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DL-V3 Commands

Chapter 2

DL-V3 Firmware Reference Manual Rev 2

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methumid

Specify air humidity

164

metpress

Specify air pressure

165

mettemp

Specify ambient temperature

211

project

Project-related parameters

201

rename

Rename a file stored in the CF Card

reset

Perform a hardware reset

212

satlimit

Specify the minimum number of satellites to use in the
position solution

166

site

Control site occupations

167

siteupdateantheight

Configure occupied site’s antenna height information

168

siteupdateanttype

Configure site antenna type information for an occupied site

169

siteupdateattribute

Configure site attribute information for an occupied site

170

siteupdatename

Configure site name information for an occupied site

171

siteupdatenumber

Configure site number information for an occupied site

213

softpower

Power-button OFF simulation

257

write

Create logs containing user data

204

writefile

Create files or append data to an existing file on the CF Card
where the data format is char

240

writefilehex

Create files or append data to an existing file on the CF Card
where the data format is hexbytes

205

writehex

Create logs containing user data

Message ID

ASCII Command

Description

Summary of Contents for DL-V3

Page 1: ...OM 20000115 Rev 2 DL V3 Firmware Reference Manual ...

Page 2: ...as specifically allowed in the license or non disclosure agreement No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying and recording for any purpose without the express written permission of a duly authorized representative of NovAtel Inc The information contained within this manual is believed to be true and correct a...

Page 3: ... Create and Manipulate Groups 30 2 10 1 Factory Reset DEFAULT Group 31 2 11 GROUPANTHEIGHT Edit Group Antenna Height 32 2 11 1 Groupuse Translation 32 2 12 GROUPANTSN Edit Group Antenna Serial Number 33 2 12 1 Groupuse Translation 33 2 13 GROUPANTTYPE Edit Group Antenna Type 34 2 13 1 Groupuse Translation 34 2 14 GROUPCOM Associate Port Configurations with a Group 35 2 14 1 Groupuse Translation 35...

Page 4: ...62 2 36 SITEUPDATENUMBER Set Occupied Site Number 64 2 37 SITEUPDATENAME Set Occupied Site Name 65 2 38 SITEUPDATEANTHEIGHT Set Occupied Site Height 66 2 39 SITEUPDATEANTTYPE Set Occupied Site Antenna 67 2 40 SITEUPDATEATTRIBUTE Set Occupied Site Attributes 68 2 41 SOFTPOWER Simulate a Power Button Off 69 2 42 WRITE Create User Data Logs 70 2 43 WRITEFILE Create Append Files on CF Card 70 2 44 WRI...

Page 5: ...rmation 99 4 DL Explorer 100 4 1 Basic Operations 100 4 1 1 Starting DL Explorer 100 4 1 2 Exiting DL Explorer 100 4 2 Receiver Operations 101 4 2 1 Receiver Groups 101 4 3 DL Explorer Receiver Communications 108 4 3 1 Communication Parameters 108 4 3 2 Upload Group from the PC to the Receiver 109 4 3 3 Transfer a File from the DL V3 to the PC 111 4 3 4 CF Card Status 112 ...

Page 6: ...ightning Protection 12 2 DL V3 Receiver 16 3 DL Explorer Main Window 100 4 DL Groups Dialog 101 5 Add Log 102 6 Position Tab 104 7 Site Tab 105 8 Interfaces Tab 106 9 Ports Tab 108 10 COM Parameters 109 11 Group Management 110 12 Log Transfer Dialog 111 13 CF Card Status 112 ...

Page 7: ... 19 Parameter Update 36 20 Parity 37 21 Handshaking 37 22 GROUPDGPSTXID Default Configuration 40 23 Parameter Update 41 24 GROUPECUTOFF Default Configuration 41 25 GROUPFIXPOS Default Configuration 42 26 GROUPINTERFACEMODE Default Configuration 43 27 GROUPLOG Default Configuration 46 28 Group Mode 47 29 GROUPMODE Default Configuration 47 30 GROUPSAVE Default Configuration 48 31 GROUPSATLIMIT Defau...

Page 8: ...9 52 DL V3 Logs in Alphabetical Order 73 53 DL V3 Logs in Order of their Message IDs 74 54 PDC Log Header 75 55 Serial Port Identifiers 76 56 Parity 76 57 Handshaking 76 58 Serial Port Interface Modes 77 59 File Status 83 60 GROUPCOMCONFIG Status Word 86 61 DGPS Type 89 62 COM1 COM2 Interface Modes 89 63 Group Status1 Word 90 64 Group Status2 Word 91 65 Meteorological Log Status 92 66 Port Power S...

Page 9: ... local NovAtel dealer first for more information To locate a dealer in your area or if the problem is not resolved contact NovAtel Inc directly using one of the following methods Call the NovAtel GPS Hotline at 1 800 NOVATEL U S Canada or 403 295 4900 international Fax 403 295 4901 E mail support novatel com Website http www novatel com Write NovAtel Inc Customer Service Dept 1120 68 Avenue NE Cal...

Page 10: ...is equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different f...

Page 11: ...ction Notice What is the hazard A lightning strike into the ground causes an increase in the earth s potential causing a high voltage potential between the centre conductor and shield of the coax cable Voltages directly applied onto the centre conductor roll off and arrive after the shield pulse producing a high voltage potential between the centre conductor and shield of the coax cable Hazard Imp...

Page 12: ...ropean Community s environment policy are in particular to preserve protect and improve the quality of the environment protect human health and utilise natural resources prudently and rationally Sustainable development advocates the reduction of wasteful consumption of natural resources and the prevention of pollution Waste electrical and electronic equipment WEEE is a regulated area Where the gen...

