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Turtle Dive Logger

Submersible position, depth, temperature and

immersion status data logger

Technical Manual

Version 4.0

Summary of Contents for Turtle

Page 1: ...Turtle Dive Logger Submersible position depth temperature and immersion status data logger Technical Manual Version 4 0...

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Page 3: ...tics 3 4 Operating the Turtle Dive Logger 4 Overview 4 Charging the Turtle Dive Logger 5 Activating the wet sensor 6 5 Communicating with the Turtle Dive Logger 8 Installing TurtleCom 8 Operating Turt...

Page 4: ...need do is download the data and charge the batteries The Turtle Dive Logger logs The geographical position when on the surface of the water Dive depth and temperature profile while underwater FRONT V...

Page 5: ...0 seconds user adjustable Dive 1 to 60 seconds user adjustable Depth 40m water depth Temperature Range 0 to 40 C Batteries 3 x Sanyo Eneloop Nickel Metal Hydride Thermal and short circuit protection f...

Page 6: ...Turtle Dive Logger Technical Manual 3 Schematics...

Page 7: ...time from the GPS During a dive it records temperature water depth UTC date and time The Turtle Dive Logger features a small flashing light visible through the housing The color and flashing sequence...

Page 8: ...rogram TurtleCom is used Charging your Turtle Dive Logger CHARGING CONNECTOR Using a coin unscrew the connector cap and attach the charging connector onto the Turtle Dive Logger Plug the charger into...

Page 9: ...pe of grease such as Vaseline Screw the cap back into position using a coin It is not necessary to apply excessive force to tighten the cap The batteries in the Turtle do not have a memory which reduc...

Page 10: ...pid position fixing To activate the Wet Sensor simply dip the Turtle briefly in water To minimize position acquisition time it is recommended that the Turtle has 10 minutes of clear unobstructed sky v...

Page 11: ...t will not run on a Mac Installing Paua Logger Software Installation and operation of Paua Logger has been designed to be as simple as possible Unfortunately computers are complicated and vary greatly...

Page 12: ...omplete installation After installation a separate install window will open whilst the necessary serial drivers are installed If the window doesn t automatically close after 30 seconds then it should...

Page 13: ...ng the communication cable Wait a few seconds while the computer detects the Boat Logger Locate Paua Logger There should be an icon on your desktop Double clicking the icon should start Paua Logger Pa...

Page 14: ...e either the surface logging or dive logging intervals select the required interval and then press the Update intervals button Note that the logger memory has to be erased before this can occur Once s...

Page 15: ...r battery voltage is around 4 volts When the voltage is around 3 3 volts the batteries are getting low and should be charged The Turtle Dive Logger stops functioning at around 3 volts Memory used This...

Page 16: ...6 5 23 36 26 12 2009 3 42 15 1 4 0 2 6 5 23 37 26 12 2009 2 37 15 1 4 0 2 6 5 23 38 26 12 2009 0 79 15 2 4 0 1 6 5 24 3 26 12 2009 42 41526 173 65526 1 8 0 00 15 2 4 0 1 6 5 24 13 26 12 2009 42 41526...

Page 17: ...Excellent At this confidence level positional measurements are considered accurate enough to meet all but the most sensitive applications 2 5 Good Represents a level that marks the minimum appropriat...

Page 18: ...ecessary to apply excessive force to tighten the cap Radio Linked Turtle Diver Logger and Paua Boat Loggers A radio module can now be optionally fitted to the Turtle Diver Logger and Boat Logger This...

Page 19: ...of the Radio Turtle Diver Logger reduced The radio system is ultra low power so the battery life of radio capable Turtles and Boat Loggers should not have noticeably changed What data is offloaded Onl...

Page 20: ...s within range try again The Turtle batteries may be getting too flat The data download takes a long time The data rate of the radio link is slower than the PC data download method If there is a lot o...

Page 21: ...containing of all the valid geographical positions logged This file can be displayed using Google Earth if installed on the PC The position data file can be found in the same location as the data file...

Page 22: ...t Zebra Tech Ltd PO Box 1668 Nelson 7040 New Zealand Tel International 0064 3 548 0468 Fax International 0064 3 548 0466 Email enquiry zebra tech co nz For up to date information about this and other...