CatLog-S2 - User Manual
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1. Position age colors K p eei sie 1 F n a E ne Ube Oldest Newest 6 3 2014 7 16 2014 E 05 46 44 11 28 24 i A po NEW BRUNSWICK er summary of each data point is shown if you move the mouse pointer on it CatLog S2 Catnip Technologies Page 20 of 22 6 ThermoSeal One key feature of the CatLog S is the ThermoSeal enclosure that offers the best environmental protection for the least weight It is a special heat shrink tubing with outstanding characteristics ThermoSeal Features e Provides reliable water tightness and is absolutely corrosion and pressure resistant e Reusable seal just heat it up to open it and seal it again with heat e Sufficient wall thickness to mechanically protect the device e Sticks to tape for universal deployment e Allows to create special attachment fixtures e Cheap clean economic simple CatLog S2 Catnip Technologies 6 1 Sealing Process Page 21 of 22 Below follows the description of the sealing process We have also a video available to show the workflow and details Adjust clamp pressure 160 200 Degrees Celsius The ThermoSeal material is handled like regular shrink tubing You will need the following tools Heat gun seal clamp and Scissors All CatLog S devices are pre sealed and just need to be sealed on the interface prior to use We sell the sealing tool as well as the ThermoSeal material Please note that regul2. 0 of 22 4 Control Center The CatLog GPS Control Center will be your main tool to work with the GPS device It is used to configure the functionality and read the recorded data Below an overview of the main screen Connection to device Bt Serial Mr Iva EOM 4 Refresh Connect 9 Device Mame Scheduler Settings GPs i Su Mo Tu We Th Head Settings Device Configuration Capture Interval Time LN ES Dh 2 m fs GPS Timeout 500 seconds Number of Positions before lag fo 2nd chance when no position i seconds delay time Mao Tuming OFF once enabled vite Settings fi h i Head ata Erase Data Automatic Restart on power Fail LED off Circular Logging 3D Lock required Enable Scheduler Delayed start fram date 12 hh h dd F mm he y Recovery from date 12 hh 30 dd E mm 16 up Capture Interval Time A 60 seconds All times are satellite UTC time Recover Acton interval Capture Interval Time B seconds 60 seconds 4 1 Connecting GPS Device Step 1 Plug in PL2303 serial communication USB cable Click Refresh Select COM port usually highest one This step only needs to be done once per session otep 2 Connect device to USB cable Check if green light turns on and stays on If not activate switch so that device turns on green light stays on Step 3 Click Connect Heartbeat indicator should turn re
3. 03 driver of the CatLog Control installation package All Windows 64 bit operating systems including Windows 10 1 Unplug all USB To Serial adapters 2 Double click on the installer PL2303 64bit Installer exe 3 When it prompts you plug in one 1 of your USB To Serial adapters and click Continue 4 Reboot your computer All Windows 32 bit operating systems from XP up 1 Unplug all USB To Serial adapters 2 Run the installer program PL 2303 Driver Installer exe 3 If it offers a choice to remove the driver then select to remove the current driver Then run the installer again to install the correct driver 4 Reboot your computer CatLog S2 Catnip Technologies Page 9 of 22 3 2 Serial Communication Driver Note Normally installed with setup program Skip this section Installation procedure of SCOMM32 OCX Serial Communication Driver depends on the operation system otep 1 Copy the ocx into windows system folder a Windows 32 bit to c windows system82 requires Admin rights b Windows 64 bit to c windows syswow64 requires Admin rights otep 2 Open command prompt a Windows or Vista Select Start gt All Programs gt Accessories Right click on Command Prompt in the Accessories Click Run as Administrator b Windows 8 C Open the Quick Link menu by holding down the Windows 8 logo key and pressing the X key Select Command Prompt Admin Select Yes to allow ch
