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Gauges, Indicators, Warranty and Glossary 

Battery gauges 

The settings page of your user software has 2 different battery displays:  The real 
capacity and expected capacity.  This battery information is available in the user 
software when you are connected directly from your laptop to the collar by USB 
cable.   

 
1.  Real Capacity:  This is the battery life actually remaining.  This reading is 

based upon actual usage, not a predicted battery life. 

2.  Expected Capacity:  This is worst case scenario battery life prediction. It is 

based upon the temperature settings and performance schedule that you 
created and uploaded to the collar.   

Status Bar Indicators 

At the bottom of the user software is a status bar that indicates several details. 

1.  Connected:  Green light and OK means that your laptop is directly 

connected to the collar.  No light and none mean that your collar is not 
connected by USB cable to the PC or laptop. 

2.  Signal Quality:  Indicates the quality of the signal from your PC or laptop to 

the collar through the USB cable. 

3.  Comm:  Not applicable to this product. 
4.  Remote Battery:  Not applicable to this product. 
5.  Interface:  Not applicable to this product. 
6.  Battery Life:  Out of schedule means that the battery will expire sometime 

after your “calendar to” date.  But if the battery is to expire sometime 
within your “calendar from” and “calendar to” dates it will indicate the date 
that the battery will expire.  This will trigger a warning called Battery 
life/Schedule conflict. 

7.  Data Transfer:  Not applicable to this product. 
8.  Collar Model:  Indicates your collar model. 
9.  Location:  Indicates the location (temperature file) loaded into the 

schedule. 

10. GPS points in calendar:  Indicates the total number of GPS positions that 

you have programmed. 

11. GPS interleaved points:  Indicates the total number of GPS positions that 

you have programmed plus the total number of interleaved points possible 
if this feature has been activated. 

12. Not saved to:  Indicates that the calendar is not saved, either to the 

computer hard drive or to the collar or both.   

 
 
 
 

Summary of Contents for Quantum 4000

Page 1: ...1 Quantum 4000 February 26 2009 Manual Rev 4 1 Software v0 137 ...

Page 2: ...XPANDABILITY 6 USER REPLACEABLE BATTERIES 6 INSTALL THE USER SOFTWARE 7 LOCATION FILE 7 PROGRAMMING YOUR QUANTUM 4000 GPS 7 EDIT COLLAR 7 CREATE PROGRAM IN CALENDAR MODE 9 Upload the program to collar or pod 11 Set Time 11 CREATE PROGRAM IN REPEAT MODE 11 Upload the program to collar or pod 12 Set Time 12 REGARDING GPS BATTERY LIFE AND VHF BATTERY LIFE 12 DATA AND TURNING YOUR UNIT OFF 13 DOWNLOAD...

Page 3: ...off mechanism if equipped Do not make any modifications to this product Do not penetrate the collar material This product has been designed to perform the tasks for which you have purchased it Any modifications to the product without the written agreement of the manufacturer will result in a void warranty Modifications to the product without the written agreement of the manufacturer may also resul...

Page 4: ... minutes GPS Additional Time Because the GPS receiver will turn off as soon as it acquires a location you may find it useful to force the GPS receiver to remain on instead of turning off right away We call this setting GPS additional time Remember the GPS will never remain on past the timeout that you chose already The GPS module in the Quantum 4000 is very fast and could turn off in 1 second That...

Page 5: ...on pulses at 55 pulses per minute while the animal wearing the collar is active and alive Different pulse rates available Most common shown above not necessarily applicable to your customized collar s Dead After the mortality delay period has elapsed without the detection of movement the VHF beacon pulses at 110 pulses per minute If movement is subsequently detected the VHF beacon pulse rate will ...

Page 6: ...S collar turned off up until the day of deployment because you will not have an opportunity to check your programming Optional Features not available on all models Drop off mechanism Collar expandability User replaceable batteries Drop off mechanism The key element to the drop off mechanism s reliable operation is a very small high torque actuator The actuator is securely held in place and sealed ...

