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EuroPak-15a Receiver User Manual Rev 5

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EuroPak-15a Receiver User Manual

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OM-20000100

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2007/04/26

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L1/E5a

5.101 or higher

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Page 1: ...OM 20000100 Rev 5 EuroPak 15a 15aT Receiver USER MANUAL...

Page 2: ...ssociated Firmware Version L1 E5a 5 101 or higher NovAtel and Narrow Correlator tracking technology are registered trademarks of NovAtel Inc All other brand names are trademarks of their respective ho...

Page 3: ...cs Section 22 1 8 Antenna or Signal Generator 22 1 9 Principal Power Supply 22 1 10 Data Communications Equipment 22 2 Installation 23 2 1 Additional Equipment Required 23 2 1 1 Selecting an Antenna o...

Page 4: ...n Control 51 5 3 6 ECUTOFF Set Satellite Elevation Cut off 53 5 3 7 EXTERNALCLOCK 54 5 3 8 FIX Constrain to Fixed Position 56 5 3 9 FRESET Clear Data in NVM 58 5 3 10 LOG Request Logs from Receiver 59...

Page 5: ...102 7 2 Downloading the Files 103 7 3 Decompressing the Files 103 7 4 Running the Utility 104 7 4 1 Open a File to Download 104 7 4 2 Communications Settings 105 7 4 3 Downloading Firmware 105 8 Buil...

Page 6: ...log 104 8 Open File in WinLoad 105 9 COM Port Setup 105 10 Authorization Code Dialog 106 11 Update Process Complete 106 12 Location of Receiver Status Word 108 13 Reading the Bits in the Receiver Stat...

Page 7: ...ues 52 21 Handshaking Values 52 22 Echo Values 52 23 Break Values 52 24 Clock Type 55 25 Pre Defined Values for Oscillators 55 26 Fix Type Values 56 27 Log Trigger Values 60 28 Log Hold Values 60 29 P...

Page 8: ...4 54 EuroPak 15a I O Port Pin Out Descriptions 114 55 10GALILEO6GPS Channel Configuration 120 56 16GPSL1L5 Channel Configuration 120 57 16GALILEOL1E5a Channel Configuration 121 58 12GPS4GEOL1L5 Channe...

Page 9: ...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 from that to...

Page 10: ...the EUROPAK 15a EN 55022 1998 CISPR 22 2006 Information technology equipment Radio disturbance characteristics Limits and methods of measurement FCC Part 15 Subpart B 2004 Immunity Testing of the EUR...

Page 11: ...egistered design or like instrument of privilege by reason of the use or application of the software by the Licensee or any other information supplied or to be supplied to the Licensee pursuant to the...

Page 12: ...her directly or indirectly or by way of indemnity contribution or otherwise howsoever to the Licensee and the Licensee will indemnify and hold NovAtel harmless against all or any loss damage actions c...

Page 13: ...DUCTS OR USE IN OTHER THAN A NORMAL AND CUSTOMARY MANNER ENVI RONMENTAL CONDITIONS NOT CONFORMING TO NOVATEL S SPECIFICATIONS OR FAIL URE TO FOLLOW PRESCRIBED INSTALLATION OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE PR...

Page 14: ...295 4900 International Fax 403 295 4999 E mail support novatel ca Website www novatel com Write NovAtel Inc Aviation Group 1120 68 Avenue NE Calgary Alberta Canada T2E 8S5 Firmware Updates Firmware u...

Page 15: ...ss otherwise stated The conventions used throughout this document are H The letter H in the Binary Bytes or Binary Offset columns represents the header length for that command or log The binary header...

Page 16: ...GPS service by providing a ranging function to the SBAS satellites which improves signal availability and reliability GPS signal corrections which improve accuracy integrity monitoring which improves...

Page 17: ...owever Galileo will deliver real time positioning accuracy down to the metre range which is unprecedented for a publicly available system It will guarantee availability of the service under all but th...

Page 18: ...as been detected and that help is under way This latter feature is new and is considered a major upgrade compared to the existing system which does not provide a feedback to the user Five categories o...

Page 19: ...at 1207 14 MHz Users may receive signals from the two frequency bands independently 1 3 4 Public Regulated Service The PRS will be a restricted access service offered to government agencies that requ...

Page 20: ...fications on the EuroPak 15a please see Appendix A Technical Specifications starting on Page 110 Figure 2 EuroPak 15a Enclosure The port labelled COM2 on the back of the receiver see Figure 2 above co...

