Hi! Let's take a look at the new software
that comes with your CTX 3030. It's called XChange2.
XChange2 allows us to exchange data
between our CTX 3030 and our computer.
To use the advanced mapping features of your CTX 3030,
you'll need to install the accompanying software XChange2
onto a Windows-based personal computer.
Insert the XChange2 software disc into your PC's disc drive.
You should now be prompted to install the software.
Choose Yes or click on Run Setup.exe
Choose your language from the list and press OK.
This will open the main installation window.
Click the top tab on the left marked Install XChange2.
Read the license agreement
then if you agree with its terms and conditions,
Click the I Accept box and then click Next.
Your software will now load onto your PC
and a desktop icon will appear,
confirming that installation was successful.
Click Finish to close the application window.
It is advisable to install the other installations to your PC.
In this case,
we'll install the CTX 3030 instruction manuals onto our PC.
Click Finish to close the main installation window.
The first time you open XChange2,
there'll be a good chance a newer version will be available.
Updates are indicated by an exclamation mark
at the top of the software window to the right of the XChange2 logo.
Move your cursor over the exclamation mark to see the update,
which in this case is a newer version of XChange2.
Then click it to download the new software.
A small window shows the download progress
and you'll then be prompted to close XChange2.
Choose your language from the list and press OK.
Read the license agreement, click the I Accept box, and press Next.
The new software will detect the older version
and you will be prompted to delete this before proceeding.
Click OK to uninstall the old version.
The old version will be removed and the new version will be installed.
When you see the "installation complete" window
press the Finish button to close the window.
We are now ready to connect a CTX 3030 to our PC.
Plug one end of the USB lead into the computer,
then unscrew the protective cap on the back of the control pod
and plug the other end of the lead into the USB socket.
Switch on the CTX 3030.
Once the detector connects to XChange2,
you will see CTX 3030 appear above the All button
at the top of the left red panel.
Click on the CTX 3030 button to view the contents of the detector.
Scroll down through the programs, GeoHunts, Finds and WayPoints.
We're going to save these GPS records to a new folder.
Click the plus button to the right of the Collections tab.
This opens the Folder Creation window.
Choose a colour, name the folder...
..and press Save New.
Now with the CTX 3030 button selected,
scroll down past the programs
until you reach the WayPoints, FindPoints and GeoHunts.
Note the small square in each file is white,
indicating they haven't been saved.
Click on each of them to select the files.
And then drag them all to the new folder named GeoHunts.
A small window will summarise the copying process.
And the little white squares on the files will turn red,
indicating they are now saved.
Once the files have been placed in a collections folder,
they become editable.
To view these files on Google Maps,
you will need to register and then log in.
Here, Gordon has already registered
and simply has to enter his password.
Then press the Login button.
Once logged in, the map screen loads.
As you move your mouse cursor over a WayPoint,
you will see it bounce for joy in the map screen.
Click on a File Centre icon to bring it to the centre of the map.
Use the scale slider to zoom right into the field.
Click the Centre icon on each file to view their map position.
Here, Gordon has marked an Iron-Age ring ditch he intends to search.
The red icons are FindPoints where Gordon has found things.
He could edit these to give better descriptions
but I guess he's being a little bit secretive by not renaming them.
The last records are his GeoHunts.
Centring them on the map shows exactly
where he searched on the field on two occasions.
He's got a lot more searching to do before he covers that field.
Now let's take a look how easy it is
to build a Detector mode program on the CTX 3030.
Double click the desktop icon to open the software.
Click the Add New Mode button.
Choose a collection folder to save it in.
And press OK.
This opens a Factory Preset Mode window ready to be edited.
Name the new mode. We're naming this one "Gordon 1".
Under description, UK program.
Now, we need to build the discrimination patterns
using the tools to the left of the pattern edit panel.
We have selected the Accept tool, which we drag over the work area
while we're holding the left mouse button.
Release this to accept the selected area.
Now we select the Reject tool.
Dragging the cursor over the work area like before
adds discriminated areas.
Continue selecting areas and build up a pattern.
Switch to the Accept tool
when we wish to remove areas of the discrimination pattern.
When we are happy with pattern 1,
we select the second pattern and repeat the procedure.
This time we're dragging the cursor
covering the lower segment of the screen.
