Transystem iBT-GPS, User Manual

Page 1: ...iBT GPS Solar Bluetooth GPS Data Logger User s Manual Published on 8 Feb 2007 Rev 1 1 8029504601A ...

Page 2: ... Started 11 Step 1 Charging Your Battery 11 Step 2 Turning on the power switch NAV LOG 12 Step 3 Connecting your handheld device with iBT GPS 12 Step 4 Loading your GPS mapping or routing software 16 Step 5 Starting the application 16 2 3 Helpful Tips 17 Chapter 3 Using Logger 18 3 1 How to connect the iBT GPS to your PC 18 3 1 1 Driver installation 18 3 1 2 Google Earth 20 3 2 Software Utility iB...

Page 3: ...ata Log List way to download the data from logger 33 3 2 4 About 38 Appendix 39 Appendix A Specifications 39 Appendix B How to use the Solar Cell 42 Appendix C Certification 43 Appendix D Warranty Information 45 ...

Page 4: ...hould be recycled While in the hospital turning off the iBT GPS is recommended Wireless GPS receiver may interfere with medical equipments which use radio frequency For a long period not using iBT GPS take out the battery and store it in dry cool places For safety keep the iBT GPS and all accessories out of children s reach The manufacturer assumes no responsibility for any damages and loss result...

Page 5: ...lity it shows your track on Google Earth Thanks to the Solar energy the receiver can be used for more than 100 hours in full operation or permanent in standby mode This data logger is small and robust ideal to carry everywhere for applications such as route tracking mountain climbing or fleet management 1 3 Features 1 MTK GPS chipset 32 channels 2 100 hrs operation time 3 Embedded with 8Mb memory ...

Page 6: ...GSV RMC VTG GLL 10 Fully compliant with Bluetooth V1 2 11 Support NMEA compliant mapping softwares like TomTom Route66 etc 12 3 recording methods by time by distance or by speed 1 4 Applications Route recording Business trip expense management Fleet management Driving behavior monitoring Saving of Point of Interest ...

Page 7: ...C jack mini USB type 2 Mode switch Power off Navigation Log 3 Battery status LED red green 4 Bluetooth status LED blue 5 GPS status LED orange Memory used LED blue 6 Internal GPS antenna 7 Solar Cell Auxiliary power source ...

Page 8: ...og mode navigation function is supported as well Difference between NAV and LOG NAV You can use the iBT GPS as a Bluetooth GPS receiver to navigate when you have a Bluetooth enabled PDA Smartphone in your car But the logging is off LOG In this mode iBT GPS works as a logger navigation function is supported as well ...

Page 9: ...yet Slowly blinking Sleeping mode 1 time 5 seconds Bluetooth Status LED Blue Quickly blinking Bluetooth is connected and ready for data transmission 1 time 2 seconds Red Blinking The battery is too low Green Light On The battery is charging Battery Status LED Green Blinking The battery is fully charged Always on Acquiring satellites GPS position not fixed Orange Quickly Blinking GPS position is fi...

Page 10: ...des the following items If any item is damaged or missing please contact your dealer at once Solar Energy Bluetooth GPS Date Logger iBT GPS x 1 USB to mini USB cable x 1 Traveler Power Adapter x 1 optional DC cigarette lighter adapter x 1 Lithium rechargeable battery x 1 CD Tool x 1 user manual software utility Quick start guide x 1 Unit package contents may vary depending on countries without pri...

Page 11: ...rom PC Notebook s USB HOST or from cigarette lighter in car For the 1st time you use the iBT GPS please charge battery until it is full the green LED blinks The LED that represents the battery is the left most battery icon shown in below If the LED is red that means battery power is critically low Charge immediately If the LED is green that means battery is charging now If the green LED is blinkin...

Page 12: ...LOG In this mode iBT GPS works as a logger navigation function is supported as well For further function to download your routes to PC please refer to Chapter 3 Step 3 Connecting your handheld device with iBT GPS Please refer to the user manual of PDA to enable the Bluetooth connectivity If the connection between your device and iBT GPS is successful the blue LED of iBT GPS will be blinking Below ...

Page 13: ...PDA For other PDA the steps may be different Bluetooth Manager is a popular program used on Bluetooth device Start Bluetooth Manager New 1 Open Bluetooth Manager on your pocket pc and establish a new connection ...

Page 14: ...14 Explore A Bluetooth device Next Tap iBT GPS 2 Explore a Bluetooth device and find the iBT GPS Passkey 0000 if your PDA asks for the passkey 3 Optional ...

