User Guide
Introduction 2 A significant feature of E-Trac is the inclusion of a USB connection facility, allowing you to connect your E-Trac to a Personal Computer (PC) to download and upload detector User Modes, Discrimination Patterns and Settings for optimum performance. The Xchange program allows you to modify the settings of the detector and either save them to your PC, or upload them into your E-Trac. You can download, save and upload Discrimination Patterns but you cannot edit them on your PC.
Contents 3 2 Introduction 4 Installing E-Trac Xchange 5 Starting E-Trac Xchange 6 Introduction to E-Trac Xchange 8 9 10 11 12 E-Trac Xchange Mode Settings Downloading Mode Settings Saving and Opening Mode Settings Uploading Mode Settings Saving a Mode Pattern 13 14 15 16 E-Trac Xchange Universal Settings Downloading Universal Settings Saving and Opening Universal Settings Uploading Universal Settings 17 18 19 E-Trac Xchange Preferences Downloading Preferences Uploading Preferences 20 21 22 2
Installing E-Trac Xchange 4 System Requirements: – Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows Vista – Minimum display resolution of 1024 x 768 – USB or USB 2.0 port – USB Data Cable (included with your E-Trac) To install E-Trac Xchange on your PC: 1 Insert the CD (included with your E-Trac) into the CD/DVD drive of your PC. 2 The CD will auto-run once inserted into your PC and the Install Wizard will launch. 3 Follow the install prompts to install E-Trac Xchange onto your PC.
Starting E-Trac Xchange 5 To start the E-Trac Xchange application: 1 Double click the E-Trac Xchange application icon on your desktop, or open your Start Menu and navigate to: All Programs – Minelab – E-Trac Xchange To connect E-Trac to your PC: 1 Insert the USB cable into your E-Trac 2 Insert the other end of the USB cable into your PC 3 Start E-Trac Xchange on your PC 4 Although E-Trac’s transmitter is switched off while connected to a PC, make sure the coil is not sitting next to any large metal objec
Introduction to E-Trac Xchange 6 E-Trac’s settings can be divided into three groups: Mode Settings, Universal Settings and Preferences. The E-Trac Xchange screen layout groups these settings to allow you to easily identify which group the setting belongs to. File, Backup and Help E-Trac Xchange application drop-down menus.
Introduction to E-Trac Xchange 7 – This button will download data from E-Trac into Xchange. If you click “Download” then the settings displayed in Xchange will be updated to display the settings in your E-Trac. – This button will upload data from Xchange into E-Trac. If you click “Upload” then the settings displayed in your E-Trac will be updated to display the settings in Xchange. – This button will save data from Xchange into a file on your PC.
E-Trac Xchange Mode Settings 8 Mode Settings These settings define E-Trac’s performance for a particular location (such as the beach) or type of treasure hunting (such as coins or relics). E-Trac is designed to allow you to save these Mode Settings as a User Mode.
Downloading Mode Settings 9 Xchange allows you to download either the current User Mode, one of your saved My Modes or one of the Minelab User Modes.
Saving and Opening Mode Settings 10 Saving Mode Settings to your PC Once you have downloaded a User Mode from your E-Trac you can save this Mode as a file. A Mode saved in a file on your PC is an excellent way of backing up your User Modes, so that you may upload any one of them to your E-Trac in the future. There is no limit to the number of saved User Mode files that you can have on your PC. All saved User Modes will have the file extension “.mode” at the end of the file name.
Uploading Mode Settings 11 Xchange allows you to upload the current Mode Settings to your E-Trac. You must first change Mode Settings in Xchange, or open a saved User Mode in Xchange before uploading to your E-Trac.
Saving a Mode Pattern 12 When you download User Mode settings from your E-Trac a Discrimination Pattern linked to that User Mode will also be downloaded. The Discrimination Pattern will appear as a thumbnail image at the top of the Mode Settings. You can save a Mode Pattern as a file, separate from a general Mode Settings file. There is no limit to the number of saved Discrimination Pattern files that you can have on your PC. All saved Discrimination Patterns will have the file extension “.
E-Trac Xchange Universal Settings 13 Universal Settings These settings affect E-Trac’s performance but can be adjusted regardless of your location and desired treasure type. Universal Settings are determined according to your personal detecting choices (e.g. Sensitivity, Noise Cancel and Threshold Pitch), and are changed independent of your Mode Settings. Sensitivity Click on ‘Auto’ to expose the drop-down options for Sensitivity. See pp.
Downloading Universal Settings 14 Xchange allows you to download the Universal Settings from your E-Trac. To Download Universal Settings from E-Trac: 1 Ensure you have started E-Trac Xchange 2 Connect your E-Trac to your PC via the USB cable 3 Turn on your E-Trac 4 In the Universal Settings section of Xchange, click on the “Download” button Once E-Trac Xchange has downloaded the Universal Settings from your E-Trac you can then do several other actions.
