CW25 Software User Manual
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Rev 03
Date: 06/16/08
Copyright ©2007 NavSync Ltd.All Rights Reserved
Specifications subject to change without notice.
Glossary continued…
PRN
Pseudo-Random Noise code unique to each satellite’s message and therefore used to identify each satellite.
Pseudo Range The apparent measured ‘straight line’ distance from a satellite to the receiving antenna at any instant in
time, including any errors caused by satellite clocks, receiver clocks, refraction of the radio waves, etc.
PSU
Power Supply Unit
RAM
Random Access Memory
Real Numbers Numbers which may have decimal point and fractional component
Resolution
Smallest separation of two display elements
RF
Radio frequency
RFI
Radio Frequency Interference
RMS
Root Mean Square
RPS
Relative Positioning System
RS232
Serial communication hardware standard (+/- 12v nom.)
RS422
A serial communication hardware standard (differential)
RTCM
Radio Technical Committee for Maritime Services
RTC
Real-time Clock (maintaining approximate time when unit is off)
RTK
Real Time Kinematic
RTS
Request to Send (serial communication handshaking)
RXD
Receive Data (serial communication to Data Terminal or ‘DTE’ from Data Communication Equipment or DCE’)
S/A
Selective Availability - imposed by the DoD to limit the GPS performance available to civil users.
SEP
Spherical Error Probability
SMA
Miniature threaded coaxial connector.
SPS
Standard precision Service
SSR
Solid State Recorder
SV
Satellite Vehicle
TNC
A standard threaded coaxial connector
TSPI
Time Space Position Information
TTL
Transistor-transistor Logic (family of digital electronic components)
TTFF
Time to First Fix
TXD
Transmit Data (serial communication from Data Terminal or ‘DTE’ to Data Communication Equipment or ‘DCE’)
us, uSec
Microsecond (u is frequently used for the Greek µ symbol denoting ‘micro’, one millionth part, 10
-6
)
UTC
Coordinated Universal Time
UTM
Universal Transverse Mercator
UART
Universal Asynchronous Receiver-transmitter (used in serial communications)
VDOP
Vertical Dilution of Precision
WGS
World Geodetic System (a world-wide Datum, GPS works in WGS84 which has superseded WGS72)