Patent ID: 9069094
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: G01V

Abstract:
1. A locate transmitter for facilitating performance of a locate operation to detect a presence or absence of an underground facility, the locate transmitter comprising: transmitter circuitry configured to generate an applied signal to be applied along the underground facility; an input device to provide an output signal indicative of at least one environmental condition of an environment in which the locate transmitter is located; a memory to store processor-executable instructions and a target value or range of values for the at least one environmental condition of the environment in which the locate transmitter is located; and at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory and the input device to receive the output signal from the input device wherein, upon execution of the processor-executable instructions, the processor: A) compares the output signal indicative of the at least one environmental condition of the environment in which the locate transmitter is located to the target value or the range of values for the at least one environmental condition of the environment in which the locate transmitter is located to determine if an out-of-tolerance environmental condition exists.