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6.When finish the test, there is a message box showing the test result. If the test is 

successful, it will show the following message: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If the test fails, it will show the following message: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If it cannot open the COM port, it will show the following message: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for Sapphire RGM-2000

Page 1: ...Sapphire GPS Receiver User Manual RGM 2000 ...

Page 2: ...E USB FOR WINDOWS 98 7 HOW TO INSTALL OPERATE SAPPHIRE USB FOR WINDOWS ME 13 HOW TO INSTALL OPERATE SAPPHIRE USB FOR WINDOWS 2000 17 HOW TO INSTALL OPERATE SAPPHIRE USB FOR WINDOWS XP 26 HOW TO TEST YOUR SAPPHIRE 32 HOW TO SYNCHRONIZE YOUR PDA 36 PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS 37 SOFTWARE DATA 39 TROUBLESHOOTING 43 APPENDIX CONNECTOR INTERFACE 44 LIMITED WARRANTY 45 ...

Page 3: ...tact RoyalTek immediately Please refer to the contact information on the last page of this manual GPS Receiver Cable RS 232 or USB CD Disc What Is GPS In 1974 the USA Department of Defense set about developing a Global Positioning System GPS a constellation of 24 satellites that Orbits 12 000 miles above the Earth Using triangulation of signals from four of the satellites a receiving unit on earth...

Page 4: ...ely Please refer to the contact information on the last page of this manual GPS Receiver Application CD Cable for RS232 or USB depending on what you buy RGM 2000M PDA cable selection HP iPaq series Casio series HP Jornada series Fujitsu Siemens LOOX Series O2 XDA Series Other various PDA cables Please refer to our web site RS 232 Ps2 USB Car cigarette adaptor 12V ...

Page 5: ...Install Operate Sapphire RS 232 Getting Started Step 1 Plug RS 232 to COM port of your Notebook PC or Handheld PC Step 2 Plug PS2 connector in the PS2 mouse outlet of your Notebook PC or Handheld PC RS 232 PS2 ...

Page 6: ...phire Notice 1 Make sure the power is off before started 2 For safety reason please do not install Sapphire while driving 3 To receive NMEA0183 navigational data please use the Hyper Terminal program of Windows95 98 ME 2000 Please setup the COM port connected with Sapphire to Baud rate 4800 Data bit 8 Parity None Stop bit 1 Flow control None 4 The formats of NMEA messages are illustrated on Softwa...

Page 7: ...p 1 Plug USB connector to USB port of your Notebook PC or Handheld PC Step 2 After plug in the Sapphire it will automatically detect the hardware and show up pop up dialog as follows Click Next button Assert the Search for the best driver for your device Click Next button ...

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Page 9: ...Please assert the Specify a location and select the correct directory of the driver USB_DRIVER in CD Disc Click the Next button It will find the driver from the CD Disc automatically Click Next button ...

Page 10: ...The USB Serial converter driver is installed now You can check the COM port number of Sapphire from the System properties now ...

Page 11: ...or navigation software Step 6 Run the Sapphire test program Please refer to How to test your Sapphire Notice 1 Make sure the power is off before started 2 For safety reason please do not install Sapphire while driving 3 To receive NMEA0183 navigational data please use the Hyper Terminal program of Windows 95 98 Please setup the COM port connected with Sapphire to Baud rate 4800 Data bit 8 Parity N...

Page 12: ...a formats are illustrated on Software Data section 5 To prevent the poor contact the 4 pin mini din connector was designed as good fitting We strongly recommend user that do not plug and draw this connector frequently ...

Page 13: ...or to USB port to your Notebook PC or Handheld PC Step 2 After plug in the Sapphire it will detect the hardware automatically Click the Next button Please assert the Specify a location and select the correct directory of the driver in CD Disc USB_DRIVER Click the Next button ...

Page 14: ...Windows Me will search and find the USB serial driver Click Next button ...

Page 15: ...The USB Serial converter driver is installed now You can check the COM port number of Sapphire from the System properties now ...

