RoyalTek BT GPS mini, User Manual

Page 1: ...i RoyalTek BT GPS mini RBT 1000 User Manual V 1 5 ...

Page 2: ...3 5 GPS Status LED Green 5 2 3 6 Battery Status LED Red Yellow 5 2 4 Getting Started 6 2 4 1 STEP 1 Charge the Battery 6 2 4 2 STEP 2 Turn on Receiver and Wait for GPS Fix 6 2 4 3 STEP 3 Connect to Bluetooth Enabled Devices 6 2 4 4 STEP 4 Use GPS Application 6 3 Installation 7 3 1 Install PDA Software Application 8 3 2 Install PC Software Application 10 3 3 Install Palm Software Application 13 4 S...

Page 3: ...ent Switch 17 4 3 4 Manual Setting 17 4 4 Configuration 18 4 4 1 Change Password 18 4 5 About 18 5 Software Application User Manual for PC 20 5 1 Application User Interface 20 5 2 Connection Page 21 5 2 1 Device Name 21 5 2 2 Change 21 5 2 3 COM Port 21 5 2 4 Connect 21 5 2 5 Auto Scan 22 5 2 6 Factory Reset 22 5 2 7 Disconnect 22 5 3 Navigation Page 22 5 3 1 NMEA Mode SiRF Mode 22 5 3 2 Degraded ...

Page 4: ...t 28 6 1 5 Factory Reset 28 6 1 6 Disconnect 28 6 2 Navigation Page 29 6 2 1 NMEA Mode SiRF Mode 29 6 2 2 Degraded Mode 29 6 2 3 Elevation mask 29 6 2 4 DOP Mask 29 6 2 5 SBAS Mode 29 6 2 6 Default 29 6 2 7 OK 29 6 3 Mode 30 6 3 1 Maximum Navigation Performance 30 6 3 2 Optimal Battery Use 30 6 3 3 Intelligent Switch 30 6 3 4 Manual Setting 30 6 4 Configuration 31 6 4 1 Change Password 31 6 5 Abou...

Page 5: ... Port 35 8 2 2 Baud Rate 35 8 2 3 About 35 8 2 4 Action 36 8 2 5 36 8 3 Cold Warm Hot Start 36 8 4 About 37 8 5 Next Screen 37 9 GPS Test on PDA of Palm OS 38 9 1 Execute GPS Demo Program 38 9 2 GPS Demo Screen 38 9 2 1 GPS Port 38 9 2 2 Baud Rate 39 9 2 3 About 39 9 2 4 Action 39 9 2 5 39 9 3 Cold Warm Hot Start 39 9 4 About 40 9 5 Next Screen 40 10 Explanation of GPS Terminology 41 ...

Page 6: ...erywhere BT GPS mini is both precise and durable Its 12 channel receiver allows for continuous tracking of all visible satellites By wearing this Bluetooth GPS around your neck and having your bluetooth integrated with any kind of mobile device such as PDA or Notebook it will provide your exact location almost anywhere 1 2 Main Features Twelve parallel channels Support 2D 3D information Hot Warm C...

Page 7: ...C Battery Storage temperature range 20 ºC to 50 ºC Lithium ion battery lasts more than 8 hours in continuous operation mode Humidity range up to 95 no condensing 1 4 Application Navigation Automotive Vehicle Tracking Personal Positioning Geographic Surveying Sporting and Recreation Consumer wireless GPS Cellular Phone ...

Page 8: ...3 2 2 Q Qu ui ic ck k S St ta ar rt t 2 1 Control Switch Power Jack Antenna Port Power Switch Power Jack External Antenna Port ...

Page 9: ... indicates power on Blinking Green light indicates GPS position fixed Blinking red light indicates low power Yellow light indicates charging Blinking Blue light indicates Bluetooth in connection Battery Status GPS Status Bluetooth Status ...

Page 10: ...an use it instead of the BT GPS mini receiver s internal antenna Simply plug your external antenna into the antenna port 2 3 4 Bluetooth Status LED Blue Flashing Bluetooth is on and ready to transmit 2 3 5 GPS Status LED Green Flashing Position is fixed Steady light Device is on but position is not fixed 2 3 6 Battery Status LED Red Yellow None Battery has adequate power supply Red Power is low Ch...

Page 11: ...h Enabled Devices 1 From your Bluetooth enabled mobile device perform a Bluetooth device discovery Refer to the user documentation for your Bluetooth enabled device for instructions 2 After connection is created between Bluetooth enabled device and Bluetooth GPS the LED will show flashing blue light Note If it is needed to type in Pin code during configuration please Key in 0000 2 4 4 STEP 4 Use G...

