Patent ID: 6356082
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: G01V

Abstract:
A locator system for locating and tracing an underground electrical conductor, comprising:a locator transmitter and a locator receiver; said locator transmitter inducing an alternating current in said conductor which responds by radiating a magnetic field therearound; said locator receiver detecting said magnetic field and displaying an indication of the location of said conductor; and said locator transmitter and said locator receiver including a radio link therebetween, said radio link including circuitry within both said locator transmitter and said locator receiver which permits said locator receiver to interrogate said locator transmitter concerning the operational status of specified operating functions of said locator transmitter, to receive information from said locator transmitter concerning said operational status, and to control at least one of said specified operating functions of said locator transmitter from said locator receiver.