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<title>CUCC Expedition Handbook: Cavelink</title>
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<h2 id="tophead">CUCC Expo Handbook: Cavelink</h2>
<h1>Cavelink</h1>
<p>The Cavelink system provides through-rock communcations for deep camps.</p>
<p><a href="/expofiles/documents/hardware/Cavelink2.13_en_2014-3.pdf">English Manual (PDF)</a></p>
<p>See <a href="phone.html">expo phones</a> for how to use the basecamp and topcamp Austrian SIM phones.
<h2>Setup 2019 (Can and hopefully will be improved for later years):</h2>
<h3>Unit Names </h3>
<p>Internal name (limited to 8 characters) and number of each labelled unit.
<ul>
<li>Dackstein 01 is cave 01</li>
<li>CUCC 02 is test 02</li>
<li>Surface unit (not labelled) is surface 14</li>
</ul>
<h2>Setting up the Units</h2>
<p>For a basic set up the antenna is comprised of two metal plates earthed to the ground. For each unit the further apart the plates are the better and further the signal will travel. It is important that the plates are in good contact with the ground, use of water or wet mud is best for this. The routing of the wires in not important, but should not be wrapped round the spool. the wire has intermediate connection points if the full extent of the wire is not used. Multiple wires can be used to extend the distance. It does not matter which way round the wires are plugged into the unit.</p>
<p>For the best signal distance the (imaginary) lines between the antenna should be parallel in three dimensional space</p>
<h2>Messages</h2>
<p>The below instructions are starting from the front page, from anywhere this can be reached by pressing the can(cel) button until it is reached</p>
<h2>Reading a Message</h2>
<p>The front screen has a line labelled inbox 2/3, this would be 2 unread of 3 messages</p>
<ul>
<li>Press Menu</li>
<li>Select Messages by using the up and down arrows and then press ok Most of the time Messages is item one and the number 1 can be pressed</li>
<li>Select (1)Inbox</li>
<li>Use the up and down arrows to scroll through the message that also contains information about when and where it came from</li>
<li>use the CAN button to return to the menus</li>
</ul>
<h2>Sending a new message</h2>
<ul>
<li>Press and hold the Menu button</li>
<li>Press Menu</li>
<li>Select Messages by using the up and down arrows and then press ok Most of the time Messages is item one and the number 1 can be pressed</li>
<li>Select New Message, usually 2. This gives a number of options</li>
<ul>
<li>Cave link address -> use the up and down arrow to select a unit (you can send to the unit you are on!) After selecting press ok to write a message</li>
<li>GSM number -> Send a text message, unit retains the last number used which was set at basecamp to the basecamp phone, press ok to move to the message page.</li>
<li>GSM group -> Sends a text message to the basecamp and topcamp phone. Type the message press ok and then use the menu to (1) Post Msg </li>
<li>All excl GSM group -> message to all other cave links</li>
<li>All incl. GSM group -> message to all cave links and all phones in GSM group</li>
</ul>
<li>After typing the message press ok then use the menu to (1) Post Msg</li>
<li>Press ok to go to the menu></li>
</ul>
<h2>Kitlist:</h2>
<img src="cavelink.jpg" height="573" width="600">
<p>The cavelink set of stuff consists of all this in a blue plastic box</p>
<ul>
<li>Cavelink manual A4</li>
<li>2 x Cavelink manual A5</li>
<li>Surface station (#14)</li>
<ul>
<li>Cavelink unit</li>
<li>3 x Battery</li>
<li>Peli 1030 case</li>
<li>GSM module</li>
<li>cavelink <-> GSM cable</li>
<li>screwdriver</li>
<li>GSM Aerial</li>
<li>2x mount post</li>
<li>shaped foam packing piece</li>
<li>2 foam sheets</li>
<li>1 ply sheet</li>
<li>6 foam battery packing bits</li>
</ul>
<li>Underground station (#01) (Dachstein)</li>
<ul>
<li>Cavelink unit</li>
<li>Battery</li>
<li>Box: GSI lexan S gear box #73506 (165x127x86mm)</li>
</ul>
<li>Underground station (#02) (CUCC)</li>
<ul>
<li>Cavelink unit</li>
<li>Battery</li>
<li>Box: GSI lexan S gear box #73506 (165x127x86mm)</li>
</ul>
<li>Charger for surface station #14</li>
<li>Charger for underground station #01</li>
<li>Charger for underground station #02</li>
<li>Spare battery (Dachstein)</li>
<li>3 x Aerial kits</li>
<ul>
<li>2 x ali sheets -> 4mm plugs</li>
<li>2 x 3mm hex handled drivers</li>
<li>2 foil aerial pieces</li>
<li>1 sandpaper sheet</li>
<li>Orange wire</li>
<li>Tapped blue wire</li>
<li>Aluminium winding frame</li>
</ul>
<li>Bag of 4 fuses and one spare cap</li>
<li>USB->Cavelink cable</li>
<li>Surface station to 4mm plugs cable</li>
<li>Underground station to 4mm plugs cable</li>
<li>Battery female to 4mm plugs cable</li>
<li>battery female to M8 female cable</li>
<li>M8 male to M8 male cable</li>
</ul>
</ul>
<h2>Notes on the 2019 set up for people changing things in the future</h2>
<ul>
<li>The auto time did not seem to be working</li>
<li>Having incorrect and different times does not stop the units working, but it probably would with power saving on</li>
<li>To use GSM all units need to know what unit has the GSM on it</li>
<li>The menu order seems to be different across the units, different versions of the software?</li>
</ul>
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<h2 id="tophead">CUCC Expedition Handbook</h2>
<h1>Mobile Phone Use Guide</h1>
<pre><b>
Base camp: 00 43 664 9995 5784<br>
Top camp: 00 43 664 9995 5785<br>
Cavelink: 00 43 664 871 6782<br>
</b>
</pre>
<p>After many years of using complicated radio systems of varying degrees of complication and reliability,
we have finally settled on a foolproof method for communicating callouts from top camp to base camp: mobile phones.
