RIDGID manual Display Elements Sonde Mode, Default Frequencies, SeekTech SR-60

SeekTech SR-60

•Guidance Line Shows the alignment of the target line and helps determine when the locator is directly over the target line. It will be longest when directly aligned with the target line. Rotation Arrows will appear to indicate which way the SR-60 should be turned to align it with the field.

Note: The Tracing Line reflects the approximate axis of the conductor being traced, but is modified by a degree of “distortion” in the form of varying cloudiness, or loss of focus, in the Tracing Line. The Tracing Line will appear to grow unfocused in proportion to the distortion in the field being detected. It ranges from a clear line (no distortion present), through slightly distorted, to moderately un-focused, growing to a wide, cloud-like band of particles depending on the degree of distortion in the detected field. It represents the best possible calculation of the location and bearing of the line combined with the degree of distortion sensed by the receiver’s Omnidirectional Antennas.

When the distortion response of the tracing line is turned off, a separate Distortion Line will be displayed. The Distortion Line can be used to analyze distortion when it is out of alignment with the Tracing Line. (The dashed line can be disabled separately, as well, which will leave a single Tracing Line displayed with no distortion response).

The default setting is to have the distortion response enabled in the Tracing Line. This incorporates the information provided by these two lines into a single, easy-to-read presentation, making the SR-60 easier to use.

(For more information about distortion, see pages 33 and 39.)

Note: The screen elements in Passive Trace Mode are the same as those seen in Active Line Trace mode. Mode is determined by the type of target source (Sonde or Line). For example, selecting the 512 Hz frequency from the Sonde mode section of the frequency menu puts the SR-60 into Sonde mode. (A frequency which appears in more than one category, such as 33 kHz, must be selected from the correct category).

Display Elements: Sonde Mode

Figure 6: Display Elements: Sonde Mode

In Sonde mode, the screen elements include several features that are unique to Sonde locating.

• Signal Strength – Strength of signal as sensed by the lower Omnidirectional antenna.

• Pipe Direction – Represents the approximate direction of the pipe in which the Sonde is lying.

• Sonde Icon – Appears when approaching the location of a Sonde.

• Equator – Represents the mid-line of the Sonde’s field perpendicular to the axis of the Poles. (See page 26).

• Pole Icon – Represents the location of either of the two Poles of the Sonde’s dipole field. (See page 26).

• Zoom Ring – Appears when the locator moves close to a Pole.

The use of these features is described in the Active Line Tracing, Passive Line Tracing, and Sonde Locating sections.

Default Frequencies

The Master Frequency Menu contains a large set of frequencies, but only some of these are made currently available. They are made “Currently Available” by checking them in the Master Frequency Menu.

The frequencies which are currently available will

appear on the Main Menu when the Menu Key is pressed.

Currently available frequencies can be checked in the Main Menu, in which case they will appear when using the Frequency Key . If they are unchecked in

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