USER MANUAL CATCHX BAIT BOAT
Preface Please take the time to read and understand this manual. Your CatchX Bait Boat will deliver years of trouble-free usage when used and maintained correctly. Declaration The policy is one of continuous improvement and we reserve the right to change product specifications without prior notice. Illustrations are for guidance purposes only. pg.
CatchX Bait Boat CATALOGUE 1. What’s in the package? ......................................................................... 3 2. Technical Parameter ............................................................................. 5 3. Features .................................................................................................6 4. Overview ................................................................................................ 7 5. Charging ....................................
1. What’s in the package? Your CatchX Bait Boat contains the following items as standard： 1) User manual x 1 2) CatchX bait boat x 1 3) Remote control x 1 4) Battery x 2 5) Charger for boat (without taking the battery out) x 1 6) Charger for Remote control x 1 7) Adapt cable for solely charging the battery x 1 Note: Although the battery could be taken out of the boat for charging separately, we still strongly recommend you charge the battery inside the boat. pg.
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2. Technical Parameter Operating temperature Transmitter Power (EIRP) Operating range Radio frequency CatchX Smart Bait Boat 6.6KG (including battery) H: 293mm W: 358mm L: 615mm 4 independent hoppers, 1 independent hook release 1m/s 3KG (≈0.75 kg per hopper) Splash resistant on top, other parts fully waterproof. 1 front white LED light belt; 1 rear red LED light belt -10~45℃ 8dBm max 0 ~ 800m 2.
3. Features Autopilot Users can set the route in advance using the RIPPTON APP or remote control, for full/semi-automatic driving purposes. APP Please scan the QR below, or search “RIPPTON” in APP Store (for iOS system) or Google Play, Samsung Galaxy Store or Huawei App Store, to download the RIPPTON for your mobile device. Installing the app requires Android System 8.0 or above and iOS 9.0 or above. Lighting System CatchX has one front white LED light belt and one rear red LED light belt.
4. Overview pg.
1) The remote control isn’t waterproof, please keep it away from contact with water. 2) The remote control will issue a warning tone when reaching a low level of power. pg.
The picture above is able to clearly show the layout of each hopper button on the remote control and the corresponding hopper set on the boat. pg.
Once the baits loaded in the hopper(s) have been released, you could use your hand to bring the bottom board back to the original position shown as the picture above. pg.
5. Charging 5.1. CatchX Charger 5.1.1.Parameter Name Input Output 12.6V 5A lithium battery charger Input voltage 100~240Vac Input frequency 50/60Hz Input current 1.5A max Output voltage +12.6VDC Charging current 5A Nominal power 63.0W 5.1.2. How to charge the battery of CatchX? Color of LED on battery charger What it stands for? Red Being charged Green Charging completed • Direct charging ： 5.5/2.5 DC charging port (please refer to Picture1).
• Charging the batteries separately after taking those out of the battery compartment (please refer to Picture3). When charging completed, please reconnect the batteries to the compartment (please refer to Picture4), and ensure pg. 12 all the plugs are placed in the right position.
Picture 3. Use your hand or a screwdriver to unlock the battery compartments, and then take the batteries out of them. Picture 4. Reconnect the batteries to the compartment upon the charging completion, and then re-lock the compartments by the screwdriver. 5.2. Remote Control Charger 5.2.1.Parameter Name Input pg.
Output Input current 1.0A max Output voltage +5VDC Charging current 3A Nominal power 15W 5.2.2.How to charge the remote control Please refer to the picture below: 5.2.3. Notice 1) For CatchX charger: Operating temperature：0℃~40℃ Storage temperature：-20~80℃ In compliance with CE standard Please immediately stop using the charger if it gets broken or has water inside.
It may take 2-3 hours to fully charge the remote control. It may take 4-6 hours to fully charge CatchX when both batteries are inside. Please be sure the power switch is off. It may take 2-3 hours to fully charge one CatchX battery when it has been taken out of the battery compartment. Please ensure that both batteries are fully charged before they are put into the battery compartment.
6. Remote Control 6.1.Home Screen The “Home Screen” of the remote control is shown as below: 6.2.Task Interface The “Task Interface” is to help you set the home point of your automatic task, select and save the waypoints therein, and then carry it out.