Page 13: ...oids the warranty 4 Before ejecting the CF card stop all logging to the CF card 5 When a power interruption occurs during a data logging session allow for your data to be possibly reduced by several seconds up to a maximum of five minutes When possible error messages are generated to identify problems as they arise See also the RXSTATUS log on Page 94 6 The DL V3 can accept an input supply voltage...

Page 14: ...3 Logs starting on Page 73 Other supplementary manuals available on the accompanying CD and on our website at http www novatel com support docupdates htm aid you in using the other commands and logs available in the OEMV family of receivers This includes the OEMV 3 card within your DL V3 DL Explorer is also described see DL Explorer starting on Page 100 Integrated with the Control and Display Unit...

Page 15: ...hexadecimal numbers and must be converted to binary format and in some cases then also to decimal For an example of this type of conversion please refer to the RANGE log in the OEMV Family Firmware Reference Manual Conversions and their binary or decimal results are always read from right to left For a complete list of hexadecimal binary and decimal equivalents please refer to the Unit Conversion ...

Page 16: ...tegrated L band capability but without the need for a separate board It is GLONASS enabled and initially available with GLONASS measurements Software upgrades to full code and RTK positioning will be released in the future Once you connect the DL V3 to an antenna and power supply it begins operating as a fully functional GNSS system Refer to the OEMV Family Installation and Operation User Manual f...

Page 17: ...P group otherwise the DL V3 begins to search for satellites and waits for commands from the host computer Only specific serial ports have wake up capability on data activity For example the USB Ethernet or Bluetooth ports do not Stand Alone Operation Once the DL V3 receives configuration commands from a host computer it operates according to these parameters For example data collection can be conf...

Page 18: ...e group 55 groupantsn Edit the serial number for the group 65 groupanttype Edit the antenna type for the group 755 groupcom Associate one or more port configurations with a group 753 groupcomvout Control power on specified COM ports for the group 271 groupdgpstxid Edit the DGPS base ID configuration for the group 56 groupecutoff Edit the elevation cut off configuration for the group 58 groupfixpos...

Page 19: ...siteupdateanttype Configure site antenna type information for an occupied site 169 siteupdateattribute Configure site attribute information for an occupied site 170 siteupdatename Configure site name information for an occupied site 171 siteupdatenumber Configure site number information for an occupied site 213 softpower Power button OFF simulation 257 write Create logs containing user data 204 wr...

Page 20: ...specifications in a group 65 groupanttype Edit the antenna type for the group 66 groupantheight Edit the antenna height for the group 67 extcontrol Disable POWERUP group execution on start up 149 groupuse Group configuration macro to execute DL V3 commands 157 logfile Manual file logging control 163 methumid Specify air humidity 164 metpress Specify air pressure 165 mettemp Specify ambient tempera...

Page 21: ...mber of satellites to use in the position solution 213 softpower Power button OFF simulation 240 writefilehex Create files or append data to an existing file on the CF Card where the data format is hexbytes 257 write Create logs containing user data 271 groupdgpstxid Edit the DGPS base ID configuration for the group 284 disk Carry out CF card maintenance 318 groupinterfacemode Edit the interface m...

Page 22: ...group del alpha p20a or group del alpha p20a 5 At the end of a command a carriage return is required For example press Enter or Return on your keyboard 6 Responses are provided to indicate whether or not an entered command was accepted The format of the response depends on the format of the command Refer to the OEMV Family Firmware Reference Manual for more information 7 Optional parameters are in...

Page 23: ...uetooth mode on COM3 is returned to whichever mode was applied before power down when it is powered up again Syntax appcontrol function param1 param2 param3 param4 Message ID 781 Table 5 Application Parameters Examples To switch COM3 from Bluetooth the default to Ethernet issue this command APPCONTROL BLUETOOTH 1 To switch back to Bluetooth on COM3 issue this command APPCONTROL BLUETOOTH 0 Field D...

Page 24: ...up from sleep when comvout is set to ON Peripheral power is disabled in all cases while the receiver is turned off if COM2 power is enabled COM2 power is disabled while the receiver is off and is enabled again when the receiver is on Also the COM3 peripheral is off when the receiver is off This applies to Bluetooth and Ethernet Syntax comvout com2 com3 aux on off Message ID 779 Table 6 COM Serial ...

Page 25: ... Subsequent requests for the filetransfer log see Page 84 transfers file in filetransfer log packets Issued with the dump mode specified as all causes the receiver to transfer the entire file on all subsequent requests for the filetransfer log Issued with the transfer mode specified as single packet_id causes the receiver to transfer only file packet number packet_id on all subsequent requests for...

Page 26: ...ble Syntax currentgroup group Message ID 186 Table 10 CURRENTGROUP Default Configuration Field Data Value Used if Not Specified Bytes Format Units Offset 1 Header 0 2 File 12 Char none H 3 Dump Mode see Table 8 ALL 4 Enum none H 12 4 Packet ID 0 4 Ulong none H 16 Binary Value ASCII Value Description 0 ALL Send all packets on dump 1 SINGLE Send single packet on dump Parameter Power On Freset Stored...

Page 27: ...d deletes the file named file from the CF card File is a name of a file on the CF card specified in a base ext format where base is maximum 8 characters and the optional ext is maximum 3 characters The del file filename command fails if filename is open Syntax del all file filename Message ID 53 Table 11 Delete Target Field Data Bytes Format Units Offset 1 Header 0 2 Delete Target see Table 11 4 E...

Page 28: ... logged the groupuse stop command should be issued see the GROUPUSE command starting on Page 52 Syntax disk format Message ID 284 Table 12 CF Card Operation 2 8 EXTCONTROL Disable Automatic POWERUP Group The extcontrol command provides a means of disabling the automatic POWERUP group execution When entered prior to POWERUP group execution prior to acquisition of coarse time the extcontrol command ...

