OM-20000121
Rev 1
EuroPak-15ab Receiver
USER MANUAL
Page 1: ...OM 20000121 Rev 1 EuroPak 15ab Receiver USER MANUAL...
Page 2: ...Firmware Version L1 E5a 5 200 or higher E5a E5b 6 200 or higher NovAtel and Narrow Correlator tracking technology are registered trademarks of NovAtel Inc All other brand names are trademarks of thei...
Page 3: ...ection 24 1 7 2 Digital Electronics Section 25 1 8 Antenna or Signal Generator 25 1 9 Principal Power Supply 25 1 10 Data Communications Equipment 25 1 11 External Oscillator 25 2 Installation 26 2 1...
Page 4: ...50 5 3 3 ASSIGN Assign Individual Satellite Channels 51 5 3 4 CHANCONFIG 53 5 3 5 COM Serial Port Configuration Control 54 5 3 6 ECUTOFF Set Satellite Elevation Cut off 56 5 3 7 EXTERNALCLOCK 57 5 3 8...
Page 5: ...g the NovAtel Aviation Department 104 7 2 Downloading the Files 105 7 3 Decompressing the Files 105 7 4 Running the Utility 106 7 4 1 Open a File to Download 106 7 4 2 Communications Settings 107 7 4...
Page 6: ...og 106 8 Open File in WinLoad 107 9 COM Port Setup 107 10 Authorization Code Dialog 108 11 Update Process Complete 108 12 Location of Receiver Status Word 110 13 Reading the Bits in the Receiver Statu...
Page 7: ...1 Echo Values 55 22 Break Values 55 23 Clock Type 58 24 Pre Defined Values for Oscillators 58 25 Fix Type Values 59 26 Log Trigger Values 63 27 Log Hold Values 63 28 Position Frequency Switch 64 29 Fr...
Page 8: ...O Port Pin Out Descriptions 116 54 10GALILEO6GPS Channel Configuration 122 55 16GPSL1L5 Channel Configuration 122 56 16GALILEOL1E5a Channel Configuration 123 57 12GPS4GEOL1L5 Channel Configuration 12...
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: ...ea to rise to dangerous levels resulting in harm to personnel or destruction of electronic equipment in an unprotected environment It also conducts a portion of the strike energy down the inner conduc...
Page 11: ...Figure 1 Primary and Secondary Lightning Protection Reference Description Reference Description 1 Primary Lightning Protection Device 4 EuroPak 15ab Receiver 2 Secondary Lightning Protection Device 5...
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Page 16: ...ODUCTS 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 P...
Page 17: ...3 295 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...
Page 18: ...esents the header length for that command or log The binary header is described in Section 4 3 2 on Page 39 0x A number following 0x is a hexadecimal number Parameters surrounded by and are optional i...
Page 19: ...PS 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 s...
Page 20: ...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 21: ...has 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...
Page 22: ...7 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 require a h...
Page 23: ...roPak 15ab please see Appendix A Technical Specifications starting on Page 112 Figure 2 EuroPak 15ab Enclosure The port labelled COM2 on the back of the receiver see Figure 2 above connects to COM3 of...
Page 24: ...b provides digital pulse blanking for the GPS L1 GPS L5 Galileo L1 Galileo E5a and Galileo E5b signal paths Digital pulse blanking reduces the negative effects of pulsed interference Use the PULSEBLAN...
Page 25: ...tenna or Signal Generator The purpose of the antenna is to convert the electromagnetic waves transmitted by the satellites into RF signals An active antenna or a signal generator is required for the r...
Page 26: ...able from NovAtel It is designed to operate in the frequency range 1150 1650 MHz An external LNA is required NovAtel offers a variety of antenna models Each offer exceptional phase center stability a...
Page 27: ...ge events It is recommended that appropriate fuses or current limiting be incorporated as a safety precaution on all power lines used Use a sufficient gauge of wire to ensure that the voltage at the c...
Page 28: ...t Power Conditioner 6 Null Modem Data Cable 7 Data Communications Equipment 8 10 MHz External Oscillator 9 External Oscillator Cable 2 2 1 Mounting the Antenna or Signal Generator When installing an a...
Page 29: ...nfigurations Each port supports some or all of the following signals Clear To Send CTS Transmitted Data TXD Request To Send RTS Received Data RXD The EuroPak 15ab enclosure is Data Terminal Equipment...
