Sanav SANAV FV-M7, User Manual

Page 1: ...document describes and provides the useful information the FV M7 module which includes the functions of pins on the module configuration setting and utility It will help users to understand the capability of the module and therefore successfully integrate the FV M7 into users GPS systems Each chapter is one of the pieces for the module and carries its own purpose Title FV M7 Subtitle GPS Receiver ...

Page 2: ...tional Windows Local Time Zone Setting 10 3 4 Functional Windows SBAS Setting 11 3 5 Functional Windows Power Mode Setting 12 3 6 Functional Windows Restart Setting 13 3 7 Functional Windows View Default 14 3 8 Using Mini GPS to Open Com Port 15 3 9 Using Mini GPS to Setup 15 3 9 Using Mini GPS to Setup 16 3 10 Using Mini GPS to Save Settings into Flash 17 Chapter 4 Available NMEA Messages 18 4 1 ...

Page 3: ...ddition to excellent start up times and position accuracy the updated rate can be up to 5 Hz and the sensitivity of 158dbm If you have any technical questions please contact us by either e mail prefer telephone or fax e mail san jose sanav com Tel 886 2 26879500 Fax 886 2 26878893 When you send a request to us please prepare the following information that may help us to resolve your problem as soo...

Page 4: ... 12pin connector with 1 27mm pitch Position accuracy DGPS RTCM 2 6 m Construction Full EMI Shielding Velocity accuracy 0 1 Knot RMS steady state ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS Update Rate 1 5Hz Operating 30 80 Power Supply 3 3 5V 5 Temperature Storage 40 85 Acquisition 65mA 50mA first 5 minutes COMMUNICATION 48mA after 5 minutes Protocol NMEA V3 01 Power Consumption Tracking 41mA after 20 minutes Signal...

Page 5: ...5 Chapter 2 Pin Assignment 2 1 Pin Assignment Figure 2 1 shows the pin definitions of FV M7 Table 2 1 describes the corresponding definitions for pins Figure 2 1 FV M7 Pin definitions ...

Page 6: ...ain transmits channel for outputting navigation and measurement data to user s navigation software or user written software Output RS 232 level 0V 6V or Output TTL level 0V 2 8V RXA This is the main receive channel for receiving software commands to the engine board from MiniGPS or GPS Locator Utility SV 3301 software or from user written software Input RS 232 level 0V 6V or Input TTL level 0V 2 8...

Page 7: ...e click on the Setup exe and follow the installation procedures GPS Locator Utility Version 2 61 an application program for FV M7 enables you to do the configurations on the unit Below are instructions of how to work with this software with assumption that you have successfully installed GPS Locator Utility Mini GPS is an utility from MTK If the users would like to read 32 channel change update ra...

Page 8: ...Port After selecting the Com Port bard rate and Command Setting click on Connect and you will be able to do the configurations Select the ComPort Select baud rate default of 4800 Select SV3310 which is the same as MTK 3301 ...

Page 9: ... On top of the User Setting window there are several taps Please select the taps for different settings Note After finishing interval setting click Send to confirm the setting before proceeding next tap window for the other setting Note If there is no backup power connected all the settings will go back to default after a power cycle User Setting Window change GPS sentence output interval ...

Page 10: ...l time zones are available Note After finishing local time zone setting click Send to confirm the setting before proceeding next tap window for the other setting Note If there is no backup power connected all the settings will go back to default after a power cycle ...

Page 11: ...e the SBAS WAAS Note After selecting the wanted SBAS setting click Send to confirm the setting before proceeding next tap window for the other setting Note If there is no backup power connected all the settings will go back to default after a power cycle ...

Page 12: ...e contact Sanav for more information about the power mode Note After selecting the wanted power mode setting click Send to confirm the setting before proceeding next tap window for the other setting Note If there is no backup power connected all the settings will go back to default after a power cycle ...

Page 13: ...it by using this utility Note After selecting the wanted restart setting click Send to confirm the setting before proceeding next tap window for the other setting Note If there is no backup power connected all the settings will go back to default after a power cycle ...

Page 14: ...14 3 7 Functional Windows View Default The default of receiver can be seen in this window ...

Page 15: ...15 3 8 Using Mini GPS to Open Com Port Select the ComPort Select baud rate default of 4800 ...