Page 21: ...SBAS message and associated pseudorange are provided as an output 1 5 2 Digital Pulse Blanking Digital pulse blanking involves removing or attenuating pulses in the RF signal that exceed a specified l...

Page 22: ...the auxiliary strobe signals which are described in detail in Section 2 3 1 on Page 26 For input and output levels please see Appendix A Technical Specifications on Page 110 1 8 Antenna or Signal Gene...

Page 23: ...l LNA is required NovAtel offers a variety of antenna models Each offer exceptional phase center stability a significant measure of immunity against multipath interference and has an environmentally s...

Page 24: ...2 1 3 1 EuroPak 15a Enclosure The EuroPak 15a is supplied with a 12 V power adapter with a built in slow blow fuse for use with a standard 12 VDC power outlet If a different supply is desired the inp...

Page 25: ...Mount the antenna on a secure stable structure capable of safe operation in the specific environment Also if mounting an antenna Choose an antenna location that has a clear view of the sky so that ea...

Page 26: ...ion on the additional features of the EuroPak 15a receivers which may affect the overall design of your receiver system 2 3 1 Strobes A set of inputs and outputs that provide status and synchronizatio...

Page 27: ...nal oscillator to the EuroPak 15a s external oscillator input connector The BNC external oscillator port labelled OSC is used for input signals on the EuroPak 15a and for output signals on the EuroPak...

Page 28: ...up indicator to let you know that the EuroPak 15a s main serial port is ready to communicate Your PC will display the following prompt indicating you are connected through the COM1 port COM1 The recei...

Page 29: ...receiver s many features without the need for communications protocol or to write special software The Convert utility is a Windows based utility that allows you to convert between file formats and st...

Page 30: ...n WARNING Ensure all other windows are closed in GPSolution Aviation when entering the SAVECONFIG command in the Console window Commands are typed at the interfacing computing device s keypad or keybo...

Page 31: ...ameters are entered 2 The commands are not case sensitive For example FIX POSITION or fix position 3 At the end of a command or command string press ENTER 4 1 1 Command Settings on Power Up When the r...

Page 32: ...d their parameter settings This log provides the most complete information on receiver configuration For some commands including COM and LOG multiple parameter sets can exist For example the LOG comma...

Page 33: ...pe of log NO VALID AUTH CODE FOR THAT MODEL 19 The model attached to the authcode is not valid CHANNEL IS INVALID 20 The channel number is not correct REQUESTED RATE IS INVALID 21 The requested rate i...

Page 34: ...h log can be configured for output when a certain condition or trigger is met The possible triggers are For each log type described in Section 4 2 1 Log Types only certain triggers are valid For examp...

Page 35: ...er parameters as described in Table 6 on Page 36 3 Each log is of variable length depending on the amount of data and field formats 4 All data fields are delimited by a comma with two exceptions The f...

Page 36: ...ength is variable as fields may be appended in the future Always check the header length Parameters Variable length binary data CRC 4 bytes 2 The 3 Sync bytes are always Field Field Name Field Type De...

Page 37: ...s not include the header nor the CRC 2 8 N 9 sequence UShort For multiple related logs A number that counts down from N 1 to 0 where N is the number of related logs and 0 means it is the last one of t...

Page 38: ...d ASCII this comes out as a number Short 2 A 16 bit signed integer in the range 32768 to 32767 UShort 2 A 16 bit unsigned integer in the range 0 to 65535 Long 4 A 32 bit signed integer in the range 21...

Page 39: ...all binary headers It follows the format in Table 11 below Table 11 Message Type Byte Format 7 0 char address n 15 7 0 short n 1 address n 31 23 15 7 0 long tw o s compliment n 3 n 2 n 1 address n 63...

Page 40: ...better than 250 ns Other log types asynchronous and polled are triggered by an external event and the time in the header may not be synchronized to the current GPS time Logs that contain satellite br...

Page 41: ...the receiver time is adjusted again this time to an accuracy of 1 microsecond This state is qualified by the FINE time status flag The final logical time status flag depends on whether CLOCKADJUST is...

Page 42: ...j 8 j 0 j if ulCRC 1 ulCRC ulCRC 1 CRC32_POLYNOMIAL else ulCRC 1 return ulCRC Calculates the CRC 32 of a block of data all at once unsigned long CalculateBlockCRC32 unsigned long ulCount Number of byt...

