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USE OF PINPOINT COMMANDER (PPC)
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While in the Edit mode, Up / Down keys change the field value, The Enter key applies changes, the Plus key
moves cursor to next field, the Escape key exits Schedule setup menu.
When the cursor is in one of the hour fields, the actual hour is displayed. “1” means active for that hour, “0”
means inactive (no communication attempts within this hour).
When schedule mode is ON, the PPC LCD backlight will be off except when a key stroke is detected.
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according to the contents of selected ID list, data types and download mode. Once a tag/collar has been found,
the unit initiates data download. The PPC will repeat the download operations until all the tags in the tag list
were searched for.
The PPC displays working status during tag searching and data downloading. No user involvement is required
during t
from the bottom line.
Depending on the numbers of tags, the amount of data, and RF environment, the download operation can last
minutes or hours. The following download time estimation in good RF conditions is based on 9600bps data
transfer rate.
Data Size
# of data records
(approximately)
Estimated Download Time
10kB
500
10 seconds
100kB
5000
2 minutes
1MB
50000
20 minutes
The actual download time will vary depending on RF link quality.
There are a few different status screens that show up during communication process.