When connecting CatchX with its remote control, please keep them switched off, and follow the next 3 steps: 1) Long press “Hopper1” button and short press “Power Button” on the remote control at the same time, in order to enter the frequency matching mode. 2) Then short press the power button of the boat, the frequency of the remote control will automatically match with that of the boat. 3) The screen of the remote control will give a notice to inform whether the frequency matching has succeeded. 7.
7.3. Remote Control Turning On/Off For turning on the remote control, please long press the power button of the remote control for 3 seconds, when it will vibrate slightly, and its screen will lighten up with a boot animation, and vice versa for turning it off. 7.4. Calibration for Remote Control (The RC is well calibrated when you first open it; you don’t have to do it unless you get the RC repaired or replaced.
7.5. Unlock The user needs to place the CatchX on the ground first and turn it on. Move the joystick to the right end for 3 seconds, and the motors will start to spin. This means your CatchX has been unlocked for use, and you can use the joystick to control the boat sailing on the water. 7.6. Sailing By moving the joystick in each direction (i.e. up, down, right and left), CatchX will follow your order to go forward / backward or make a right / left turn, respectively. 7.7.
7.8. One Button for Hook Attachment By pressing the hook release button (shown in red square), the hook release mechanism will open for 5 seconds and then close automatically. The user needs to attach the prepared fishing line to the hook release mechanism before it closes. In the event that time is not enough to make the attachment, please press the hook release button again to re-open the mechanism. pg.
7.9. One Button for Return Under the manual mode, long pressing the joystick for 2-3 seconds at the “Home Screen” will lead CatchX to automatically return to the home point that has been set in advance. 7.10. Manual Task Mode In this mode, CatchX sails to the designated position, and can be used to perform operations such as hook casting and nesting through the remote control. To perform the task of casting hook and nesting, you must first select the corresponding hopper and hook releasing mechanism.
7.10.2. Casting Hook Long press the hook release button on the back of the remote control, the hook release mechanism will be selected, and the interface will display the selected prompt message for 2 seconds (long press the hook release button again, and you will be prompted to cancel the selection). When CatchX sails to the spots where you wish to drop the hooked fishing line, long press the confirmation button on the remote control to implement the action.
7.11. Automatic Route Task (Remote Control) CatchX can also set custom route tasks through the remote control. Store the preset casting spots and set the route to quickly realize multi-point casting. 7.11.1.
2) When the cursor moves to the position of the numbered mission point on the bottom of the remote control screen, the hopper diagram will be displayed. Press one of the “Hopper” buttons to assign the corresponding hopper to the numbered mission point. One hopper cannot be assigned to two mission points. If you want to assign more hoppers to one mission point, please repeat the step above. 7.11.3. Task Upload and Execution 1) Upon completion of Section 7.5.1 and 7.5.
The two pictures below will only pop up when the system goes to semi-automatic mode. 7.11.4. Turn to Manual Task Mode When you intend to quit the Auto Task Mode and get back to the Manual Task Mode, please move the joystick right downwards for 3 seconds at the “Task Interface” or the “Home Screen”. 7.12. Control of LED Light Belt Double click the power button of the remote control to switch on/off both of the head LED light belt and the tail light belt. pg.
8. APP Function Please scan the QR code to download the Rippton APP for controlling the CatchX bait boat in a much easier way. Installing the app requires Android System 8.0 or above and iOS 9.0 or above. 8.1. How to connect CatchX with your mobile device a) Search for the CatchX’s Wi-Fi signal in the settings of your mobile device. Make a connection. The format of the CatchX’s Wi-Fi name is catchx_xxxxxx, and the password is 12345678. b) Enter the App’s home page. Tap “Fishing” on the bottom bar. pg.
c) Then tap the icon on the top left-hand corner to enter the smart device connection page. d) Tap “Enter” to complete the connection. pg.
8.2. Brief Introduction of the APP Interface Notice: When number of satellites is lower than 10 or the signal strength is weak, it may impact the APP’s controlling effect, or even make some of functions ineffective. 8.3. Calibration for CatchX Bait Boat Before the calibration starts, please first connect CatchX with your mobile device (refer to Section 8 of this manual).
Press “Calibrate” on the line of “Compass” to start the whole calibration process: pg.
