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Table of Contents

Contents ......................................................................................................................................... 2

INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................. 4

Items Supplied ......................................................................................................................................... 5

Wolfhound-PRO UNIT DESCRIPTION .............................................................................................. 7

Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) ....................................................................................................... 9

Higher-Level Menu Screens ................................................................................................................... 10

MAIN MENU Screen (highest-level menu) ......................................................................................... 10

MEASUREMENTS Screen ................................................................................................................... 11

Phone Detection Mode ...................................................................................................................... 11

Direction Finding Mode ..................................................................................................................... 14

Frequency Discriminator Mode ......................................................................................................... 15

Direction Finding Scale ...................................................................................................................... 16

Threshold Marker Setting .................................................................................................................. 16

Reset Max Bars .................................................................................................................................. 17

DECT 6.0 Detection Mode .................................................................................................................. 17

SETUP ........................................................................................................................................... 18

Antenna Connection .............................................................................................................................. 19

Attachment of Omnidirectional Antenna .......................................................................................... 19

Attachment of Direction Finding (DF) Antenna ................................................................................. 19

Activating Accessories (Sound/Vibrater/Laser) .................................................................................... 20

Adjusting Volume .............................................................................................................................. 21

Selecting Frequency Band .................................................................................................................. 22

Adding Attenuation (if necessary) ..................................................................................................... 23

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Page 1: ...User s manual version 1 6...

Page 2: ...ne Detection Mode 11 Direction Finding Mode 14 Frequency Discriminator Mode 15 Direction Finding Scale 16 Threshold Marker Setting 16 Reset Max Bars 17 DECT 6 0 Detection Mode 17 SETUP 18 Antenna Conn...

Page 3: ...nit with the Omnidirectional Antenna 26 Using the Wolfhound PRO Unit with the Direction Finding DF Antenna 26 Method 1 Maximizing Signal Along the Same LOP 28 Method 2 Triangulate with Two or more LOP...

Page 4: ...f fa ac ce e T Te ec ch hn no ol lo og gy y U Up p L Li in nk k F Fr re eq qu ue en nc cy y B Ba an nd d M MH Hz z North America LTE Uplink 698 716 MHz 777 787 MHz 788 798 MHz GSM 850 GSM 900 CDMA Cel...

Page 5: ...nit is normally used in the hand held mode either with an Omnidirectional antenna for cell phone detection only see left side of Figure 1 below or with a Direction Finding DF antenna for identifying t...

Page 6: ...Omnidirectional monopole antenna Direction Finding DF Antenna assembly Mini USB cable Pelican briefcase black with secure lock and keys Figure 2 Wolfhound PRO unit and accessories Optionally the foll...

Page 7: ...rfaces and an LED as listed below see also arrows 1 2 3 6 7 and 8 in Figure 3 1 Antenna port 2 Audio ear bud jack 3 DC Power jack 4 Liquid Crystal Display OLED 5 Trackball roll for 2D cursor navigatio...

Page 8: ...ts are identical in performance and features leaving the appearance and physical navigation as the only difference between the two models 1 Navigate adjust up menu 2 Navigate adjust to the right 3 Nav...

Page 9: ...ing mode just before powering off next time it is powered on the OLED will display the Direction Finding screen in Figure 4 Figure 4 OLED displaying the Direction Finding Screen The unit can be powere...

Page 10: ...one Detection Mode In this mode see Figure 7 the Wolfhound PRO will detect the use of one or more cell phones while monitoring the relative strength of the source signal s and frequencies using the Om...

Page 11: ...T icon on the right see Figure 13 then rolling the ball up or down to the desired level with respect to the bar chart scale to the left then clicking the ball down to lock marker setting This setting...

Page 12: ...asurement screens i e Phone Detection Direction Finding or DECT 6 0 Detection 10 Battery Status Icon This icon indicates the charge status of the internal Lithium Ion Polymer battery Starting with an...

Page 13: ...nding Menu Select this icon to set Threshold The icon will change to for adjustment Lower or raise the Threshold Push the trackball or black center pushbutton to select new level Select this icon to r...

Page 14: ...he frequency band needs to be selected US EU AU via the BAND SELECTION screen Figure 9 The Direction Finding Modes Within the Direction Finding mode there are two different features that allow the use...