Page 43: ...onfigure receiver s phase lock loop bandwidths RESET Perform a hardware reset FRESET Reset receiver to factory default POSITION CONTROL FIX Constrain receiver position POSITIONTYPE Control the positio...

Page 44: ...height position or velocity fix type lat lon height FRESET 20 Clear data stored in non volatile memory Followed by a receiver reset freset LOG 1 Request logs from receiver log port message trigger pe...

Page 45: ...Receiver Status word in the message header discussed in Table 46 Receiver Status on Page 93 reports the AGC as GOOD as long as the control metric used in the feedback loop is within 7 5 of the set po...

Page 46: ...4 1 on Page 31 H 0 2 frequency See Table 15 on Page 45 Specifies which signal type to apply the command to Enum 4 H 3 mode See Table 16 on Page 45 Specifies whether to use the default or custom value...

Page 47: ...acquired or re acquired If a PRN has been assigned to a channel and the channel is currently tracking that satellite when the channel is set to AUTO tracking the channel will immediately idle and retu...

Page 48: ...9 for GALL1 and 10 15 for GPSL1 See also Section 5 3 3 CHANCONFIG starting on Page 49 and Table 56 on Page 120 ULong 4 H 3 state See Table 18 below Optional desired SV channel state If a value is not...

Page 49: ...es Syntax Message ID 501 Example CHANCONFIG 16GPSL1L5 Table 19 Configuration Values CHANCONFIG CONFIG Field Field Name Valid Values Description Format Binary Bytes Binary Offset 1 header This field co...

Page 50: ...e clock steering process will take over the VARF output pins 3 When disabled the range measurement bias errors will continue to accumulate with clock drift 4 Pseudorange carrier phase and Doppler meas...

Page 51: ...on Page 31 H 0 2 port See Table 10 on Page 39 Serial port to apply the settings to If no value is supplied the settings are applied to COM1 Enum 4 H 3 bps 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 or 230400a a B...

Page 52: ...ble 23 Break Values ASCII Description N No parity E Even parity O Odd parity ASCII Description N No handshaking XON XON XOFF software handshaking CTS CTS RTS hardware handshaking ASCII Description OFF...

Page 53: ...e may be tracked This command permits a negative cut off angle which could be used in these situations the antenna is at a high altitude and thus can look below the local horizon satellites are visibl...

Page 54: ...rd state assumed to be a Gauss Markov GM process representing the range bias error generated from satellite clock dither The third state is included because the Kalman filter assumes an unmodeled whit...

Page 55: ...e is not specified the default is 5 MHz Enum 4 H 4 5MHz 1 10MHz 2 20MHz 3 4 h0 1 0 e 31 to 1 0 e 18 Optional timing standards These fields are only valid when the USER clocktype is selected Double 8 H...

Page 56: ...ed ASCII command name See Section 4 1 on Page 31 H 0 2 type See Table 26 below Fix type Enum 4 H 3 lat 90 to 90 Latitude parameter for a fixed position in degrees Only entered when the fix type is set...

Page 57: ...Bureau International de l Heure BIH on the basis of the coordinates adopted for the BIH stations Intersection of the WGS 84 Reference Meridian Plane and the plane of the CTP s Equator the Reference Me...

Page 58: ...eiver to factory default settings The receiver is forced to hardware reset Syntax Message ID 20 Example FRESET FRESET Field Field Name Valid Values Description Format Binary Bytes Binary Offset 1 head...

Page 59: ...ored using the Buffer Over run bits of the Receiver Status word in any log header Syntax Message ID 1 LOG PORT MESSAGE TRIGGER PERIOD OFFSET HOLD Field Field Name Valid Values Description Format Binar...

Page 60: ...so on The second example outputs the log only once on COM3 Table 27 Log Trigger Values Table 28 Log Hold Values ASCII Binary Description ONNEW 0 Output when the message is updated not necessarily cha...

Page 61: ...GPSL1 and the L1 almanac indicates that PRN 15 is not in view then the receiver stops tracking PRN 15 To prevent this Use the ASSIGN command see Page 47 to force lock on the satellites Change the posi...

Page 62: ...PULSEBLANKING L1 5 Table 30 Frequency Switch Table 31 Pulse Blanking Switch PULSEBLANKING FREQUENCY SWITCH Field Field Name Valid Values Description Format Binary Bytes Binary Offset 1 header This fie...