Page 30: ...Indicators 2 3 3 Mounting Bracket Along with the EuroPak 15ab enclosure mounting kits have been provided to facilitate mounting the receivers to a surface To install the mounting bracket provided wit...
Page 31: ...dy for command input The initial start up indicator to let you know that the EuroPak 15ab s main serial port is ready to communicate Your PC will display the following prompt indicating you are connec...
Page 32: ...e 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...
Page 33: ...in 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 keyb...
Page 34: ...ds 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 receiver is first powered up or a...
Page 35: ...e entered again with a second set of parameters to configure the EuroPak 15ab to capture the RANGE log When the LOG command is entered the second time the new parameter set does not overwrite the firs...
Page 36: ...ype 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...
Page 37: ...ch 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 exam...
Page 38: ...der parameters as described in Table 6 on Page 39 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...
Page 39: ...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 40: ...es 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...
Page 41: ...ed 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 2...
Page 42: ...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 43: ...in conjunction with the 1 PPS signal to provide relative accuracy 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 sy...
Page 44: ...ing continues until the model is a good estimation of the actual receiver clock behavior At this time the receiver time is adjusted again this time to an accuracy of 1 microsecond This state is qualif...
Page 45: ...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 by...
Page 46: ...utomatic Gain Control AGC functionality RESET Perform a hardware reset FRESET Reset receiver to factory default POSITION CONTROL FIX Constrain receiver position POSITIONTYPE Control the position solut...
Page 47: ...ernalclock clocktype freq h0 h1 h2 FIX 44 Fix 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 l...
Page 48: ...atus word in the message header discussed in Table 45 Receiver Status on Page 95 reports the AGC as GOOD as long as the control metric used in the feedback loop is within 7 5 of the set point This com...
Page 49: ...ommand name See Section 4 1 on Page 34 H 0 2 frequency See Table 15 on Page 48 Specifies which signal type to apply the command to Enum 4 H 3 mode See Table 16 on Page 48 Specifies whether to use the...
Page 50: ...d shows the antenna as shorted Antenna current and voltage details are output in the SYSTEMLEVELS log see Page 98 If the EuroPak 15ab receives another ANTENNAPOWER ON command the L1 E5a card tries to...
Page 51: ...the ASSIGN command the satellite may never be 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 trac...
Page 52: ...for GALE5A 24 31 for GALE5B See also Section 5 3 4 CHANCONFIG starting on Page 53 and Table 55 on Page 122 ULong 4 H 3 state See Table 17 below Optional desired SV channel state If a value is not giv...
Page 53: ...Configuration Values CHANCONFIG CONFIG 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 P...
Page 54: ...on Page 34 H 0 2 port See Table 10 on Page 42 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 55: ...able 22 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 OF...
Page 56: ...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 57: ...nt correlated errors produced by satellite clock dither are obviously not white and the Markov process is an attempt to handle this kind of short term variation The internal units of the new clock mod...
Page 58: ...y The default is 10 MHz Enum 4 H 4 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 8 5 h1 1 0 e 31 to 1 0 e 18 Double 8 H...
Page 59: ...ted ASCII command name See Section 4 1 on Page 34 H 0 2 type See Table 25 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 se...
Page 60: ...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 61: ...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 62: ...tored 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 Bina...
Page 63: ...d so on The second example outputs the log only once on COM3 Table 26 Log Trigger Values Table 27 Log Hold Values ASCII Binary Description ONNEW 0 Output when the message is updated not necessarily ch...
Page 64: ...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 50 to force lock on the satellites Change the posi...
Page 65: ...L1 5 Table 29 Frequency Switch Table 30 Pulse Blanking Switch PULSEBLANKING FREQUENCY SWITCH Field Field Name Valid Values Description Format Binary Bytes Binary Offset 1 header This field contains th...
Page 66: ...tion 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 Nam...
Page 67: ...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 68: ...mpared with the loop variance to determine when the signal tracking lock time is reset The resetting of the signal lock time is used to indicate that conditions exist in which a cycle slip might occur...
Page 69: ...ID 803 Example STHRESHOLD 0 35 20 35 STHRESHOLD SIGCHAN ACQUI LOCK CROSSCORR Field Field Name Valid Values Description Format Binary Bytes Binary Offset 1 header This field contains the Abbreviated A...
Page 70: ...LOG 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 Sectio...
Page 71: ...n 5 3 10 on Page 62 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 Valu...