Cheap Austrian pay-as-you-go mobiles have sufficiently good reception on the plateau for sending SMS messages,
and even occasionally for conversation.</p>
<h3>Tips and Tricks</h3>
<ul>
<li>If you're in an area where reception is poor and you need to go to a
particular spot to check messages, try dialling the balance request
number (<b>*101#</b>) once there - this usually seems to trigger delivery of any
pending SMS messages.</li>
<li> Commonly used numbers are put at the top of the contact list ("phone book") in each phone
by prefixing the name with "0 " or "_", e.g. "0 ADD CREDIT", "0 BALANCE", "0 BASE CAMP" etc.
</ul>
<h3>Phones and SIMs in use</h3>
<p>After the 2016 expo we decided that it would be a good idea to
<a href="http://expo.survex.com/years/2016/rescue_debrief.html">invest in second phone at top camp</a>
which could be used at cave entrances
in the case of a rescue. This has not yet been done (2019).
<p>For some years (including 2018) we have been using the "B-Free" mobile scheme provided by the A1 company.
We get reception even inside the Stone Bridge bivvy.
(In 2011 we tried using another provider which picked up the T-Mobile network,
however the reception was not as good as B-Free.)
<p>B-Free&nbsp;has an annual renewal of the SIM which gets you the phone number and connection (plus some credit).
<p>
More credit comes either by paying online or in the form of a receipt with a printed code or a card with a scratch-off secret number.</p>
<h3>Robust phone<img src="../t/ruggear-p860-explorer-02-th.jpg" align="right" margin="5px"></h3>
We use "feature phones" with real buttons not smartphones with touch sensitive screens.
The top camp phone is particularly robust Russian
<a href="https://www.gsmchoice.com/en/catalogue/ruggear/p860explorer/gallery/">
"RugGear explorer p860"</a> with yellow plastic case and rubber grips, a talk time of 10 hours, and a stand-by time of 18 days.
It has 2 SIM slots. We only use one. This is the SIM with the number that is already in old-expoers' phone books so don't swap it.
It is charged using a standard microUSB charger.
<p>Bascamp phone is a Nokia phone which requires a unique Nokia charger to which it is <i>permanently connected</i> in the potato hut.
<h3>Cavelink</h3>
<p>New in 2019 is the <a href="cavelink.html">Cavelink system</a> which communicates between topcamp and a station in a cave. The topcamp end has a SIM which means that it can receive and send text messages.
<h3 id="annual">Annual renewal</h3>
<p>This has to be done in less than 13 months otherwise it costs a more as you
essentially have to start from scratch (~&euro;10 for a new SIM with &euro;5 of
credit). The phone cannot be used in the last month, but renewal is cheaper
than starting from scratch. Also if we fail to renew we have to get a new phone number. This means that every expoer has to update the entires in their own phones. This is unsafe as these phones are the primary means of communication in case of emergency.
<p>You will also need to renew the SIM card in the cavelink system. Either do it online (being very sure that you have the right phone number) or take it out of the cavelink and put it into a phone. Renew as below and then replace the SIM in the cavelink system.
<p>"Renewal" is just a matter of buying another &euro;10 or &euro;20 credit.</p>
<p>We also need to renew the SIM card used in the cavelink GSM system (new in 2019).
<h3>Checking credit</h3>
<p>The simplest way (which doesn't require understanding a number read out to
you in German) is to dial <b>*101#</b> ("0 BALANCE" in the contacts list in the phone book). This doesn't actually make a
call but results in you getting an SMS-like message containing the balance
details. There's no charge for this.</p>
<h3 id="addcredit">Adding credit</h3>
<p>If you need to buy more credits for a phone the simplest way is to buy it online using a credit card.
<p>The next simplest is to buy a "B.Free" A1 top-up ("bon") at the Post Office (closes 1200-1400 for lunch) and to use a webpage to credit it to
the phone SIM.
