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Quick Start Guide for GPS160 V1.00 

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5. Technical Specification

 

 
Receiver

  

72-channel U-Blox M8 engine 
GPS L1C/A, SBAS L1C/A, QZSS L1C/A, QZSS L1 SAIF,  
GLONASS L1OF, Galileo E1B/C  

Sensitivity

 

-165 dBm typical 

Update Rate

  

1Hz by default (configurable up to 18Hz) 

Accuracy Position

  

<1m with SBAS and 3.0-5.0m without SBAS typically (67%) 

Accuracy Velocity

  

0.05m/sec typically (50%) 

Time

  

± 60ns 

Differential GPS

  

SBAS (WAAS, EGNOS, MSAS, GAGAN and QZSS) 

Time to First Fix

  

26sec (typical) 

Technology Supported

 

GPS, GLONASS and GALILEO 

Maximum Altitude 

 

50,000m 

Maximum Velocity 

 

500m/s 

Operating Temperature 

 

-40°C to +85°C degrees Celsius 

Maximum Current

 

30mA (@12Volts) 

Dimensions 

 

75mm diameter, 82.5mm high (with mount), 32mm high (no mount)  

Weight 

 

300g 

Protocols 

 

NMEA-0183 Version 2.3 or 4.1 

NMEA messages 

 

DTM, GBS, GNS, GRS, GSA, GST, GSV, RMC, VLW, VTG and ZDA 

Power Input 

 

VDC +9v to 34v 

Cable

 

White 10m Shielded Cable (4.5mm OD) 

 

Summary of Contents for GPS160

Page 1: ...GPS160 POSITIONING SENSOR ...

Page 2: ...he generic name given to the differential signal transmitted by various local geo stationary satellites SBAS allows the GPS160 receiver to remove errors in the position due to environmental conditions and improves accuracy down to 1m Using WAAS in the US and EGNOS in Europe the GPS160 will automatically switch to differential SBAS mode when available The GPS160 utilises the latest in GNSS technolo...

Page 3: ...after mounting it to avoid standing water accumulating under the antenna Dimensions The GPS160 is supplied with 10m of cable and this should be routed through the vessel to a suitable dry internal location where it can be connected to the boat s DC power system and the equipment it will be interfaced with The cable can be shortened lengthened or joined without problems The GPS160 should be connect...

Page 4: ...e NMEA Input When connecting to a single wire NMEA Input such as a Garmin connect the GPS160 Yellow wire to the NMEA Input The Green wire is not used and along with all other unused wires should have its exposed conductor removed and be terminated in a safe way so that it cannot short to any other wires The GPS160USB model is available for connection to a Windows Mac LINUX computer but it is limit...

Page 5: ...GPS sensors Raystar 112 120 and 125 which used the proprietary Raymarine SeaTalk interface In most situations you can find a spare NMEA 0183 input in the Raymarine system to connect our GPS160 to but if the only option is to connect it via SeaTalk then you can use a Digital Yacht ST NMEA converter connected as follows Most of the major marine electronics manufacturers now produce NMEA2000 GPS sens...

Page 6: ...l new and innovative feature where you can fit a Man Over Board MOB push switch that can cause the GPS160 to create a synthesised AIS MOB message that most modern AIS enabled chart plotters will recognise and trigger an MOB alarm The GPS160 sends both a MSG1 and MSG14 AIS MOB AIVDM sentence that includes the Lat Lon at the time the button was pressed and an MMSI number 972000000 The push button sh...

Page 7: ...D ON Configured correctly for 4800 baud Green LED Slow Flash Configured correctly for 38400 baud Green LED Quick Flash Configured correctly for 115K baud Turbo Mode Red LED ON Unused Mode Selected check DIP switches Red LED briefly flashes A Man Over Board sentence has been transmitted To access the DIP switches it is necessary to open the GPS160 It is recommended that this operation is only carri...

Page 8: ...z GPS GLONASS GALILEO 38400 6 HZ DTM GGA GLL GSA GSV RMC VLW VTG ZDA 4 1 Tri Nav Standard Sentences 10Hz GPS GLONASS GALILEO 38400 10 Hz DTM GGA GLL GSA GSV RMC VLW VTG ZDA 4 1 GLONASS 1Hz All Sentences GLONASS 4800 1 HZ DTM GGA GLL GSA GSV RMC VLW VTG ZDA 4 1 GPS 1Hz All Sentences GPS 4800 1 HZ DTM GGA GLL GSA GSV RMC VLW VTG ZDA 4 1 GALILEO 1Hz All Sentences GALILEO 4800 1 HZ DTM GGA GLL GSA GSV...

Page 9: ...AS typically 67 Accuracy Velocity 0 05m sec typically 50 Time 60ns Differential GPS SBAS WAAS EGNOS MSAS GAGAN and QZSS Time to First Fix 26sec typical Technology Supported GPS GLONASS and GALILEO Maximum Altitude 50 000m Maximum Velocity 500m s Operating Temperature 40 C to 85 C degrees Celsius Maximum Current 30mA 12Volts Dimensions 75mm diameter 82 5mm high with mount 32mm high no mount Weight ...

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