Page 15: ...nd needs to be filtered out by the Wolfhound PRO so the user can find other hidden cell phones in the same frequency band When this mode is activated the band selection will display where the frequenc...

Page 16: ...ng antenna attached to the Wolfhound PRO to uncover hidden cell phones As the signal increases or decreases in the graph to the right the user can determine the direction of the cell phone For more de...

Page 17: ...rackball or up down buttons on the keypad model dependent Press the trackball or keypad center pushbutton again to set the desired level Reset Max Bars Figure 14 Reset Max Bars The Reset Max Bars mode...

Page 18: ...es the completion of the following sequence of steps 1 attaching one of the provided antennas to the unit as appropriate Omnidirectional antenna for detecting monitoring DF antenna for locating 2 powe...

Page 19: ...hing the DF antenna to the unit is done in three steps as follows 1 attach bracket to the DF antenna flange using the two thumb screws 2 attach the DF antenna assembly RF and Laser connectors to the A...

Page 20: ...d up by pushing in the trackball or black center pushbutton model dependent for at least 1 second When powered the amber monochrome OLED will display one of the three measurement screens Phone Detecti...

Page 21: ...ys constant Sound when the signal level exceeds the Threshold level sound alarm starts beeping Beeping rate increases with increasing signal level Vibrator the Vibrator alert will go off when signal l...

Page 22: ...re 19 BAND SELECTION screens Adding Attenuation if necessary The purpose of this screen is to allow the user introduce variable attenuation between the antenna input port and the input to the receiver...

Page 23: ...attenuation in dB as it is varied over the interval of 0 to 30 The maximum attenuation attainable in this manner is 30 dB corresponding to about 5 divisions on the coarse signal scale Information Scre...

Page 24: ...ted to the side of the unit Both of these screens Figures 22 and 23 are exited by clicking on the left arrow icon on the top right corner of the screens Loading Default Parameters When the unit is pow...

Page 25: ...sence of a detected signal the maximum hold marker will typically be set to the ambient noise floor level Generally the maximum hold marker is very useful for identifying azimuthal antenna orientation...

Page 26: ...eriously degrade its performance These criteria are listed in Table 2 below Table 1 General Criteria for Good Signal Reception Keep unit away from large conducting surfaces which tend to short out tan...

Page 27: ...ed a Line of Position After an initial Line Of Position LOP is established by a 360 degree sweep of the unit DF antenna the user takes a few steps in the LOP direction and then re confirms the new LOP...

Page 28: ...1 use the following sequence 1 Keep the DF antenna level by observing the height of the point at which the laser beam reflects from a wall or other object or keep the laser beam parallel to the horizo...

Page 29: ...e same heading scan the unit again for maximum signal in the same manner while the signal level registered on the coarse bar chart increases 5 Keep walking in the same direction and repeat Steps 3 and...

Page 30: ...e monitored 4 Move to point of intersection of LOP1 and LOP2 and use Method 1 to zoom in on the source if necessary MAINTENANCE and TROUBLESHOOTING Charging Batteries The unit batteries are charged by...

Page 31: ...l Time monitoring Alerts when activity is detected above a set threshold Reports power level and at what frequency the alert was triggered Alert drops when power falls below drop threshold Displays re...

Page 32: ...the display of statistics or generation of printed reports Installation of Software The software is contained on an SD card After installation is complete run the application If an error occurs when...

Page 33: ...ion code The registration code is provided along with the software Type in the registration code to unlock the real time feature of the application The software will not ask for this information again...

Page 34: ...trength falls below the threshold again When the threshold has been eclipsed counters will be updated These counters include REGISTRATIONS TEXT MESSAGES CALLS Depending on the length of a threshold in...

Page 35: ...ser determine what type of report is to be run The default is a general detection report The rightmost box lets the user determine the time frame in which the data is to be extracted Examples of time...

Page 36: ...e left hand side of the dialog The threshold setting allows the user to set a level at which it is determined that a cellphone is in use Any readings above this level between 0 and 100 will show the a...

Page 37: ...37 The band settings lets the user select between the United States and European band Choose the appropriate band for your area...

Page 38: ...38 The sound setting lets the user turn the sound alert on or off Simply make a selection and it will be applied as soon as the dialog has been closed...

Page 39: ...39 HELP The help menu shows application information This includes software version firmware version of the hardware and the serial number of the unit...

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