Page 12: ...e for Pocket PC 2002 Software for Pocket PC 2003 to install the PDA software application Click the Software for Palm OS to install Palm software application Click the User Manual to open the user manual of Bluetooth GPS Click the View Our Website to link our http www RoyalTek com please make sure your PC connects to Internet first Click the Browse CD Contents to open the explorer to browse the fil...

Page 13: ...C 2003 to install the PDA software application from CD you have to synchronize the PDA and your system Then the following window will show in your system as below Click Yes to continue Or click No to select the other destination to install or Cancel to give up installation Click OK to complete the installation ...

Page 14: ...9 You can also see the Installing RoyakTek BT GPS mini message box Note About to install the software application to your PDA please refer to your user manual of your PDA manufacture ...

Page 15: ...ware application from CD When screen shows the installation window as follows Click Cancel to give up installation Then you will get into the Bluetooth GPS welcome page Click Next to next page or click Back to back last stage or Cancel to give up installation ...

Page 16: ... accept the terms of the license agreement then click Next to next page or click Back to back last stage or Cancel to give up installation Click Install to start installation Or click Back to back last stage or Cancel to give up installation ...

Page 17: ...sh installation will ask you to restart your computer as follow window Please click Finish to finish the Installation And your desktop will appear the Bluetooth GPS icon Or click Back to back last stage or Cancel to give up installation ...

Page 18: ... double click the Bluetooth GPS icon to execute the Bluetooth GPS software application 3 3 Install Palm Software Application Note To execute this Palm Software Application please install Palm software in advance ...

Page 19: ...alog 4 1 1 Device Name When connection is successful it will show the Device s ID Name automatically 4 1 2 Change When connection is successful the Change Button will be workable If you want to change the Device s Name please enter the new Device s ID Name in the BT GPS mini ID field then click Change button to upload the Device s ID Name to BT GPS mini 4 1 3 COM Port Indicate Bluetooth serial com...

Page 20: ...T GPS mini dialogue box with Failed to set up connection message It means the connection failed please try it again 4 1 5 Auto Scan Automatically scan the BT GPS mini COM port in order to connect to BT GPS mini device 4 1 6 Factory Reset Factory reset to the device To reset all parameters and to disconnect Bluetooth 4 1 7 Disconnect Disconnect to the BT GPS mini device Note When performing the Aut...

Page 21: ...able or disable degraded mode 4 2 3 Elevation mask Elevation mask setting 4 2 4 DOP Mask DOP mask type and DOP mask value setting 4 2 5 SBAS Mode Enable or disable SBAS function 4 2 6 Default Reset values of this dialog into default value It has not changed the setting of device yet You still need to push OK button if you want to change the setting of device 4 2 7 OK Upload the parameters to the B...

Page 22: ...Intelligent Switch Select for switching power mode automatically When position keeps still it enters power save mode When position is in high speed updating it enters max performance mode 4 3 4 Manual Setting Select for adjusting the Update Rate and On Time value Suggestion Optimized for the device by selecting Maximum Navigation Performance or Optimal Battery Use for default value setting ...

Page 23: ...4 4 Configuration Use this page to set the system configuration values 4 4 1 Change Password Display the Change Password dialog screen 4 5 About This page shows the software version and the copyright claim ...

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Page 25: ...ck the icon as right in your desktop to run the software after install the BT GPS mini software Then you can see the BT GPS mini window as Figure 1 You can choose the button in the left side to open the dialogs for each function setting such as Connection Navigation Mode Configuration About And use the left up buttons to minimize or close the window ...

Page 26: ...S mini ID field then click Change button to upload the Device s ID Name to BT GPS mini 5 2 3 COM Port Set up the BT GPS mini COM Port 5 2 4 Connect Connect to the BT GPS mini device When you try to connect to Bluetooth enabled device the window will pop up a Connection dialogue box with Waiting message And it means connecting successful when seeing a BT GPS mini dialogue box with Set up connection...

Page 27: ... and to disconnect Bluetooth 5 2 7 Disconnect Disconnect to the BT GPS mini device Note When perform Auto Scan user has to wait for a while because it will take time to get necessary system information from BT GPS mini 5 3 Navigation Page You can set GPS relative parameters by this dialog 5 3 1 NMEA Mode SiRF Mode Display or change the mode of device Setup the parameters of NMEA Mode or SiRF Mode ...

Page 28: ...P Mask DOP mask type and DOP mask value setting 5 3 5 SBAS Mode Enable or disable SBAS function 5 3 6 Default Reset values of this dialog into default value It has not changed the setting of device yet You still need to push OK button if you want to change the setting of device 5 3 7 OK Upload the parameters to the BT GPS mini ...