Page 29: ...alue Description Binary Format Binary Bytes Binary Offset 1 FRESET header This field contains the command name or the message header depending on whether the command is abbreviated ASCII ASCII or binary respectively H 0 2 target See Table 13 Data to be reset by the receiver Enum 4 H Binary ASCII Description 0 STANDARD Resets commands ephemeris and almanac default Also resets all L Band related dat...

Page 30: ...r COM activity on COM1 or COM2 or after powerup with a freset and excludes any other pending activity The group command allows you to create and manipulate groups Configuration of group parameters is handled by commands described in GROUP Create and Manipulate Groups on Page 30 to GROUPLOG Edit Group Logging Specifications on Page 44 The group add groupname1 command creates a group named groupname...

Page 31: ...HANGED IONUTCB ONCHANGED RXSTATUSEVENTB ONNEW You may edit or delete the factory reset DEFAULT group Field Data Bytes Format Units Offset 1 Header 0 2 Action see Table 14 4 Enum none H 3 GroupName1 12 Char none H 4 4 GroupName2 12 Char none H 16 Binary Value ASCII Value Description 0 ADD Add a group 1 DEL Delete a group 2 CLEAR Erase all groups 3 COPY Copy one group to another Parameter Power On F...

Page 32: ...to 0 Syntax groupantheight set groupname antheight groupantheight default clear groupname 2 11 1 Groupuse Translation groupuse start The antenna height setting is reflected in the groupdef log If an automatic site is being generated see groupmode the group antenna height is used in site configuration groupuse stop Not Applicable N A Message ID 66 Table 16 GROUPANTHEIGHT Default Configuration Field...

Page 33: ...number setting from the group named groupname Syntax groupantsn set groupname antsn groupantsn default clear groupname 2 12 1 Groupuse Translation groupuse start The antenna serial number setting is reflected in the groupdefb log groupuse stop N A Message ID 55 Table 17 GROUPANTSN Default Configuration Field Data Value Used if Not Specified Bytes Format Units Offset 1 Header 0 2 Parameter Update s...

Page 34: ...ype set groupname anttype groupanttype default clear groupname 2 13 1 Groupuse Translation groupuse start The antenna type is reflected in the groupdef log If an automatic site is being generated see groupmode on Page 46 the group antenna type is used in site configuration groupuse stop N A Message ID 65 Table 18 GROUPANTTYPE Default Configuration Field Data Value Used if Not Specified Bytes Forma...

Page 35: ...r group they do not take effect until the next time a GROUPUSE command is run for that group If added each distinct group may have unique settings for GROUPCOM 3 Use of the GROUPCOM command does not affect the INTERFACEMODE or COMVOUT settings for a group The set command provides the port settings that are configured the next time the named group is executed The clear command removes any port sett...

Page 36: ...ble bps values 300 600 900 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 or 230400 4 ULong bps H 20 6 Parity See Table 20 on Page 37 4 Enum H 24 7 Number of data bits 7 or 8 default 8 4 ULong H 28 8 Number of stop bits 1 or 2 default 1 4 ULong H 32 9 Handshaking See Table 21 on Page 37 4 Enum H 36 10 Echo 0 Off No echo 1 On default Transmit any input characters as they are received 4 Enum H 40 11 B...

Page 37: ...he groupcomvout arguments is the same as that seen for the comvout command The default action is supported for the groupcomvout command If this argument is supplied no changes to the current comvout configuration for a peripheral port occurs when the associated group is executed Example groupcomvout set mygroup com2 on groupcomvout set mygroup aux default The groupcomvout clear command removes the...

Page 38: ...roupuse Translation groupuse start comvout settings for each configured port will be set groupuse stop N A Message ID 753 Field Field Type Bytes Format Units Offset 1 Header 0 2 Parameter update see Table 19 on Page 36 4 Enum H 3 Group name 12 Char H 4 4 Serial port identifier see Table 6 on Page 24 4 Enum H 16 5 Action see Table 14 on Page 31 4 Enum H 20 6 Reserved 4 Long H 24 ...

Page 39: ...emove the DGPS base ID configuration from the group named groupname Syntax groupdgpstxid set groupname type ID groupdgpstxid default clear groupname 2 16 1 Groupuse Translation groupuse start If set the dgpstxid command is issued groupuse stop N A Message ID 271 Field Data Bytes Format Units Offset 1 Header 0 2 Parameter Update see Table 23 on Page 41 4 Enum none H 3 Group name 12 Char none H 4 4 ...

Page 40: ...from the group named groupname groupecutoff default sets the elevation cut off for the group to 0 degrees Syntax groupecutoff set groupname ecutoff groupecutoff default clear groupname 2 17 1 Groupuse Translation groupuse start If set the ecutoff command is issued groupuse stop N A Message ID 56 Field Power On Freset Stored in NVM DGPS Type no change AUTO YES ID no change NUL YES Field Data Value ...

Page 41: ...height groupfixpos clear clears the group position fix configuration groupfixpos default clears the group position fix configuration Syntax groupfixpos set groupname lat long height groupfixpos default clear groupname 2 18 1 Groupuse Translation groupuse start If position fixing is configured in the group the fix position command is executed with the sup plied parameters groupuse stop If position ...

Page 42: ...e COM1 COM2 our AUX The groupinterfacemode clear and the groupinterfacemode default commands remove disable the interface mode configuration for all ports from the group named groupname Syntax groupinterfacemode set groupname port rx_type tx_type responses groupinterfacemode default clear groupname 2 19 1 Groupuse Translation groupuse start If set for the particular port the interfacemode command ...