Page 72: ...nch SYSTEMLEVELS System hardware levels Synch VERSION Receiver hardware and software version numbers Polled POSITION PARAMETERS AND SOLUTION FILTERING CONTROL PSRPOS Position data Synch CLOCK INFORMAT...
Page 73: ...mples 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 74: ...s message Ulong 4 H 3 AGCword AGC status word see Table 33 on Page 75 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 75: ...he 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 Calculation 1 AGC 2 Post Correlat...
Page 76: ...2 5 FINE 439 232443 949 00A41000 0000 33331 3 28A 8758 4158 8000 0 0269 0 0839 0 2039 0 2856 0 2419 0 1578 1212377 500000 0 000000 0 000000 125A 4612 2312 8000 0 0660 0 1435 0 2310 0 2505 0 1867 0 122...
Page 77: ...rent 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 D...
Page 78: ...8 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 1 979542E 02 8 16033...
Page 79: ...r 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 fie...
Page 80: ...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 81: ...38E 01 7 90256149E 01 4 50054493E 02 7 90256149E 01 4 76057122E 02 2 902 1 03659974E 01 FALSE f33b4465 Table 35 Clock Model Status Values Table 36 Constellation Change Flag Values ASCII Binary Descrip...
Page 82: ...Double 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 coord...
Page 83: ...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 84: ...s with the same PRN will appear in the range logs As shown in Table 39 on Page 86 these entries can be differentiated by bits 21 22 of the ch tr status field which denote whether the observation is fo...
Page 85: ...8 0 003 13 099 49 8 340 910 05433E04 2 0 25327160 711 0 025 110900154 247 0 003 1901 979 49 8 320 930 05433E24 16 0 23368818 345 0 025 91704264 191 0 004 1899 531 49 8 180 340 05433E64 20 0 25273198 8...
Page 86: ...wn N3 12 0x00001000 Code locked flag 0 Not locked 1 Locked 13 0x00002000 Correlator spacing See Table 41 on Page 87 14 0x00004000 15 0x00008000 N4 16 0x00010000 Satellite system 0 GPS 1 4 7 Reserved 2...
Page 87: ...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 88: ...E005C2829DA2F1B93D8620 667FFAAFC250D9A0000000000 D413845E RAWEPHEMA COM1 4 76 5 SATTIME 338 338430 000 00A00000 0000 33331 10 338 345584 8B05486E2B255490003CD3E8731DDB8A24F57C45FB94545F00000 50A52E700...
Page 89: ...escription Format Binary Bytes Binary Offset 1 header This field contains the message header in ASCII or Binary format See Section 4 3 on Page 38 H 0 2 sigchan The parameters should be applied to this...
Page 90: ...SA COM1 39 80 0 FINE 439 232702 679 00A41000 0000 33331 21 PULSEBLANKING L5 127 4D256AE3 RXCOMMANDSA COM1 38 80 0 FINE 439 232702 680 00A41000 0000 33331 21 PULSEBLANKING E5B 127 B567DC0E RXCOMMANDSA...
Page 91: ...ANDSA COM1 19 80 0 FINE 439 232702 703 00A41000 0000 33331 45 SDLLBW 13 0 2000 061D81E2 RXCOMMANDSA COM1 18 80 0 FINE 439 232702 705 00A41000 0000 33331 45 SDLLBW 14 0 2000 58D34CE1 RXCOMMANDSA COM1 1...
Page 92: ...232702 723 00A41000 0000 33331 46 SPLLBW 15 3 0000 4B44F7D5 RXCOMMANDSA COM1 0 80 0 FINE 439 232702 724 00A41000 0000 33331 6 EXTERNALCLOCK OCXO 10MHZ 0 000000 0 000000 0 000000 6732E03E Table 42 Comm...
Page 93: ...the message header in ASCII or Binary format See Section 4 3 on Page 38 H 0 2 comp Number of components cards and so on Ulong 4 H 3 type Component type See Table 43 below Enum 4 H 4 4 Reserved Enum 4...
Page 94: ...00040 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 MINOS...
Page 95: ...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 0x000...
Page 96: ...e 38 H 0 2 sat vis Indicates if the satellite visibility is valid See Table 46 on Page 97 Enum 4 H 3 comp alm Indicates if the complete almanac was used See Table 47 on Page 97 Enum 4 H 4 4 sat Number...
Page 97: ...46 Satellite Visibility Values Table 47 Complete Almanac Flag Values ASCII Binary Description FALSE 0 Satellite visibility is invalid TRUE 1 Satellite visibility is valid ASCII Binary Description FAL...