Page 63: ...ion The optional delay field is used to set the number of seconds the receiver is to wait before resetting Syntax Message ID 18 Example RESET 5 See also the FRESET command RESET DELAY Field Field Name...

Page 64: ...and remote station 2 When you issue the SDLLBW command all channels lose lock and the locktime for all tracking satellites is reset to zero 3 The measurement becomes noisier as the DLL bandwidth incre...

Page 65: ...e is reset The resetting of the signal lock time is used to indicate that conditions exist in which a cycle slip might occur The time filtering that is performed on the loop variance determination is...

Page 66: ...r its tracking satellite is reset to zero Syntax Message ID 803 Example STHRESHOLD 0 35 20 35 STHRESHOLD SIGCHAN ACQUI LOCK CROSSCORR Field Field Name Valid Values Description Format Binary Bytes Bina...

Page 67: ...ple UNASSIGN 11 UNASSIGN CHANNEL Field Field Name Valid Values Description Format Binary Bytes Binary Offset 1 header This field contains the Abbreviated ASCII command name See Section 4 1 on Page 31...

Page 68: ...OG COM3 PSRPOSA UNLOG PORT DATATYPE Field Field Name Valid Values Description Format Binary Bytes Binary Offset ASCII Binary 1 header This field contains the Abbreviated ASCII command name See Section...

Page 69: ...5 3 10 on Page 59 for more information on this attribute To disable logs with the HOLD attribute use the UNLOG command Syntax Message ID 38 Example UNLOGALL UNLOGALL PORT Field Field Name Valid Value...

Page 70: ...ch SYSTEMLEVELS System hardware levels Synch VERSION Receiver hardware and software version numbers Polled POSITION PARAMETERS AND SOLUTION FILTERING CONTROL PSRPOS Position data Synch CLOCK INFORMATI...

Page 71: ...ples carriage returns have been inserted in the middle of the log to clearly indicate different data sets Log Name Message ID Description AGCSTATS 630 Automatic gain control status ALMANAC 73 Current...

Page 72: ...message Ulong 4 H 3 AGCword AGC status word see Table 35 on Page 73 Ulong 4 H 4 4 gain AGC gain 0 to 99999 Ulong 4 H 8 5 pulse width VARF pulse width Ulong 4 H 12 6 modulus VARF modulus Ulong 4 H 16...

Page 73: ...cates which 3 bits of the 8 bit ADC output are currently being used by the receiver 0 Bits 7 6 5 1 Bits 7 5 4 2 Bits 7 4 3 3 Bits 7 3 2 4 Bits 7 2 1 5 Bits 7 1 0 7 8 9 Method of Noise Floor Calculatio...

Page 74: ...TSA ONTIME 10 Example Output AGCSTATSA COM1 0 78 0 FINE 338 320316 822 00A00000 0000 33331 2 28A 8493 3893 8000 0 0383 0 1064 0 2175 0 2853 0 2162 0 1364 1283057 375000 0 009275 0 000000 29A 8037 3437...

Page 75: ...ent message dimensionless ULong 4 H 4 4 week Almanac reference week GPS week number ULong 4 H 8 5 seconds Almanac reference time seconds into the week Double 8 H 12 6 ecc Eccentricity dimensionless Do...

Page 76: ...0 0 TRUE 4 338 503808 0 7 454395E 03 8 27463039E 09 2 20228558E 00 1 45160422E 01 2 49410670E 00 1 52587891E 04 1 09139364E 11 1 45848996E 04 2 65609528E 07 8 20919406E 03 1 0 0 FALSE 27 338 503808 0...

Page 77: ...local receiver clock error To derive the closest GPS time subtract the clock offset from the GPS time reported The clock offset can be calculated by dividing the value of the range bias given in fiel...

Page 78: ...ate time GPS time of last update GPSec 4 H 12 6 parameters Clock correction parameters a 1x3 array of length 3 listed left to right Double 8 H 16 7 8 H 24 8 8 H 32 9 cov data Covariance of the straigh...

Page 79: ...8E 01 7 90256149E 01 4 50054493E 02 7 90256149E 01 4 76057122E 02 2 902 1 03659974E 01 FALSE f33b4465 Table 36 Clock Model Status Values Table 37 Constellation Change Flag Values ASCII Binary Descript...

Page 80: ...ouble 8 H 8 5 lon Longitude percentage degrees Double 8 H 16 6 hgt Height above ellipsoid m Double 8 H 24 7 Reserved Float 4 H 32 8 datum id Datum ID number This will always be 61 for the WGS84 coordi...

