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6-2 S100 RTK Receiver Firmware Update 

Videos showing procedure of updating S100 RTK Receiver firmware can be found here: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrAUKF84KZU

(1/2) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3NPLYP_EKA

(2/2) 

 

Follow below steps to update S100 firmware. 

1.

 

USB driver needs to be installed for updating S100 receiver firmware. Download it from:

 

https://www.silabs.com/products/development-tools/software/usb-to-uart-b

ridge-vcp-drivers

 

2

 

Connect S100 with PC and start S100 Viewer software on PC. See Figure 6-2. 

 

Figure 6-2 

3

 

On  Polaris  Connect  app,  click  Connect  button  on  Utility-Version  screen,  this  enables  S100  RTK 

Receiver’s firmware to be updated. The app will then be closed. See Figure 6-3. 

 

Figure 6-3 

 

Summary of Contents for S100

Page 1: ...1 S100 RTK RECEIVER USER GUIDE Version 1 21 November 21 2021 info polaris gnss com https www polaris gnss com ...

Page 2: ...Recording and Post Processing 16 5 1 Preparing for PPK 16 5 2 Preparing for PPP 18 5 3 Obtaining Log Data from S100 19 6 Software and Firmware Update 24 6 1 S100 Viewer Software Update 24 6 2 S100 RTK Receiver Firmware Update 25 6 3 S100 Bluetooth Module Firmware Update 28 7 Troubleshooting 30 Appendix 33 A 1 More Usage Scenarios 33 A 1 1 Base Rover RTK with PPP Corrected Base 33 A 1 2 PPK with PP...

Page 3: ...3 A 4 Problem Reporting 50 ...

Page 4: ...jor interfaces for different applications USB and Bluetooth The USB interface is mainly for configuration monitoring and supplying power With Bluetooth V2 1 EDR function built in S100 can be used as external Bluetooth RTK receiver for Android Mobile Device to provide higher accuracy positioning than internal GPS 1 2 RTK Operation Guideline To provide centimeter level RTK accuracy S100 requires muc...

Page 5: ... On Board 256MByte Flash Memory for Data Logging Post Processing RTK Position Horizontal Accuracy 7mm 1ppm Vertical Accuracy 14mm 1ppm Maximum RTK Update Rate 10Hz Supports RTCM 3 x Messages NMEA Output Update Rates 1 2 4 5 8 10 Hz for RMC GGA VTG PSTI 030 Messages GGA GLL GSA GSV RMC VTG ZDA PSTI Baud Rate Bluetooth 115200 USB 4800 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 default 115200 Power Consumption 28...

Page 6: ...Figure 2 1 Connect S100 s 4 pin socket Figure 2 1 a with the included accessory USB cable Figure 2 1 b The S100 USB cable is used for 1 Supplying power from power bank Figure 2 1 d 2 Firmware update using Windows PC Figure 2 1 c ...

Page 7: ...found with this QR Code 3 2 Install USB Driver USB driver needs to be installed before updating S100 Receiver firmware Download it from https www silabs com developers usb to uart bridge vcp drivers 3 3 Check S100 Receives Satellite Signal Below steps bring up S100 as a normal USB interface GNSS receiver to receive satellite signal 1 Place S100 at a location having good sky view Connect S100 with ...

Page 8: ...vice See Figure 3 2 Figure 3 2 4 Start USB Input Rover mode The app closes when S100 is configured to USB Rover See Figure 3 3 Figure 3 3 5 On a PC install and open S100 Viewer In S100 Viewer a dialog box for COM port and baud rate will appear Click Connect See Figure 3 4 ...

Page 9: ...ure 3 4 6 NMEA output should be seen on the Message screen If having good sky view with sufficient number of satellites tracked the signal bar will turn solid and have position fix See Figure 3 5 Figure 3 5 ...

Page 10: ...is configured as RTK rover and connects to an Android smartphone via Bluetooth User can then run the free Polaris Connect app or Lefebure NTRIP Client app on the smartphone for retrieving 3rd party RTK base correction data over Internet and sending it to the S100 RTK receiver With MOCK Location option enabled on the Android smartphone 3rd party GIS app for survey data collection can be used achiev...

