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Installation Guide

3.2

ECEIVER CONNECTION WITH

ENITH

ANAGER

Locate the Zenith Manager software on the Zenith16/40 folder on the GeoMax partner area

and download it to your PC. Run

Setup_Zenith_Manager.exe

and follow the instructions

of the installer.

Click on the Zenith Manager icon of your desktop to launch it.

To connect to your Zenith16/40, click on the CONNECT button on the top-left side of the

menu bar and choose the preferred connection type, USB (cable) or Bluetooth. To connect

via USB, the receiver must be connected to the PC with the USB cable.

Summary of Contents for Zenith40 Series

Page 1: ...Zenith16 40 GNSS Series 1 Installation Guide 2019 GeoMax AG Widnau Switzerland GeoMax GNSS Zenith16 40 Series Installation Guide Version 1 00 English...

Page 2: ...0 Firmware on MicroSD card 2 2 Battery Charging 3 PREPARATION OF THE GNSS RECEIVER 3 1 Connecting to the PC 3 2 Receiver connection with Zenith Manager 3 3 Checking the receiver firmware version 3 4 R...

Page 3: ...MWARE ON MICROSD CARD Visit GeoMax Downloads to check for the current versions of both System and GNSS firmware s Download the files and store them on the provided MicroSD card in the SYSTEM folder 2...

Page 4: ...g to show whether the receiver is connected or not Locate the USB cable in the yellow container Insert a fully charged battery into the GNSS receiver and switch it on Connect the cable to the Lemo por...

Page 5: ...area and download it to your PC Run Setup_Zenith_Manager exe and follow the instructions of the installer Click on the Zenith Manager icon of your desktop to launch it To connect to your Zenith16 40 c...

Page 6: ...idnau Switzerland 3 3 CHECKING THE RECEIVER FIRMWARE VERSION Before using the receiver it should be checked that the loaded firmware is the latest version Once connected with Manager the installed fir...

Page 7: ...nto the Zenith16 40 receiver Select Firmware Upload from the bottom menu The contents of the SYSTEM directory are displayed Choose the required file and click Upload to install the firmware onto the r...

Page 8: ...CONFIGURATION To configure the receiver either as a base or as a rover using the internal UHF radio or the internal GPRS select Configure from the bottom of the configuration panel and the GNSS config...

Page 9: ...e internal UHF radio After choosing in the GNSS configuration panel the receiver as a base or as a rover and selecting the internal radio configuration the settings for the internal radio will be disp...

Page 10: ...tzerland The last step the same for all configurations will allow to enter the antenna height the cut off angle to enable or disable the available satellite systems and choose the position update freq...

Page 11: ...abled before using it The configuration follows the same workflow as before on the third step the settings regarding a GPRS configuration have to be entered a provider with the information of the SIMC...

Page 12: ...orted in the antenna management by default If your Base Rover set up will include a non GeoMax device you should make sure the base antenna is recognised on the Zenith16 40 To do that it s needed to a...

Page 13: ...alues Enter the IGS name of the base antenna and the vertical east and north phase centre offset for L1 and L2 in meters m See the next example to know how to add a new antenna manually The antenna us...

Page 14: ...f optional receiver licenses such as 20Hz output frequency were additionally ordered they are not activated before delivery Therefore when the equipment is first received the licences still need to be...

Page 15: ...shown once the option has been activated Note A manual entry of the license key is NOT supported The files must be uploaded Same principle applies for Galileo and Beidou licenses 3 7 DISCONNECTING FRO...

Page 16: ...R SETUP For a RTK rover the Zenith16 40 equipment can be setup on a pole as shown above When working with the UHF radio ensure the correct frequency and protocol are set as described in section 3 5 At...

Page 17: ...er The antenna is connected to the Zenith16 40 using the 760266 ZDC202 cable The required RTK output message can be configured using Zenith Manager or by field software For long range RTK a high power...