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5. CatLog S2 User Manual With ThermoSeal Revision August 12 2015 CatLog S2 Catnip Technologies Page 2 of 22 Index Iglesias es erc MIU oti idetusioboddufdeas 2 NOOU CHON RR E T T 3 Ted GatLog S Eealll G5 oin Ert rt Eo EE CE CEPR REEL deemed CLR RUNS 3 1 2 SPCCINCAUONS iosceseici estesa ien ti Fete eta Neben ten ctos esa enn iuvet ctae sues Ues c epe 4 Tio SUPDOM ANG TAC NO at eecta ce eteeta ta iumd E E AR OEA 4 2 Device HaraWdale i i cete toii d D 241 Device OVE OW sopiron rco rorirori 5 2 2 Charge and Gomimulledile aieri aa 7 2 3 Switch Device On and Off seesssssssssssssesssesee enne nnne 7 SoSOIWAle SEL ede trei vedete ment Ren ete Metre E ELO IM LU EE 8 Sil IS Gale DIVET C M 8 3 2 Serial Communication Driver n a a ener 9 S Koc ROT M T T T T 10 4 T Gonmecuhnd GPS DEVICE x n uie cu qune eb Utd eet debe ome entes 10 4 2 Disconnecting GPS DeVICE cccsecccsececeeeeceeeeceeeeceueeseuseceueesseeeseeeseeeenaes 11 LNCSBI I e Xerelae bcziio miS 11 2 3 1 Operauom MOGOS acciri eti neret oet HR Een neat te d mes IRE IUS 11 A 3 T Standard Interval MOJE sui edssn adu ade ee ue Ron t edu R 11 4 3 1 2 Weekly Scheduled Mode 5 ccscccccseccceeeceeceeeecoeseneeecedeessecseeeseeees 11 4 3 1 3 Options for Accuracy and Energy Consumption 12 LC CS APS aE EEA A E EET 12 4 3 1 3 2 Second Chance when no Position
6. abled before it can operate in the conventional way Preventing the device from getting switched off is useful for situations were either there is a danger of accidentally switching the device off e g vibrations during operation or disabling the device on purpose is prevented stealth observation Note if this option is enabled the device will turn OFF after disconnecting from the computer Automatic restart on power fail If power fails the device will normally go into standby mode and will wait to get switched on Enabling this option the device will go into operation mode once power gets available This option particularly makes sense if powered by secondary energy sources like solar energy LED off Enabling this option will disable the LED lights once the device is in operation mode LED lights will still be visible during enabling disabling and charge amp communication This option will save energy as well as will prevent disturbances while in operation Circular logging normally the GPS device will record positions until the memory is full With this option enabled the system will start erasing earlier positions once the end of the available memory is reached Delayed start This option will switch the device ON at a certain hour of a specific date Until this date the device is in off state and conserving energy You do not need to manually switch the device ON for activating this function If the device is turned ON manually this o
7. anges Windows XP skip this step Step 3 Register OCX a b 32bit Windows Version enter the following string in command prompt c windows system32 regsvr32 c windows system32 SComm32 0cx 64bit Windows Version enter the following string in command prompt c windows syswow64 regsvr32 c windows syswow64 SComm32 0cx c Windows XP In versions of Windows prior to Vista or with User Account Control UAC turned off in Windows Vista 7 or 8 ActiveX files such as dll or ocx can be registered by double clicking on the filename in Windows Explorer File Explorer in Windows 8 If opening running or double clicking on a file with a dll extension Dynamic Link Library or an ocx extension OLE Control Extension brings up an Open With screen click Select the program from a List and click OK click the Browse or Other button on the lower right of the screen progressively select directories and change the Look in box on the next screen to C Windows System32 regsvr32 exe gt double click on regsvr32 exe or click the Open button gt verify that Microsoft Register Server is highlighted in the Programs list gt verify that a check mark is in the Always Use box on the lower left of the Open With screen click the OK button on the Open With screen A message should appear indicating that the registration succeeded Click the OK button on the RegSvr32 message screen CatLog S2 Catnip Technologies Page 1
8. ar shrink tubing will not have the ability to open and close the seal again without compromising the seal tightness Before you start adjust the sealing clamp With the adjustment wheel you set the clamp force Make the adjustments while the clamp is open when close the clamp to see the resulting gap size pressure The clamp will lock itself in closed position making it very convenient for the later sealing operation To unlock press the handle lever as indicated in the picture below The right adjustment for ThermoSeal is that in closed empty position the jaws still touch each other but the closing pressure is very low Next step is to adjust the heatgun The optimal temperature range is 160 200 degrees Celsius 320 390 Fahrenheit If you have an unregulated heatgun you will need to vary the distance between air outlet and device to not overheat the material You may also want to shield the battery The battery may get damaged by too high temperatures CatLog S2 Catnip Technologies Page 22 of 22 Now heat the material at the sealing location see red circle in image from all sides until it gets soft and sticky If you are opening a seal apply heat until the material gets back to the tubular shape Do not overheat or apply heat for a long period of time Usually it takes 30s to 1 minute to properly heat the material Now quickly take the device place the seal area between the jaws center area and close th
