Customer Training Guide
Pre-Launch Wave Glider® SV3
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within parentheses indicates which vehicle it is on [e.g. Res. Tracker 4510 (SV3-017) or
Res. Tracker 5730 (Quick Silver)]. Etc.
Note: All trackers can have individual names. It is the responsibility of the operator to name the
trackers appropriately.
Battery Power
– Click on the “Vehicle” icon – Telemetry - Battery level will be in the
Battery column.
1. It is recommended that the Resilient Tracker battery pack power level is at least
13.4 volts.
2. Battery wil
l be depleted “around” 9.0 volts.
Report Rate can be set on Xeos (online.xeostech.com). Resilient Tracker GPS and
battery status is reported over Iridium at regular pre-configured intervals. The Liquid
Robotics factory configured Resilient Tracker reporting frequency is every 720 minutes
(12 hours), but you can set the reporting rate at 5 minute intervals from 10 minutes up to
1440 minute (24 hour) intervals, depending on your mission requirements.
1. WGMS
2.
Click on the “Vehicle” icon – Telemetry – view report rate history to calculate
report rate.
3. It is recommended that you
only use Energizer Industrial (AA) batteries
4. Upon start-up, a tracker reports every 10 minutes for the 1
st
hour.
5. After the first six reports it will return to its default report rate.
Chapter 5. Configuration
Topside Radio Direction Finder (RDF) Frequency
:
Radio beacon that was used in the past to track Wave Gliders with a Yagi antenna at
ranges of 10’s of kilometers in cases where all other communications methods failed.
This equipment has been phased out in most applications.
Hull RDF Frequency:
See Topside RDF Frequency.