Page 81: ...ions NO_CONVERGENCE 2 No convergence SINGULARITY 3 Singularity at parameters matrix CONV_TRACE 4 Covariance trace exceeds maximum trace 1000 m TEST_DIST 5 Test distance exceeded maximum of 3 rejection...

Page 82: ...with the same PRN will appear in the range logs As shown in Table 40 on Page 84 these entries can be differentiated by bits 21 22 of the ch tr status field which denote whether the observation is for...

Page 83: ...0 008 2905 889 43 4 7344 640 08005C04 2 0 20669493 328 0 159 108618920 523 0 005 1639 363 48 4 7343 750 08005C24 25 0 24880354 627 0 376 130747143 832 0 009 370 102 40 9 1179 550 08005C44 5 0 21128558...

Page 84: ...wn N3 12 0x00001000 Code locked flag 0 Not locked 1 Locked 13 0x00002000 Correlator spacing See Table 42 on Page 85 14 0x00004000 15 0x00008000 N4 16 0x00010000 Satellite system 0 GPS 1 4 7 Reserved 2...

Page 85: ...000000 Channel assignment 0 Automatic 1 Forced Nibble Bit Mask Description Range Value Bit Value Description 0 Idle 1 Sky search 2 Wide frequency band pull in 3 Narrow frequency band pull in 4 PLL 5 R...

Page 86: ...E005C2829DA2F1B93D8620 667FFAAFC250D9A0000000000 D413845E RAWEPHEMA COM1 4 76 5 SATTIME 338 338430 000 00A00000 0000 33331 10 338 345584 8B05486E2B255490003CD3E8731DDB8A24F57C45FB94545F00000 50A52E700...

Page 87: ...scription Format Binary Bytes Binary Offset 1 header This field contains the message header in ASCII or Binary format See Section 4 3 on Page 35 H 0 2 sigchan The parameters should be applied to this...

Page 88: ...A COM1 54 77 5 FINE 334 237306 916 00E40008 0000 33331 21 PULSEBLANKING L5 127 409DCBCE RXCOMMANDSA COM1 53 77 5 FINE 334 237306 919 00E40008 0000 33331 39 DLLORDER GPS 1 63D03A14 RXCOMMANDSA COM1 52...

Page 89: ...ANDSA COM1 18 77 5 FINE 334 237306 952 00E40008 0000 33331 45 SDLLBW 14 0 2000 84FB6D39 RXCOMMANDSA COM1 17 77 5 FINE 334 237306 954 00E40008 0000 33331 45 SDLLBW 15 0 2000 51802385 RXCOMMANDSA COM1 1...

Page 90: ...75E0 RXCOMMANDSA COM1 0 77 5 FINE 334 237306 969 00E40008 0000 33331 6 EXTERNALCLOCK OCXO 10MHZ 0 000000 0 000000 0 000000 CB079FDA Table 43 Command Type Values ASCII BINARY Command 0 0 ASSIGN 1 2 1 2...

Page 91: ...t See Section 4 3 on Page 35 H 0 2 comp Number of components cards and so on Ulong 4 H 3 type Component type See Table 44 below Enum 4 H 4 4 Reserved Enum 4 H 8 5 model Model Char 16 16 H 12 6 psn Pro...

Page 92: ...40 Reserved OK Error 7 0x00000080 Supply voltage status OK Error N2 8 0x00000100 Reserved OK Error 9 0x00000200 Temperature status as compared against acceptable limits OK Error 10 0x00000400 MINOS4 s...

Page 93: ...0x00000200 Reserved 10 0x00000400 COM3 buffer overrun flag No overrun Overrun 11 0x00000800 Reserved N3 12 0x00001000 13 0x00002000 14 0x00004000 15 0x00008000 N4 16 0x00010000 17 0x00020000 18 0x0004...

Page 94: ...35 H 0 2 sat vis Indicates if the satellite visibility is valid See Table 47 on Page 95 Enum 4 H 3 comp alm Indicates if the complete almanac was used See Table 48 on Page 95 Enum 4 H 4 4 sat Number...

Page 95: ...47 Satellite Visibility Values Table 48 Complete Almanac Flag Values ASCII Binary Description FALSE 0 Satellite visibility is invalid TRUE 1 Satellite visibility is valid ASCII Binary Description FAL...