Page 43: ... NOVATEL 4 Enum none H 20 6 tx_type Serial Port Interface Mode see Table 58 on Page 77 NOVATEL 4 Enum none H 24 7 Responses 0 Off 1 On ON 4 Enum none H 28 Parameter Power On Freseta a The AUX port automatically changes configuration to NONE NONE when the POWERUP group is run unless the GROUPINTERFACEMODE command was issued manually for AUX Stored in NVM COM1 RX type no change NOVATEL YES COM1 TX t...

Page 44: ...on is FILE otherwise the command fails logs of any type may be logged to COM ports If non NovAtel format Binary or ASCII logs are requested with a NO_PORTS destination the command is successful Note that during group execution logging of these log types are successful does not occur if the destination supplied at time of execution is FILE grouplog add g1 no_ports bestpos ontime 1 groupuse start g1...

Page 45: ...ge logging specification a log command is issued For each message logging specification dst is added to the groupuse destination list see the groupuse command on Page 52 groupuse stop For each message logging specification an unlog command is issued For each message logging specification dst is added to the groupuse destination list see the groupuse command Action is limited to ADD and DEL for thi...

Page 46: ...ault clear groupname 2 21 1 Groupuse Translation groupuse start If the groupmode is set to static a site add command is executed and the site is configured with parameters defined by groupantheight groupsitenumber groupsitename and groupanttype com mands groupuse stop N A Field Data Value Used if Not Specified Bytes Format Units Offset 1 Header 0 2 Action see Table 14 on Page 31 4 Enum none H 3 Gr...

Page 47: ...tion averaging with parameters set to maxtime maxhorstd and maxverstd The groupposave clear and the groupposave default commands clear the group position average configuration Syntax groupposave set groupname maxtime maxhorstd maxverstd groupposave default clear groupname Field Data Value Used if Not Specified Bytes Format Units Offset 1 Header 0 2 Parameter Update see Table 23 on Page 41 4 Enum n...

Page 48: ... used for the group The groupsatlimit set command sets satlimit for the group named groupname to satlimit The groupsatlimit clear command removes the satlimit setting from the group named groupname The groupsatlimit default command sets the satlimit for the group to 0 Syntax groupsatlimit set groupname satlimit groupsatlimit default clear groupname Field Data Value Used if Not Specified Bytes Form...

Page 49: ... with a log file by this groupuse start command groupuse stop N A Message ID 62 Table 31 GROUPSATLIMIT Default Configuration Field Data Value Used if Not Specified Bytes Format Units Offset 1 Header 0 2 Parameter Update see Table 23 on Page 41 4 Enum none H 3 Group name 12 Char none H 4 4 Satellite limit 0 4 Int none H 16 Parameter Power On Freset Stored in NVM Satellite Limit no change 0 YES ...

Page 50: ... clear groupname 2 24 1 Groupuse Translation groupuse start The site name is reflected in the groupdef log If an automatic site is being generated see the groupmode command on Page 46 the group site name is used in the site configuration If the group site name is not specified and an automatic site is being generated the log file name is used as the site name groupuse stop N A Message ID 59 Table ...

Page 51: ...et groupname sitenumber groupsitenumber default clear groupname 2 25 1 Groupuse Translation Syntax groupuse start The site number setting is reflected in the groupdef log If an automatic site is being generated see the groupmode command on Page 46 the group site number is used in the site configuration groupuse stop N A Message ID 61 Table 33 GROUPSITENUMBER Default Configuration Field Data Value ...

Page 52: ... is issued associating the destination with filename The file header destination hdrdst is selected as the first FILE_n destination in the destination list If no FILE_n destination exists the next 6 sub steps are omitted log hdrdst versionb command is issued log hdrdst timeb command is issued If a project has been defined log hdrdst projectdefb command is issued The currentgroup groupname command ...

Page 53: ...ed successfully A response to the groupuse command does not guarantee that the sequence has completed execution If it is important to guarantee that a subsequent command is executed after the entire groupuse sequence has been completed the Groupuse execution in progress bit in the Auxiliary 2 status word in the rxstatus log see Page 94 should be used Syntax groupuse start stop groupname dst filena...

Page 54: ...used that is a session ID which results in a filename which does not conflict with an existing file on the CF card If no channel was previously associated with the logfile that is the logfile has not been previously opened the logfile is opened If the logfile has been previously associated with a virtual channel s that is the log file is open the virtual channel s is associated with the already op...

Page 55: ... if Not Specified Bytes Format Units Offset 1 Header 0 2 Log File Action see Table 35 4 Enum none H 3 File Port Channel see Table 42 on Page 61 FILE_ALL 4 Enum none H 16 4 Filename NUL 12 Char none H 4 Binary Value ASCII Value Description 0 OPEN Associate the specified channel with a file 1 CLOSE Terminate the specified channel file association Parameter Power On Freset Stored in NVM logfile none ...

Page 56: ...s command only stores the humidity value in volatile memory and does not automatically generate a record The humidity value can then be displayed recorded by requesting the met log The methumid clear and the methumid default commands clear the humidity setting Syntax methumid set humid methumid default clear Message ID 163 Table 37 METHUMID Default Configuration Field Data Value Used if Not Specif...

Page 57: ...does not automatically generate a record The humidity value can then be displayed recorded by requesting the met log The metpress clear and the metpress default commands clear the air pressure setting Syntax metpress set press metpress default clear Message ID 164 Table 38 METPRESS Default Configuration Field Data Value Used if Not Specified Bytes Format Units Offset 1 Header 0 2 Parameter Update ...

Page 58: ...tomatically generate a record The temperature can then be displayed recorded by requesting the met log The mettemp clear and the mettemp default commands clear the temperature setting The mettemp default command clears the temperature setting Syntax mettemp set temp mettemp default clear Message ID 165 Table 39 METTEMP Default Configuration Field Data Value Used if Not Specified Bytes Format Units...

