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Alpha 200 Plus and Alpha 300 Series Training Key Setup and Customization

You can customize the training buttons along the top of the Alpha® 200 Plus or Alpha® 300 series dog tracking handheld. Customizing training buttons allows you change the training keys, stimulation type, and stimulation levels. Settings can also be changed for each dog.


Adding Training Buttons

  1. From the home screen select Training Setup.
  2. Select Training Keys.
  3. Select + Add Item Here.
  4. Choosing a Command.
    • Training Command: Allows you to setup that button for Stimulation, Vibration, tone or toggle the beacon lights. For more information on training refer to your Owners Manual and search Training Methods. 
    • Application: Allows you to create a button as a quick link to an application such as the Map, Dog Compass or Mark Waypoint.
    • Device Action: Allows you to program a specific action to be taken. 
    • Utilities: Allows you to add a command such as zoom in, toggle imagery on and off,
  5. Select Training Command.
  6. Select the Dog that you want to setup a command for.
  7. Select the command you want to add. Momentary, Continuous, Tone, Vibration or Light. 
  8. For Momentary and Continuous you can set the correction level. 
    • If using traditional stimulation mode select Low, Med, Hi.
  9. Select Done to go back to training keys to add more. 

Note: While in training keys setup the training buttons are not active.


Using the Training Buttons

The training keys will correlate with the commands setup in Training Keys. Pressing one of these buttons will transmit the training command to the collar listed in the command. Continuous and Momentary stim corrections will show a drop down with the stim level. You can use the training up or down keys on the side of the device to increase or decrease the training level. 

To toggle through the row of commands you can select the training up or down buttons on the side of the device. For more information on your device keys refer to your Owners Manual and search for Alpha Device Keys


Changing a Set Training Button

  1. From the home screen select Training Setup.
  2. Select Training Keys.
  3. Select the training command you would like to Edit.
    • To keep the command for the same dog but change the command select Adjust.
    • Select Change Action to be able to customize to any other option.
    • Select Remove to remove that command from the menu.
  4. Select Done if adjusting action to complete the change.

Training Button Layout

You can customize your training buttons to One Per Dog or Three Per Dog configuration. One Per Dog layout will simplify the training commands to one button for each dog. This can be a better layout when a lot of dogs are being tracked and trained at once. The Three per dog will setup three buttons for each dog, this layout is better used when focusing on training. The Three Per Dog layout is the default layout to change the button layout follow the steps below. 

  1. From the Main Menu select Training Setup.
  2. Select Training Defaults.
  3. Select Button Layout.
  4. Select the layout you would prefer. 

When using the One Per Dog layout you can quickly adjust the training command from any where outside of the setup menu.

  1. Select the training box you want to adjust.
  2. Adjust the slider to the command you want.
  3. The button is now adjusted.

Training buttons single view

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