9. d buttons in the action section should be enabled after some seconds device information hardware software serial should be updated CatLog S2 Catnip Technologies Page 11 of 22 4 2 Disconnecting GPS Device The former Connect Button turned into Disconnect Once you are done with the device click Disconnect You can now unplug the device from the USB cable If you plan to work with other devices do not remove the USB cable from the computer You can simply plug the USB cable into the next device Continue with Step 2 of Section Connecting USB Device 4 3 Device Configuration You will find that you can already make changes to the device configuration without having a device actually connected This concept allows to configure multiple devices with just a few clicks You can either press the Read Settings button to read the settings of the connected device or do the editing without the actual device settings Press Write Settings to deploy the settings to one or more devices after disconnecting and connecting following devices The CatLog GPS device is highly customizable Please refer to the following sections that explain the different operation modes and options 4 3 1 Operation Modes The device supports 2 different operation modes Standard Interval Mode Weekly Scheduled Mode 4 3 1 1 Standard Interval Mode Use this mode if energy conservation is not the primary concern This mode wa
10. dow on the lower left hand side will show you how many data points remain after setting the filter Another kind of spatial filter is sitting in the display options The minimum distance between points limits the number of data points on the map based on the map scale For example if you have to zoom level set to 0 whole world view two positions that are 10 meters from each other are not possible to be displayed as two separate dots and can be represented by just one dot Min distance between points 8121 m v Autodetect dist Update Map The value of minimum distance tells the program that all points with a distance lower than the defined value will be filtered out The value can be selected manually or automatically based on the map scale Button Update Map needs to be pressed each time the value was changed manually or the map was zoomed in out To reset all spatial filters select a value 0 for minimum distance between points disable autodetect press button update map press the button Clear Filter CatLog S2 Catnip Technologies Page 19 of 22 5 2 4 Display Options There are certain options to change the display of data points Note that some features are only feasible if the number of data points is below the Maximum number of points defined in the configuration The current number of data points passing all filter criteria is visible in the status window on the lower left hand corner Show r
11. e Its low power consumption combined with small dimensions low weight and high accuracy makes it an ideal device for domestic and wildlife animal observation The device will record the position in an adjustable time interval The movement profile can later be displayed on a map or exported to use with other software Optimized for scientific use CatLog S offers the following features e Magnetic switch to activate and deactivate it e ThermoSeal protection withstands seawater and tough conditions e Optimized weight and operation time by scalable battery size e Lots of configuration options to get the best results for your project needs e Retrieval option e Advanced scheduler dual time table e Ready for alternative energy supply self containing system The recorded data is stored in an open text format that can be used by most 3 party programs However CatLog has also it s own visualization software This allows the user to analyze the captured data as well as to apply multi level filters or export only certain portions of the whole data set It also allows visualizing position accuracy estimates which is one specific feature of the Gen2 CatLog CatLog S2 Catnip Technologies Page 4 of 22 1 2 Specifications opecifications like size weight runtime can be found in the datasheet CatLog S2 Data Sheet located on our website www mr lee com gt Science Line gt Support gt Manuals amp Inst
