F-900 Instruction Manual 8/14/2017
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View Battery
The View>Battery Menu displays indicates on the top line if t
he unit’s Charging is On or Off, or if
the unit is connected via USB cable to a computer. The QBAT value shows the battery level in
hexadecimal follow immediately by the battery level in percent. VBAT shows the voltage of the
battery and TBAT indicates if the temperature of the battery is ok. The Charge shows the output
status of the battery charger. Press the left arrow or Stop to exit to the View Menu.
When the instrument is connected to the charger, the top line will indicated Charge On. Charge
Off indicates that the unit is not charging. USB Host in the upper left corner indicates that the
unit is connected to the computer or that the power supplied by the charger is not full charging
voltage (unplug any other devices using the same charger).
The QBAT hexadecimal number should be changing and the battery percent increasing. Also,
the voltage will begin to increase slowly. The
Charge will read “off” when no charger is plugged
in and “Complete” when finished charging. The Board refers to the hardware version of the unit.
Features described in this manual are associated with all versions of hardware. When
discrepancies occur, they are listed, along with the version that they are associated with.
Other View Menu Options
The View>Flash option is only accessible by Felix Instruments technicians.
The View>Time screen displays the current time on the instrument. Press the left arrow or Stop
to exit back to the View Menu. The View>SD card screen indicates if an SD card is present in
the unit, as well as other information about the SD card. If no SD card is in the instrument, or if
the SD card
is not fully inserted, “no SD card” will appear on the display.
GPS System Features
The F-900 has a built-in GPS system which can relay the longitude, latitude and altitude of the
instrument when performing measurements. The View>GPS screen displays the mode of the
GPS sensor (SEN= $GPGGA), as well as the values for latitude, longitude, altitude and
indicates the number of satellites currently connected to. Press the up/down arrow to display the
latitude, longitude and altitude information only.
Charge
Off
QBAT:
a413 60%
VBAT:
3.840V
TBAT:
OK
Charge:
Off
Board:
v6
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