User's Manual

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Table Of Contents

USER GUIDE
Legal Notices
Safety Information
- Regulations and safety
- Type approval
- Exposure to radio frequency radiation
- Installing antennas
- Battery safety
Contents
Introduction
- About the SPSx80 Smart GPS antenna
- About the SPSx81 Smart GPS antenna
- Related Information
- Technical Support
- Your Comments
Features and Functions
- Overview
- SPS780 Smart GPS antenna features
- SPS781 Smart GPS antenna standard features
- SPS880 Extreme Smart GPS antenna standard features
- SPS881 Extreme Smart GPS antenna standard features
- Use and care
- COCOM limits
- Parts of the receiver
  - Front panel
  - Lower housing
- Button functions
- LED behavior
  - LED flash patterns
Batteries and Power
- External power
- Battery safety
- Battery performance
- Charging the Lithium-ion batteries
- Storing the Lithium-ion battery
- Disposing of the rechargeable Lithium-ion battery
Setup Guidelines
- Base station operation guidelines
  - Base station components
  - Base station setup guidelines
- Rover operation guidelines
  - Rover receiver components
  - Rover receiver setup guidelines
- Cellular modem and external radio
Setting up the Receiver
- Connecting the receiver to external devices
  - Trimble controller with SCS900 Site Controller software
  - External radio-modems
- Common ways to set up a base station
- Common ways to set up a rover receiver
Configuring the Receiver Settings
- Using the SCS900 Site Controller software to configure the base station, the rover, and the radios
- Configuring the receiver to log data for postprocessing
- Configuring the receiver in real time
- Configuring the receiver using application files
- Creating and editing the configuration files that control the receiver
AutoBase Feature
- Setting Up a Base Station
  - Best practice
  - Antenna type
- Scenarios
- AutoBase process
Default Settings
- Default receiver settings
- Resetting the receiver to factory defaults
- Default behavior
- Power up settings
- Logging data
  - Logging data after a power loss
Specifications
- General specifications
- Physical specifications
- Electrical specifications
- Communication specifications
- GPS satellite signal tracking
- Integrated radio options
- Variable configuration options
NMEA-0183 Output
- NMEA-0183 message overview
- Common message elements
  - Message values
- NMEA messages
- ADV
- GGA
- GSA
- GST
- GSV
- HDT
- PTNL,AVR
- PTNL,GGK
- PTNL,PJK
- PTNL,VGK
- PTNL,VHD
- RMC
- ROT
- VTG
- ZDA
GSOF Messages
- Supported message types
- General Serial Output Format
- Reading binary values
  - INTEGER data types
- GSOF message definitions
Adding Internal Radio Frequencies
- Adding receive frequencies for the 450 MHz internal radio
Real-Time Data and Services
- RT17 Streamed Data service
- Login authentication
Upgrading the Receiver Firmware
- The WinFlash utility
  - Installing the WinFlash utility
- Upgrading the receiver firmware
Data Logging and Postprocessed Measurement Operations
- Connecting to the office computer
- Transferring files directly from a CompactFlash card
- Deleting files in the receiver
- Supported file types
Troubleshooting
- LED conditions
- Receiver issues
- Base station setup and static measurement problems
Glossary

2 Features and Functions

18 SPSx80 and SPSx81 Smart GPS Antennas User Guide

SPS781 Basic features

• Can be upgraded to the SPS781 Max

SPS880 Extreme Smart GPS antenna standard features

• Small, lightweight design – 1.35 kg (2.97 lb) (integrated radio, GPS receiver, GPS

antenna and battery); 3.71 kg (8.18 lb) complete system weight (rover including

TSC2 controller and rod)

• The quick setup, high mobility base or rover receiver, is ideal for any size jobsite

as a rover and for working on multiple jobsites on a daily or weekly basis

• 72-channel L1/L2/L2C/L5 GPS and L1/L2 GLONASS receiver

• Performs all site measurement and stakeout operations within the operating

range of the radio

• Internal, removable, smart Lithium-ion battery provides up to 5.5 hrs GPS rover

operation per battery

• Bluetooth wireless technology for cable free, no hassle base or rover operation

• Simple keypad with on/off key and LED indicators for power, radio and satellite

tracking

• 20 Hz update rate

• Full base/rover interchangeability

• Operates within a VRS network for conventional base station-free rover

capability

• Integrated transmit radio (450 MHz version only)

• Tracks GLONASS L1/L2 signals for increased satellite availability and operation

in harsh GPS environments

• Receives L2C code and L5 carrier signal for future GPS modernization capability

SPS881 Extreme Smart GPS antenna standard features

The SPS881 Extreme Smart GPS antenna has the same features as the SPS880 Extreme

as well as the following additional features:

• RoHS compliant

• The standard SPS881 Extreme (P/N 71489-xx) can receive the GPS L2C signal

• Can be upgraded to use GLONASS signals

• Can be upgraded to use L5 GPS signals

• 4 SBAS channels