11. Select the new configuration from the
Available device con-
figs
list in the
Open
dialog box.
12. Select the
Open
button to open communications with the
ProPak.
USING GPSOLUTION
GPSolution
provides access to key information about your
receiver and its position. The information is displayed in windows
accessed from the
View
menu. For example, select
Position
Window
from the
View
menu to display the position of the
receiver. To show details of the GPS and SBAS satellites being
tracked, select
Tracking Status Window
from the menu.
DETERMINING WHEN THE POSITION IS VALID
When the receiver has a valid position, the LED to the right of
the
icon will be lit. In addition, the
Solution Status
field in
GPSolution
’s
Position
window will show
Computed.
ENTERING COMMANDS
The ProPak-LB
plus
uses a comprehensive command interface.
Commands can be sent to the receiver using the
Console
window in
GPSolution
, which is opened from the
View
menu.
Commands are entered in the text box at the bottom of the
window.
The following information is important when entering commands:
•
Commands can be entered in three formats:
ASCII
,
Abbreviated ASCII
, and
Binary
.
Abbreviated ASCII
is the
best format to use when you wish to work with the
receiver directly.
•
Press the
Enter
key to send the command string to the
receiver.
•
The commands are not case sensitive.
The
OEM4 Family Quick Reference Guide
provided with the
receiver lists all the available commands and the parameters
they use for the
Abbreviated ASCII
format.
ENABLING L-BAND POSITIONING
Your ProPak-LB
plus
supports L-Band positioning, which allows
you to achieve sub-meter accuracy. In order to use OmniSTAR,
a subscription to OmniSTAR’s
Virtual Base Station
(VBS) or
High
Precision
(HP) service is required.
The Canadian Differential Global Positioning System (CDGPS)
is a free signal and does not require a subscription.
To contact OmniSTAR, call 1-800-338-9178 or 713-785-5850.
You will then be asked to provide the receiver’s OmniSTAR
serial number (which is different from the NovAtel serial
number). To obtain the OmniSTAR serial number, enter the
following command in the
Console
window in
GPSolution
:
LOG LBANDINFO
The log that is generated displays the OmniSTAR serial number
in the fifth field following the log header. It is a six digit number in
the range
700000
to
799999
. This log also provides the status
of your subscription. In order to activate your subscription, the
receiver must be powered and tracking an OmniSTAR satellite.
See
Volume 2
of the
OEM4 User Manual
set for more
information.
You can switch between OmniSTAR VBS and CDGPS:
To Use CDGPS
ASSIGNLBAND CDGPS <freq> 4800
PSRDIFFSOURCE CDGPS
To Use OmniSTAR VBS
ASSIGNLBAND OMNISTAR <freq> 1200
PSRDIFFSOURCE OMNISTAR
Where <freq> is determined for CDGPS or OmniSTAR from the
CDGPS beam frequency chart:
East
1547646
East-Central
1557897
West-Central
1557571
West
1547547
or, the OmniSTAR beam frequency chart at:
http://www.omnistar.com/setup_osrc.html
To confirm you are tracking an L-Band signal, log the status
information by entering the following command:
LOG LBANDSTAT
The
Position Type
field shown in
GPSolution
’s
Position
window
should change from
Single
to
CDGPS
,
OMNISTAR
(VBS
service), or
OMNISTAR_HP
(HP service).
Refer also to
Volume 1
of the
OEM4 User Manual
set where the
CDGPS frequencies and their coverage areas are shown.
ENABLING SBAS POSITIONING
Certain models of the ProPak-LB
plus
are also capable of SBAS
positioning. This positioning mode is enabled using the
SBAS-
CONTROL
command. At the time of publication, the WAAS (North
America) and EGNOS (Europe) systems are in test mode. As a
result, the following commands are typically used to enable
WAAS and EGNOS modes, respectively:
SBASCONTROL ENABLE WAAS 0 ZEROTOTWO
SBASCONTROL ENABLE EGNOS 120 ZEROTOTWO
Once enabled, the
Position Type
field shown in
GPSolution
’s
Position
window should change from
Single
to
WAAS
.
USING THE SERIAL PORTS
There are three serial ports provided on the ProPak-LB
plus
,
each with a unique, keyed connector. Matching serial cables
have been provided for each port. The table below provides the
labels used for each port and the number of pins, which will
match the number of pins on the receiver-end connector of the
serial cable.
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
If you have any questions or comments regarding your ProPak-
LB
plus
, please contact NovAtel Customer Service using one of
methods provided below.
Email: support@novatel.ca
Web:
www.novatel.com
Phone: 1-800-NOVATEL (U.S. & Canada)
403-295-4900 (International)
Fax: 403-295-4901
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Port
Labels
Number of Pins
COM1
6
COM2
7
COM3
8
