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Summary of Contents for S990A

Page 1: ...STONEX S990A GNSS Receiver User Manual Apr 2020 Ver 1 0 www stonex it...

Page 2: ...board 11 2 2 Satellites 12 2 3 Static Survey 13 2 4 Download the Raw Data 14 2 5 Working Mode 15 2 5 1 Rover 15 2 5 2 Base 18 2 6 Satellite settings 19 2 7 Device settings 20 2 8 Save Backup Logs 21 2...

Page 3: ...adio Base 32 7 4 2 External Base 33 7 5 Settings 33 8 New IMU Technology 34 8 1 IMU with Stonex Cube a 35 8 1 1 Sensor Activation and Configuration 35 8 1 2 Initialization 38 8 1 3 RMS Study and Senso...

Page 4: ...ver Warranty repair s policy 56 Disclaimer and Limitation of Remedy 56 Instruments 57 Accessories 57 Environmental recycling 58 Appendix 3 Safety Recommendations 59 Warnings and Cautions 59 Wireless M...

Page 5: ...n and the field surveying is more convenient An important feature inside S990A is Atlas reception Atlas is a differential corrections systems broadcasted on L Band allowing increase in position accura...

Page 6: ...ication with an external device like an external radio Throught the display touch it is possible start a static session This chapter provides basic information to help you get familiar with your GNSS...

Page 7: ...able contains the description of the receiver front view ITEM DESCRIPTION 1 Satellite indicator Off no satellite tracked Flashing red satellites tracked but not positioned Flashing green satellites po...

Page 8: ...y in 30 100 Flashing green power in 10 30 Flashing red power 10 with warning beep 4 Bluetooth indicator Blue Bluetooth has connected Off No connection 5 PPS indicator Green 1 PPS output enabled but no...

Page 9: ...ns the description of the receiver bottom view ITEM DESCRIPTION 1 1PPS For pulse signal output 2 5 pin LEMO Connects external power and the external radio 3 Type C Receiver Power Supply Data transfer...

Page 10: ...Stonex S990A GNSS Receiver User Manual v1 0 9 1 3 Top View 1 4 Back side view...

Page 11: ...ata and configure the receiver The S990A receiver is default to open WIFI automatically when it s powered on Use smart phone PC handheld to search the receiver hotspot whose name is its serial number...

Page 12: ...n also see the current working mode satellites expire date Position information time and status Inside the Dashboard is visible the status of the license of the receiver If it is unlocked there will b...

Page 13: ...Stonex S990A GNSS Receiver User Manual v1 0 12 2 2 Satellites In this page you can view satellites Sky plot and satellites table Always in this page you can set the cutoff angle in DEG up to 45...

Page 14: ...al These are all the parameters can be used in static collection Antenna height options available are Antenna phace center Antenna slant height mode Antenna vertical height from edge Altimeter pieces...

Page 15: ...In this page you can download delete and edit the observation files and ephemeris It is possible convert directly the raw data in rinex select Convert For every raw data file is showed the start time...

Page 16: ...s different options that can be edited The datalink includes UHF Network External and Bluetooth If you select UHF mode you can select radio channel and radio protocol as you want You also can select i...

Page 17: ...assword if he is setting an NTRIP profile Throught the Web UI is possible download the list of the mountpoints the user after the download can choose the mountpoint he prefers and then start the conne...

Page 18: ...nual v1 0 17 If you select External then it can connect to external radio The external serial port baud rate should be same of the external radio If the user uses a controller and establish a Bluetoot...

Page 19: ...nates of the base point selecting Repeat Position If you select UHF mode most of the settings are same as rover But you can set the radio power To obtain best performance it is necessary set HIGH The...

Page 20: ...In this page you can set information of satellite systems and the cutoff angle In satellite settings is possible set the RTK mode between NORMAL or SureFix Normal mode for normal survey SureFix to en...

Page 21: ...ink mode sensor serial port baud rate Speaker Power on off automatically when connected 5 pin cable network enable and WIFI hotspot share network and the NMEA configurations The user can set the NMEA...

