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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

5 Setting up the Receiver

40 SPSx80 and SPSx81 Smart GPS Antennas User Guide

Connecting the receiver to external devices

You can connect a Smart GPS antenna to the following devices:

• a Trimble controller running the Trimble SCS900 Site Controller software

• an external radio-modem

Trimble controller with SCS900 Site Controller software

You can operate an SPS GPS receiver with any Trimble controller, for example, a TSC2

or TCU controller, that is running the SCS900 software. Typically, the receiver and the

controller operate from their own individual power sources. The receiver and

controller can communicate through Bluetooth wireless technology and can be

connected without a cable. However, if a cable is required,

Tab l e 5.1

shows how to

connect the cables for each combination of SPS GPS receiver and Trimble controller.

Table 5.1 Connecting to a Trimble controller running the SCS900 Site Controller software

To c on ne c t a … Use cable part number … Use this cable connector … and connect the cable to …

SPSx50 or SPSx51 Modular GPS receiver to a …

TSC2

59046

DB9 TSC2

Lemo SPSx50 or SPSx51

59043

DB9 TSC2

DB9 SPSx50 or SPSx51

TCU

53004007

6-pin Hirose TCU

Lemo SPSx50 or SPSx51

53002007

6-pin Hirose TCU

DB9 SPSx50 or SPSx51

TSCe™

31288-xx

This cable is available in different lengths. The -xx indicates the length of the cable, in meters.

Lemo TSCe

Lemo SPSx50 or SPSx51

ACU

44147

4-pin Hirose ACU

Lemo SPSx50 or SPSx51

SPSx80 or SPSx81 Smart GPS antenna to a …

TSC2

59046

DB9 TSC2

Lemo (Port 1) SPSx80 or SPSx81

59043

DB9 TSC2

DB9 SPSx80 or SPSx81

TCU

53004007

6-pin Hirose TCU

Lemo (Port 1) SPSx80 or SPSx81

53002007

6-pin Hirose TCU

DB-9 SPSx80 or SPSx81

TSCe

31288-xx

Lemo TSCe

Lemo (Port 1) SPSx80 or SPSx81

ACU

44147

4-pin Hirose ACU

Lemo SPSx80 or SPSx81