RoyalTek Onyx RFG-2000, User Manual

Page 1: ...1 Onyx RFG 2000 GPS Receiver User Manual RFG 2000 Ver1 0c April 2 04 ...

Page 2: ...R INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS OPERATION SYSTEM 7 USB DRIVER UN INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS OPERATION SYSTEM 8 USB DRIVER INSTALLATION FOR POCKET PC 9 USB DRIVER UN INSTALLATION FOR POCKET PC 9 HOW TO TEST RFG 2000 PDA VERSION ONLY 11 SPECIFICATIONS 17 SOFTWARE DATA 19 TROUBLESHOOTING 25 APPENDIX CONNECTOR INTERFACE 26 LIMITED WARRANTY 27 ...

Page 3: ...reliable long lasting Navigator It is the most cost effective GPS Mouse in the world What Is Inside Before you start up make sure that your package includes the following items If any items are missing or damaged contact RoyalTek immediately Please refer to the contact information on the last page of this manual GPS Receiver Cable RS 232 USB or PDA adaptor CD Disc optional What Is GPS In 1974 the ...

Page 4: ... on what you buy RFG 2000 PDA Cable Selection 1 iPAQ 36xx 37xx 38xx 39xx 19xx series 2 iPAQ B5450 2210 3 HP Jornada 54x 56x series 4 Fujitsu Siemens LOOX series 5 Casio e125 e500 6 Dell Axim X5 7 ETEN P300 P700 8 O2 XPDA series 9 Yakumo Delta 10 NEC 200E 300E 11 Mitac MIO338 399 528 558 12 ViewSonic V35 13 Asus A 600 A 620 14 Palm 5xx series Tungsten T Tungsten C Zire71 15 Toshiba e740 e330 e335 e...

Page 5: ... driver installation for Windows Operation System Step 3 Choose the correct COM port and baud rate 4800bps for map or navigation software Step 4 Place your Onyx on the outside roof of your vehicle with magnetic base if you encounter any problem to receive GPS signal Notice 1 For safety reason please do not install RFG 2000 while driving 2 The formats of NMEA messages are illustrated on Software Da...

Page 6: ...ng Started Step 1 Plug in PDA connector to your PDA Step 2 Connect the car cigarette adaptor to your car Step 3 Choose the correct COM port and baud rate 4800bps for map or navigation software Step 4 Place your Onyx on the outside roof of your vehicle with magnetic base if you encounter any problem to receive GPS signal ...

Page 7: ...SB Driver for Windows item to install USB driver for Windows Operation System Step 3 There is alternative way to install USB driver by selecting USB Driver PL 2302 Driver installer exe file and double click to run Caution During USB driver installation a message box Driver is not certificated by Microsoft may pop up Please crick Continue to continue the USB driver installation ...

Page 8: ... GPS signal optional Step 6 Choose the correct COM port and baud rate 4800bps for map or navigation software USB Driver Un Installation for Windows Operation System To completely remove the USB driver please run USB Driver PL 2302 Driver installer exe in RFG 2000 CD Caution Sometimes USB driver can t work properly after recovering from power saving mode To solve this problem please restart your PC...

Page 9: ...SB driver installation If your Pocket PC need to install USB Driver for RFG 2000 you should choose the USB Driver for PocketPC item to install USB Driver Un Installation for Pocket PC Step 1 Go to Start Setting System Remove Program Step 2 Select RoyalTek PL 2303 USB Driver for un installation ...

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Page 11: ... RFG 2000 CD Disc choose GPS Monitor for PocketPC item to install the PocketPC version of RoyalTek GPS Monitor test application 2 Execute the Pocket PC version of RFG 2000 GPS test application by double clicking the RoyalTek GPS Monitor icon as shown ...

Page 12: ... 12 Channel Signal Level Color Coding Red Color The satellite is known from almanac information however the satellite is not currently being tracked Blue Color The satellite is being tracked however it is not being used in the current position solution ...

Page 13: ...elect File Connect Disconnect menu item to prompt Com Port Setting window Please choose the correct COM port The baud rate of the RFG 2000 was defaulted as 4800 bps 5 If everything is OK it will show the position information and satellite s constellation Greed LED Fix Red LED Not Fix While LED No data ...

Page 14: ...14 6 Select View menu and select different view modes including Satellites View Navigation View and Development View as below ...

Page 15: ... Cold Start from the Function menu and click Action icon the system will clear the RFG 2000 module data and initialize a cold start on GPS receiver 8 Select File NMEA Config menu item to prompt NMEA Configuration window Please select output NMEA sentences ...