Page 98: ...ains the message header in ASCII or Binary format See Section 4 3 on Page 38 H 0 2 comp Number of components Ulong 4 H 3 type Component type see Table 43 on Page 93 Enum 4 H 4 4 Reserved Enum 4 H 8 5...
Page 99: ...0294 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 Pa...
Page 100: ...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 39 on Pag...
Page 101: ...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 between estima...
Page 102: ...eld 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 Page 38 H 0 2 comp Number of components cards...
Page 103: ...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 104: ...scribed in Customer Service on Page 17 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 105: ...the 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 Decompressi...
Page 106: ...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 107: ...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 Select the fi...
Page 108: ...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 109: ...r 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 poi...
Page 110: ...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 111: ...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 112: ...05 Hz 7 cm RMS C No 44 dB Hz DLL BW 0 05 Hz 4 cm RMS C No 44 dB Hz DLL BW 0 05 Hz 4 cm RMS C No 44 dB Hz DLL BW 0 05 Hz Single Channel Phase Accuracy L1 C A L5 BOC L1 E5a E5b 3 mm RMS C No 44 dB Hz L...
Page 113: ...mum including Euro L1E5a and E5aE5b cards DIMENSIONS ab a All dimension are in millimeters please use the Unit Conversion section of the GPS Reference Manual available on our website at http www novat...
Page 114: ...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 115: ...er Consumption 20 W COM1 COM2 AUX I O OSC DB9P connector DB9P connector DB9P connector Reserved DB9S connector BNC connector Oscillator input on the EuroPak 15ab Input Frequency 5 or 10 MHz 0 5 ppm Si...
Page 116: ...gnal descriptions please see Section 2 3 1 Strobes on Page 29 Connector Pin No Signal Name Signal Descriptions 1 Reserved 2 PPS Pulse per second 3 MSR Measure output 4 MKI Mark input 5 PV Valid positi...
Page 117: ...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 15ab Fo...
Page 118: ...ions 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 seri...
Page 119: ...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 120: ...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 Descr...
Page 121: ...Technical Specifications Appendix A EuroPak 15ab Receiver User Manual Rev 1 121 A 1 3 Mounting Bracket Dimensions 2145 1234 235...
Page 122: ...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 123: ...ow 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 G...
Page 124: ...GPS GPS 50 No Auto 4 4 GPS L1 C A Narrow GPS GPS 50 No Auto 5 5 GPS L1 C A Narrow GPS GPS 50 No Auto 6 6 GPS L1 C A Narrow GPS GPS 50 No Auto 7 7 GPS L1 C A Narrow GPS GPS 50 No Auto 8 8 GEO L1 C A St...
Page 125: ...o 14 14 Galileo L1 Narrow Galileo Galileo 250 Yes Auto 15 15 a a You can use these signal channels to track the GIOVE A test satellite Galileo L1 Narrow Galileo Galileo 250 Yes Auto 16 16 a Galileo E5...
Page 126: ...nnel 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 bo...
Page 127: ...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 128: ...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 129: ...d for information only and are not available from NovAtel as separate parts Part Description NovAtel Part I O strobe cable Figure 19 on Page 120 60723065 Straight through serial data cable Figure 18 o...
Page 130: ...liary status 111 azimuth 96 B baseline 33 Binary 39 40 88 bit rate see bps blanking 24 49 boot code version 102 bps 54 break detection 54 buffer 37 62 byte arrangements 42 C C N0 see carrier to noise...
Page 131: ...ESD 126 127 elevation cut off angle 56 error 101 satellite visibility 96 tracking status 100 entering commands 34 ephemeris health 101 raw data 88 89 reset 61 64 time status 43 44 errors card status...
Page 132: ...79 99 Doppler 51 ONCE trigger 37 ONCHANGED trigger 37 one pulse per second 1 PPS time 99 ONNEW trigger 37 ONTIME trigger 37 oscillator 57 79 output 19 115 overload 37 62 overview functional 24 SBAS 1...
Page 133: ...me 88 89 support 16 synchronous logs 37 SYSTEMLEVELS log 98 T test satellite 53 125 tests built in 109 111 threshold 69 time acquisition 59 anomaly 77 CPU 37 62 fine 44 GPS 79 99 logs 72 of ephemeris...
Page 134: ...OM 20000121 Rev 1 2008 03 25 Recyclable Printed in Canada on recycled paper...