12. e Pd 1 SS e n e S J und 05 46 44 14 04 01 Mauritania img i ra BS Mali Niger Guatemala MET ES J Sudan oA 7 Caribbean Y 7250 TY Chad y B rkina Total rows in the file 8333 Minimum distance 100 m 4 953 1 Faso A Guinea i naD Nineria c Nicaragua E 62015 Google Map data 2015 Tele Atlas fiagery 2015 TerraMetrici Paw weg Ko vt Minimum distance 68418 m Points 42 8333 Enabled points 42 02 12 49 45 459702 73 730656 12 14 3 18 43 12 54 141792 11 65062 453 99 10 PointDate Point Time 6 3 2014 0 48 533569 64 225937 6 3 2014 17 04 10 47 923462 64 473419 6 4 2014 11 32 00 48 497131 64 137863 6 5 2014 03 09 07 4791 967 64 486237 6 5 2014 06 31 39 47 341099 64 81768 CatLog S2 Catnip Technologies Page 16 of 22 5 2 1 Map Area The map area shows data points according to filtering and display options The following controls are available Zoom in Rotate mouse wheel forward Zoom out Rotate mouse wheel backward Move map Hold right mouse button and move mouse Select area of data points Hold Shift key left click mouse button and move mouse pointer See more details in Filtering section 5 2 2 User Actions Load here you select the GPS data file CSV format which was saved by CatLog Control Center to visualize Save Writes data to CSV file Only data points pas
13. e clamp It is important to note to not clamp parts of the device After about 30 60s you can unlock the clamp and remove the device In batch operation you will heat the next device while the seal of the previous device cools down Please remember to let the clamp cool down itself from time to time If the seal is closed for the first time you may need the scissors to cut off excess material The ideal seal width is 5 8mm
14. e is used for charging and communication with the computer see image below See section Charge and Communicate for more details Micro USB interface CatLog S2 Catnip Technologies Page 7 of 22 EE ss SE 2 2 Charge and Communicate The CatLog S is equipped with a Micro USB interface For charging any Micro USB cable can be used Charging will start automatically the charge light orange will turn on while the battery is charged and turn off when the battery is fully charged l Note Do not store the device with a discharged battery The battery will get E permanently damaged To communicate with the device a special cable is required It interfaces the serial interface of the GPS to the computers USB port A software driver needs to be installed see section USB cable driver Below is a picture of the serial communication cable with a Micro USB adapter Serial communication cable Micro USB adapter E e In some cases e g battery completely drained it might require you to switch the device manually ON before you can communicate with it Depending on battery capacity it may also take some minutes to reach a charge level that allows the device to operate 2 3 Switch Device On and Off CatLog S is equipped with a magnetic switch Take a permanent magnet and place it in the proximity of the switch see Device Overview location can vary The switching zone is left or right of the center T
15. filtering applies to data points on the map An area is selected that contains data points of interest All data points not in the area are filtered out To apply a spatial filter you have two ways One is to press button Mark area and then move the mouse pointer to one corner of the area right click the mouse and drag the pointer to the other corner of the area The other way is to hold the Shift key while doing the same CatLog S2 Catnip Technologies Page 18 of 22 BEC 2 Ro A Har d 1 gt Comer Saquefla Stephenville gus y Rimouski S 4 A R serve faunique d des Laurentides i A ms City p u c Moncton PRINCE island EDWARD f Oi 7 w A ISCAND T9 Saint John New Glasgow o MAINE Coo OR 2015 Google Map data 2015 Tele tias Imagery 2015 TerrafMetrics 4 N O VAS COTIA 73 750656 11 65062 12 14 453 99 02 12 49 18 49 12 45 459702 54 141792 Clear PointDate Point Time Filter iV Gee 05 46 48 533569 64 225937 138 99 4 V 6 3 2014 14 39 05 48 382175 54 223228 0 15 4 a V 6 3 2014 15 01 02 48 1992 64 336739 10 12 4 V 6 3 2014 15 34 12 48 051308 64 493584 27 23 4 rz E 7 14 47 4 4 24 47 oacace CA 470000 1c 07 E The spatial filter becomes effective after the button Apply Filter is pressed To remove the area selection simply right click on the map The status win
