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A good BER is zero and no lock is 500 or greater. A full height bar (16
pixels tall, including both the top and bottom rows of the display)
represents a BER of zero as shown below. A BER of 500 or greater will be
displayed with minimum bar height, and will be only 2 pixels tall.
Intermediate quality signals are shown with a bar height relative to the
reception quality.
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In the case of WAAS, since there are two WAAS satellites available, two
BER’s are provided. The first bar is for WAAS PRN 122 and the second
for WAAS PRN 134.
5.7.2
OmniSTAR Mode Bar Chart
When operating the DGPS MAX receiver in OmniSTAR mode, the portion
of the bar chart to the right of the OmniSTAR mode indicator,
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, reflects
OmniSTAR tracking performance. The OmniSTAR bar chart will reflect
the quality of the bit error rate (BER) for OmniSTAR signal reception. A
higher bar is indicative of a better BER.
A good BER is zero and no lock is 500. A full height bar (16 pixels tall,
including both the top and bottom rows of the display) represents a BER of
zero as shown below. A BER of 500 will be displayed with minimum bar
height, and will be only 2 pixels tall. Intermediate quality signals are shown
with a bar height relative to the reception quality.
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Summary of Contents for DGPS MAX
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