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When the locator is communicating with a GPS
device, the LAT and LONG coordinates received from
the device will appear on the marker locate display.
Step 1. Locate a marker (See 4. D. Single Marker Locate.)
Step 2. Press Read [SK]
The information from the iD marker, as well as the GPS coordinates, will display on the
locator display. This information is saved automatically in the Read Marker History. (See
8.A. Reviewing Marker Read/Write History.)
If the marker is a passive marker (rather than iD) the locator will display “No iD Marker
Found”. The GPS coordinates of the attempt to read the non-iD marker are stored in
the Read Marker History as serial number # 0000-0000-0000. The marker details will
indicate “not an iD marker”, but will display the GPS coordinates.
C. Sending iD Marker Data to GPS (Capture-Transmit Mode / Mode 2)
Menu [6] + COM Setup [SK:3] + GIS
Locators that have marker locating capability (indicated by ‘iD’ in the model number)
can be configured to send 3M™ iD Marker data directly to some GPS devices. When
an iD marker is located and read, the information read from the iD marker, with feature
and attribute data, is sent to the GPS device and is stamped with latitude, longitude and
date/time data. The data acquired during this logging process can be uploaded to GIS
mapping software. For more information and detailed instructions pertaining to specific
GPS devices, refer to www.3M.com/dynatel for GPS instruction sheet.
10. Help Mode
Menu[6] + >>More [SK:4] + Help [SK:8]
The help screen contains basic information about the locator and its operation. It is
designed to be a quick reference guide.
• Press the double up/down arrows [SK] to navigate between sections.
− The single up/down arrows [SK] will scroll the display line by line.
11. 3M
™
Dynatel
™
PC Tool Kit and
Locator Software Upgrades
Locator software upgrades are periodically released and can be downloaded, free of
charge, at www.3M.com/dynatel. Located under the Software Updates section, the
software link is titled Dynatel
™
M-Series Locator PC Tools. To download the software,
click on the link and then select 3M
™
Dynatel
™
M-Series Underground Locator PC