Phoenix Geophysics RXU-8A, Quick Start Manual

Page 1: ...eator MT acquisition 7 Electric Channel Settings MT acquisition 8 Magnetic Channel Settings 9 Using Remote Control Client 10 Saving a Configuration File 11 RXU 8A Connections 12 SD Card Recording Data...

Page 2: ...connectors E4 electrode connectors E5 electrode connectors 4 Ground electrode connector 5 12VDC power input 6 LAN connector 7 GPS antenna connector 8 H1 Hx magnetic sensor connector H2 Hy magnetic sen...

Page 3: ...ectric channels can be used to acquire a redundant recording on the same site or to acquire an adjacent site Excellent choice for controlled source acquisitions that require a large density of electri...

Page 4: ...ation Creator see next page 3 Calibration 3 1 Sensor Calibration 3 2 Receiver Calibration No additional configuration needed 4 System tests 4 1 White Noise 4 2 Parallel Noise Configuration Creator 4 3...

Page 5: ...requency Schedule Define the lowest and highest frequency Select the Frequency per octave and click Next 4 Transmitter Setup Select the Transmitter Tx type Type the sensor Tx serial and click Next 5 S...

Page 6: ...le to define the time and date 3 Ethernet port see the Networking Settings manual 4 Channels Settings see pages 7 8 5 Define the Sampling Mode and or Sampling Rate 6 Configuration Layout Con guration...

Page 7: ...le or Disable the channel s Disable the channel s If you do not plan to use them during the recording This will save space on the SD card 3 Complete the information in the Electric channel settings 2...

Page 8: ...to use them during the recording This will save space on the SD card 3 Fill in the required information on the Magnetic channel settings 2 Channel settings can be configured by using the right click m...

Page 9: ...Choose Receiver Type 5 Enter the instrument ID 6 Configure Electric and Magnetic channels as needed 7 Click on the Send Configuration button 2 3 4 5 Receiver with rmware newer than v1 54 1 will ignor...

Page 10: ...USB card reader 2 Click the File menu Save or Ctrl S Select the SD card EMpower will automatically create the file config json 3 Save the configuration file config json in the root folder of the SD c...

Page 11: ...2 Ey E W Channels E3 E4 E5 are normally not required in a conventional Single site MT survey 3 Magnetic sensors to channels H1 Hx H2 Hy and H3 Hz 4 GPS antenna 5 12V DC Power Source 6 Network connecto...

Page 12: ...utomatically according to the schedule Recording SD Recording 1 Insert the SD card 2 To turn on the receiver press the Power button briefly 2 1 Wait until both LEDs are solid blue 2 2 Automatic Start...

Page 13: ...ing Ready SD 3 1 Press the Power button briefly and release to stop recording Wait until both LEDs are steady blue 2 Turn off the receiver pressing the Power button for a few seconds the LEDs will fla...

Page 14: ...elect the SD card The recording creates two folders log and recdata 4 Open the recdata folder and select the recording folder and click Choose Receiver Serial Number Recording Date Recording Start Tim...

Page 15: ...and make the necessary corrections Serial Polarity H1 H 3 Azimuth 3 View Recording Details see page 15 4 Process the recorded data after the reviewed the information see next page Evaluate 13 4 This s...

Page 16: ...entering a start and end date time 3 Enable the electric power grid filter that corresponds to the frequency carried by the power lines in the survey region 50Hz 60Hz or None 4 Click the Process butt...

Page 17: ...uality control 1 Battery Voltage 2 Internal Temperature 3 Number of Satellites 4 Saturated Frames If saturation is not close to 0 review the channel configuration see pages 4 6 the channel gain might...

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