Page 15: ...15 Select SPP slave Next Finish 4 Connect to Serial Port Profile SPP Slave Tap and Hold iBT GPS SPP slave Connect Done 5 Finish Bluetooth Manager Setup ...

Page 16: ...artphone laptop or you need to install it before using the iBT GPS for navigation Step 5 Starting the application Select the correct COM port baud rate within the application Note The Bluetooth device in most of the applications has an auto detect feature so that you do not need to select the Baud Rate ...

Page 17: ...PDA or of an iBT GPS may affect signal receptions Please check the correct COM and Baudrate of your PDA iBT GPS output data updates every second therefore the actual position and the position shown in your map may have slight time delay This may happen when you drive at higher speed or make a turn around a corner Note that iBT GPS may not work indoors where it can not see the sky For the 1st time ...

Page 18: ...S to your PC 3 1 1 Driver installation Note These drivers are only designed for Microsoft Windows based PC only Windows XP 2000 Therefore Mac OS and Linux are not supported 1 Driver is located in CP210x folder Please double click the CP210xVCPInstaller exe ...

Page 19: ... installing 3 Complete installation but you must restart your computer before the new settings will take effect User can go to the MS Windows device manager to see the status showing this USB device installation is completed ...

Page 20: ...port and can directly make a connection successfully between the PC end and iBT GPS data logger For example COM7 3 1 2 Google Earth If you computer is not yet installed with Google Earth Google Earth has free download version go download it in the internet first For more information please visit http earth google com ...

Page 21: ... to create and name a folder in your computer to further put the iBT GPS logger tool Please copy the DataLog exe into this folder Step 2 Click on the icon of the logger tool DataLog exe Step 3 See below four sections will display horizontally on the screen in an array from left to right as below Configuration To create settings for connection Command setting Satellite Information To view GPS statu...

Page 22: ...22 About Software version and company information etc 3 2 1Configuration i Connection Setting This is to build a connection between your PC and iBT GPS data logger ...

Page 23: ...er 2 Select correct Port COM7 used in this example and set BaudRate at a fixed 115200 Then click on Connect to build a connection GPS status in the SATELLITE INFORMATION section will start to show when you click on it Note Please remember to plug in the USB cable to connect your PC and iBT GPS 3 To stop connection anytime just click on Disconnect ...

Page 24: ...oose output period Set For selecting NMEA data output RMC GSV GSA GGA are compulsory data user are not allowed to DE SELECT NMEA setting here will only affect the NMEA sentences for navigation usage This has nothing to do with logger s data recording Period s For example GLL 4 stands for GLL sentence update every 4 seconds ...

Page 25: ...tween 1 999 sec For example 10 Seconds stands for iBT GPS will record one data every 10 seconds 2 Setting log distance Configure log interval between 10 9999 meter s For example 1000 meters stands for iBT GPS will record one data every 1000 meters 3 Setting log speed Configure log interval between 10 999 km h Set speed at the highest ...

Page 26: ...this speed it will be recorded For example 100km hr stands for iBT GPS will record one data when exceeding 100km hr The number of data count shows the time user exceeds 100km hr Note Can be Mixed to log by time interval distance speed ...

Page 27: ...ion will be recorded for each way points Normally UTC latitude longitude valid speed and RCR should be chosen Therefore the number of recorded data is estimated to be about 74 000 points ELEVATION AZIMUTH and SNR can only be checked when SID is checked ...

Page 28: ...ove sea level or ground level SPEED Rate of motion HEADING The compass direction in which the longitudinal axis of a ship or aircraft points DSTA DGPS station ID number DAGE Time in seconds since last DPGS update PDOP Positional Dilution Of Precision Position accuracy 3D coordinates HDOP Horizontal Dilution Of Precision horizontal accuracy 2D coordinates VDOP Vertical Dilution Of Precision vertica...

Page 29: ...29 SNR Signal to Noise Ratio RCR Record method Speed Time Distance Push Button MS Mili second ...

Page 30: ...g This setting is about when the logger s on board Flash memory is full what would you want the logger to do in terms of recording The default setting is Stop Full and stop The other recording method is Overwrite Repeat ...

Page 31: ...31 3 2 2 Satellite Information i GPS status view To check GPS acquisition condition Reception Date UTC date UTC Time Universal Coordinated Time formerly GMT or Greenwich Mean Time ...