Saving and Opening Universal Settings 15 Saving Universal Settings to your PC Once you have downloaded Universal Settings from your E-Trac you can save these settings as a file. Universal Settings saved in a file on your PC is an excellent way of backing up your Universal Settings, so that you may upload any saved configuration to your E-Trac in the future. There is no limit to the number of saved Universal Settings files that you can have on your PC.
Uploading Universal Settings 16 Xchange allows you to upload the current Universal Settings to your E-Trac. You must first change Universal Settings in Xchange, or open saved Universal Settings into Xchange before uploading to your E-Trac.
E-Trac Xchange Preferences 17 Preferences These settings allow you to customize the appearance of the Detection Screens (e.g. Contrast and Show Sensitivity) and change the Pinpoint Mode. Contrast Click on ‘15’ to enter a different Contrast value (range: 1–30). See p. 76 of the E-Trac Instruction Manual for more information on Contrast. Pinpoint Mode Click on ‘Normal’ to expose the drop-down options for Pinpoint Mode. See pp. 76–7 of the E-Trac Instruction Manual for more information on Pinpoint Modes.
Downloading Preferences 18 Xchange allows you to download the Preferences from your E-Trac. To Download Preferences from E-Trac: 1 Ensure you have started E-Trac Xchange 2 Connect your E-Trac to your PC via the USB cable 3 Turn on your E-Trac 4 In the Preferences section of Xchange, click on the “Download” button Once E-Trac Xchange has downloaded the Preferences from your E-Trac you can then modify these settings and upload them to your E-Trac.
Uploading Preferences 19 Xchange allows you to upload the current Preferences to your E-Trac. You must first change Preferences in Xchange before uploading to your E-Trac. To Upload Preferences to E-Trac: 1 Ensure you have started E-Trac Xchange 2 Connect your E-Trac to your PC via the USB cable 3 Turn on your E-Trac 4 In Xchange, in the Preferences section, click on the “Upload” button You can view the uploaded Preferences in your E-Trac while it is connected to your PC.
E-Trac Xchange Patterns 20 E-Trac’s Discrimination Patterns can be divided into three groups: Current Patterns, My Patterns and My Mode Patterns. The E-Trac Xchange screen layout groups these Disc. Patterns to allow you to easily identify which group the Disc. Pattern belongs to. This is the screen displayed when you select the “Patterns” tab in E-Trac Xchange. File, Backup and Help E-Trac Xchange application drop-down menus.
Downloading Patterns 21 Xchange allows you to download all of your Discrimination Patterns stored on your E-Trac. This includes your current Smartfind and QuickMask Patterns, My Patterns and My Mode Patterns.
Saving Patterns 22 When you download Discrimination Patterns from your E-Trac, thumbnail images of your Discrimination Patterns will appear. You can save your downloaded Discrimination Patterns as files on your PC. There is no limit to the number of saved Discrimination Pattern files that you can have on your PC. All saved Discrimination Patterns will have the file extension “.ptrn” at the end of the file name.
Uploading Patterns 23 Xchange allows you to upload your Discrimination Patterns saved on your PC to your E-Trac. You can upload Disc. Patterns to your current Smartfind and QuickMask Patterns, My Patterns and My Mode Patterns.
E-Trac Xchange Backup 24 Creating a Backup file E-Trac Xchange allows you to create a Backup of all of E-Trac’s User Modes, Discrimination Patterns and Settings. A Backup is a file saved on your PC that you can open in E-Trac Xchange at anytime and use to restore your E-Trac. There is no limit to the number of saved Backup files that you can have on your PC. All saved Backup files will have the file extension “.etrac” at the end of the file name.
E-Trac Xchange Backup 25 Restoring a Backup to E-Trac If you have previously saved a Backup file of your E-Trac’s settings you can restore those settings to your E-Trac. Note: Minelab recommends that you view the settings saved in your Backup file, using the “Open a Backup file...” feature, before restoring your E-Trac. This will allow you to check that the Backup file has the settings you want. To Restore a Backup to E-Trac: 1 Click on the “Backup” drop-down menu at the top of the screen.
E-Trac Xchange Help 26 The E-Trac Xchange Help menu is where you can get access to both this User Guide and the E-Trac Instruction Manual. You can also visit the Minelab website, and send an email to Minelab. – Clicking “Visit Minelab Home Page...” will open your web browser and take you to the Minelab website, if you are connected to the internet. – Clicking “Send Minelab USA an Email...” will open a new email in your email program so that you may write to Minelab.
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