Page 96: ...Binary format See Section 4 3 on Page 35 H 0 2 comp Number of components Ulong 4 H 3 type Component type see Table 44 on Page 91 Enum 4 H 4 4 Reserved Enum 4 H 8 5 temp Board temperature C Float 4 H 1...

Page 97: ...294 2000 2 15 20 53 57011 VALID d6f14d5d Field Field Name Description Format Binary Bytes Binary Offset 1 header This field contains the message header in ASCII or Binary format See Section 4 3 on Pag...

Page 98: ...mber of hardware channel data sets to follow Long 4 H 12 6 PRN Satellite PRN number of range measurement Short 2 H 16 7 Reserved Short 2 H 18 8 ch tr status Channel tracking status See Table 40 on Pag...

Page 99: ...rdinate error during computation of the satellite s position ELEVATIONERROR 6 Elevation error due to the satellite being below the cut off angle MISCLOSURE 7 Misclosure too large due to excessive gap...

Page 100: ...nary Offset 1 header This field contains the message header in ASCII or Binary format See Section 4 3 on Page 35 H 0 2 comp Number of components cards etc Long 4 H 3 type Component type See Table 44 o...

Page 101: ...on e g 22T a a One character for each of the COM ports 1 2 and 3 Characters are 2 for RS 232 4 for RS 422 and T for LV TTL Therefore the example is for a receiver that uses RS 232 for COM 1 and COM 2...

Page 102: ...scribed in Customer Service on Page 14 When you call be sure to have the receiver s serial number and program revision level available This information is printed on the bottom surface of a EuroPak 15...

Page 103: ...he names discussed above the Aviation Group will advise you as to the exact names of the files you need As well the Aviation Group will provide you with a file de compression password 7 3 Decompressin...

Page 104: ...Figure 6 Main Screen of WinLoad If you are running WinLoad for the first time you will need to make sure the file and communications settings are correct 7 4 1 Open a File to Download From the file m...

Page 105: ...preferred Figure 9 COM Port Setup 7 4 3 Downloading Firmware To download firmware follow these steps 1 Set up the communications port as described in Section 7 4 2 Communications Settings above 2 Sele...

Page 106: ...th code and select OK Figure 10 Authorization Code Dialog 7 The receiver should finish downloading and reset The process is complete when Done is displayed in the main display area see Figure 11 on Pa...

Page 107: ...strobe is driven high Receiver tracking is disabled at this point but command and log processing continues to allow you to diagnose the error Even if the source of the error is corrected at this poin...

Page 108: ...data so the receiver is put into an error state If any bit in the error word is set the receiver will set the error strobe line idle all channels turn off the antenna and disable the RF hardware The...

Page 109: ...f its 32 bits indicating a condition 8 4 4 Receiver Status Code The receiver status word is included in the header of all logs It has 32 bits which indicate certain receiver conditions If any of these...

Page 110: ...L5 Code L5 GEO Code 10 cm RMS C No 44 dB Hz DLL BW 0 05 Hz 1 m RMS C No 44 dB Hz DLL BW 0 05 Hz 1 m RMS C No 44 dB Hz DLL BW 0 05 Hz 1 m RMS C No 44 dB Hz DLL BW 0 05 Hz Single Channel Phase Accuracy...

Page 111: ...ght 1 2 kg maximum including Euro L1E5a card DIMENSIONS a b a All dimension are in millimeters please use the Unit Conversion section of the GPS Reference Manual available on our website at http www n...

Page 112: ...measurement strobe MKI Mark Input An input mark negative pulse 55 ns time tags output log data to the time of the falling edge of the mark input pulse PV Position Valid Output indicates a good solutio...

Page 113: ...DB9S connector BNC connector a Oscillator input on the EuroPak 15a Input Frequency 5 or 10 MHz 0 5 ppm Signal Level 0 to 13 dBm Oscillator output on the EuroPak 15aT Output Frequency 10 MHz Signal Le...

Page 114: ...tor Pin No COM1 COM2 a a The internal COM3 port is labelled COM2 on the EuroPak 15a 1 Reserved N C 2 RXD1 RXD2 3 TXD1 TXD2 4 N C Reserved 5 GND GND 6 Reserved N C 7 RTS1 RTS2 8 CTS1 CTS2 9 Reserved N...

Page 115: ...ower outlet The output from the power adapter utilizes a 4 pin LEMO connector LEMO part number FGG 0B 304 CLAD52Z and plugs directly into the PWR input located on the back panel of the EuroPak 15a For...