Page 7: ...lar SW collar SW exe service note that there is a space after exe This is the factory service version of the software Be very careful to follow this manual 5 Move your location file into the collar sw folder see next section Location File Telemetry Solutions will email you a location file that we create based on the historical monthly average temperatures in your study area This file will have the...

Page 8: ...de and repeat mode The user software defaults to the repeat mode If you prefer to use the calendar mode uncheck the repeat mode box and two new boxes labeled calendar from and calendar to will appear 8 If you plan to use the calendar mode to program your collars set your calendar from date to the date that your collar should start taking GPS locations Then set the calendar to date for the end date...

Page 9: ...mode To set your GPS positioning times you just need to know a few basic things about the software and then follow the steps below First your software has three possible screens Calendar Settings and Data These can be chosen using the gray buttons in the upper left hand portion of the window Choose Calendar Second each unique positioning scenario that you wish to create is done inside of a Templat...

Page 10: ...late window on the left side of your screen click on the button next to template A 15 A box will appear for you to either confirm or cancel this action 16 The estimated end of battery will be displayed on the calendar with the words End Bat on the day that the GPS is estimated to stop working Please note that you may have to look at a following year to find this End Bat message 17 Check the Commun...

Page 11: ...the message Time set ok 2 Unplug the USB cable from your collar 3 Test your collar to be sure it is taking GPS fixes do this for as many days as you can It will work but it is better to test it now 4 Insert the blue rubber USB plug Extra plugs have been provided 5 Before deployment place a copious amount of RTV silicone over the USB plug This will keep water out of the USB port and GPS data logger...

Page 12: ... or pod on Therefore it is important to always do this step after removing the magnet from the GPS data logger After you set the time you will see the message Time set ok 2 Unplug the USB cable from your collar 3 Test your collar to be sure it is taking GPS fixes do this for as many days as you can It will work but it is better to test it now 4 Insert the blue rubber USB plug Extra plugs have been...

Page 13: ...he data page The data opens in notepad 7 To export the data highlight the data file to export then click the export button 8 Save the data as a txt file 9 You can use that txt file to import into Excel or into the GIS program of your choice Waterproof the USB port before deployment 1 After all programming and testing is complete replace the rubber plug into the USB port Extra plugs have been provi...

Page 14: ...ble to this product disregard this column H1 Not applicable to this product disregard this column H2 Not applicable to this product disregard this column S1 Not applicable to this product disregard this column S2 Not applicable to this product disregard this column S3 Not applicable to this product disregard this column S4 Not applicable to this product disregard this column Map your data on Googl...

Page 15: ...ogger is off plug into the USB port run the software and on the settings page in the manual command entry text box halfway down left side of screen type h m and press the ok button on the screen A text box will appear The last line in the box will read main voltage Note the voltage reading in mV Click OK Repeat the h m entry and click ok again Note the new mV reading If the magnet is in the correc...

Page 16: ...nal Quality Indicates the quality of the signal from your PC or laptop to the collar through the USB cable 3 Comm Not applicable to this product 4 Remote Battery Not applicable to this product 5 Interface Not applicable to this product 6 Battery Life Out of schedule means that the battery will expire sometime after your calendar to date But if the battery is to expire sometime within your calendar...

Page 17: ...elected on a GPS receiver needs to match the datum listed on the corresponding paper map in order for position readings to match Dilution of precision DOP A measure of the GPS receiver satellite geometry A low DOP value indicates better relative geometry and higher corresponding accuracy The DOP indicators are GDOP geometric DOP PDOP position DOP HDOP horizontal DOP VDOP vertical DOP and TDOP time...

Page 18: ... download GPS position data that is stored in the GPS collar memory and transmitted to the user via a 433 MHz transceiver Remote data download GPS position data that is stored in the GPS collar memory and transmitted to the user Store On Board A GPS collar that acquires GPS positions and stores them but does not transmit them to the user remotely A user must recover this collar to extract the data...

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