Page 22: ...Stonex S990A GNSS Receiver User Manual v1 0 21 2 8 Save Backup Logs On this page you can download the backup data and download the logs...

Page 23: ...fic info such as device model serial number firmware version and hardware version And also displays the antenna info GNSS board info Network module info and the UHF module info Very important informat...

Page 24: ...he self test format internal disk and restore to factory settings 2 10 1 Install new firmware In the management of the WEB UI page you can see that online update click browse select the required to up...

Page 25: ...nagement page you can see registration Input register code and click submit and then registration is done After registration you can check the expiration time of current registration in the page 2 11...

Page 26: ...utton to confirm power off 3 3 Check Switch of the current working mode Check When receiver is powered on short press the power button and then it will voice broadcast the current working mode and dat...

Page 27: ...oadcast OK and module led keeps on until the whole self check finishes If the module inspection fails it will voice broadcast current module inspection fail keep module led flashing and buzzer soundin...

Page 28: ...v1 0 27 Then select Setting option Inside the Setting menu click SelfCheck to start the feature The selfcheck will start automatically Wait the end of the selfcheck after that it will be possible con...

Page 29: ...ore you power on the S990A Procedure to insert the SIM card 1 Open the slot on the bottom of the receiver 2 Move the SIM card slot to the left to unlock it 3 Insert the SIM card as showed on the cover...

Page 30: ...sion start a base via UHF and start a base using an external device in example the external radio 7 1 Status of the receiver As default on the display it appears the status of the receiver There it sh...

Page 31: ...rking mode menu There the user can choose between Static Base Settings or come back on the status window 7 3 Static working mode The user to go inside the static menu has to press Static Inside it s p...

Page 32: ...Stonex S990A GNSS Receiver User Manual v1 0 31 7 4 Base Inside the working mode menu if the user wants to set and start a base has to choice Base Inside it will have 2 options Radio and External...

Page 33: ...Base Pressing Radio the user can set Base ID PDOP Threshold Data Type Channel number Power intensity of the radio module Protocol type When the user has set al the parameters to start the base it s ne...

Page 34: ...menu it necessary select Ext Inside Ext menu the user can choose the Baud Rate to communicate to the external device via 5 Pin LEMO cable 7 5 Settings Inside Settings the user can change the light tim...

Page 35: ...ded and it will show how to do it The process is very fast usually a few seconds for IMU initialization The receiver with integrated inertial navigation module ensures the real time interference free...

Page 36: ...nology it s necessary to enable the feature in the specific options menu Before using the receiver to collect points with the slanted pole check if the pole tilt correction functionality has been enab...

Page 37: ...0 true vertical To show this information mark the relative check inside the Sensor Option menu The user can also define the verticality tolerance of the instrument That is the maximum value of the sen...

Page 38: ...Stonex S990A GNSS Receiver User Manual v1 0 37 Finally there is also the possibility of automatically starting the measurement of the point when the pole is considered vertical...

Page 39: ...the status of the GNSS solution must be Fixed Fixed aRTK Fixed Surefixed or ExtraSafe Fixed When and only when the receiver is in Fixed and if the sensor needs to be initialized two different popup s...

Page 40: ...he same direction as before as shown in the picture below If the screen does not disappear try changing position to get lower RMS values and then repeat the two steps It could happen that during the s...

Page 41: ...hen you can continue working If the accuracy RMS is not good then calibrate the sensor using the Calibrate Sensor tool The RMS Study performs the study of the quality accuracy of repeated measures kee...

Page 42: ...not satisfactory then the user can and he should proceed with the calibration The user has the control of the number of sample positions used in the RMS calculation When the user decides to complete t...

Page 43: ...Stonex S990A GNSS Receiver User Manual v1 0 42 To calibrate the sensor select the Calibrate page and then click on the Calibrate Sensor command...

Page 44: ...e shown instructions to perform the calibration A Fixed GNSS solution is mandatory Check the antenna height a wrong antenna height will make the calibration not accurate Wait for the message Ready to...