Page 116: ...ons with a PC The cable is equipped with a 9 pin connector at the receiver end which can be plugged into the COM1 COM2 or AUX port At the PC end a 9 pin connector is provided to accommodate a PC seria...

Page 117: ...DB9 connector at the receiver end The male DB9 connector at the other end is provided to plug into your user supplied equipment please refer to your modem or radio transmitter user guide for more inf...

Page 118: ...jacket insulation is cut away slightly from the end but the insulation on each wire is intact The cable is approximately 2 m in length See Figure 19 Wiring Table Reference Description Reference Descri...

Page 119: ...Technical Specifications Appendix A EuroPak 15a Receiver User Manual Rev 5 119 A 1 3 Mounting Bracket Dimensions 2145 1234 235...

Page 120: ...50 Yes Auto 10 10 GPS L1 C A Narrow GPS GPS 50 No Auto 11 11 GPS L1 C A Narrow GPS GPS 50 No Auto 12 12 GPS L1 C A Narrow GPS GPS 50 No Auto 13 13 GPS L1 C A Narrow GPS GPS 50 No Auto 14 14 GPS L1 C A...

Page 121: ...w GPS Galileo 50 Yes Auto 12 12 Galileo E5a Narrow GPS Galileo 50 Yes Auto 13 13 Galileo E5a Narrow GPS Galileo 50 Yes Auto 14 14 Galileo E5a Narrow GPS Galileo 50 Yes Auto 15 15 Galileo E5a Narrow GP...

Page 122: ...le 12 12 GEO L5 C5 Narrow WAAS WAAS 500 Yes Idle 13 13 GEO L5 C5 Narrow WAAS WAAS 500 Yes Idle 14 14 GEO L5 C5 Narrow WAAS WAAS 500 Yes Idle 15 15 GEO L5 C5 Narrow WAAS WAAS 500 Yes Idle Signal Channe...

Page 123: ...nel have grounded themselves via wrist straps and mats Boards or components should never come in contact with clothing because normal grounding cannot dissipate static charges on fabrics A circuit boa...

Page 124: ...mat 2 Remove the replacement circuit board from the static shielding bag or clamshell and insert it into the equipment 3 Place the original board into the shielding bag or clamshell and seal it with a...

Page 125: ...6 4049 Website www arinc com GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA Geodetic Survey of Canada Address 615 Boothe Street Ottawa ON Canada K1A 0E9 Telephone 613 995 4410 Fax 613 995 3215 Website www geod emr ca U S...

Page 126: ...for information only and are not available from NovAtel as separate parts Part Description NovAtel Part I O strobe cable Figure 19 on Page 118 60723065 Straight through serial data cable Figure 18 on...

Page 127: ...n cancelling 67 single channel 47 ASSIGN command 47 asterisk 35 asynchronous logs 34 atmosphere delays 82 refraction 53 automatic channel assignment overriding 47 reverting 67 auxiliary status 109 azi...

Page 128: ...control signals 16 conventions document 15 corrected mean motion 75 corrections accuracy 56 correlator technology 84 CPU 34 59 CRC see cyclic redundancy check Customer Service 14 cut off angle settin...

Page 129: ...PS overview 41 H handshaking 51 hardware reset 58 63 version 100 hardware interface 19 header 109 ASCII 36 Binary 37 document convention 15 health satellite 94 99 SV 75 height fix 56 limit 81 of posit...

Page 130: ...period 59 phase lock loop PLL 92 phase lock loop configuring 65 defaults 65 polled logs 34 ports COM 30 TIME 97 unlog 69 position accuracy 56 base station 30 commands 43 fix 56 logs 70 pseudorange 80...

Page 131: ...nd settings 31 static 123 124 status channel tracking 82 98 commands 43 receiver 34 36 70 steer clock 50 time 40 41 STHRESHOLD command 66 stop bits 51 subframe 86 subframe data 87 support 13 synchrono...

Page 132: ...VCTCXO see oscillator velocity limit 81 VERSION log 99 100 versions 100 visibility satellite 94 voltage 112 W warnings 9 22 24 warranty 13 22 week reference 86 weighting pseudorange filter 98 WGS84 56...

Page 133: ...Index EuroPak 15a Receiver User Manual Rev 5 133...

Page 134: ...OM 20000100 Rev 5 2007 04 26 Recyclable Printed in Canada on recycled paper...

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