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SeeSnake
If AC power for the monitor is not available, you can
operate the system using a voltage converter that
plugs into your vehicle's cigarette lighter.
The system can travel through multiple 45 and 90 de-
gree bends and wyes. Do not, however, try to force it
through a P-trap or Tee if there is a large amount of
resistance.
If you are planning to use locating equipment with
your camera, use only SeeSnake
SeeSnake built-in Sonde is specifically designed for
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years of service and does not interfere with the camera's
ability to travel bends. Taping a non-SeeSnake
mitter to the pushrod will interfere with the camera's abil-
ity to negotiate bends.
Do not attempt to remove or store pushrod on the
reel solely by turning the reel itself. Release the brake
enough so that you can manually push or pull cable from
the reel and wind or unwind it. If for some unusual reason
the drum should not turn, do not try to pull the pushrod out
of the reel. This will force the cable to collapse down
around the hub causing unnecessary stress on the cable.
Be careful in Tee-entries not to fold the camera back on
itself. This could cause the camera to stick.
Using the Count Plus
With the SeeSnake connected and powered ON, use
the Distance Key and the Time Key
play with the information you prefer.
a) The Time Key will toggle the display between Date,
Date and Time, Time or No Date and Time dis-
played. Press the key once for each step through the
choices.
b) The Distance Key will toggle the display of distance
on the screen between ON and OFF.
c) The distance counter will show the distance in the
units set in the Tools
Figure 30 – Display Screen With Slide Text, Time and
Distance Shown (Distance Measured From
System Zero-Point)
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System Zero-Point and Local Zero Point
The counter, as shown in Figure 30 , starts from zero
when the system is powered ON. This is called the sys-
tem zero-point. You can change the physical point the
system measures from by powering the system OFF,
running the cable in or out to the desired zero point
and powering ON from that point. The counter resets to
zero when the system is powered ON again.
Resetting the System Zero-Point: You can also reset
this system zero point at anytime with a long press (> 3
seconds) on the Zero Key. It is good practice to do this,
for example, at the entrance to a pipe.
Setting a Local Zero-Point: In addition, while it is op-
erating, the Count Plus can be made to also start count-
ing from any custom "local zero-point" you select with a
second counter.
1. To begin a separate distance count from a selected
point, such as a junction within a pipeline, press the
Zero/Select Key briefly. The distance display will re-
set to [0.0]. The square brackets indicate that you are
measuring from a local zero-point rather than the
system zero-point.
a) Pressing the Zero Key
play between the default count and the new [0.0]
point.
b) Once you start measuring cable feed from a local
zero-point, do not press the Zero Key again until
you have completed the measurement you are
working on, as pressing it will reset the custom
zero-point again and lose the measurement you
have been taking.
Figure 31 – Measuring From A Local Zero-Point
c) As a precaution you may want to write down the
system measurement's initial value just before
setting a new zero point. (This will enable you to
compute the distance manually using the sys-
tem count, if you reset the local zero-point acci-
dentally).
will now toggle the dis-