Qstarz BT-Q1000, User Manual

Page 1: ...BT Q1000 Super 51 CH Performance GPS Travel Recorder ...

Page 2: ...TALL THE SOFTWARE UTILITY FOR BT Q1000 10 6 3 INSTALL GOOGLE EARTH 14 7 START TO USE 14 7 1 FULLY CHARGE THE BATTERY WHEN USING AT THE FIRST TIME 14 7 2 CONNECT BT Q1000 WITH YOUR PC 14 7 3 START THE SOFTWARE UTILITY 15 8 USEFUL REFERENCE APPLICATIONS ON THE INTERNET 32 8 1 LOCR GPS PHOTO 32 8 2 GPSBABEL 33 8 3 SPORTSMATE 34 9 TROUBLE SHOOTING 36 10 APPENDIX 37 10 1 ACTIVATE THE BLUETOOTH FUNCTION...

Page 3: ...g period z If BT Q1000 isn t used in temperature between 10 60 its battery charging capability will decrease Leave the BT Q1000 far from heat or high temperature environment And also do not expose your BT Q1000 in temperature higher than 140 60 to prevent the battery inside BT Q1000 from overheating exploding or burning itself The Lithium battery inside the BT Q1000 should be recycled z It is reco...

Page 4: ...ort POI button for memorizing your location z Provide tool with friendly UI for setup and download data from Travel Recorder z Draw your navigation path immediately on Google Earth as default z Support Multi Selection setting to record data Time interval Speed Distance z Active NMEA protocol VTG GLL ZDA manually via Qstarz setup tool z Backup your travel record as CSV NMEA Google Earth file format...

Page 5: ...S 2 5m Velocity Without aid 0 1m s DGPS WAAS ENGOS MSAS 0 05m s Time 50 ns RMS Cold Warm Hot Start 36 33 1 sec average Dynamic Condition Altitude 18 000m Velocity 515m sec Acceleration 4g Protocol GPS Output Data NMEA 0183 V3 01 GGA GSA GSV RMC Baud Rate 115 200 bps Power Built in rechargeable Li ion battery Up to 32 hrs after fully charged Bluetooth Standard Fully compliant with Bluetooth V1 2 Bl...

Page 6: ...e the power cable and connect it to the power jack mini USB type for charging only Mode Switch OFF Power off BT Q1000 Mode Switch NAV When switch to NAV mode BT Q1000 can be used to navigate with handheld devices PDA Smartphone Laptop And the data log function is enabled for recording your travel path Mode Switch LOG When switch to LOG mode BT Q1000 only can be used to record your travel path but ...

Page 7: ...er 6 5 3 Battery installation Put Battery in place 1 Press the PUSH button on the bottom side of the unit 2 Pull out the battery cover Insert battery in the unit 3 Put battery cover on to the cabinet 4 Then push down and force it forward to fit firmly ...

Page 8: ...BT Q1000 Super 51 CH Performance GPS Travel Recorder 7 Take Battery out 1 Press the PUSH button on the bottom side of the unit 2 Pull out the battery cover 3 Then take out the battery from the unit ...

Page 9: ...d battery power is low status Please recharge When the Power LED is Green the battery is under charging mode When the Power LED is blinking the battery is fully charged 5 4 LED Indicators LED Status Flash ON OFF Power Red Green Low Power Red Fully charged Green Recharging Green Bluetooth Blue Flash per 2 sec Bluetooth connected and transmitting Mode Flash per 5 sec Power saving mode Not connected ...

Page 10: ...Under power saving mode when detecting Bluetooth is being connected BT Q1000 will auto wake up itself and the blue LED will turn to flash every 2 seconds and GPS Orange LED will be also On 6 Setup BT Q1000 NOTE Please power OFF ON to start log after completing parameter setting 6 1 Install USB Driver NOTE 1 The USB driver of BT Q1000 only supports Microsoft Windows system Win XP Win Vista 1 Please...

Page 11: ...completing the installation please click Yes to restart your computer for taking effect of new setting Driver installation dialog will show up Please click Install to install the driver 6 2 Install the software utility for BT Q1000 1 Please insert the Driver CD to your computer and find the folder Utility Double click setup exe to install the software utility ...

Page 12: ... Performance GPS Travel Recorder 11 2 System would pop up the utility installation dialog Please click Next for the next step 3 Please select I accept the terms in the license agreement and then click Next to the next step ...

Page 13: ...erformance GPS Travel Recorder 12 4 Please entry user name and organization and then click Next to the next step You can also click Next directly without any entry 5 Please select Typical and then click Next to the next step ...

Page 14: ...ance GPS Travel Recorder 13 6 Check again if all the settings are correct Then please click Install to start the utility installation 7 When the utility installation is completed please click Finish to exit the installation dialog ...

