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X-Terra Pro software update 1.0

KSDfisher77 said:
What does this new update address or add to the Xterra Pro? Thanks.
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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!
 
Dirt Duke said:
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!
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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.
 
KSDfisher77 said:
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.
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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.
 
Dirt Duke said:
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.
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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.

I appreciate the info. Thanks.
 
If that is all it does, I won't mess with it unless some actual user says it improves a single thing in finds.

I never run auto noise cancel on any machine.
 
FWIW, I took my wife's XTP outside, ran the CNC for several scan cycles then released the Accept/Reject button. With the coil on the ground (fairly mild ground with lawn), I turned the Sensitivity to max 25 and with the volume also turned up the XTP was almost dead silent. Just a very faint beep every once in a while if I listened carefully. Very stable, no bouncing numbers at all which might indicate the CNC has done its job. More testing to be done next time out in the field.
If I ran another CNC without exiting Settings, the CNC self-cancelled itself after 1 or more scan passes without releasing the Accept/Reject button. Probably because the detector has found the best channel???
 
I have been considered by some to be an elite person. Or was it illiterate? Anyway, I am getting an Elite. That's all I have to say about that.
 
Just bought my Elite. Big Boy Hobbies. Life is short and so are my funds.
 
Old Longhair said:
Be sure to let us know how you get along with it. :thumbup:
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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.
 
BarryOgle said:
Would performing 3 or 4 individual noise cancels back to back do the same thing?
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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.
 
Old Longhair said:
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.
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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.
 
BarryOgle said:
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.
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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.
 
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