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1. PocketMax3 Utility
PocketMax3 is a freely available utility designed for use with several Hemisphere GPS products:
• Crescent OEM
• Eclipse OEM
• Eclipse II OEM
• miniEclipse OEM
• Crescent Vector OEM
• Crescent Vector II OEM
• Crescent A100
• Crescent R100 Series
• Crescent XF100 Series
• Crescent V100 series
• Crescent VS100 series
• Eclipse A220 Series
• Eclipse R220
• Eclipse II R320
As this utility was not designed specifically for any one product alone, it supports features not
offered by every product, however, the interface may be used for all I/O operations.
PocketMax3 runs on the Windows .NET framework, version 3.5 or later, allowing it to operate
on several Windows platforms (Windows 2000, ME, XP, Vista, Seven, Mobile, etc).
This software offers you the following flexibility:
• Tune your beacon, WAAS, OmniSTAR and GLONASS receivers and monitor reception
• Configure GPS and GNSS message output and port settings
• Configure and monitor an RTK base station
• Configure and monitor Vector related settings
• Record various types of data
The most current version of PocketMax3 PC can be downloaded from the Hemisphere GPS
website, or it can be made available to you by contacting Hemisphere GPS. Once you have
saved the PocketMax3 executable to your computer, the program can be started by clicking on
the file name or icon.
You will need to have the Windows .NET framework installed on your PC or mobile device.
Follow the link for a PC install from the same webpage with the PocketMax3 download. Once
you have the PocketMax3 executable appropriate for your mobile device’s operating system,
you can copy it over to your mobile device to whichever folder you wish. To start the program,
navigate to the executable on your mobile device and tap the file.