16. ization and data analysis of recorded GPS data the GPS Data Viewer offers a lot of features while trying to stay as easy as possible The viewer can utilize both Google and Bing maps see configuration It requires an active internet connection The following sections will guide you through the features 5 1 Installation Download and unzip the program No installation is required 5 2 Overview Below you can see the main screen of the viewer Controls are arranged in specific sections as indicated Norwegian Sea er X Greenland f Iceland Map area Hudson Bay spia Dtio r Display options United Denmark I Show points age Ek Kingdom Bel Ireland Poland sev __Show tolerances me Cgemay no Kh Show invisible points i i p ue 4 dier SY A Ukraine S ux AP L ome str Pn la Min distance between points MN i e s PE France A WTA homan SD Wi v Ge REGNS a XE 250 j m p Ls NY SA AI Italy A gt rm NE M ncn PA gt Spain OSs V Autodetect dist nited States IN OF aD a f dut Turkey S o KS MO kv Ye Portugal E North T Pc OK an TN NC Atlast i sjo x 2 MS S E AL D t d Ocean Morocco N 2 S c Iraq Position age colors M ata an Alaeri Lr PS If of 4 F It E E rox Libya Egypt vel l e rl n g West m gt VM Oldest Newest Mexico Mexico S Sahara NS z WA Saudi 6 3 2014 8 1 2014 Cuba secti O n a h
17. kes the device periodically and takes a position The erun seed Time time is defined by Capture Interval Time The interval is not la 2 an synchronized meaning it is free running E 4 3 1 2 Weekly Scheduled Mode This mode allows to conserve energy by tailoring the operation time Based on a weekly calendar the GPS device can be enabled for certain hours a day or certain days a week This option will make the system acquire the GPS date and time to synchronize the operation CatLog S2 Catnip Technologies Page 12 of 22 When the GPS is enabled by the scheduler it will use the Capture Interval Su Mo Time A or Capture Interval Time B to log positions depending on the Ul AJ A settings in the scheduler matrix 0 Ej B The example to the right will use Interval time A from 00 00 to 00 59 Ue Bj B Interval time B from 01 00 to 02 59 and disables the device from 03 00 to 04 59 Care must be taken that the capture interval time is shorter than the available time window defined in the scheduler e g time window set to 1 to 2 o clock 1 hour capture time interval needs to be smaller for example 45min 4 3 1 3 Options for Accuracy and Energy Consumption This section will explain you the options responsible to balance between accuracy and energy consumption It will try to make the relations transparent so that you can decide what settings are the right ones for your case 4 3 1 3 1 GPS Timeout The GPS receiver requires s
18. o get familiar with the switching zones and correct distance simply swipe the magnet across the switch Please do not touch the switch directly with a magnet The green light will come on immediately after the switch will sense a magnetic field But the device will turn ON only after the switch is closed for a while This will be signaled with a rapid flashing of the green status light If the magnet seems not to work change the polarity of it CatLog S2 Catnip Technologies Page 8 of 22 3 Software Setup The latest version of the software is always available from the Mr Lee website www mr lee com gt Science Line gt Support Software is only available for Windows operation systems The software package contains the CatLog GPS Control Center and drivers Unpack the zip file in a dedicated directory Start SETUP EXE Before you can start the Control Center and work with the device two drivers need to be installed a Driver for the USB cable PL2303 b In some cases if not covered by the SETUP program Driver for serial communication SCOMM32 The following sections will give you more details about this 3 1 USB Cable Driver The PL2303 USB cable driver installation depends on the operation system you are using If you are unsure open the computers Control Panel Click on System System Information panel will open look at section System System Type Once you know if you have 32 or 64bit OS when open the folder PL23