Page 16: ... Baud rate can be changed from 4800 115200 bps 3 When the settings are done click on Test and follow the instruction in the next page You will be able to save the settings into the flash Setup Please note if the number of percentage is over 100 all setting can t be allowed Test ...

Page 17: ...t Chapter 3 9 then save the setting at this page by clicking on the Set The module is only allowed the user to refresh the module 7 8 times How many times remain please see this information at the top of red box above Please note when the Setting write protection is marked no matter how many times left the module won t allow any setting of refreshing Test Set the setting and check the how many tim...

Page 18: ...NSS DOP and Active Satellites GSV GNSS Satellites in View RMC Recommended Minimum Navigation Information VTG Course Over Ground and Ground Speed GLL Geographic Position Latitude Longitude ZDA Time Date Those messages are output at TX1 at the rate of 4800 bps default setting When more than 4 messaged are chosen a higher baud rate than 4800 bps is required The following will summarize the available ...

Page 19: ...ddmm mmmmmm dd degree mm mmmmmm minute 0o 180o gga5 Longitude sector E East W West gga6 GPS quality indicator 0 No fixed or invalid position 1 SPS Position available 2 Differential GPS SPS gga7 Number of SVs used in position estimation xx 00 12 gga8 HDOP xx xx 00 00 99 99 gga9 Altitude above mean sea level geoid xx xxx 00 000 99 999 gga10 Unit for Altitude M meter gga11 Geoidal separation gga12 Un...

Page 20: ... gll2 Latitude sector N North S South gll3 Longitude dddmm mmmmmm dd degree mm mmmmmm minute 0o 180o gll4 Longitude sector E East W West gll5 UTC time as position is fixed hhmmss ss hh hour mm minute ss ss second gll6 Status for position fix A Valid V Invalid gll7 Navigation mode indicator A Autonomous mode fix D Differential mode fix E DR fix N not valid hh Checksum hex number 2 character CR LF E...

Page 21: ...ix not available 2 2D 3 3D gsa3 12 PRN numbers for satellites used in the position solution There will be 12 available fields for PRN numbers If number of satellites is less than 12 the remaining fields will be left as empty fields If number of satellites is greater than 12 only the values of the first 12 satellites will be output xx gsa4 PDOP 0 99 99 in meters gsa5 HDOP 0 99 99 in meters gsa6 VDO...

Page 22: ...essage number 1 9 gsv3 Total number of satellites in view xx gsv4 PRN number xx gsv5 Elevation degrees 90o maximum gsv6 Azimuth degrees 0o 360o gsv7 SNR C N0 0 99 dB Hz null when not tracking hh Checksum hex number 2 character CR LF End of message The message can carry at most four gsv4 gsv5 gsv6 gsv7 sets of observable satellites For a less than four set case the message only transmits available ...

Page 23: ...navigation receiver warning rmc3 Latitude ddmm mmmmmm dd degree mm mmmmmm minute 0o 90o rmc4 Latitude sector N North S South rmc5 Longitude dddmm mmmmmm ddd degree mm mmmmmm minute 0o 180o rmc6 Longitude sector E East W West rmc7 Speed over ground SOG x xxx knots rmc8 Course over ground COG Referenced to true north xx xx degrees rmc9 UTC Date ddmmyy dd day mm month yy year rmc10 Magnetic variation...

Page 24: ... xxo vtg2 Indicator of course reference T true north vtg3 Course over ground degrees Not Support vtg4 Indicator of course reference M magnetic north vtg5 Speed over ground x xxx knots vtg6 Unit of speed N nautical miles per hour vtg7 Speed over ground x xxx km hr vtg8 Unit of speed K kilometers per hour vtg9 Navigation mode indicator A Autonomous mode fix D Differential mode fix E DR fix N not val...

Page 25: ...da5 zda6 hh CR LF Parameters Descriptions Notes zda1 UTC time hhmmss sss hh hour mm minute ss sss second zda2 UTC day 01 31 zda3 UTC month 01 12 zda4 UTC year xxxx 4 digits zda5 Local zone hours 00 to 13 hours zda6 Local zone minutes 00 to 60 minutes hh Checksum hex number 2 character CR LF End of message ...

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