User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- USER GUIDE
- Legal Notices
- Safety Information
- Contents
- Introduction
- Features and Functions
- Batteries and Power
- Setup Guidelines
- Setting up the 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
- Default Settings
- Specifications
- NMEA-0183 Output
- GSOF Messages
- Adding Internal Radio Frequencies
- Real-Time Data and Services
- Upgrading the Receiver Firmware
- Data Logging and Postprocessed Measurement Operations
- Troubleshooting
- Glossary
SPSx80 and SPSx81 Smart GPS Antennas User Guide 47
Setting up the Receiver 5
Figure 5.4 Fixed height tripod setup
Common ways to set up a rover receiver
You can set up a rover receiver in different ways depending on the application. The
components that make up a rover receiver are:
• GPS receiver
• GPS antenna
• controller/computer
• rod mounting equipment, including a rod, receiver bracket, and controller
bracket
• vehicle mounting equipment, including a suction cup and ball joint, extension
arm, controller bracket, magnetic antenna mount, and necessary cables.
• backpack equipment, including backpack and antenna-mounting rod
• marine vessel mounting equipment, including receiver bracket, cables, antenna,
and radio antenna brackets.
SPSx80 with an internal 450 MHz
TX radio on a fixed height tripod
SPSx50 with an external high-
gain radio antenna
SPSx50 with a low-gain “rubber
duck” antenna
Radio antenna bracket