19. ome time depending on reception conditions to acquire the current position Under some circumstances the GPS receiver may take a long time to get a position e g when device is under water Since the receiver will operate in the highest power state to scan the GPS satellite signals the battery will drain significantly To prevent this the time to get a valid position can be limited This is set using the GPS Timeout This time should not be shorter than 60s because this option can limit the receiver to a point there no position at all can be acquired keeping the GPS device in an unproductive endless loop 4 3 1 3 2 Second Chance when no Position Available If reception conditions are unfavorable and the GPS device can not get a valid position within the GPS Timeout time the device can be configured to try it a second time This is especially useful if the main Capture Interval time is long and the GPS device would only log a few positions every day To have such kind of backup enable option 2nd chance when no position Now the time defined by Retry 2nd chance delay time will enable the GPS device allowing the system to gather a position outside the regular capture interval 4 3 1 3 3 3D Position Lock required Once the GPS device is receiving valid signals and is able to determine the current position several options are available to increase the accuracy of the position In general terms the longer the GPS receiver is enabled the better the
20. oute connects data points with a line Show points age Color codes each data point based on the date and time Oldest position is dark blue newest position is red This simplifies the understanding of more complex movement profiles Show tolerance Shows a tolerance circle for each position Only useful with highest zoom level See explanation of Tolerance column for details Show invisible points displays points that are not passing filter criteria as an X Minimum distance between points see spatial filters Changes become only effective after pressing the button Update Map See also Configuration options for how to change colors and sizes of data points and lines EXiGPS Data Viewer Hart n a Chevery e ue i LEES va RED 1 Kegashka La Romaine E seri de parc national pu m je l Ar hagel de Mingan Pointe Parent Contig O Display options Mont Saint Pierre tr Sainte Anne des Monts Cap Chat Murdochville Show points age Matane H CI Show tolerances Show invisible points sui Bt Min distance between points T Dum 7k Sept lles EG RU Port Cartier a d ile d Anticosti Grae Date 7 4 2014 Time 04 57 09 Lat Long 47 915394 62 734035 Alt 6 24 HDOP 1 6 EA Hew 4344 Name m Carletan sur mere Richmond irs si Bonaventure V Autodetect dist Campa 3 m Yd Caraquet Update Map Au X 2 Bathurst Li Tracadie S
21. position will get but the more energy is required One option to significantly increase the accuracy is to select 3D Lock required For this 3 dimensional position at least 4 different satellites are required For a simple 2D position only CatLog S2 Catnip Technologies Page 13 of 22 3 satellites are required The GPS receiver usually starts searching for one satellite reads the date and time and then searches for possible other satellites based on a predicted constellation So the normal sequence is 2D lock and if more satellites are received 3D lock and then switch to tracking the satellites with the best signal 4 3 1 3 4 Number of Positions before Logging An other option for accuracy improvement is to increase the Number of Positions before log Once the minimum number of satellites see 2D 3D lock is met the GPS device will count the number of valid positions until the position is recorded This allows the GPS receiver to find enough satellites to improve the calculation of the current position 4 3 1 4 Additional Options Device name allows to assign each device a specific name This comes handy if multiple devices are used An identification is also the serial number of the device It is unique for every device and cannot be changed No turning OFF once enabled This options prevents the device from being switched OFF once it is switched ON The device will need to be connected to the control program and the option dis
22. ption has no effect Recovery This option will stop regular device operation at a certain date The device will go into recovery mode and conduct a recovery action e g flashing LED in the specified action interval This option will override the LED off option CatLog S2 Catnip Technologies Page 14 of 22 4 4 Read Recorded Data Click on Read Data to read the stored position data of the connected GPS device A dialog will open to choose a file name and output format So far only CSV Excel text table format is supported Data is then be read from the device and decompressed Depending on the amount of positions this will take a significant time Since the device is using so called circular memory architecture it will not immediately recognize the end of the data stream Therefore a stop button is present If you see no increase of the position numbers for some seconds you can stop the download However if you have enabled Circular Recording you should wait until the software determines the end of available data 4 5 Erase Device Memory To erase the data memory press Erase Data For safety purpose a dialog will ask you if you are sure l Important erased data can not be restored CatLog S2 Catnip Technologies Page 15 of 22 5 GPS Data Viewer The GPS Data Viewer is a standalone program The latest version of it is also available from the Mr Lee website www mr lee com gt Science Line gt Support For visual
