How to Perform Receiver Test for Older SuperStingR1 (pre 2016)

Equipment Needed:

 

  1. Test Box
  2. SuperSting R1 (with external battery and battery cable) that has a serial number beginning with SP and not SS (newer models)
  3. Yellow 2 meter extension cable

 

 

Procedure

 

  1. Connect the Test Box to the SuperSting faceplate using the 2 meter extension cable.
  2. Power the SuperSting using an external battery.  Go to menu 6/1 to change your measurement settings.  Change the maximum current to 10mA for the Test Box.  All other settings can stay as the defaults.
  3. Exit back to the main menu and choose menu 2: Manual Mode.  Choose option 1: Resistance.  Create a new data file (it does not matter whether meter or feet is selected as the unit of distance).  Once the file is created, press MEA to take a manual mode measurement on the Test Box.  The current output should be around 6.7mA.  The voltage measured will be close to 3.3mV, and the resistance should be close to 500mΩ.  The error percentage should be below 1.0%.  Press MEA a few times to take several measurements and verify that the results are consistent.