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
- Related Information
- Technical Support
- Your Comments
Features and Functions
- Overview
- SPS780 Smart GPS antenna standard features
  - SPS780 Basic features
  - SPS780 Max features
- SPS880 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
- Operating the receiver with a Trimble controller
Setup Guidelines
- Base station operation guidelines
- Rover operation guidelines
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
- Flowchart showing the 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
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
- GSOF message definitions
Adding Internal Radio Frequencies
- Adding receive frequencies for the 450 MHz internal radio
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

SPSx80 Smart GPS Antenna User Guide 39

Setting up the Receiver 5

External radio-modems

The most common data link for Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) operation is a radio. The

SPSx80 is available with the following internal radios:

• 410 – 430 MHz (Tx/Rx, Rx only, or Tx only)

• 430 – 450 MHz (Tx/Rx, Rx only, or Tx only)

• 450 – 470 MHz (Tx/Rx, Rx only, or Tx only)

• 900 MHz (Rx only)

Note – “Tx” indicates that the radio transmits corrections. “Rx” indicates that the receiver

receives corrections. “Tx/Rx” indicates that the radio both transmits and receives

corrections.

If the SPSx80 does not have an internal transmit radio, or you want to connect to a

higher powered external transmit radio or cellular modem, use the DB9 port, the Lemo

port, or Bluetooth wireless technology.

The SPS780 supports the following Trimble base radios:

• TRIMMARK 3

• Trimble SNB900

• Trimble PDL450

• Trimble HPB450

The receiver also supports third-party transparent radios and third-party cellular

modems.

To use an external radio with the SPSx80, you need an external power source for the

radio—except for the SNB900 radio, which contains an internal battery. To configure

the radio modem separately, use the external radio’s configuration program, or display

and keypad.

ACU 4-pin Hirose ACU 44147

Lemo SPSx80

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

Use this cable

connector …

and connect the

cable to …

Cable part number