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W500 Wildlink GPS Small Collar Logger/

W510 Wildlink GPS Glue-on Logger

User’s Manual

IMPORTANT

: Your W500

Wildlink

Small Collar Loggers or W510

Wildlink

Glue-on Loggers

HAVE NOT BEEN PROGRAMMED for operation. You must program each unit in order for
them to function.

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Summary of Contents for W500 Wildlink

Page 1: ...ollar Logger W510 Wildlink GPS Glue on Logger User s Manual IMPORTANT Your W500 Wildlink Small Collar Loggers or W510 Wildlink Glue on Loggers HAVE NOT BEEN PROGRAMMED for operation You must program each unit in order for them to function ...

Page 2: ...ge 3 Section 2 Theory of Operation 4 Section 3 Using ATSFixes for Loggers 5 Section 4 Operating the GPS Logger 8 Section 5 Downloading Data from the GPS Logger 9 Section 6 Power On Self Test 12 Section 7 Data Conversion 13 Section 8 Warranty and Service 13 ...

Page 3: ...ware pages indicated by the icon Click on the icon for help details The magnet you see attached to the Logger keeps it running at a lower current When you are not using your logger leave the magnet attached The GPS logger is supplied with a Wildlink model W100 communication module PN 17621 Figure 1 The Wildlink module enables the GPS logger to communicate with a PC for programming and data uploads...

Page 4: ...eless UHF communication mode and waits to receive wireless commands from the W100 for a period of 40 seconds After the 40 seconds an automatic 5 minutes of VHF double beeps regardless of the logger s program The GPS Logger stores all location data in the flash memory of its electronics Location data may be retrieved wirelessly by PC via the Wildlink W100 module either downloaded nearby with a magn...

Page 5: ...ule Setup The Wildlink module driver must be installed prior to using ATSFixes for Loggers to program the W500 Wildlink Small Collar Logger W510 Wildlink Glue on Logger To install the driver double click on the executable found in the supplied CD that pertains to your PC CP210xVCPInstaller_x86 Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 and Windows 8 32bit systems CP210xVCPInstaller_x64 64 bit systems CP21...

Page 6: ...lected again You might decide to take fewer fixes each day or you might program the VHF beacon to operate on a limited basis also called a transmitter duty cycle Note Calculations for life estimates assume that the batteries are new Steps to Start GPS Logger Programming Figure 2 ATSFixes for Loggers To load a program into the GPS logger the Wildlink W100 module needs to be connected via USB port t...

Page 7: ...f the ATSFixes for Loggers software Each screen has a Help button if needed Note that no offset exists to distinguish between standard time and daylight savings time Even if your study area has daylight savings time during all or part of your study the resulting data results are without daylight savings time taken into account 5 After the fix schedule program has been configured with the ATSFixes ...

Page 8: ...nsmitter is scheduled to operate the logger operating condition is indicated by the beep patterns below Normal VHF 48 ppm Mortality VHF 27 ppm double pulse and then single pulse repeating Last GPS fix successful Normal VHF 48 ppm with a double pulse on the 6th pulse Last GPS fix failed Normal VHF 48 ppm Obligatory beep patterns do not follow the scheduled duty cycle indicate the following operatin...

Page 9: ...n Light Sensor This is an optional sensor added to the logger With this option selected and the optional light sensor installed on the logger a low light condition prevents the logger from taking a scheduled GPS fix This is for cases where it is known that the animal will be at times sheltered from a clear view of the sky i e in a burrow By not allowing a scheduled GPS fix in this condition the ba...

Page 10: ...The logger attempts a wireless communication every 11 minutes after the hour If the Remote Download option was selected in the programming of the logger the logger will activate the UHF mode every multiple of 11 minutes after the hour i e 11 22 33 44 55 for a 2 second period Every multiple of 11 minutes was chosen to prevent a wireless link interruption during a scheduled GPS fix The UHF remote co...

Page 11: ...ts a data file for logger with SN 030086 with datablock beginning at block 1 The date and time of download was on the 313th day of the year at 11 34 local computer time Data Block Formats Degrees Decimal Minutes DD MMmmmm N S DDD MMmmm E W D deg M min m decimal min Yr Day Hr Mn St Act T Blk Lat N S Long E W aa bbb cc dd e ff gg hhhhh iiii iiii j kkkkk kkkk l 09 001 10 21 2 00 30 00001 17 437810 S ...

Page 12: ...Altitude In meters above sea level n n Speed Speed over the ground in knots 1 knot 1 15078 miles hour oo o HDop pp Number of satellites used in achieving GPS fix qqq Number of seconds needed to achieve GPS fix r Dimension of GPS fix 2 or 3 Section 6 Power on Self Test As explained in Section 4 Operating the GPS Logger there is a special start up beep pattern once the magnet is pulled off First the...

Page 13: ...emetry Systems Inc GPS folder 2 From the ATSFixes home screen click on Convert Data Format 3 Choose the conversion type between the Convert from Julian Day to Month and Day and Remove all non successful fixes from dataset options 4 Under the File Name prompt enter the filename of the data file you wish to convert 5 Click on Continue A new file is generated with the filename described above under t...

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