User's Manual

2.Overview
N72GNSSReferenceReceiverUserGuidePage10
2.1.1. THENETWORKAPPLIANCECONCEPT
Traditionally,aGNSSreceiverhasoneoperator.Thatpersonistheonlyuser
ofthereceiversotheycanchangesettingswithoutaf fectingotherusers.
WiththeN72GNSSreferencereceiver,anoperatorcanconfigureareceiver
once,andthenmakeitavailableasanetworkapplianceforgeneraluseby

oneormoreusers(orclients).
Thisnetworkapplianceconceptletsyousetupthereceivertoprovideone
ormoreservicesthatoneormoreuserscanaccessthroughaLocalArea
Network(LAN)oraWideAreaNetwork(WAN),suchastheInternet.Once
thereceiverisset
up,youneedmakeonlyminimalchanges,ifany,tothe
receiverconfiguration.
Whenthereceiverisoperatingasanetworkappliance,itprovidesservices
toallusersattachedtothereceiverthroughthenetwork.
Differentstreamedservicesmaybeconfiguredondifferentports,for
example,withdifferingdataratesor
datacombination.Toobtainaservice,
theclienthasonlytoconnecttoaspecificport.Inthisway ,mostusersdo
notneedtocontrolthereceiver.Changingglobalsettings,suchasmasks,will
affectallusersofallservices.
Thereceiverprovidesthefollowingstandardconfigurationanddata
logging
services:
Use... Toperform...
HTTP Allmanualandautomatedconfigurationoperationstomanage
theloggeddatafilespace.
FTP Remotemanualand/orautomatedoperationstomanagethe
loggeddatafileuploadpath.
2.2. RECEIVERSERVICES
Thereceivercanprovideoneormorestreamingorqueryservicesovera
RS‐232serialportoraTCP /IPport:
 Streamingservice
Anyonewithauthorizedaccesscanobtainstreamedinformation,such
asGNSSmeasurementsorRTCMcorrections,withouthavingtocontrol
orissuecommandstothereceiver.Theclient
simplyconnectstothe
portthatisstreamingtherequiredinformation.