<h4>Adding credit online using credit card</h4>
<p> Go to this page <a href="https://www.a1.net/internet/mobiles-internet/wertkarten-tarife/guthaben-aufladen/s/wertkarte-guthaben">https://www.a1.net/internet/mobiles-internet/wertkarten-tarife/guthaben-aufladen/s/wertkarte-guthaben</a><br>
and select the link "<a href="https://www.onlineaufladen.at/a1-shop/produkt/a1">Online aufladen</a>" in the second row of boxes.
Ther eis a faint "EN" in the top-right corner which will render the page in English for you.
<p>The page that links gets you to has fields to <del>type in your phone number and to</del> select which type of credit card you will use.
<p><ins>In 2019 we could renew the SIM number entirely remotely from a computer. Now it looks like we will get a token and will need physical access
to the phone. Which is not easy when the SIM is actually inside the bascamp Cavelink system. .</ins><del>Now be extremely careful: if you make a
mistake in the phone number you will be paying for credit to <i>someone else's phone</i> and there is no way to recover from this.</del> Be sure to
enter your email address in the box as the only receipt you get will be in an email and you will need that to reclaim the cost from expo.
<p>Then you get a standard credit card payment form and if that all works you will get a message:
<pre>
Vielen Dank! Ihre Bezahlung wurde erfolgreich durchgef&uuml;hrt!
Die Aufladung Ihrer angegebenen Rufnummer wurde erfolgreich durchgef&uuml;hrt!
</pre>
and then receive an email.
<p>Now double-check that it worked by calling <b>*101#</b> and check that the credit on the phone has increased. The credit update is almost instant.
<h4>Buying a top-up "bon"</h4>
<p>When you buy a top-up "bon" at the post office they'll give you a printed receipt with the code to key in. See
below for how to use it.</p>
<p>Other options for buying top-ups we've used were:
<ul>
<li>go to the Hartlauer shop (on right of road to railway station, not far
beyond the post office). Wave the phone and ask for an 'A.1 B-free Bon'.</li>
</ul>
<p>You should be given an "aufladecode", which may require scratching off a panel at lower right back of card)
or just a long "till-receipt" strip with AUFLADEWERT: EUR 20.00 at the top. If you go to the Post Office there is a separate
A.1 counter inside the office and you will get a till-receipt.</p>
<h4>Adding credit using a "bon" online </h4>
<p>New in 2019 is the option to renew online using <br>
<a href="https://www.a1.net/internet/mobiles-internet/wertkarten-tarife/guthaben-aufladen/s/wertkarte-guthaben">
https://www.a1.net/internet/mobiles-internet/wertkarten-tarife/guthaben-aufladen/s/wertkarte-guthaben</a>.<br>
This web address is in the text message which is sent to your phone when you are hearing the initial spiel before it gets to the audio menu.
<p>On the web page select the box (lower right) which says "Mit Bon aufladen" and has this list
<ul>
<li>Erh&auml;ltlich: A1 Shops, Post Filialen, Superm&auml;rkten, usw.
<li>Direkt am Handy aufladen
<li>Bon: 13-stelliger Zifferncode
<li>Besonders einfach mit der Mein A1 App!
</ul>
Select "Mehr details.." and you will get to this page<br>
<a href="https://www.a1.net/handys/optionen-services/guthaben-aufladen/bon-kaufen/s/wertkarte-bon-aufladen">
https://www.a1.net/handys/optionen-services/guthaben-aufladen/bon-kaufen/s/wertkarte-bon-aufladen</a><br>
In the second section headed "2. Guthaben aufladen" there is a list of options, select the one that says "Online aufladen", it will expand to a line
of text and a link which says "<a href="https://eps.a1telekom.at/bfreeBon/">Zur Aufladung &rsaquo;</a>"
<p>This page has fields to type in your phone number and the credit code. Now be extremely careful: if you make a mistake in the phone number you
will be paying for credit to <i>someone else's phone</i> and there is no way to recover from this.
<p>If it all works you will get a red tick and "Die Aufladung Ihres B.free Guthaben wird in K&uuml;rze durchgef&uuml;hrt" which means you have been
successful.
<h4>Adding credit using a "bon" with an automated phone call</h4>
<ul>
<li>Dial <b>0800 664290</b> (if you're lucky someone might have put this in the phone address book
possibly under the name "0 ADD CREDIT" or "_ ADD CREDIT") and make a voice call to this number</li>
<li>Listen to the entire initial spiel and during this you will get a popup saying that you have received a text message. Press 'exit' to get
rid of this before you can do the next bit.
<li>listen to the audio menu and Press 2 (to select phone keyboard credit entering)</li>
<li>Then type in the number on the scratch panel (or till-receipt) followed by #</li>
<li>Listen to the number read back to you (in German), and <b>Press 2 to confirm</b> code is correct.</li>
<li>Press "No" (red key) twice to end the call.</li>
<li>Check the balance on the phone has been increased by voice-calling (which is not actually a voice call) <b>*101#</b> (or "0 BALANCE")
<li>This is all confirmed as working correctly in July 2019.
</ul>
</ul>
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