We have two custom patterns.
It's time to set up the tones for our program.
Click the Tone ID Profile tab.
From the drop-down list of tone profiles, we are choosing Combined.
Combined Tone ID Profile gives us five areas to customise.
First we are going to adjust the tone map segments.
You just grab the bars with your cursor,
holding them with the button of your mouse,
and then drag them to their new positions.
Next we are going to adjust the tones of the segments
so they all sound different.
Each panel has a speaker icon.
When pressed, they play the tone of the corresponding segment.
Each can be adjusted with the slider below.
Left lowers the tone.
Right raises the pitch.
Once you're happy with all the tones,
it's time to complete the mode by selecting the last few settings.
Response - Smooth.
Recovery Fast we'll leave off.
Recovery Deep on.
Seawater off.
Target Separation - High Trash.
Pinpoint type - Sizing.
That's about it. Click Save New
to save the program to the collection folder.
Now, we need to load the new program to our CTX 3030.
Connect the USB cable and power up the detector.
Once the connection is made,
the detector will appear in the left-hand red panel.
Click on the collection folder where we saved our new program.
Find it and drag it to the CTX 3030.
We now get confirmation of the transfer.
And the new program can be found by clicking on the CTX 3030 button
along with the other loaded programs.
Disconnect the USB lead with the detector on,
and the CTX 3030 will now update before restarting.
We now have our new Gordon 1 mode on the detector,
ready to be loaded and used.
Another feature in XChange2 is its ability to share files
with other users via email or over the Internet.
Here we are going to share our new file, Gordon 1.
Simply drag it onto the File icon,
click it to open the File window,
click on the "Export a Minelab File" icon.
This saves an mlf file to your computer.
Click the "Show all downloads" link to navigate to your file.
You now can share the file electronically via email etc.
Another great feature within XChange2 software
is the ability to import other people's programs and settings.
I'm going to go onto a website now,
download a file that's been put up there to share
and I'm going to then open it up in XChange2
and transfer certain elements into my CTX 3030.
This is really simple.
All we do is we navigate to the website.
There's a link to a file called IHG-310612.mlf.
We're going to click on that
and I'm immediately asked do I want to open the file?
Now, one thing you do not want to try to do
is let Windows open up the files.
Those files can only be opened up in XChange2
so what we do is we press Save and then Close.
So now open up XChange2 and we're going to click on the File icon.
And above the file window, which is empty at the moment,
we're going to click on this little tab here
called "Import a Minelab file".
We're then going to choose the file and I know for a fact
that these will all end up in my download folder.
Highlight it and then click Open.
There are all the modes and settings of that download.
What I want to do is save all these files to their own folder
so I'm going to click on Collections tab,
I'm going to name this "Gog's programs".
I'm then going to choose a folder
I'm going to choose a colour which is also blue then press Save New.
So there it is on the left-hand side.
I'll highlight all these files.
And drag them to the new folder.
In the corner there was a little white square
which has now turned blue,
indicating that they've been saved to that file.
Now that they're in the folder, we can edit them if we want to.
You just click the Edit button.
So there's all the settings there.
We can edit those if we want to but we're not going to.
We're just going to click the "X".
It's the same for the actual modes themselves.
You click the Edit button, you can then have a look at them,
change the settings, you can check the patterns,
which tone profiles they're using.
But again we're not going to adjust any of these settings.
We're just going to load them as they are straight to the CTX 3030.
Plug one end of the USB lead into the computer
and the other into the CTX 3030.
Then switch it on.
Once you've got a connection,
you'll see in the left-hand red panel
CTX 3030 appears at the top.
Now we're going to transfer a couple of files onto the CTX 3030
from those downloaded files.
So first we're going to transfer over a mode. This is IHG Tadpole.
Drag it onto the CTX 3030.
And there is it. One item's copied.
And next we're going to transfer across the settings as well.
Drag that over.
And that copies also to the CTX 3030.
Click on the CTX 3030 tab and we can then see
the two downloads are now sitting on our detector.
So then all we have to do is disconnect the USB cable.
And then the CTX 3030 will update its programs
and save those to them.
So that's it. The files that we downloaded off the Internet
are now on the CTX 3030.
So it's just a matter of getting to the field now,
going into the menu, finding the new mode,
loading it and start detecting.