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FieldFox User’s Guide
The left portion of the screen shows satellites and the corresponding number
on the adjacent Satellite Power chart.
GPS Status
With GPS enabled the following is displayed at the top of the FieldFox screen:
The following icons (located in
RED
circle above) indicate the GPS lock status:
-
GPS ON and locked on satellites.
-
GPS ON, but NOT locked on satellites.
-
GPS ON, but no GPS receiver is present or detected.
The following annotation (
BLUE
circle in above image) indicates the
INTERNAL
,
top-panel antenna status:
Ant:
INIT
– antenna status initializing.
Ant:
OK
– antenna present and working.
Ant:
OPEN
– antenna is not drawing DC bias current. This could occur when
an active antenna is not connected properly or the antenna does not require
DC bias current. Antennas that do not require bias current can still provide an
accurate GPS reading.
Ant:
SHORT
– antenna center pin has been shorted to ground. The internal
bias circuitry is disabled for about one minute, then re-enabled. You can also
press
GPS OFF
, then
GPS Internal
to quickly re-enable the antenna bias.
More GPS settings
Press
System 7
Then
System Configuration
Then
GPS
Then choose from the following:
Sync Clock ON OFF
Enable and disable the synchronization of the FieldFox
internal clock to the GPS UTC time standard.
NOTE
The GPS Sync setting has the same restrictions as the Date and Time setting.
Learn more on page 212.
o
ON
The FieldFox clock is synchronized and updated approximately every
second to the time of the GPS clock.
o
OFF
The FieldFox clock is NOT synched with GPS. When set to OFF after
Sync was ON, the date and time does NOT revert back to the settings before
the clock was synchronized.
Lat/Lon Format
Change the format of the GPS display on the FieldFox screen.
Choose from:
o
ddd°mm’ ss.sss”
degrees, minutes, seconds (default setting)
o
ddd°mm.mmmmm’
degrees, minutes, fractional minutes
o
ddd.ddddddd°
decimal degrees
