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Powering up and monitoring the RT-Base S
The RT-Base S is switched on and off using the Power button located on the control
panel. If the LCD display fails to illuminate or show data, ensure the battery is charged
and that the battery has been reconnected after air travel.
Please note that a number of factors affect the time taken for the RT-Base S to acquire
satellites. The process normally takes about 90 seconds, but can take up to 20 minutes
if the unit has been turned off for a long period of time or has been moved a significant
distance since last time it was used.
The first thing the RT-Base S loads as part of the boot process is a configuration file,
which is held in its internal memory. The configuration file controls how the
RT-Base S behaves. The first time an RT-Base S is powered up after delivery, the
default settings are used. The default settings tell the RT-Base S to average its position
over a three-minute period (once it computes a GNSS position) and to broadcast
corrections in RTCMv3 format. The base station ID will be set to OxTS.
Creating custom configurations using our NAVbase software is covered in the next
section. Before that, it is important to become familiar with information presented on
the LCD display, and to learn how to adjust basic parameters of the configuration using
only the built in controls. This is useful in case you need to check/modify the
RT-Base S during a test but don’t have immediate access to a portable computer.
The control panel
The control panel on the RT-Base S is made up of three buttons, an LCD, a charge
connector, an Ethernet port and power switch. The controls and LCD are shown in
Figure 6.
Figure 6. The control panel on the RT-Base S