Page 59: ...nes a project and prevents the projectdefb log from being logged to the default group destination by the groupuse start sequence Syntax project add project agency observer project clear Message ID 211 Table 40 Project Action Table 41 PROJECT Default Configuration Field Data Value Used if Not Specified Bytes Format Units Offset 1 Header 0 2 Project Action see Table 40 4 Enum none H 3 Project 32 Cha...

Page 60: ...ution for a specific set of messages to be passed through a particular FILE_n virtual channel The following messages are affected by the satlimit filter BESTPOS BESTVEL MATCHEDPOS MARKPOS PSRVEL RANGE RANGECMP RTKPOS RTKVEL The satlimit filter does not guarantee that every message in the above list which passes through this filter is forwarded rejected as desired As the tracking environment change...

Page 61: ... to 0 The satlimit clear command sets the satlimit value for the specified channel s to 0 Syntax satlimit set file_all file file_n minsv satlimit default clear file_all file file_n Message ID 212 Table 42 File Port Channel Table 43 SATLIMIT Default Configuration Field Data Bytes Format Units Offset 1 Header 0 2 Parameter Update see Table 23 on Page 41 4 Enum None H 3 File Port Channel see Table 42...

Page 62: ... last position log received with the number of SVs used in generation of these logs 0 between site enter and site leave commands If no position logs are received with the number of SVs used in generation of these logs 0 between site enter and site leave commands the FirstGPSWeek Sec and LastGPSWeek Sec fields of the sitedef log are set to correspond to the times at which the site enter and site le...

Page 63: ...ntax site enter name site leave cancel Message ID 166 Field Data Bytes Format Units Offset 1 Header 0 2 Site Mode see Table 28 on Page 47 4 Enum H 3 Site name 32 Char H 4 4 Reserved for future use 12 Char H 36 5 12 Char H 48 6 12 Char H 60 7 12 Char H 72 8 12 Char H 84 ...

Page 64: ...ault and the siteupdatenumber clear commands clear the site number for an occupied site The siteupdatenumber clear command clears the site number for an occupied site Syntax siteupdatenumber set sitenumber siteupdatenumber default clear Message ID 171 Binary Value ASCII Value Description 0 ENTER Enter a site into PDC default 1 LEAVE Leaving site 2 CANCEL Cancel this site from the PDC Parameter Pow...

Page 65: ...upied site to sitename The siteupdatename default command sets the name to SITE The siteupdatename clear command has no effect Syntax siteupdatename set sitename siteupdatename default clear Message ID 170 Table 47 SITEUPDATENAME Default Configuration Parameter Power On Freset Stored in NVM Site Number clear clear NO Field Data Value Used if Not Specified Bytes Format Units Offset 1 Header 0 2 Par...

Page 66: ...an occupied site to antheight The siteupdateantheight default and the siteupdateantheight clear commands clear the site antenna height for an occupied site Syntax siteupdateantheight set antheight siteupdateantheight default clear Message ID 167 Table 48 SITEUPDATEANTHEIGHT Default Configuration Field Data Value Used if Not Specified Bytes Format Units Offset 1 Header 0 2 Parameter Update see Tabl...

Page 67: ...teanttype default and the siteupdateanttype clear commands clear the site antenna type for an occupied site The siteupdateanttype clear command clears the site antenna type for an occupied site Syntax siteupdateanttype set anttype siteupdateanttype default clear Message ID 168 Table 49 SITEUPDATEANTTYPE Default Configuration Field Data Value Used if Not Specified Bytes Format Units Offset 1 Header...

Page 68: ... for an occupied site to attrib The siteupdateattribute default and the siteupdateattribute clear commands clear the site attribute for an occupied site Syntax siteupdateattribute set attrib siteupdateattribute default clear Message ID 169 Table 50 SITEUPDATEATTRIBUTE Default Configuration Field Data Value Used if Not Specified Bytes Format Units Offset 1 Header 0 2 Parameter Update see Table 23 o...

Page 69: ...f The softpower now command simulates a power button Off The softpower now command does not set the power button pressed bit in the receiver status word Syntax softpower now Message ID 213 Table 51 Softpower Field Data Bytes Format Units Offset 1 Header 0 2 Softpower see Table 51 4 Enum H Binary Value ASCII Value Description 1 NOW Simulate a power button Off immediately ...

Page 70: ...es and is ASCII data if the write command is issued in ASCII but can be binary in a binary write message Syntax write previous type length data Message ID 257 2 43 WRITEFILE Create Append Files on CF Card The writefile command allows you to create files on the CF card or append data to an existing file on the CF card The writefile command writes data to a file named filename on the CF card If a fi...

Page 71: ...ilename already exists data is appended to the end of the file Only simple filenames maximum 8 characters and an optional 3 character extension are supported data is up to 1024 joined hexadecimal pairs if the writefilehex command is issued in ASCII and is 1024 bytes in a binary writefilehex message length specifies the number of bytes supplied as data Syntax writefilehex filename length data Messa...

Page 72: ...ents are echoed in the generated writehex log If written to a logfile the previous argument is overwritten to indicate the file offset from the beginning of the file of the previous writeb or writehexb log The first record in a logfile has this field set to 0 length specifies the number of bytes supplied as data data is up to 1024 joined hexadecimal pairs if the writehex command is issued in ASCII...

Page 73: ... 798 EXTLEVELS Extended hardware levels 158 FILECHANNEL Log file channel configuration 147 FILEHDR Log file header 8192 FILETRANSFER CF card file transfer packet 754 GROUPCOMCONFIG COM port configuration information 148 GROUPDEF Log group configuration 150 METDEF Meteorological parameters 156 PROJECTDEF Project definition 799 PWRSTATUS Power levels and status 93 RXSTATUS DL V3 status 94 RXSTATUSEV...