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Page 17: ... 12 channels L1 1575 42 MHz C A code 1 023MHz chip rate Accuracy Position accuracy 15 meters 49 feet RMS Velocity accuracy 0 1 knot RMS steady state Datum WGS 84 Position update rate 1Hz once per second Dynamic conditions Altitude 18000 meters 60000 feet max Velocity 515 meters second max Jerk 20 meters second max Acceleration 4 G max Power PS2 USB input power DC 5V 5 55mA typical Car cigarette po...

Page 18: ...18 Certification FCC CE compliant Waterproof standard IEC 68 2 18 test Ral ...

Page 19: ...c GNSS data VTG Course over ground and ground speed GGA Global Positioning System Fixed Data Time position and fix related data for a GPS receiver GPGGA hhmmss dd xxmm dddd N S yyymm dddd E W v ss d d h h M g g M a a xxxx hh CR LF Example GPGGA 111200 02 6016 3092 N 02458 3841 E 1 09 0 8 30 6 M 18 1 M 5D Name Example Units Description Message ID GPGGA GGA protocol header UTC Time 111200 02 hhmmss ...

Page 20: ...s M meters Letter M NULL a a NULL missing NULL xxxx NULL missing Checksum 5D hh CR LF End of message termination GLL Geographic Position Latitude Logitude Latitude and Longitude UTC time of fix and status GPGLL xxmm dddd N S yyymm dddd E W hhmmss dd S M hh CR LF Example GPGLL 6016 3073 N 02458 3791 E 134157 48 A A 26 Name Example Units Description Message ID GPGLL GLL protocol header Latitude 6016...

Page 21: ...A A 3 03 15 17 18 22 23 4 7 3 7 2 9 37 Name Example Units Description Message ID GPGSA GSA protocol header Mode 1 A a Mode M Manual forced to operate in 2D or 3D mode A Automatic allowed to automatically switch 2D 3D Mode 2 3 b Mode 1 Fix not available 2 2D 3 3D Satellite Used 03 xx ID PRN numbers of GPS satellites used in solution PDOP 4 7 p p Position Dilution of Precision HDOP 3 7 h h Horizonta...

Page 22: ...rted the amount of satellites may occasionally be more than the number of receiver tracking channels 12 GPGSV n m ss xx ee aaa cn xx ee aaa cn hh CR LF Example GPGSV 4 1 14 03 66 207 50 08 09 322 44 11 01 266 42 14 00 155 00 79 GPGSV 4 2 14 15 41 088 48 17 21 083 44 18 57 087 51 21 57 173 50 78 GPGSV 4 3 14 22 05 203 00 23 52 074 49 26 17 028 44 27 00 300 00 79 GPGSV 4 4 14 28 32 243 00 31 48 286 ...

Page 23: ... dd decimal parts of seconds Status Indicator A S A data valid or V data not valid Latitude 1126 6639 xxmm dddd xx degrees mm minutes dd decimal parts of minutes N S Indicator S N north or S south Longitude 11133 3299 yyymm dddd yyy degrees mm minutes dddd decimal parts of minutes E W Indicator W E east or W west Speed Knots 58 31 knots s s Speed knots Heading 309 62 degrees Date 110200 ddmmyy dd ...

Page 24: ... Message ID GPVTG VTG protocol header Heading 202 60 Degrees h h Heading Units T Letter T Magnetic Heading Degrees m m This value is available if magnetic model data has been stored to the flash memory Magnetic Heading Units Letter M Speed Knots 0 38 Knots s s Speed knots Speed Unit N Letter N Speed 0 7 km h s s K Letter of K Mode Indicator A A autonomous N data not valid Checksum 0D hh CR LF End ...

Page 25: ...gain Some other application is using the COM port Reset the Pocket PC Can t Open COM port PDA Low Battery Using AC DC charge for recharge If operated Onyx over 5 minutes with nothing showing on the tracking diagram Maybe Onyx received not enough date to sure tracking Utilize the Pocket PC test program RoyalTek GPS Monitor program to reset Onyx Note z Please don t expose the unit under the sun for ...

Page 26: ...o connect 7 No connect 8 No connect 9 No connect 6 pin mini din Pin NO Signal Name I O Description Characteristics 1 No connect 2 No connect 3 GND G Ground 4 VCC I 5V DC Power Input DC 5V 10 5 No connect 6 No connect USB A Type Connector Pin NO Signal Name I O Description Characteristics 1 GND Ground Ground 2 D I O Data plus Data plus 3 D I O Data Minus Data Minus 4 VCC 5V DC Power Input 5V DC Pow...

Page 27: ... eligible for replacement in case of defects in material and workmanship In such case the defective unit will be repaired or replaced according to an assessment by Manufacturer However this warranty does not cover damages caused by improper use or from unauthorized modifications by third parties In addition this warranty does not cover expendable materials and defects which constitute as normal we...