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ADL

 

Vantage

 

User’s

 

Guide

  

                              

2

 

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Summary of Contents for ADL Vantage

Page 1: ...ADL Vantage User s Guide August 2009 P N M0081501 Pacific Crest Corporation 510 DeGuigne Drive Sunnyvale CA 94085 408 481 8070 408 481 8984 Fax info PacificCrest com www PacificCrest com...

Page 2: ...eproduced or translated into another language without the prior written consent of Pacific Crest Corporation The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice License requ...

Page 3: ...HE ADL VANTAGE OFFICE ACCESSORY KIT 7 ANTENNA AND ANTENNA MOUNT 8 TRIPOD SIDE CLIP 9 DATA POWER CABLE 9 OPERATING THE ADL VANTAGE 10 TURNING THE ADL VANTAGE ON AND OFF 10 ADL VANTAGE USER INTERFACE 10...

Page 4: ...B PIN OUTS AND CONNECTORS 23 ADL VANTAGE 23 ANTENNA 23 APPENDIX C TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 24 APPENDIX D SOFTWARE 25 SOFTWARE COMPATIBILITY 25 INDEX 26 Figures Figure 1 ADL Vantage Setup 8 Figure 2 AD...

Page 5: ...omplete turnkey systems including all of the items necessary for operation with your GPS You may have purchased your ADL Vantage from a third party On occasion the bundled product provided by these so...

Page 6: ...rs such as channel bandwidth and output power Channel tables for transmission of data must be obtained from authorized Pacific Crest dealers If your radio did not come with a channel table already ins...

Page 7: ...tage Factory Defaults Setting Up the ADL Vantage The ADL Vantage Office Accessory Kit The ADL Vantage Office Accessory Kit consists of the following Wall mains power supply Wall plug with adaptor set...

Page 8: ...e an antenna cable with male TNC connector is attached to the ADL Vantage The other end of this cable is attached to a tripod or elevated section of range pole The RF antenna is then attached to the e...

Page 9: ...igure 3 This cable is available with different connectors for attaching to a large variety of data sources Contact your Pacific Crest sales representative for selecting the best cable to meet your nee...

Page 10: ...front panel for three seconds ADL Vantage User Interface The ADL Vantage user interface includes three LEDs an On Off button a two row LCD display four scrolling buttons marked with arrows and a cent...

Page 11: ...atus Firmware version Channel Freq Displays selects channel number receive frequency Channel 01 and frequency MHz Channel 02 and frequency MHz Channel 03 and frequency MHz Etc Ch TX Freq Displays TX f...

Page 12: ...ts what it means when the RX LED flashes Signal Received Data Received CSMA Displays selects Carrier Sense Multiple Access setting On Off Serial Baud Displays selects serial baud rate of the radio s d...

Page 13: ...press the left or right arrow When viewing a display and select function such as Channel Freq or Data Protocol first press the up down arrows to display the currently selected parameter marked with an...

Page 14: ...to indicate that the ADL Vantage is receiving signals from another radio or from a source of interference The default is Signal received but you can reset the radio so that when its RX LED flashes it...

Page 15: ...the ADL Vantage battery Status screen will change from displaying Normal to displaying Low The default Low voltage warning offset is 1 volt higher than the 9 volts cutoff voltage Both levels are user...

Page 16: ...3 dB in your cable the output power would be 17 5 W thereby reducing the range of the radio s signal Every 6 dB of loss will reduce the radio s effective range by 50 Power Supplies Maintain batteries...

Page 17: ...y the error code after you have fixed the situation you may clear the error code from the radio s display by pressing the On Off button for 3 seconds turning off the radio waiting one full second and...

Page 18: ...setting for construction site and other line of site surveys with baselines less than two miles depending on terrain Warning If you are in conflict with a co channel user select another frequency to...

Page 19: ...ssion if the frequency is currently being used by a co channel user On occasion you may note that the radio broadcasts stop for short periods of time Most often this is a case of co channel interferen...

Page 20: ...tside the U S Fax 31 725 348 288 Fax 1 408 481 8984 E mail Support PacificCrest com Repair info RMA Request Web www PacificCrest com Support hours are 8 AM to 5 PM Pacific Time Please visit our websit...

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