Archive Transmitters

Highlights

Research relating to thermal ecology, foraging ecology, energetic requirements from movement data, etc. can be accomplished using ARChive tags. With ARChive transmitters, you are no longer limited to manually tracking, observing, and recording data in the field. You can continuously and automatically collect important habitat and behavioral data over the course of months, or even years.

The tags are pre-programmed by ATS. They work like a VHF tag does, but with added on-board sensors which measure and data log temperature and/or activity information. To collect data, you retrieve the tag and send back to ATS to download and supply your data. ATS can program the VHF beacon to transmit at predefined intervals, so battery life is conserved, offering long-lived operation.

Units will be pre-programmed prior to shipment and downloaded by ATS when study is complete or once the battery expires.

Available Configurations

Cylindrical Batteries

Rectangular Batteries

Specs

Sensors

Temperature:

Silicon bandgap-based

Activity:

Micro-switch

Operating Ranges

Temp logging:

0 – 62°C

Accuracy:

+/-0.5°C

Resolution:

0.25°C

OperatingTempature:

-40°C – 85°C

Memory capacity:

Approximately 300,000 data points

ARChive Tag Control Software

General

Tag reader commands include: Offload data, erase data, update clock, view tag configuration, edit tag configuration, and view runtime information, including time in run mode, and value of datapointer.

Sensors

Sensor control:

Up to 2 sensors identified and programmable

Sample scheduling

Program up to three sensors with discrete reading/data collection schedules

Min. sensor scan time:

Every 60 seconds

Max. sensor scan interval:

Once per calendar year

Programming schedule:

Sensors programmable to collect readings by time of day, calendar day, calendar month

VHF Transmitter

Transmitter pulse times:

ATS to program VHF: Always on, always off, on part-time by time of day (on the hour), by calendar month and day

Pulse rate:

Selectable 20 to 255 pulses per minute (ppm)

Pulse width:

Fixed at 20 milli-seconds

Mortality:

Select enable/disable

Mortality pulse rate:

Selectable 0 to 254 ppm

Mortality inactivity:

Selectable 0 to 255 hours, one hour increments

Coded pulses:

Select enable/disable

Accessories

Optional: IRDA Communication I/F, PN 16421

Ordering Information

Specify battery type and VHF frequency range.

Warranty

One half of the specified battery life in days, up to one year.

Features and specifications subject to change without notice.

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