Operation OEM6 Cards and Enclosures
Chapter 4
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Any of the COM port prompts indicate that the receiver is ready and waiting for command input. The screen
may display other port names for other port types (e.g., USB1, USB2, USB3 or AUX).
An example of a response to an input
FIX POSITION
command:
[COM2] FIX POSITION 51.11635 -114.0383 1048.2 [Carriage Return]
<OK
In this example, [COM2] is the port prompt.
This example illustrates command input to the base receiver’s COM2 port that sets the position of the base
station receiver for differential operation.
If the command was accepted, the receiver responds with:
<OK
If a command is entered incorrectly, the receiver responds with:
<ERROR:Invalid Message ID
(or a more detailed message)
4.3
Transmitting and Receiving Corrections
Corrections can be transmitted from a base station to a rover station to improve position accuracy. The base
station is the GNSS receiver that acts as the stationary reference. The stationary reference has a known
position and transmits correction messages to the rover station. The rover station is the GNSS receiver that
does not know its exact position and requires correction messages from a base station to calculate
differential GNSS positions. An example of a differential setup is shown in
Figure 23, Basic Differential Setup
1. Output from receiver self-tests may take some time. On startup, the OEM6 family receiver is
set to log the RXSTATUSEVENTA log ONNEW on all ports. See
on page 82 for more details.
2. If NovAtel Connect is unable to locate the OEM6 family receiver, use a different COM port
to communicate with the receiver. When communication has been established, issue a
FRESET STANDARD
command. The original communications port should be ready for use.
3. XCOM1, XCOM2 and XCOM3 virtual ports can be generated by the receiver. However,
they are unlikely to appear as a port prompt as you cannot connect to these types of ports
using NovAtel Connect. Also, the XCOM ports are not available with the
SERIALCONFIG
command but may be used with other commands, such as
INTERFACEMODE
and
LOG
.
Refer to the
OEM6 Family Firmware Reference Manual
(OM-20000129) for details on the
virtual ports.
Ensure the computer does not sleep or hibernate during a logging session or data will be lost.
