User's Manual

Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc. Model 62000 Palm Antenna
System Settings and User Notes
You must hold down the Blue button whenever the SIR-3000 System is doing the following:
1. Booting from the initial logo screen into your chosen data collection application
(TerraSIRch, ConcreteScan, Quick3D)
2. Changing any collection parameter (Depth, Range, Filters, Position, Dielectric, Sampling
Density, Gains).
If the “Deadman” switch is not held down during any of the above, your screen will look like the
image below. If that happens, hold down your “Deadman” switch and change your Range/Depth.
The antenna will re-initialize and you should see horizontal bands scrolling across the screen.
This process may take several seconds.
Figure 1: “Deadman” switch not held down, transmitter turned off.
Once you begin to collect data, the survey wheel will act as the “Deadman” switch. You can let
go of the blue button and as long as the wheel is turning, the transmitter will stay on.
Signal Position
1.
Place the antenna on the concrete floor and use the Automatic Signal Position selection.
• If you are in ConcreteScan, this is done by pressing the Run/Stop button twice.
• If you are in TerraSIRch, go to Collect>Position> and toggle from Auto to Manual and then
back to Auto.
• You may need to try this 2 to 3 times to get the system to lock on to the surface pulse. If
after 3 tries the surface reflection is not in the signal window, point the antenna into the air
and again try the Automatic Position.
2. To test that you have the correct position, raise the antenna off the ground and you will
observe on your system that the antenna transmit waveform will separate from the
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