Page 74: ...ERSION Hardware versions software versions and serial numbers 93 RXSTATUS DL V3 status 94 RXSTATUSEVENT DL V3 status event notification 147 FILEHDR Log file header 148 GROUPDEF Log group configuration 150 METDEF Meteorological parameters 153 SITEDEF Site configuration 156 PROJECTDEF Project definition 158 FILECHANNEL Log file channel configuration 159 DIRENT CF card file list 187 CURRENTSET Set cu...

Page 75: ...B logs are binary versions of the HDRA and GRPA logs described in the following sections Header FILEHDRB GPS Logs SITELOGB 1 GPS Logs GPS Logs SITELOGB n GPS Logs EOF Item Type Size Description Range Offset Description char 60 File Description Z can be included to indicate that the description is less than 60 characters 0 EOF byte 1 C TYPE does not pass this point artificial End of File Z 60 Signa...

Page 76: ...l COM ports USB1 a a The only other field that applies when a USB port is selected is the echo field A place holder must be inserted for all other fields to use the echo field in this case 13 USB port 1 USB2 a 14 USB port 2 USB3 a 15 USB port 3 AUX 16 Auxiliary AUX port FILE_0 224 File on the CF card virtual port 0 FILE_31 255 File on the CF card virtual port 31 Binary ASCII Description 0 N No par...

Page 77: ...cial characters such as a BREAK condition do not route across the tunnel transparently and the serial port is altered Refer to the COM command in the OEMV Family Firmware Reference Manual Only serial ports may be in a tunnel configuration COM1 COM2 COM3 or AUX may be used For example configure a tunnel at 115200 bps between COM1 and COM3 COM AUX 115200 COM COM1 115200 INTERFACEMODE COM3 TCOM1 NONE...

Page 78: ...he CR LF b CDGPS has three options for output of differential corrections NMEA RTCM and GPS C If you have a ProPak V3 receiver you do not need to use the INTERFACEMODE command with CDGPS as the argument The CDGPS argument is for use with obsolete external non NovAtel CDGPS receivers These receivers use GPS C NavCanada s proprietary format differential corrections from the CDGPS service c The AUX p...

Page 79: ...0 Ulong Month Ulong DateOfLastChange Year 10000 100 Ulong Day Ulong DateOfLastChange Year 10000 Month 100 The Time of Last Change field is similar to the Date of Last Change field in that the value of the field has 2 decimal digits reserved for the hour followed by 2 decimal digits for the minutes and 2 decimal digits for the seconds Example Time of 16 01 25 Time of Last Change field when converte...

Page 80: ... 0 2 GPS temp GPS subsystem temperature 4 Float Celsius H 3 ant current Antenna current 4 Float A H 4 4 core volt GPS subsystem CPU core voltage 4 Float V H 8 5 supply volt GPS subsystem supply voltage 4 Float V H 12 6 rf volt 5V RF supply voltage 4 Float V H 16 7 int lna volt Internal LNA voltage 4 Float V H 20 8 lna volt LNA voltage internal or external 4 Float V H 24 9 Reserved for future use 4...

Page 81: ...ee bytes on the CF card 4 Ulong bytes H 3 FCModel CF card model 40 Char H 4 4 FCVersion CF card firmware version 8 Char H 44 5 DiskCapacity Total number of bytes on the CF card 4 Ulong bytes H 52 6 Reserved for future use 16 Char H 56 7 Channels Number of channels associated with files 4 Ulong H 72 8 Channel File port channel see Table 42 on Page 61 4 Enum H 76 9 SatLimit Number of SV filter 4 Int...

Page 82: ...Week a GPS Week of first log 4 Ulong H 20 6 EndGPSWeek a GPS Week of last log 4 Ulong H 24 7 StartGPSmSec a GPS Seconds of first log 4 GPSs b ms s H 28 8 EndGPSmSec a GPS Seconds of last log 4 GPSs b ms s H 32 9 Reserved for future use 4 Int H 36 10 8 Double H 40 11 4 Ulong H 48 12 4 Ulong H 52 13 FileStatus File status information see Table 59 on Page 83 4 Hexulong H 56 14 VersionP File position ...

Page 83: ...ts GPS time of the week Ulong milliseconds in binary logs float ing point seconds in ASCII logs FileStatus Bit Description Bit 0 Bit 1 0x00000001 File access status OK error 0x00000002 Flag to indicate if rangea b and or rangecmpa b logs are present in the file absent present 0x00000004 Flag to indicate if rawephema b logs are present in the file absent present 0x00000008 Flag to indicate if alman...

Page 84: ... number of packets remaining in the current FILETRANSFER sequence with the last packet having Sequence set to 0 If there are more packets left in the transfer sequence than the capacity of the Sequence field the Sequence field is set to its maximum value The Data field is variable in size The last data array in the file typically contains fewer than 1024 bytes but all previous data arrays contain ...

Page 85: ... H 3 ports Number of ports 4 Long H 12 4 Port Serial port identifier see Table 55 on Page 76 4 Enum H 16 5 Status Com config status word see Table 60 on Page 86 4 HexUlong H 20 6 Baud Communication baud rate 4 ULong H 20 7 Parity See Table 56 on Page 76 4 Enum H 24 8 Databits Number of data bits 4 ULong H 28 9 Stopbits Number of stop bits 4 ULong H 32 10 Handshake See Table 57 on Page 76 4 Enum H ...

Page 86: ...um H 52 15 Responses Responses are turned on or off 0 OFF 1 ON 4 Enum H 56 16 comvout COMVOUT action Table 14 on Page 31 4 Enum H 60 17 Reserved Reserved field 4 ULong H 64 18 Next port offset H 16 port x 56 Status Bit Description Bit 0 Bit 1 0x0000 0001 Com port parameters configured not configured configured 0x0000 0002 Interfacemode parameters configured not configured configured 0x0000 0004 Co...

