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Magnetic Channel Settings

Select the

Magnetic

channel

2. Enable or

Disable

the channel(s)

○

Disable the channel(s)

if you do not plan to use them

during the recording (

This will save space on the SD

card)

Fill in the required information on the

Magnetic

channel settings

Some channel settings
can be configured by
using the right-click
menu

Summary of Contents for MTU-5C

Page 1: ...Creator 4 Electric Channel Settings 5 Magnetic Channel Settings 6 Saving a Configuration File 7 MTU 5C Connections 8 SD Card Recording Data 9 Stopping a recording 10 Importing Field QC 11 Field QC 12...

Page 2: ...ectors E2 Ey electrode connectors 4 Ground electrode connector 5 12VDC power input 6 LAN connector 7 GPS antenna connector 8 H1 Hx magnetic sensor connector H2 Hy magnetic sensor connector H3 Hz magne...

Page 3: ...2 1 MT Configuration Creator Use the Calibration and System Test options as needed 3 Calibration 3 1 Sensor Calibration 3 2 Receiver Calibration No additional configuration needed 4 System tests 4 1 W...

Page 4: ...Shot Daily or Weekly and click Add Schedule to define the time and date 3 Channels Settings 4 Define the Receiver Settings Sampling Mode Sampling Rate 5 Live tool see the Networking Settings manual 6...

Page 5: ...Disable the channel s Disable the channel s If you do not plan to use them during the recording This will save space on the SD card 3 Complete the information in the Electric channel settings 2 5 Cha...

Page 6: ...ble the channel s Disable the channel s if you do not plan to use them during the recording This will save space on the SD card 3 Fill in the required information on the Magnetic channel settings 2 So...

Page 7: ...USB card reader 2 Click the File menu Save or Ctrl S Select the SD card EMpower will automatically create the file config json 3 Save the configuration file config json in the root folder of the SD c...

Page 8: ...1 Ex N S and channel E2 Ey E W 3 Magnetic sensors to channels H1 Hx H2 Hy and H3 Hz 4 GPS antenna 5 12V DC Power Source 6 Network connector In the field it is often most efficient to connect the compo...

Page 9: ...e Channel Detection Recording SD Recording 1 Insert the SD card and close the cap 2 To turn on the receiver press the Power button briefly wait until both LEDs are solid blue 2 1 LED pattern for Autom...

Page 10: ...ed SD 1 Press the Power button briefly and release to stop recording Wait until both LEDs are steady blue 2 Turn off the receiver by pressing the Power button for a few seconds until the LEDs will fla...

Page 11: ...button 2 Select View data 3 Select the SD card The recording creates two folders log and recdata 4 Open the recdata folder Select the recording file Click Choose Receiver Serial Number Recording Date...

Page 12: ...detected and make the necessary corrections Serial Polarity H1 H 3 Azimuth 3 View Recording Details see page 14 4 After reviewing the information Process the data see next page Field QC The warning i...

Page 13: ...a start and end date time 3 Enable the electric power grid filter that corresponds to the frequency carried by the power lines in the survey region 50Hz 60Hz or None 4 Click the Process button 5 A li...

Page 14: ...ity control 1 Battery Voltage 2 Internal Temperature 3 Number of Satellites 4 Saturated Frames If saturation is not close to 0 review the channel configuration see pages 4 6 the channel gain might be...

Page 15: ...Technical Support Contact 15 Please check out the FAQs https phoenixgeophysics freshdesk com Or email us at support phoenix geophysics com...