Page 15: ...o http earth google com support 7 Start to use 7 1 Fully charge the battery when using at the first time A fully charged battery can last up to 32 hours continuously operation under optimum conditions 7 2 Connect BT Q1000 with your PC 1 Please connect BT Q1000 with your PC by mini USB cable 2 Switch BT Q1000 to LOG position 3 Check the COM port no your PC is assigned for BT Q1000 NOTE Before check...

Page 16: ... which COM port is for BT Q1000 COM4 is for example 7 3 Start the software utility NOTE 1 Before starting the software utility please make sure that the USB driver and the software utility has been installed properly And also make sure that BT Q1000 already connect to your PC by mini USB cable and switch BT Q1000 to LOG position 1 Click from Start All Programs Qstarz Travel Recorder Travel Recorde...

Page 17: ...ION User Mode BT Q1000 utility provides three user modes Basic Advanced Professional for your personal setting You can complete the settings by each user mode per your requirement Setup the user mode for your personal setting before logging your travel path NOTE 1 After finishing the personal setting and disconnect the communication between BT Q1000 and PC please switch BT Q1000 off and then switc...

Page 18: ...ne user mode Basic Advanced Professional for personal setting 3 2 1 Basic Mode provides simple setting for you Select the transportation gear Vehicle Bicycle Jog you will use and then click SET to set specific values to BT Q1000 The detail is as below Basic Mode AutoLog Option Output Period Log Format Log for Vehicle 3 sec Log every 3 sec Log for Bicycle 5 sec Log every 5 sec Log for Jog 10 sec Lo...

Page 19: ...aypoints with the settings 3secs 60 km h When the speed is below 60km h BT Q1000 would log one waypoint per 3 seconds When the speed is above 60km h it would log one waypoint per second Log for Bicycle Advanced Mode AutoLog Option Output Period Log Format Distance 10 9999 40m as default Log for Bicycle Distance Speed Speed 10 999 25km h as default GGA GSA GSV RMC UTC VALID LATITUDE LONGITUDE HEIGH...

Page 20: ...km h it would log one waypoint per second 3 2 3 Professional Mode provides three sections for your detailed settings manually including Output Period AutoLog Option and Log Format After complete all settings click SET to set the values to BT Q1000 The detail is as below 1 Output Period Description 1 NMEA setting here only affects the NMEA sentences for navigation There s nothing to do with data re...

Page 21: ...entence is updated per 3 seconds 2 AutoLog Option Description 1 Provide three conditions Time Distance Speed for setting your log interval 2 Support multi settings Time Distance Speed for your log interval 3 Time interval is between 1 999 second s 4 Distance interval is between 10 9999 meters 5 Speed interval is between 10 999 km h ...

Page 22: ...Z km h it would log one waypoint per second 1 Log every X seconds 2 Log every Y meters BT Q1000 would log one waypoint per X seconds or per Y meters depends on which condition meets the setting distance time first 1 Log every X seconds 2 Log over Z km h When the speed is below Z km h BT Q1000 would log one waypoint per X seconds When the speed is above Z km h it would log one waypoint per second 1...

Page 23: ...ation you want to record for each logging point 2 The default recording fields are UTC VALID LATITUDE LONGITUDE HEIGHT SPEED RCR and DISTANCE The table of Format Type Format Type Item Description Date Time Universal Coordinated Time formerly GMT or Greenwich Mean Time UTC Mili second Mili second Fix Mode VALID Data fix or not Latitude A north south measurement of position perpendicular to the eart...

Page 24: ... Position accuracy 3D coordinates HDOP Horizontal Dilution Of Precision horizontal accuracy 2D coordinates DOP VDOP Vertical Dilution Of Precision vertical accuracy height Method RCR Record method Speed Time Distance POI Button NSAT Number of Satellite in Used in View SID Satellite ID Elevation The elevation of the satellite Azimuth Line Of Sight angle of the satellite Satellite Information SNR Si...

Page 25: ...button 1 2 The default setting is Stop When the flash memory is full BT Q1000 will stop logging data If you want to record new data you must erase all data in the flash memory 1 3 Click Overwrite to change to Overwrite method Then system will pop up a message box to notify you Overwrite is set When the flash memory is full BT Q1000 will overwrite the memory data So the previous data will be update...

Page 26: ...ption of satellite information as below Item Description Date UTC date Time Universal Coordinated Time formerly GMT or Greenwich Mean Time Mode 3D Fix 2D Fix No Fix TTFF Time to first fix Latitude A north south measurement of position perpendicular to the earth s polar axis Longitude An east west measurement of position in relation to the Prime Meridian an imaginary circle that passes through the ...

Page 27: ...inates HDOP Horizontal Dilution Of Precision horizontal accuracy 2D coordinates VDOP Vertical Dilution Of Precision vertical accuracy height 1 3 Click Hot Warm Cold button to perform hot warm cold start immediately Item Description Hot button Perform hot start Warm button Perform warm start Cold button Perform cold start ...

