration
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8Radio Drop Off Release
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9UHF ID Tag Receiver
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10 Power Down

Product Overview 5
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1 Product Overview
The Release Transmitter enables you to release radio controlled VECTRONIC Drop
Offs remotely, receive collar’s UHF ID Tags or configure Drop Offs before deployment.
Figure 1: Release Transmitter terminal
While the Release Transmitter is connected to the PC via USB cable, the following
functions are available in the Release Transmitter Manager software:
Register Drop Off IDs for remote release
Read Drop Off’s configuration
Modify Drop Off’s release mode and release time configuration
As a stand-alone device on-site you can:
Release radio controlled Drop Offs remotely
Check UHF ID Tag signals from collars and proximity tags

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2 Terminal Equipment
The Release Transmitter is delivered with a protection bag, USB cable and UHF YAGI
antenna.
Figure 2: Protection Bag & USBcable
Figure 3: UHF YAGI antenna

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To release Drop Offs remotely, an UHF Yagi antenna is required. Please do not use
other antennas for Drop Off release, the terminal could be damaged by this.
Connect the antenna to the antenna plug on the top right of the terminal.
To recharge battery, register Drop Offs or load and modify Drop Off’s configuration,
remove the bottom cap of the terminal as shown in Figure 4 and connect it to your PC
using the USB cable. In this case, the UHF YAGIantenna is not required and we
recommend disconnecting the antenna.
Figure 4: Bottom Cap

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3 Battery charging
Before you release a radio Drop Off in the field make sure that the Release Transmitter
battery is fully charged.
To charge the battery you have to connect the Release Transmitter via USB cable to the
PC or a standard USB charging adapter with a minimum power of 5W. To check the
charging of the battery, you can perform the following steps:
Press START and switch between menus as shown below:
Figure 5: Start menu
Figure 6: Transmitter Info menu
Figure 7: Main menu
Figure 8: Terminal Info menu
Figure 9: Status Info menu
Now the status of battery and capacityare displayed.

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4 Terminal Information
Information about the Release Transmitter is shown in the Terminal Info menu. At first
open the terminal’s Main menu by pressing START ENTER ENTER. Afterwards
press F3 to enter the Terminal Info menu where you can select different submenus.
Figure 10: Main menu
Figure 11: Terminal Info menu
4.1 F1 - Status Info menu
In this menu,the following information can be monitored:
UTC time and date of the device
Battery status (voltage)
Battery capacity
Ambient temperature
Figure 12: Status Info menu
4.2 F2 - Transmitter Info menu
In this menu,the following information can be monitored:
Serial number of the Release Transmitter
SW: Software version and
date of release
HW: Hardware version and
date of production
Figure 13: Transmitter Info menu

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4.3 F3 - Display Setup menu
In this menu,display contrast can be configured:
Maximum contrast value is 255 (default)
Use keypads 2 or 8
to change the contrast value
Press F1 to apply new contrast value
Press F2 to store selected contrast value
Figure 14: Display Setup menu