Page 87: ...IG log is also needed to complement the information in the GROUPDEF log Structure Message ID 148 Log Type Polled Field Data Description Bytes Format Units Offset 1 Header Log header see Page 75 0 2 GroupName Group name 12 Char H 3 SessionName Session name set to null 8 Char H 12 4 AntSN Antenna serial number 16 Char H 20 5 AntType Antenna type 16 Char H 36 6 AntHeight Antenna height 4 Float Metres...

Page 88: ...er string containing only alpha a z or numerical characters 0 9 5 Char H 140 18 Reserved for future use 1 UChar H 145 19 2 UShort H 146 20 ComInterface COM1 COMinterfacemodes see 4 ULong H 148 21 8 Double H 152 22 4 Int H 160 23 Specs Number of log specifications to follow 4 Ulong H 164 24 Message ID Message ID 2 LSB Message Format 2 MSB where 0 Binary 1 ASCII 4 Ulong H 168 26 Trigger Log trigger ...

Page 89: ...Field Data Description Bytes Format Units Offset DGPS Type Binary ASCII Description 0 RTCM RTCM ID Type 1 RTCA RTCA ID Type 2 CMR CMR ID Type 10 AUTO Automatic type Value Description 0x0000 00FF COM1 Rx interface mode The 1 byte binary value corresponds to the enumerated Serial Port Interface Modes table a a Refer to the INTERFACEMODE command in the OEMV Family Firmware Reference Manual 0x0000 FF0...

Page 90: ...ode flag disabled configured 0x040000 COM1 responses flag disabled enabled 0x080000 COM2 responses flag disabled enabled 0x700000 COM1 Tx interface mode the 3 bit binary value corresponds to the values in Serial Port Interface Modes see Table 58 on Page 77 N A N A 0x03800000 COM1 Rx interface mode the 3 bit binary value corresponds to the values in Serial Port Interface Modes N A N A 0x1c000000 CO...

Page 91: ...000 0040 not configured configured 0x0000 1000 COM1 interfacemode configured flag not configured configured 0x0000 2000 COM2 interfacemode configured flag not configured configured 0x0000 4000 COM3 interfacemode configured flag not configured configured 0x0000 8000 AUX interfacemode configured flag not configured configured 0x0001 0000 Reserved not configured configured 0x0002 0000 not configured ...

Page 92: ...ong bytes H 3 Met Status Meteorological log status information see Table 65 4 Hexulong H 4 4 Temp Temperature see also the METTEMP command on Page 58 4 Float Celsius H 8 5 Press Pressure see also the METPRESS command on Page 57 4 Float hPa H 12 6 Humid Relative humidity see also the METHUMID command on Page 56 4 Float H 16 Met Status Bit Description Bit 0 Bit 1 0x00000001 Temperature field flag NO...

Page 93: ...er supply to the DL V3 COM3 port refers to the power status to the Bluetooth connection on the port See additional comments in the comvout section on Page 24 Structure Message ID 799 Log Type Polled 2 Project Project description 32 Char H 3 Agency Agency description 32 Char H 32 4 Observer Observer description 32 Char H 64 Field Data Bytes Format Units Offset 1 Header 0 2 Port power status see Tab...

Page 94: ...and in the OEMV Family Firmware Reference Manual 1 These auxiliary word definitions replace those used in the DL 4 receivers 2 The corresponding priority set and clear masks can be defined via the OEMV STATUSCONFIG command 11 Reserved 4 Ulong H 36 12 Reserved 4 Ulong H 40 13 Reserved 4 Ulong H 44 14 Reserved 4 Ulong H 48 Power Status Bits Description Bit 0 Bit 1 0x00000001 Reserved 0x00000002 0x00...

Page 95: ... in progress boot done All start up events are complete 0x00000008 CF card status not initialized initialized CF card removal or installation 0x00000010 File s status all files closed file s open 0x00000020 Site status not occupied occupied 0x00000040 Power button status not pressed pressed Pressthepower button 0x00000080 Reserved 0x00000100 0x00000200 External power not in use in use 0x00000400 R...

Page 96: ...m behavior is no longer guaranteed 0x00000040 Peripheral power overload OK overload Power 1 Amp 0x00000080 Logfile name conflict no conflict conflict On creation of the current logfile the desired default name was already in use a 0x00000100 CF card disk space low OK warning There are less than 15 minutes of logging remaining at the current diskspaceconsumption rate 0x00000200 High temperature err...

Page 97: ...er 3 DL V3 Firmware Reference Manual Rev 2 97 3 14 RXSTATUSEVENT DL V3 Status Event Notification The RXSTATUSEVENT log set refer to the OEMV Family Firmware Reference Manual is extended to indicate DL V3 functionality ...

Page 98: ...FirstGPSWeek Date of arrival 4 Ulong GPS wk H 68 9 LastGPSWeek Date of departure 4 Ulong GPS wk H 72 10 FirstGPSSec Time of arrival 4 GPSs a a GPSs format represents GPS time of the week ULong milliseconds in binary logs float ing point seconds in ASCII logs ms s H 76 11 LastGPSSec Time of departure 4 GPSs a ms s H 80 12 SiteStatus Site status see Table 69 4 Hexulong H 84 13 Reserved for future us...

Page 99: ...onent Type 3 17 WRITE User Generated Information Please see the WRITE command on Page 70 3 18 WRITEHEX User Generated Information Please see the WRITEHEX command on Page 72 Binary Valuea a Unused numbers are reserved for future use ASCII Value Description 0 UNKNOWN Unknown Component 1 GPSCARD OEMV GPSCard Component 3 ENCLOSURE DL V3 Receiver 8 USERINFO User application information component 981073...