Page 32: ...to the Prime Meridian an imaginary circle that passes through the north and south poles SPEED Rate of motion PDOP Positional Dilution Of Precision Position accuracy 3D coordinates HDOP Horizontal Dilution Of Precision horizontal accuracy 2D coordinates VDOP Vertical Dilution Of Precision vertical accuracy height ii Hot Perform hot start iii Warm Perform warm start iv Cold Start Perform cold start ...

Page 33: ... data from logger Below steps is to show the way to download the data from logger Step 1 Click Stop Log to disable log feature Step 2 Click Download to download log data to computer Step 3 Click Draw Map to map your recorded data on Google Maps ...

Page 34: ... record count iv Start Log Enable Log feature v Stop Log Disable Log feature vi Download To download log data to computer file While downloading cancel manu bar will appear on middle of the screen To cease downloading click on Cancel vii Erase To clear all log data from GPS receiver s memory Note To perform erase we suggest to do Stop Log first ...

Page 35: ... x Draw Map Map your recorded data on Google Maps Download then just click Draw Map Note 1 Google Earth is needed If you computer is not yet installed with Google Earth Google Earth has free download version go download it in the internet first For more information please visit http earth google com 2 Enable Internet connecton To display the track points on Google Maps your PC must have the Intern...

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Page 37: ...n Google Earth there are 2 options for you to choose from Icon Style Line Style Some icons Push to log show your favorite Points of Interest Logged by time interval Logged by distance Logged by speed Mixed logged points ...

Page 38: ...38 3 2 4 About Software version and company information etc ...

Page 39: ...aid 3 0m 2D RMS 3m CEP 50 without SA horizontal DGPS WAAS EGNOS MSAS RTCM 2 5m Velocity Accuracy Without aid 0 1m s DGPS WAAS EGNOS MSAS RTCM 0 05m s Acceleration Without aid 4g DGPS WAAS EGNOS MSAS RTCM 4g Timing Accuracy 50 ns RMS Reacquisition Time 1s Hot start 1s Warm start 33s Cold start 36s Sensitivity Acquisition 144dBm Tracking 158dBm Update 1Hz ...

Page 40: ...sun Battery Built in rechargeable 1000mAH Lithium battery I O Available Baud Rates 115200 bps Protocols NMEA 0183 v3 01 Environment Operating Temperature 10 60C Storage Temperature 20 60C Charging 0 45C Bluetooth Standard Fully compliant with Bluetooth V1 2 Output Power 0dBm Typical ClassII Range Up to 15 meters Bluetooth Profile Serial Port Profile SPP Frequency 2 4G 2 4835GHz ISM Band ...

Page 41: ...ial Flash ROM Up to 50 000 way points Log GPS data by time interval distance speed limit User can configure settings by using utility Solar Cell Specifications Minimum operating voltage Vop with 150Ω load 4 5V Minimum operating current Iop with 150Ω load 30 0mA Open circuit voltage Voc 5 3V Short circuit current Isc 40 0mA ...

Page 42: ... How to use the Solar Cell Step 1 Initial state is shown Step 4 270 degree is the limit Step 2 Top cover rotates clockwise Step 5 This is the general usage Step 3 180 degree Step 6 Change the angle of the elevation ...

Page 43: ...e and its antenna s must not be co located or operation in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter NOTE THE MANUFACTURER IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY RADIO OR TV INTERFERENCE CAUSED BY UNAUTHOURIZED MODIFICATION TO THIS EQUIPMENT SUCH MODIFICATIONS COULD VOID THE USER S AUTHORITY TO OPERATE THE EQUIPMENT Industry Canada Caution The installer of this radio equipment must ensure that the ant...

Page 44: ...ates relating to Electromagnetic Compatibility 89 336 EEC Low voltage Directive 73 23 EEC and the Amendment Directive 93 68 EEC the procedures given in European Council Directive 99 5 EC and 89 3360EEC The equipment was passed The test was performed according to the following European standards EN 300 328 2 V 1 2 1 2001 08 EN 301 489 1 V 1 4 1 2002 04 EN 301 489 17 V 1 2 1 2002 04 EN 50371 2002 EN...

Page 45: ...ceipt is required as the proof of purchase for warranty repairs The company will as its sole option repair or replace any components which fail in normal use Such repair or replacement will be made at no charge to the customer for parts or labor The customer is however responsible for any transportation costs This warranty does not cover failures due to abuse misuse accident or unauthorized altera...

Page 46: ...46 Warranty Model number Series number Data of purchase Name Address City Zip code State Country E mail address Distributor Stamp Here ...