Chapter 5: Configuration
AGPS (Assisted Global Positioning System) Tab
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Psion Teklogix Omnii XT10 Hand-Held Computer User Manual
5.9.3
AGPS (Assisted Global Positioning System) Tab
To determine your location, a GPS module receives data from three or more GPS satellites
in fixed orbit around the Earth. The GPS module triangulates your location based on the
time it takes for signals to get to and from the satellites. This works well in fairly clear areas,
outdoors for example. However, if you’re attempting to triangulate your location in city
centres where signals bounce off tall concrete buildings or from within a building, the GPS
module will have greater difficulty calculating a fix.
AGPS reduces Time To First Fix (TTFF) and increases the likelihood of finding and keeping
a fix in poor coverage areas such as indoor sites. AGPS downloads satellite ephemeris (or-
bital) data to Omnii periodically through Wi-Fi. The downloaded data is used by the GPS
module to speed the process of getting a fix.
Update
•
Click on the
Update
button to download
Extended Ephemeris (EE)
files from a secure
host on the Internet using any interface that has an Internet connection. These files
contain several days worth of ephemeris (orbital) data that can be used if the satellite’s
broadcast ephemeris is not available.
The
Status
field above the
Update
button displays the progress of the download, and once
successfully downloaded, the
Status
field will read
Idle
.
Settings
•
Click on the
Settings
button to define the
AGPS server connection settings
.
