Cable locator

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The Cable locator tab contains the following controls:

 

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Availability of the "Cable locator"  tab in different editions

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The Cable locator tab

SettingsCableLocator

 

Serial port settings

 

The Serial Port Parameters are used to specify communication settings for your auxiliary serial port. For most serial devices, it is usually not necessary to specify the Parity, Databits and Stopbits additional serial communication settings.

 

Port: Choose the COM port that your Cable locator is connected to on your device. The default is COM8.

 

Parity: Choose the parity of your Cable locator. The default is No parity.

 

Baud: Choose the baud rate (data transfer speed) of your Cable locator’s output. The default is 4800.

 

Databits: Choose the number of data bits of your Cable locator. The default is 8 bits.

 

Stopbits: Choose the number of stop bits of your Cable locator. The default is 1 stopbit.

 


 

Protocols settings

 

Protocol: Choose one from the following protocols

 

●Leica Digicat 200 - or newer Digicat cable locators

●3M Dynatel

●SebaKMT vLocPro2

●RD8000 - Radio Detection RD8000

k-tip-iconVideo tutorials: SebaKMT vLocPro2; Radio Detection RD8000


 

Buttons

 

 Connect  - Connects to the Cable locator

 

 Disconnect  - Disconnects the Cable locator

 

 Create New Measurement Layer  - Creates a point feature layer with the following attributes:

 

Click on to display attributesYou can capture the following attributes with 3M Dynatel

●ID

●Count

●Date

●PosX

●PosY

 

Click on to display attributesYou can capture the following attributes with Leica Digicat 200 or newer Digicat cable locators

●ID

●Device

●SerialNumber

●SoftwareID

●Date

●Calibration

●SelfTest

●Battery

●Mode

●Signal

●Unit

●Depth

 

Click on to display attributesYou can capture the following attributes with SebaKMT vLocPro2

●ID

●Date

●PosX

●PosY

●Command

●Frequency

●Depth (mm)

●Current (mA)

●Locate Current Direction

 

Click on to display attributesYou can capture the following attributes with Radio Detection RD8000

●ID

●Date

●PosX

●PosY

●Mode

●Frequency (HZ)

●Depth (m)

●Fault find signal (dB microvolts)

●Locate current (A)

●Phase (degrees)

●Signal strength

●Gain

 

Cable locator debug: shows NMEA sentences when the Cable locator is active.