Page 29: ...3 Intelligent Switch Select to switch power mode automatically When position keeps still it enters power save mode When position is in high speed updating it enters max performance mode 5 4 4 Manual Setting Select for adjusting the Update Rate and On Time value Suggestion Optimized for the device by selecting Maximum navigation Performance or Optimal Battery Use for default value setting ...

Page 30: ...25 5 5 Configuration Use this page to set the system configuration values 5 5 1 Change Password Display the Change Password dialog screen ...

Page 31: ...26 5 6 About This page shows the software version and the copyright claim ...

Page 32: ...g 6 1 1 Device Name When connection is successful it will show the Device s ID Name automatically 6 1 2 Change When connection is successful the Change Button will be workable If you want to change the Device s Name please enter the new Device s ID Name in the BT GPS mini ID field then click Change button to upload the Device s ID Name to BT GPS mini 6 1 3 COM Port Indicate Bluetooth serial com po...

Page 33: ...ctory Reset Factory reset to the device To reset all parameters and to disconnect Bluetooth 6 1 6 Disconnect Disconnect to the BT GPS mini device Note When performing the Auto Scan the user has to wait for a while because it will get necessary system information from BT GPS mini ...

Page 34: ...able or disable degraded mode 6 2 3 Elevation mask Elevation mask setting 6 2 4 DOP Mask DOP mask type and DOP mask value setting 6 2 5 SBAS Mode Enable or disable SBAS function 6 2 6 Default Reset values of this dialog into default value It has not changed the setting of device yet You still need to push OK button if you want to change the setting of device 6 2 7 OK Upload the parameters to the B...

Page 35: ... Intelligent Switch Select for power mode automatically switch When position keeps still it enters power save mode When position is in high speed updating it enters max performance mode 6 3 4 Manual Setting Select for adjusting the Update Rate and On Time value Suggestion Optimized for the device by selecting Maximum Navigation Performance or Optimal Battery Use for default value setting ...

Page 36: ...31 6 4 Configuration Use this page to set the system configuration values 6 4 1 Change Password Display the Change Password dialog 6 5 About This page shows the software version and the copyright claim ...

Page 37: ... S T Te es st t o on n P PD DA A 7 1 Execute GPS Demo Program Execute RoyalTek GPS Demo program by double clicking RoyalTek GPS Demo icon on Programs menu 7 2 GPS Demo Screen GPS Data View Signal View Satellite View ...

Page 38: ...e default com port 7 2 2 Baud Rate Sole baud rate 57600 7 2 3 About Version displays 7 2 4 Action GPS action selection 7 2 5 Switch to next screen shot 7 3 Cold Warm Hot Start Selecting Cold Warm Hot Start in function scroll bar then click Action to initialize Cold Warm Hot Start function ...

Page 39: ...34 7 4 About This page shows the software version and the copyright claim 7 5 Next Screen Clicking to switch GPS bar chart image to have more GPS data ...

Page 40: ... program by double clicking GPS Demo icon on Programs menu 8 2 GPS Demo Screen 8 2 1 GPS Port GPS port searching automatically by GPS port first or using COM1 as the default com port 8 2 2 Baud Rate Sole baud rate 57600 8 2 3 About Version displays GPS Data View Signal View Satellite View ...

Page 41: ...8 2 4 Action GPS action selection 8 2 5 Switch to next screen shot 8 3 Cold Warm Hot Start Selecting Cold Warm Hot Start in function scroll bar then click Action to initialize Cold Warm Hot Start function ...

Page 42: ...37 8 4 About This page shows the software version and the copyright claim 8 5 Next Screen Clicking to switch GPS bar chart image to have more GPS Data ...

Page 43: ...xecute GPS Demo Program Execute RoyalTek GPS Demo program by double clicking RoyalTek GPS Demo icon on Programs menu 9 2 GPS Demo Screen Signal View 9 2 1 GPS Port GPS port searching automatically by GPS port first or using COM1 as the default com port GPS Data View Satellite View ...

Page 44: ...le baud rate 57600 9 2 3 About Version displays 9 2 4 Action GPS action selection 9 2 5 Switch to next screen shot 9 3 Cold Warm Hot Start Selecting Cold Warm Hot Start in function scroll bar then click Action to initialize ...

Page 45: ...40 Cold Warm Hot Start function 9 4 About This page shows the software version and the copyright claim 9 5 Next Screen Clicking to switch GPS bar chart image to have more GPS data ...

Page 46: ...tion of precision To achieve a positioning accuracy of 10m it must combine the ranging accuracy and geometry to be acceptable values GDOP is geometric dilution of precision which contains the effect of position x y z and time PDOP is the position dilution of precision which contains the effect of position x y z HDOP is the horizontal dilution of precision which contains the effect of horizontal pl...

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