Page 100: ... Start menu by selecting Programs NovAtel OEMV CDU Otherwise select the path where you installed CDU Launch CDU and open or create a DL V3 configuration Refer to the Establishing Receiver Communication section of your DL V3 quick start guide Select DL Explorer in the Tools menu to see the DL Explorer main window as shown in Figure 3 Baud rates higher than 115 200 bps are not supported by standard ...

Page 101: ...can define the group settings to determine the type of information the DL V3 collects These group profiles consist of the log type the data destination the trigger period and a description for each log within the group To edit a group click on the Edit DL Groups button The DL Groups dialog appears An example is shown in Figure 4 Figure 4 DL Groups Dialog The DL Groups panel to the left of the dial...

Page 102: ...five tabs Logs See the Logs Tab section on Page 102 Position See the Position Tab section on Page 104 Site See the Site Tab section on Page 105 Interface See the Interfaces Tab section on Page 106 COM Port See the Ports Tab section on Page 107 Click the OK button to save your changes or the Cancel button to discard your changes and return to the main DL Explorer window 4 2 1 1 Logs Tab To add a lo...

Page 103: ...op down box Table 71 explains your choices Table 71 Log Triggers Click on the Add button to add the log details to the group Continue to add logs until your group contains the logs you want To remove a log from the group select the log in the Logs table and click on the Remove button To edit a log in a receiver group select it change the settings and click on the Add button again The log appears t...

Page 104: ...on Average edit boxes appear dim If you choose Fixed Known Position then you must enter position information latitude longitude and ellipsoidal height in the Known Position fields Figure 6 Position Tab For the Fixed Averaged Position option the Position Average fields become editable so you can enter the criteria by which you would like the position averaging to stop Type of Information Descriptio...

Page 105: ...Automatically Log Site on Startup check box the group mode is set to static a SITE ENTER command see Page 62 is executed on startup and the site is configured with parameters from the Site Information panel if the Include Site Information check box is also selected or with a default site name If the Automatically Log Site on Startup check box is not checked the group mode is set to kinematic Stati...

Page 106: ...left blank the log file name is used as the site name The group definition issued during the group upload includes the GROUPANTHEIGHT GROUPANTSN GROUPANTTYPE GROUPSITENAME and GROUPSITENUMBER See Pages 32 33 34 50 and 51 respectively for further details on these commands You may need to edit the following fields from their default values depending on your application Minimum Satellites Select a nu...

Page 107: ...tton You can set the base station ID when it is transmitting corrections in the DGPS TX ID field The following range values should be used when you are entering a base ID RTCA ID any four character string containing only alpha a through z or numerical 0 9 characters 0 RTCM ID 1023 0 CMR ID 31 The default entry for the DGPS Tx Id field is ANY The ANY option forces the message to revert to its defau...

Page 108: ...en you start logging a group Otherwise the DL V3 might drop the connection with CDU when the settings are changed Click on the Add Defaults button to add the default port values To remove the values for example so as not to interfere with CDU click on the Remove All button 4 3 DL Explorer Receiver Communications You can use the DL Explorer utility to manage and transfer files or groups between the...

Page 109: ...with the DL V3 s current settings Click on the Factory Reset button to return all the port settings to their factory defaults 1 When connected using the USB port the baud rate is ignored by the USB drivers and instead the baud rate is as fast as possible 2 The current highest baud rate shown in DL Explorer is 230400 4 3 2 Upload Group from the PC to the Receiver Click on the button in the main DL ...

Page 110: ... from your PC to the receiver To upload a group highlight it in the CDU Groups panel Select the UpLoad button to copy the group Select a log group in the DL Groups panel and click on the Start button to start logging to the CF card The Stop button becomes active while the DL V3 is logging the data Click on the Stop button to stop the DL V3 from logging the chosen log group Only one log group may b...

Page 111: ...DL V3 to the PC Ensure that your PC and DL V3 are communicating see Section 4 3 1 Communication Parameters on Page 108 Click on the button in the main DL Explorer window and the Logs Transfer dialog appears see Figure 11 Figure 12 Log Transfer Dialog The Logs Transfer dialog displays the files stored on the connected receiver To transfer a file from the CF card to your PC first edit the destinatio...

Page 112: ...e a different name to the file that you are transferring to the PC Cancel this option cancels the file transfer to the PC 4 3 4 CF Card Status To find out the status of the CF card click on the button in the main DL Explorer window The CF Card Status window appears as shown in Figure 13 Figure 13 CF Card Status Click on the Format button to format the CF card for use with the DL V3 The format sequ...

Page 113: ...LE 25 CURRENTGROUP 26 CURRENTSET 78 customer service 9 D dealer 9 DEL 27 differential corrections 107 operation 17 DIRENT 79 DISK 28 DL Explorer basic operations 100 communications 108 configurations 102 104 double differencing 17 E ellipsoid 104 e mail 9 F features 16 FILECHANNEL 81 files transfer 108 111 fixed position 104 105 FRESET 29 G GLONASS 16 GROUP 30 group 31 GROUPANTHEIGHT 32 GROUPANTSN...

Page 114: ...4 modes of operation 17 post processed 17 POWERUP group 31 PROJECT 59 PROJECTDEF 92 pseudorange 17 R RENAME 60 RESET 60 reset 31 response 107 revision firmware 1 RTCA 77 89 107 RTCM 77 89 RTCMV3 interface mode 77 RTK 17 S SATLIMIT 60 serial ports 77 serial port 85 single point 17 SITE 62 SITEUPDATEANTHEIGHT 66 SITEUPDATEANTTYPE 67 SITEUPDATEATTRIBUTE 68 SITEUPDATENAME 65 SITEUPDATENUMBER 64 sleep ...

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