Page 16: ...before started 2 For safety reason please do not install Sapphire while driving 3 To receive NMEA0183 navigational data please use the Hyper Terminal program of Windows Me Please setup the COM port connected with Sapphire to Baud rate 4800 Data bit 8 Parity None Stop bit 1 Flow control None 4 NMEA 0183 data formats are illustrated on Software Data section 5 To prevent the poor contact the 4 pin mi...

Page 17: ...2000 Step 1 Plug USB connector to USB port to your Notebook PC or Handheld PC Step 2 After plug in the Sapphire it will detect the hardware automatically Click the Next button Please select Search for a suitable driver for my device Click Next button ...

Page 18: ...Please select the Specify a location Click Next button Please browse the CD Disc and select the directory USB_DRIVER ...

Page 19: ...Click OK button Windows 2000 will find the USB Serial converter device Click the Next button ...

Page 20: ...The USB Serial driver is installed in Windows 2000 now ...

Page 21: ...It will setup the USB Serial port driver for Sapphire Please click Next button Please select the Search for a suitable driver for my device Click Next button ...

Page 22: ...Please select the Specify a location Click Next button Please select the directory of the Sapphire USB_DRIVER Click OK ...

Page 23: ...It will find the driver and install it The USB Serial Port driver is installed in Windows 2000 now ...

Page 24: ... port for running the map or navigation software Step 6 Run the Sapphire test program Please refer to How to test your Sapphire Notice 1 Make sure the power is off before started 2 For safety reason please do not install Sapphire while driving 3 To receive NMEA0183 navigational data please use the Hyper Terminal program of Windows 2000 Please setup the COM port connected with Sapphire to Baud rate...

Page 25: ...a formats are illustrated on Software Data section 5 To prevent the poor contact the 4 pin mini din connector was designed as good fitting We strongly recommend user that do not plug and draw this connector frequently ...

Page 26: ...rt to your Notebook PC or Handheld PC and insert CD supported by Royaltek Step 2 After plug in the Sapphire it will detect the hardware automatically Please select the Install the software automatically Recommended Click the Next button Please select Continue Anyway and Click this button ...

Page 27: ...Please select the Finish Click Next button The USB Serial driver is installed in Windows XP now Please wait for about one minute ...

Page 28: ...It will setup the USB Serial port driver for Sapphire Please select the Install the software automatically Recommended Click Next button Please select Continue Anyway and Click this button ...

Page 29: ...The USB Serial Port driver is installed in Windows XP now ...

Page 30: ... port for running the map or navigation software Step 6 Run the Sapphire test program Please refer to How to test your Sapphire Notice 1 Make sure the power is off before started 2 For safety reason please do not install Sapphire while driving 3 To receive NMEA0183 navigational data please use the Hyper Terminal program of Windows 2000 Please setup the COM port connected with Sapphire to Baud rate...

Page 31: ...a formats are illustrated on Software Data section 5 To prevent the poor contact the 4 pin mini din connector was designed as good fitting We strongly recommend user that do not plug and draw this connector frequently ...

Page 32: ...am by double clicking the Test programs GPSDemo exe file Then the test program will automatically install into your computer 2 Run the testing program by clicking the shortcut on your Window s program group 3 Testing program will display as follow ...

Page 33: ...he test program make sure you have connected Sapphire to the PC correctly 5 Click the icon on toolbar or click the Start test on the Setup menu Then the program will automatically detect the serial port and start testing ...

Page 34: ...here is a message box showing the test result If the test is successful it will show the following message If the test fails it will show the following message If it cannot open the COM port it will show the following message ...

Page 35: ...7 If the GPS connection is successful you can see the satellite tracking diagram and the updated data of longitude latitude altitude date time etc ...

Page 36: ...your PDA Run the msaync890725 exe in the CD path PDA synchronization msaync890725 exe After installation double click the Microsoft ActiveSync icon Put the PDA on the cradle then you will see the icon on the task bar from ...

