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6. Fill in the information in each step of the ATS Fixes for Satellite Collars software. Each
screen has a Help button, if needed. Note that no offset exists to distinguish between
standard time and daylight savings time. Even if your study area has daylight savings
time during all or part of your study, the resulting data results will be in local time,
without daylight savings time taken into account.
7. After the fix schedule program has been configured with the ATS Fixes for Satellite Collars
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oftware, it will need to be loaded into the GPS Collar. To start this process, click on the
Program Collar button in the Step 3: Life, Breakoff, Activity Data window. Click OK on
the following dialog box. When ‘Connecting to the Gps Collar’ appears across the
bottom of the window, touch/slide the supplied magnet across the two white dots on the
case and remove. Touching the magnet to the collar tells the collar that the PC will be
sending information to it.
8. When the GPS Collar is done loading up the user's program, there will be a beep and a
message to the PC's screen.
9. Disconnect the yellow cable from the collar and replace the port cover. This connector is
fully sealed and serves to keep debris out, ensuring a reliable connection will be made in
order to download data, once the collar is recovered. Refasten the collar flap to the case
and tighten the nuts securely using the supplied nut driver.
Note: Should an unintentional firing of the release mechanism occur at any point, please
contact ATS for additional instructions.
Reprogramming a GPS Collar
If you want to change the program of a GPS Collar, you will need to first erase the current
program (and any stored data). Use the Erase Data/Program button to erase the GPS Collar
program and data before reprogramming it.
Be sure that you have first downloaded any stored
data you wish to keep.
Section 4 Operating the GPS Collar
Acquiring the GPS Almanac
Almanac data, which is constantly transmitted by each satellite, contains important information
about the status of the orbiting GPS satellites (healthy or unhealthy), and the current date and
time. This part of the signal is essential for determining a position.