Vectronic Aerospace VERTEX Lite Collar, User Manual

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base plates. To avoid the base plates pressing onto the battery cable, new batteries are
fixed with only two metal base plates and two Fastlock washers (Figure above).
Figure 61: Attachment for curved battery pack on round collar. Left: metal base plate; centre:
screw and Fastlock washer; right: angle to attach screws
Put the black washer (Figure above) with the convex side onto the collar (otherwise you
will not be able to countersink the screw head) and carefully attach the collar with unused
screws beginning with the central pair and then the pair at the side next which you will
open to deploy the collar. Note that the exterior threads run radially to the curved surface
of the battery pack. Take care to arrange the screw correctly to avoid damaging the
thread. Countersink the screws into the battery pack.
NOTE: After you changed the battery pack of your collar, a GPS coldstart is necessary.
For this please refer to GPS Monitor.
12 The Vertex Lite collar with integrated UHF ID-Tag
Devices Remote Stick Radio Monitor
The VERTEX Lite Collar can be equipped with an internal UHF ID Tag to be used in
interaction studies. They send out an unique signal which can be observed by VERTEX
Plus collars (with UHF communication) recording all encounters and separation events.
The node Radio Monitor in the Devices tree allows you to check if your devices work.
You can check
ID / Separation Tag , Mortality Implant and Vaginal Implant by enabling
one of these devices. For testing the device select ID / Separation Tag and take the
magnet off the device and click on
. The Listening Frequency [MHz] of the USB
Remote Stick is preset but can be changed if necessary to the transmit frequency of the
UHF ID-Tag. If messages from this device are received, you will get a list with status
messages of the corresponding device. With you can delete the received
entries. It will be shown with the same ID number as the collar.