Page 37: ... 5 mm H Weight 180 grams Temperature characteristics Storage temperature 10 85 Operating temperature 0 70 General Channels 12 channels L1 1575 42 MHz C A code 1 023MHz chip rate Accuracy Position accuracy 25m CEP without SA Velocity accuracy 0 1 meter second without SA ...

Page 38: ...d Dynamic conditions Altitude 18000 meters 60000 feet max Velocity 514 meters second max Jerk 20 meters second3 max Acceleration 4 G max Power PS2 USB input power DC 5V 5 180mA typical Car cigarette power adaptor 9V 16V Certification FCC CE compliant ...

Page 39: ... the following example GPGGA 161229 487 3723 2475 N 12158 3416 W 1 07 1 0 9 0 M 0000 18 TABLE 2 GGA DATA FORMAT Name Example Units Description Message ID GPGGA GGA protocol header UTC Position 161229 487 hhmmss sss Latitude 3723 2475 ddmm mmmm N S Indicator N N north or S south Longitude 12158 3416 dddmm mmmm E W Indicator W E east or W west Position Fix Indicator 1 See Table 5 1 Satellites Used 0...

Page 40: ...le GPGSA A 3 07 02 26 27 09 04 15 1 8 1 0 1 5 33 TABLE 3 GSA DATA FORMAT Name Example Units Description Message ID GPGSA GSA protocol header Mode 1 A See Table 3 2 Mode 2 3 See Table 3 1 Satellite Used1 07 Sv on Channel 1 Satellite Used1 02 Sv on Channel 2 Satellite Used1 Sv on Channel 12 PDOP 1 8 Position Dilution of Precision HDOP 1 0 Horizontal Dilution of Precision VDOP 1 5 Vertical Dilution o...

Page 41: ...E 4 GSV DATA FORMAT Name Example Units Description Message ID GPGSV GSV protocol header Number of Messages1 2 Range 1 to 3 Messages Number1 1 Range 1 to 3 Satellites in View 07 Satellite ID 07 Channel 1 Range 1 to 32 Elevation 79 degrees Channel 1 Maximum 90 Azimuth 048 degrees Channel 1 True Range 0 to 359 SNR C No 42 dBHz Range 0 to 99 null when not tracking Satellite ID 27 Channel 4 Range 1 to ...

Page 42: ...mple Units Description Message ID GPRMC RMC protocol header UTC Position 161229 487 hhmmss sss Status A A data valid or V data not valid Latitude 3723 2475 ddmm mmmm N S Indicator N N north or S south Longitude 12158 3416 dddmm mmmm E W Indicator W E east or W west Speed Over Ground 0 13 knots Course Over Ground 309 62 degrees True Date 120598 ddmmyy Magnetic Variation degrees E east or W west Che...

Page 43: ...on the tracking diagram even if the test result is success Sapphire can not receive the GPS signal on the testing area Move Sapphire to somewhere there is exposed to outdoors Note normally we cannot receive the GPS signal indoors No position output but timer is counting 1 Weak or no GPS signal can be received at the place Sapphire are 2 At outdoor space but GPS signal is block by buildings Go outd...

Page 44: ...connect 7 No connect 8 No connect 9 No connect 6 pin mini din Pin NO Signal Name I O Description Characteristics 1 No connect 2 No connect 3 GND G Ground 4 VCC I 5V DC Power Input DC 5V 10 5 No connect 6 No connect USB A Type Connector Pin NO Signal Name I O Description Characteristics 1 GND Ground Ground 2 D I O Data plus Data plus 3 D I O Data Minus Data Minus 4 VCC 5V DC Power Input 5V DC Power...

Page 45: ...uch case the defective unit will be repaired or replaced according to an assessment by RoyalTek However this warranty does not cover damages caused by improper use or from unauthorized modifications by third parties In addition this warranty does not cover expendable materials and defects which constitute as normal wear or tear Please contact us as following RoyalTek 1071 Chung Cheng Rd Suite 9F 1...

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