User's Manual
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Note: Some countries may ne vessel owners for causing false alarms. The per-
manent breakage of the Activation Indicator Plastic Pin is a positive indication of
a manual activation.
5.6 Manual activation without deployment
The beacon can be activated while still in its bracket by placing the thumb switch in the ON
position. Activation by this method overrides all sensors and turns the beacon “ON.” The
caution note above still applies.
5.7 Deactivation
If manually activated, return the thumb switch to the “OFF” position.
If automatically activated: remove the beacon from the water. The beacon normally takes up
to 12 seconds to deactivate, or place the beacon back into the release bracket.
If the beacon continues to operate after it has been deactivated, remove the four screws
holding the unit together and unplug the battery to disable the unit. Return it to a service
center for repair.
SECTION - 6 INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL GPS
6.1 Self testing the beacon
The full functional self-test is initiated by momentarily lifting the thumb switch to a vertical
position and holding it in this position for at least one second and at most 4 seconds. A beep
indicates the initiation of the test, and the self test will attempt 5 functional test sequence
as described in Figure 6. The rst red/green LED ash indicates if the electronic witness is
broken. Then if all tests pass, the buzzer will beep an additional ve times as the green LED
lights simultaneously. The last green LED ash and the smiley faces shown on the display
indicates a successful test. However, if the test fails at any step, there will be no beep and
the red LED will ash with the “x” shown on the display. The self-test will stop at that step.
During the self-test, an actual satellite message is transmitted while certain key performance
parameters are measured and recorded. The self-test message is modied to prevent the
satellite from forwarding an alert message during self-test.
The RLB-36 beacon may be self-tested as much as is warranted, up to a mazimum of 60
(sixty) times in the 5 (ve) year life of the battery, or once per month for the life of the bat-
ery.
TEST DISPLAY SUCCESS FAIL
EEPROM Connect
Beep, Green LED
Test Stopped
Red LED
Lock Circuit
Beep, Green LED
Test Stopped
Red LED
Signal Strength
Beep, GreenLED
Test Stopped
Red LED
GPS Ready
Beep, Green LED
Test Stopped
Red LED
Locator Light
Beep, Green LED, Strobe
Test Stopped
Red LED
Summary
Green LED
Figure 6
*NOTE: The “beeps” are a very high-pitched tone that some people may not to
hear. When peroforming the self test, count the red LED ashes .
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