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Armada Technologies Pro900

Advanced Underground Locator

USER GUIDE

WARNING

– Read and understand the instructions before

operating this unit. Failure to do so could lead to injury or

death.

Test Equipment Depot - 800.517.8431 - 99 Washington Street Melrose, MA 02176

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Summary of Contents for Pro900

Page 1: ...rground Locator USER GUIDE WARNING Read and understand the instructions before operating this unit Failure to do so could lead to injury or death Test Equipment Depot 800 517 8431 99 Washington Street...

Page 2: ...f 1 Pro900R Receiving Wand 1 Pro900T Transmitter and Carrying Case 1 Pro H3 Stereo Headset 1 AC Wall Power Unit 1 Pro IC2 Inductive Clamp 1 Pro GS1 Ground Stake 1 Set of Black Red Connecting Leads 1 O...

Page 3: ...when a signal is heard it is because the signal has a complete path that is creating an electrically friendly way for the signal to travel back to the transmitter The signal doesn t just randomly wand...

Page 4: ...lt battery by connecting it to the battery snap boot inside the battery compartment Don t yank or pull hard on the battery boot Finally replace the battery cover To test that the batteries have been c...

Page 5: ...a Technologies Pro900 LOCATOR USER GUIDE 5 Pro900 Transmitter Controls Mode Controls Selection Controls Direct Connect Lead Jacks On Off Control External Power Jack Inductive Clamp Jack Transmitter Di...

Page 6: ...ontrollers lighting transformers or telecom equipment are disconnected from wires that are to be traced by direct connection The output voltage on the Direct Connect leads can be in the hundreds of vo...

Page 7: ...roportion In HI F mode select the power level 1 4 that gives you the best response Electing DIRECT HI F or DIRECT LO_F operation When in the Direct Clip on mode it is also possible to choose between t...

Page 8: ...N Battery allows the user to adjust the Pro900 transmitter to be used with either traditional alkaline batteries or rechargeable ones BATTERY ALKALINE RECHARGEABLE Contrast regulates the light dark ra...

Page 9: ...Armada Technologies Pro900 LOCATOR USER GUIDE 9 Pro900 Receiver ANT LCD Display On Off Control Headset Jack Adjustment Controls Mode Controls Pro900 Receiver Controls...

Page 10: ...ip on LO F or HI F matching the mode of the Transmitter When Start is then selected the receiver becomes active with the display indicating the signal level detected The controls can also be used to i...

Page 11: ...Used Currently Contrast regulates the light dark ratio on the screen CONTRAST 1 8 Backlight sets levels of backlight brightness BACKLIGHT 1 4 Default Mode determines what detection mode the receiver w...

Page 12: ...to the cable the louder the signal should be except for directly over the cable in the Null mode The modes can also be flipped while tracing to give a better indication of path trace quality In Direct...

Page 13: ...ies to cable buried directly in the earth The signal needs a path to return to the ground stake and without it you will not get a good locate A bad ground is indicated on the transmitter output signal...

Page 14: ...djust the output signal to suit your needs High power output is not necessary and will limit battery life It is advised that you once again point the receiver at the transmitter to assure that both un...

Page 15: ...from the circuit This can be done by disconnecting the solenoid and grounding the wire manually The problem is that the solenoid acts as a signal dampener with AC inductance By removing the solenoid f...

Page 16: ...IC2 around the cable or pipe to be traced Please note the clamp must be placed between grounding points on each end of the cable and the cable must be grounded on both ends for the clamp to work The c...

Page 17: ...receiver tip from the ground lower the top of the receiver to approximately a 45 degree angle and slowly walk the receiver away from the wire path until you re acquire the null The distance between t...

Page 18: ...ated from the transmitter through the cable out through the ground and back to the ground stake Any discontinuity in any of these links will cause the locator to not work Be sure your ground stake is...

Page 19: ...equency Two HI F 33 kHz direct connect Frequency Three BCAST 175 kHz via clamp or internal antenna Passive AC 50 60 Hz Antennas Receive Peak 2 33 kHz Receive Null 2 33 kHz Receive Peak 175 kHz Transmi...

Page 20: ...rned to Armada Technologies within 12 months of purchase and does not exhibit signs of abuse or misuse It is Armada Technologies sole discretion to determine this condition Armada Technologies also re...