Page 11: ...steps to configure S100 to receive correction data via Bluetooth interface with built in NTRIP client of the Polaris Connect app 1 Switch to Rover tab in the app See Figure 4 2 a 2 Click Settings Figure 4 2 b and configure NTRIP log in information Figure 4 2 c The log in information should be obtained from RTK correction service provider 3 Select Normal in Operation Mode Normal Log NMEA and Debug ...

Page 12: ...a b a b Figure 4 3 4 2 Bluetooth Rover to Work with Third party NTRIP Client App The S100 RTK Receiver when configured as a Bluetooth RTK Rover can receive RTK correction data from RTK correction service going through a third party NTRIP client service e g Lefebure NTRIP Client app as shown in Figure 4 4 Figure 4 4 ...

Page 13: ...luetooth RTK rover 1 Switch to Rover tab in the app See Figure 4 5 a 2 Click Start of Bluetooth Rover the app Polaris Connect will be closed See Figure 4 5 b 3 Start third party NTRIP client app to receive RTK correction data sends it to S100 and receive position data stream from S100 See Figure 4 5 c 4 If needing more information on how to use Lefebure NTRIP client app refer to Appendix A 2 4 a b...

Page 14: ...14 4 3 USB Rover The S100 RTK Receiver when configured as USB RTK Rover can receive RTK correction data from NTRIP client running on a PC e g strsvr of RTKLIB as shown in Figure 4 6 Figure 4 6 ...

Page 15: ... to Rover tab in app See Figure 4 7 a 3 Click Start of USB Input Rover the Polaris Connect app will close See Figure 4 7 b 4 Start third party tool e g strsvr of RTKLIB to receive RTK correction data sends it to S100 and receive position data stream from S100 See Figure 4 7 c a b c Figure 4 7 5 COM port splitter program will be needed to enable another program to share the same COM port to use the...

Page 16: ... and rover data need to be available The base data can be 1 stored RTCM data received from RTK correction service or 2 stored RTCM data received from another S100 RTK base the rover data is the stored RTCM data from S100 RTK rover Refer to section 5 3 on how to log and obtain RTCM data on S100 receiver To perform PPK files in standard RINEX format are needed The logged RTCM data can be converted t...

Page 17: ...with rtkconv exe user can get a RINEX file with extension obs and a RINEX file with extension nav The three files two OBS files and either one of the two NAV files are used in RTKLib PPK tool rtkpost exe See Figure 5 2 Figure 5 2 ...

Page 18: ...EX file for sending to online PPP service 1 Log and obtain RTCM data see section 5 3 2 Use v 2 4 3 RTKLib s RTKCONV program to convert the logged RTCM data to RINEX 2 11 Select proper constellations and frequency bands the online PPP service uses will then get a RINEX format file obs See Figure 5 3 a 3 Edit the output obs file and modify the string C2 to P2 on about 13th line See Figure 5 3 b a b ...

Page 19: ...data with S100 are described below To generate log data of base and rover follow below steps 1 In rover or base tab click the black REC button to start S100 to record raw measurement data in its flash memory See Figure 5 4 a b 2 When S100 start to record raw measurement data the REC button becomes red and flicks See Figure 5 4 c 3 Click red REC button again to stop recording a b c Figure 5 4 ...

Page 20: ...100 s flash memory follow below steps 1 Click Utility and Browse See Figure 7 5 a 2 The information of recorded measurement data including the start time base or rover and file size is then displayed See Figure 7 5 b a b Figure 5 5 ...

Page 21: ...o connect to S100 via WiFi connection Read the instructions and click Next See Figure 7 6 c 4 You ll be brought to system s WiFi configuration screen Select the WiFi AP whose name starts with S100 and make sure the phone is connected with it no Internet capability during log file transfer See Figure 7 6 d 5 Click Back button See Figure 7 6 e 6 The file transfer starts and you will be prompted when...

Page 22: ...then displayed See Figure 7 7 b 3 Click Rover Logs to check rover raw measurement data See Figure 7 7 c a b c Figure 5 7 To access the raw measurement data from PC follow below steps 1 Connect the phone with PC then select the folder PolarisGNSS in the popped out File Explorer See Figure 7 8 2 Copy Move Delete operation can be performed on the measurement data Figure 5 8 ...

Page 23: ...23 To erase all the recorded raw measurement data on S100 follow below steps 1 Click Erase All Logs See Figure 7 9 2 All log files will be eased Figure 5 9 ...