Page 28: ...00 NOTE 1 Before accessing your log data of BT Q1000 please establish the communication between BT Q1000 and PC with mini USB cable Refer to 7 3 item 2 NOTE 2 Please install Google Earth before trying to download and draw map on Google Earth Refer to 6 3 6 1 Click DATA LOG LIST tab 6 2 Click Stop button to stop logging data ...

Page 29: ...s It will take a few minutes depending on the data volume After completing the log data downloading those data will be shown on data grid 6 4 Click Draw Map button to show your log data on Google Earth System will pop up a dialog box for setting the data period and drawing type After click RUN button system will indicate Google Earth to show your travel path according your log data ...

Page 30: ...BT Q1000 Super 51 CH Performance GPS Travel Recorder 29 6 5 Your travel path will be shown on Google Earth as the following image You can check the detail information for each log point ...

Page 31: ...0 System will pop up the message box to show the progress status It will take a few minutes depending on the data volume After completing the log data download those data will be shown on data grid Draw Map button Show your log data on Google Earth Erase button Clear all log data from the flash memory of BT Q1000 NOTE Before erasing the data we suggest to stop logging data first by clicking Stop L...

Page 32: ...BT Q1000 Super 51 CH Performance GPS Travel Recorder 31 7 About Here we show the information of software utility ...

Page 33: ...duct This utility can integrate travel log and digital photos by date time to show your photos on the map directly After the integration the current GPS coordinates also can be imported to your digital photos for the further application Please find the installation file for Windows XP Vista or Symbian system in Qstarz GPS CD Go to http www locr com for the further information ...

Page 34: ...8 2 GPSBabel This utility can transfer your NMEA file to GPX file or other format Please go to http www gpsbabel org for free download 1 Select NMEA 0813 sentences 2 Open your NMEA file 3 Select GPX XML 4 Enter your GPX file name 5 Click let s go to transfer ...

Page 35: ...erformance GPS Travel Recorder 34 8 3 SPORTSMATE This web site can share your travel log with your friends Before sharing your trip please apply a new account first Please go to http www ttsm com for the further information ...

Page 36: ...utility can integrate travel log and digital photos by date time to show your photos on the map directly After the integration the current GPS coordinates also can be imported to your digital photos for the further application Please go to http www jetphotosoft com for free download ...

Page 37: ... time Greenwich time that confused you For local time you can see the local Date Time under Satellite Information tab of utility Can the logged data be downloaded by Bluetooth So far Bluetooth function is not a standard component on laptop So we didn t perform the download via Bluetooth interface BT Q1000 is designed to download data via USB interface Why does BT Q1000 only can log 50000 60000 way...

Page 38: ...etooth function If not you may need to acquire an optional CF SD Bluetooth card or Bluetooth dongle NOTE 1 BT Q1000 would be identified as iBT GPS under Bluetooth Manager In further use you just need to click it to connect to this GPS Travel Recorder NOTE 2 The pairing procedure is required to execute in the first time only And the pass code is 0000 if required NOTE 3 Select correct com port and b...

Page 39: ... Super 51 CH Performance GPS Travel Recorder 38 10 2 Create Bluetooth Setting Windows Mobile 5 for Pocket PC 1 Switch your Bluetooth Receiver on 2 Tap the Bluetooth icon at the bottom 3 Check Turn on Bluetooth ...

Page 40: ...BT Q1000 Super 51 CH Performance GPS Travel Recorder 39 4 Tap the Devices tab and then tap New Partnership 5 System will search for all Bluetooth devices 6 Select iBT GPS device and tap Next ...

Page 41: ...BT Q1000 Super 51 CH Performance GPS Travel Recorder 40 7 Enter Passkey 0000 if required and then tap Next 8 Check Serial Port and then tap Finish ...

Page 42: ...BT Q1000 Super 51 CH Performance GPS Travel Recorder 41 9 The iBT GPS device will be established in the list 10 Tap the COM Ports tab and select New Outgoing Port ...

Page 43: ...BT Q1000 Super 51 CH Performance GPS Travel Recorder 42 11 Select the iBT GPS and then tap Next 12 Uncheck Secure Connection and select a COM port for example COM 8 from the Port Then tap Finish ...

Page 44: ...ect COM Port NOTE 1 In the map software such as TomTom you might need to change preference and set Other Bluetooth GPS Device according to PDA phone model In some case please consult map software company to vary the setting if you have issue on positioning NOTE 2 There might be specific setting requirement per navigation software Such as Tomtom please delete other GPS settings under Tomtom softwar...

Page 45: ...l Directive 99 5 EC and 89 336 EEC The equipment was passed The test was performed according to the following European standards EN 300 328 1 EN 301 489 1 17 EN60950 FCC Notice This device complies with Part 15C Part 15B and ID Application of the FCC rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference 2 This device must accept any interferenc...