User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- GeoExplorer® 6000 series
- Legal Notices
- Safety Information
- Contents
- Introduction
- Getting Started
- Using the Windows Mobile Operating System
- Connecting to an Office Computer
- Using the GNSS Receiver
- Supported GNSS field software
- Configuring the GNSS field software to connect to the receiver
- Using the GNSS field software
- Improving GNSS productivity using Floodlight satellite shadow reduction technology
- Ensuring the accuracy of your GNSS data
- Activating the Floodlight technology and the NMEA output options
- Differential GNSS explained
- Outputting NMEA data to external equipment
- Configuring NMEA output
- Getting Connected
- Wireless connection information
- Connecting to a cellular network from the modem
- Connecting to a Wi-Fi access point
- Connecting to a Bluetooth-enabled device
- Connecting to a Bluetooth device as a client
- Providing Bluetooth services as a host
- Setting up a Bluetooth connection
- Connecting to a Bluetooth-enabled phone for Internet access or real-time corrections (including VRS networks)
- Connecting to the Internet through a Bluetooth-enabled phone using the Bluetooth PAN profile
- Connecting to a Bluetooth-enabled serial device
- Connecting to an office computer using Bluetooth wireless technology
- Outputting GNSS data to other devices using Bluetooth wireless technology
- Enabling other devices to transfer files using Bluetooth wireless technology
- Beaming files to or from another device
- Accessing a corporate network through your Internet connection
- Connecting to other devices using the USB to serial converter
- Using the Camera
- Troubleshooting
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Contents
Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Radio use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Deactivating the integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth radios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Exposure to radio frequency radiation from Bluetooth and Wi-Fi transmitters . . . . . . . . . . 10
Exposure to radio frequency radiation from cellular wireless transmitters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
AC adaptor safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Electrostatic discharge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Battery safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Storage card use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
About the GeoExplorer 6000 series handheld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Supported GNSS field software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
What’s in the box? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Use and care of the handheld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Storing the handheld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Technical assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Technical support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Additional help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Windows error reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Your comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2 Getting Started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Parts of the GeoExplorer 6000 series handheld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Keypad buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Powering the handheld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
AC adaptor safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Battery safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Inserting the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Checking the level of battery power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Swapping the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Conserving power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Turning on and turning off the handheld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Suspend mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Swap Battery mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Resetting the handheld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Performing a soft reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Performing a hard reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Resetting to factory default settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34