Page 24: ... user experience there may be updates for 1 S100 Viewer software 2 S100 RTK receiver firmware 3 S100 Bluetooth module firmware User can manually check and update them using Polaris Connect app and S100 Viewer on computer with Internet connection 6 1 S100 Viewer Software Update Select Check S100 Viewer Update from the Viewer pull down menu and follow the instruction to update S100 Viewer if an upda...

Page 25: ...irmware 1 USB driver needs to be installed for updating S100 receiver firmware Download it from https www silabs com products development tools software usb to uart b ridge vcp drivers 2 Connect S100 with PC and start S100 Viewer software on PC See Figure 6 2 Figure 6 2 3 On Polaris Connect app click Connect button on Utility Version screen this enables S100 RTK Receiver s firmware to be updated T...

Page 26: ...heck Firmware Update then a message box showing checking for updates will pop up See Figure 6 4 Figure 6 4 5 In case new update software is found a dialog box will appear Press Download and Update to update or No to cancel update See Figure 6 5 Figure 6 5 ...

Page 27: ...rom Polaris server and load it to S100 with the message box indicating software update status shown in Figure 6 6 Figure 6 6 7 When software update is in progress DO NOT remove the USB cable until software update is completed See Figure 6 7 Figure 6 7 ...

Page 28: ...ware is available the Upgrade button on Polaris Connect app s screen Utility Version Bluetooth Version becomes clickable Figure 6 8 a otherwise it is unclickable Figure 6 8 b 2 Clicking Upgrade button leads to Bluetooth firmware download page Once the Bluetooth firmware is downloaded from server a Next button appears Click it to continue to do WiFi connection See Figure 6 8 c a b c Figure 6 8 ...

Page 29: ...are brought to system s WiFi configuration screen Select the WiFi AP whose name starts with S100 and make sure the phone is connected with it without internet Click Back button See Figure 6 9 b c 5 The Bluetooth firmware upgrade starts You ll be prompted when it is in progress and finishes See Figure 6 9 d e a b c d e Figure 6 9 ...

Page 30: ...but non FKP non MAC non MAX non iMAX non SSR non CMR non CMR ones Supported MSM4 messages are 1074 1084 1094 1124 Supported MSM5 messages are 1075 1085 1095 1125 Supported MSM6 messages are 1076 1086 1096 1126 Supported MSM7 messages are 1077 1087 1097 1127 Example 1 Newer MSM4 MSM5 MSM7 formats are preferred over older RTCM 3 1 format Example 2 VRS Virtual Reference Station type is preferred over...

Page 31: ...31 Example 3 FKP MAC RTCM23 SSR VRS23 RTCM2 2 ones are not to be used RTCM 3 2 with 1071 GPS MSM1 and 1081 GLONASS MSM1 are of incompatible type not be used ...

Page 32: ... used satellite number will be less than total tracked satellite number On initial use it s good to choose time of day when there are more satellites overhead avoid least number of satellite situation because if blocked by distant trees then actual usable satellites becomes fewer and it ll be more difficult to get RTK Fix https www gnssplanning com RTK is susceptible to interference Normally the s...

Page 33: ...P derived accurate base position A pair of S100 RTK receivers is needed to perform this operation as shown in Figure A 1 See section A 2 1 and A 2 3 on setting up mobile Bluetooth RTK base See this blog on working with online PPP service The procedure steps to do this 1 Setup mobile RTK base to log data for later uploading to online PPP service to derive accurate base position See Figure A 2 a 2 S...

Page 34: ... PPP service to obtain accurate position coordinate P1 of the mobile RTK base 6 The offset delta between approximate base position P0 and PPP derived accurate position P1 is delta P0 P1 7 Subsequently correct all rover surveyed points by delta i e P M PM delta a b Figure A 2 ...

Page 35: ... 1 The base logs data for longer time period for online PPP processing to derive accurate base position 2 The rover logs data for a minute or two for each survey point 3 Back in office convert base log file to RINEX format and upload to online PPP service to obtain accurate position coordinate P1 of the mobile RTK base 4 Use RTKLIB s RTKPOST to post process each rover log file against base log fil...