23. ria both numerical and spatial press the button Clear Filter CatLog S2 Catnip Technologies Page 17 of 22 5 2 3 1 Numerical Filtering All available data points are listed in the data table For each column a filter range can be defined Initially the filter min max values will show the lowest and highest value present in the current data set If you click into each min max field you can change the upper or lower limit for each column Only data points that are in between the minimum and the maximum value will pass the filter o0 for example you want to remove all data points with bad reception conditions Columns HDOP and or Tolerance would need to be filtered Click in field HDOP min select 0 Click in field HDOP max select 2 Click button Apply Filter Now only data points with an HDOP value of O to 2 will remain Additionally every data point can be manually disabled by removing the check mark in column Enabled Short overview of available data columns other than position and date Sat Number of satellites present for this data point The higher the more accurate HDOP Horizontal dilution of precision Quality indicator of position 2D The lower the more accurate PDOP Position dilution of precision Quality indicator of position 3D The lower the more accurate Tolerance Estimated tolerance radius of position in meters derived from quality indicators The lower the better 5 2 3 2 Spatial Filtering opatial
24. ructions oince the device can be customized to the customer requirements the version you have may not be reflected by the general data sheet 1 3 Support and Help You can get in contact with the technical support by sending a mail to info mr lee com Website www mr lee com CatLog S2 Catnip Technologies Page 5 of 22 2 Device Hardware 2 1 Device Overview The CatLog S GPS recorder has a very compact size The biggest part is usually the battery If the device is equipped with a ceramic patch antenna as shown in the picture care must be taken that it faces up into the sky for optimal performance Chip or wire antennas will have no orientation requirements There are 3 control status elements on the device a switch to turn it on and off 2 lights to inform about the operation status GPS antenna otatus light green Charge light orange Magnetic switch The lights will show you the status Status Greenlight Orangelight Battery charging fy computer Device is switchedon Flashes rapidly foris Device is switchedoff Onforabout2Ss So Device enabled Blinks every 8s Device is acquiring position Blinks every 8s depends on HW version Device is storing position Flashes quickly 2 times Flashes 2 times depends on HW version a Battery empty Flashes slowly 2 times CatLog S2 Catnip Technologies Page 6 of 22 A Micro USB interfac
25. sing all filter criteria are saved Config Opens a configuration window Following options are present Maps Choose between Google Maps and Bing Maps View Selects the map style Satellite images graphical map or hybrid view Dot size small or regular dots for data point display Route connection between data points color and width Maximum number of points defines the maximum number of data points that will be displayed with all features Since all data points need to be uploaded to the map service this will considerably slow down the program If the filter settings result in a data point count exceeding this number certain display features will be disabled 5 2 3 Data Filtering Once a dataset is loaded all positions will be displayed on the map and you will get a table with all data points below the map screen With an increasing number of data points you may wish to reduce the number of relevant points Also for certain analysis procedures it might be important to look only at data points with certain characteristics You can basically apply two different types of filter criteria e Numerical filter filter criteria is set in the data table e Spatial filter filter criteria is set on the map Both filtering types can be combined The following section will explain each type in more detail Once a filter criteria is set or changed it will only become effective if the Button Apply Filter is pressed To remove all filter crite
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