Specifications

BATS AND PORTABLE BATS OPERATION
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 Acoustic Release Tab
The “Acoustic Release Tab” al-
lows Commandable Beacons /
Releases to be commanded di-
rectly from within the BATS unit
using the interrogation element
within the Hydrophone to send
the BACS commands and the
“A” channel receive element to
provide the feed-back from the
Commandable Beacon.
1.) Activate the Target. Navigate to the Acoustic release tab within the Beacon setup dialog.
2.) Set the Reply frequency to the Beacon’s (Acoustic Release) feed-back or “acknowledgment”
CW tone. Set threshold to med-high. If more *...*...* appear during the reply acknowl-
edgement than should be then raise threshold and conversely if no *...*...* appear then
lower threshold.
3.) In the Command Editor window type in the beacons “Enable” Command and then click on
the Save Enable Cmd button.
4.) Continue the same for the “Disable” and the “Release” commands. The commands are now
stored in the Trackman’s ini file.
5.) To “Enable” the beacon (allows it to respond to an interrogation) click on the Load Enable
button then click on Send BACS Cmd. The BATS Hydrophone will transmit the “Enable”
code to the Beacon and if successful will return with a series of CW tones. Each tone recep-
tion will be displayed as a * character in the Trackman window.