Page 36: ...rom one another in most cases The general structure of NTRIP can be illustrated in Figure A 4 Figure A 4 Beside the RTK rover usage scenarios mentioned in section 4 user can also use S100 as a RTK base in the following scenarios 1 Use App built in NTRIP Server on phone section A 2 1 or 2 Use strsvr of RTKLIB on PC section A 2 2 Setup of NTRIP Caster is described in section A 2 3 Usage of Third Par...

Page 37: ...e Polaris Connect app as shown in Figure A 5 Figure A 5 Follow below steps to configure S100 to send out RTK correction data via Bluetooth with built in NTRIP server 1 Click Base tab See Figure A 6 a 2 Click Settings Figure A 6 b and configure NTRIP log in information Figure A 6 c 3 Click Start of Bluetooth Base with NTRIP Server See Figure A 7 a 4 The NTRIP server starts See Figure A 7 b ...

Page 38: ...38 a b c Figure A 6 a b Figure A 7 ...

Page 39: ...low below steps to configure S100 to send out RTK correction data via USB The app closes when S100 starts to work as USB RTK base 1 Connect S100 with PC using the USB cable 2 Click Base tab select USB interface See Figure A 9 a 3 Click Start of USB Base the Polaris Connect app will close See Figure A 9 b 4 Start third party NTRIP server tool e g strsvr of RTKLIB to send out RTK correction data See...

Page 40: ...40 a b c Figure A 9 ...

Page 41: ...scriber will get NTRIP Caster login information IP port mount point user name password and simply use it with Polaris Connect or Lefebure NTRIP Client app 2 The other approach is to have an Internet connection with Fixed IP address to use with strsvr of RTKLIB running on a PC Follow below steps to set up an NTRIP Caster a Get RTKLIB binary from http rtkexplorer com downloads rtklib code b Run strs...

Page 42: ... f Set output stream Port to be an available port number on this PC 9000 for example need to be different from input stream port Set Mountpoint User ID Password to be your preferred NTRIP download login information Then click OK g Click Start ...

Page 43: ...perations Follow below steps to use Lefebure NTRIP Client app to send RTK correction data to S100 1 Install Lefebure NTRIP Client from Google Play Store open it 2 Select the gear setup icon on the upper right corner Select Receiver Settings ...

Page 44: ...h Device select the BT SPP xxxxxx device Check GPS Mock Locations 4 Select NTRIP Settings Network Protocol select NTRIP v1 0 Enter base station and account information for Caster IP Caster Port Username Password Data Stream Report Location select Get From External Receiver ...

Page 45: ...Mobile Data connection Select the gear icon on upper right to enter phone Settings configuration page 6 Select Developer Options near the bottom of Settings page Sliding down Developer Options page select Mock Location App ...

Page 46: ...46 7 Select Lefebure NTRIP Client 8 Return to Lefebure NTRIP Client App click Connect to connect with S100 RTK receiver via Bluetooth and RTK base station via Internet ...

Page 47: ...f satellites used denoting receiver has meter level accuracy position fix Then it ll show FloatRTK for some time denoting the receiver is trying to converge to centimeter level accuracy position When the receiver has centimeter level accuracy position it ll show steady RTK status Afterwards third party Data Collector Apps can next be used to record the position ...

Page 48: ...range pole or tripod to next location to survey Switch to the Lefebure NTRIP Client App to check if S100 is in RTK Fix state before recording the next location position with Data Collector App The setup procedure only needs to be performed once Later use only need to run Lefebure NTRIP Client and connect ...

Page 49: ...ormation on S100 Serial Number On Polaris Connect App click Connect button on Utility Version screen this will allow S100 Viewer Windows program to read the S100 Serial Number The App will then close See Figure A 3 1 To read the S100 Serial Number from S100 Viewer s Viewer pull down menu select Configure RTK License click Copy Serial Number button then paste it to the reply email Later when receiv...

Page 50: ... log 15 minutes of 1 RTK base RTCM data and 2 S100 raw measurement data for us to analyze the issue Upload the two log files to your Google Drive folder and send us a shareable link to info polaris gnss com The steps are 1 Select Rover bottom screen Settings in Bluetooth Rover with NTRIP Client See Figure A 11 a 2 Select Debug Mode than press Save Data button See Figure A 11 b 3 Press Start See Fi...

Page 51: ...51 4 Wait 15 minutes to log 15 minutes of data for analysis The saved files can be found in Android media com polaris_gnss s100 folder See Figure A 12 Figure A 12 ...

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