Minelab released the first XTP software update. https://www.minelab.com/anzea/x-ter...f8Fnh-XI7Zbm3-vjy0_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw
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What does this new update address or add to the Xterra Pro? Thanks.Minelab released the first XTP software update. https://www.minelab.com/anzea/x-ter...f8Fnh-XI7Zbm3-vjy0_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw
It adds a "Continuous Auto Noise Cancel" feature.What does this new update address or add to the Xterra Pro? Thanks.
Per the release info, Continuous Noise cancel does repeating scans to find the best noise free channel to use for detecting. A regular noise cancel did 1 scan when you pushed the Accept/Reject button. Continuous Noise scan starts when the button is pressed and held down and continuously rescans until the button is released. I tried this out and watched as successive scan results displayed. The scan numbers were -1, 4, 5, 4 and 4 again. So, it appeared that the detector found better channels after the first scan and stabilized there. I believe this Continuous Noise Cancel is supposed to do a better job of finding the best noise free channel and thus more stable TDI numbers when detecting - no noise contributing to jumping TDI numbers. Again, just my take from reading their software update info and trying it out.What does this new update address or add to the Xterra Pro? Thanks.
So is this continuous noise cancel help fight EMI or does it also help for changing ground conditions? Lol I have not spent enough time behind the wheel of my new minelab machines.Per the release info, Continuous Noise cancel does repeating scans to find the best noise free channel to use for detecting. A regular noise cancel did 1 scan when you pushed the Accept/Reject button. Continuous Noise scan starts when the button is pressed and held down and continuously rescans until the button is released. I tried this out and watched as successive scan results displayed. The scan numbers were -1, 4, 5, 4 and 4 again. So, it appeared that the detector found better channels after the first scan and stabilized there. I believe this Continuous Noise Cancel is supposed to do a better job of finding the best noise free channel and thus more stable TDI numbers when detecting - no noise contributing to jumping TDI numbers. Again, just my take from reading their software update info and trying it out.
The update process was painless. Downloaded the X-Terra Pro update file. Connected the XTP to my PC with the charging cable, ran the Minelab update file, sat back and watched until it displayed QUIT in about 4 minutes. Done. Kudos to Minelab!
EMI, which can be a contributor to unstable/noisy Target ID (TID) readings. Typical EMI sources could be cell towers, cell phones, restaurant paging systems, alarm systems, electric fences, powerlines, even buried power cables, etc. to name a few. You get the idea. Ground conditions are caused by mineralization in the soil or sand. You should do both a noise cancel and a ground balance when starting out on a site and if you change frequencies/detect modes.So is this continuous noise cancel help fight EMI or does it also help for changing ground conditions? Lol I have not spent enough time behind the wheel of my new minelab machines.
Thanks.
Yeah I do a noise cancel & a manual ground balance about every 20 minutes or so when I'm out detecting. The minelabs are new to me, as I retired all my Whites machines.EMI, which can be a contributor to unstable/noisy Target ID (TID) readings. Typical EMI sources could be cell towers, cell phones, restaurant paging systems, alarm systems, electric fences, powerlines, even buried power cables, etc. to name a few. You get the idea. Ground conditions are caused by mineralization in the soil or sand. You should do both a noise cancel and a ground balance when starting out on a site and if you change frequencies/detect modes.
Be sure to let us know how you get along with it.Just bought my Elite. Big Boy Hobbies. Life is short and so are my funds.
Will do. Narrowed down to what I can afford. This should be all I need. Had the Manti and Deus 11. Had to sell to make ends meet. I will tell my Elite that he is the greatest device around. And he just might be.Be sure to let us know how you get along with it.![]()
No.Would performing 3 or 4 individual noise cancels back to back do the same thing?
OK, I did not realize it was "tracking" all the time. I thought you held the button until you got a repeating or close number. Maybe I am not understanding the update.No.
If you perform a noise cancel after each sweep to the right, and again each time to the left, every time, you might be close.
It's a lot like the tracking feature in that it can do it more often, faster, and more accurately on a continuous basis than you can even push the buttons.
It added continously noise cancelation I believe. You can hold the noise cancel down & after the machine cycles a noise cancel # 3 times it will pick that channel for the most stable operation.OK, I did not realize it was "tracking" all the time. I thought you held the button until you got a repeating or close number. Maybe I am not understanding the update.