Note: For horizontal calibration, please keep CatchX’s nose facing outwards. For vertical calibration, please ensure CatchX’s nose always goes downwards from the beginning. Clockwise rotation. Please restart CatchX Bait Boat upon completion of the calibration. You will be suggested to do a calibration when you try to use the boat in a new location where is 3km away from the last location you went to. 8.4.
8.5. Set a Mission Plan for Automatic Casting 1) When CatchX has been successfully connected with your mobile phone, the system will automatically generate the default home point (i.e. the current position of CatchX). If you need to change the home point, just tap the “H” button (in red square below), and then select a spot on the map for the new home point, re-tap the “H” button to confirm.
3) Select the Waypoints a) Long press the point you want in the green circle until the prompt box pops up. b) Tap “Confirm”. c) Repeat the process if you want to add more waypoints (but no more than 4 waypoints) . d) If you want to delete the selected waypoint, tap it and then tap “Delete” in the prompt box that follows. pg.
4) Select the Hoppers There are two ways to select hoppers, which directly decides the mode of the mission: fully automatic and half automatic. Fully Automatic Before performing the mission, tap the selected waypoints and tap “Hopper Selection” to confirm which hopper to be released on which waypoint. 5) Perform the Mission pg.
a) Tap the “Start” on the right bottom corner. b) Slide to start. NOTE: The CatchX will return to the home point automatically after the mission is completed. 6) Release the Hook a) When the CatchX arrives the point where you want to release the hook, tap the third button on the left side. You can also select the point to release the hook when selecting the before the hoppers mission starts. b) pg. 34 Slide to cast.
8.6. EKF Note: When the indicator light (shown in red square) turns red, it means the boat is suffering strong EKF interference, you will be recommended to use manual mode instead. pg.
8.7. Turn On/Off the Lights by APP Tap the fourth button on the left side (in red square) to turn on/off both the head and tail LED light belts. When the button in dark, the light belts have been turned on; if in white, they are off. pg.
8.8. Historical Spots The system will keep the record of all the historical spots that you have stored before; press the button in red square and will show your historical spots around the area as below: Notice CatchX bait boat only has a WiFi hotspot on its remote control. First, the app interacts with the remote control through WiFi connection (including obtaining the status information of the boat and sending task instructions).
9. Tips 9.1. Update Update for the APP ： Please go to the proper and relevant app store to update the Rippton APP from time to time according to the system notification. 9.2. How to use the remote control to take over the control from the APP When the APP controls the CatchX bait boat to perform tasks, it will display “A” (standing for automatic mode) on the top bar of the remote control screen.
Notes Always turn the remote control on first before turning on the boat. To turn off, turn off the boat first and then the remote control. This will ensure that you are always in control of the boat. The remote control should be protected from water at all times. Store your boat and remote control in a warm, dry place when not in use, in order to prevent condensation build up. It is recommended that the bait boat be cleaned with a damp cloth after use.
Environmentally friendly disposal Old electrical appliances must not be disposed of together with the residual waste, but have to be disposed of separately. The disposal at the communal collecting point via private persons is for free. The owner of old appliances is responsible for bringing the appliances to these collecting points or to similar collection points. With this little personal effort, you contribute to recycling valuable raw materials and the safe treatment of toxic substances. pg.
10. Support 10.1. Support We are committed to providing you with the best possible products and services, but in the unfortunate circumstance that you have a complaint or our app has a bug which needs to be fixed, please get in touch with us by email: support@rippton.com 10.2. Tell us what you think... pg.
11. Warranty 11.1. What the guarantee covers Notice: Rippton reserves the right to amend and/or interpret all the contents provided in this manual. We offer you a 12-month guarantee from the date of purchase. The guarantee covers any defects arising from the drive unit and the electrical and electronic parts of the boat, faulty material or workmanship. It does not cover batteries, damage arising from improper use, breakage, or normal wear of the boat or associated equipment.
11.2. Warranty Form Please complete the form to register your CatchX Warranty. NAME： ADDRESS： POST CODE： TELEPHONE NUMBER： Email ADDRESS： PURCHASED DATE： ORDER NUMBER： SERIAL NUMBER： You also can send the form to us via Email at support@rippton.com pg.
CatchX Smart Bait Boat FCC Caution This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Any Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.
-Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. -Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body. pg.
Remote Control of CatchX Smart Bait Boat FCC Caution: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