Page 45: ...the picture below to correctly calibrate the sensor it s necessary to choose an arbitrary first direction as a reference direction A then start to move the receiver back and forth along that direction...

Page 46: ...Stonex S990A GNSS Receiver User Manual v1 0 45 Rotate the receiver 90 degrees clockwise reaching the direction A 90 B and continue to move back and forth the device...

Page 47: ...d for 3 times thus every 90 degrees up to a total of 270 clockwise After moving the device back and forth along the direction D the message Calibration Terminated will appear If the calibration fails...

Page 48: ...tainer is shown in the picture here below 9 2 Standard accessories P N Description 30 350292 Power adapter with 4 plugs 30 350293 Charging Cable USB type C 30 350300 USB A to USB C 30 350063 Measuring...

Page 49: ...LILEO E1 E5A E5B ALTBOC E6 QZSS L1 C A L1C L2C L5 L6 IRNSS L5 SBAS L1 L5 L Band Atlas H10 H30 Basic optional 5 Bridging of RTK outages aRTK Works up to 20 minutes Channels 800 Position Rate 10 Hz opti...

Page 50: ...TIME KINEMATIC 30 Km NETWORK RTK Fixed RTK Horizontal 5 mm 0 5 ppm RMS Fixed RTK Vertical 10 mm 0 5 ppm RMS INTEGRATED GNSS ANTENNA High accuracy four constellation micro strip antenna zero phase cent...

Page 51: ...ype C for receiver power supply and data transfer 1PPS port Bluetooth 2 1 EDR V4 1 Wi Fi 802 11 b g n Web UI To upgrade the software manage the status and settings data download etc via Smartphone tab...

Page 52: ...cifications are subject to change without notice 1 Accuracy and reliability are generally subject to satellite geometry DOPs multipath atmospheric conditions and obstructions In static mode they are s...

Page 53: ...he 410 470MHz and 902 4 928 MHz band users can choose radio channel and radio protocol through the handheld software or WEB interface The default frequencies of each channel is in the following table...

Page 54: ...ncy range Fixed frequency 410 470 MHz Hopping frequency 410 470 MHz and 902 4 928 MHz Band width Fixed frequency 12 5 KHz 25 KHz Hopping frequency 280 KHz Modulation scheme Hopping frequency GMSK Fixe...

Page 55: ...S990A GNSS new model receiver user guide The following limited warranties give you specific legal rights You may have others which vary from state jurisdiction to state jurisdiction Standard Limited W...

Page 56: ...y Parts or Products replaced under this Limited Warranty shall become property of STONEX All products that have to be repaired have to be returned to our technical representative office location via a...

Page 57: ...of Firmware Software on any instruments will be uninterrupted or error free or that functions contained in Firmware Software will operate to meet your requirements Stonex will forward the Software Fir...

Page 58: ...whatsoever including 1 damage to or loss or corruption of customer s records programs data or removable storage media or 2 any direct or indirect damages lost profits lost savings or other special inc...

Page 59: ...information about correct handling of the waste location and times of waste collection centre When you buy a new device of ours you can give back to our dealer a used similar device The dumping of th...

Page 60: ...and or damage It also describes how to protect yourself and or the equipment from this risk CAUTION A Caution alerts about a possible risk of damage to the equipment and or loss of data but no risk f...

Page 61: ...eiver General Antenna Installation Warning 1 All antenna installation and servicing are to be performed by qualified technical personnel only When servicing the antenna or working at distances closer...

Page 62: ...n connectors are properly terminated DO NOT operate the equipment near electrical blasting caps or in an explosive atmosphere All equipment must be properly used according to the installation instruct...

Page 63: ...nes found in radio frequency safety standards and recommendations published by Scientific organizations Stonex srl therefore believes the internal wireless radio is safe for use by end users The level...

Page 64: ...observe safety instructions that are presented in the following form UHF Antennas having a gain greater than 5 dBi are strictly prohibited for use with this device The required antenna impedance must...

Page 65: ...If battery fluid gets onto your skin or clothing immediately use clean water to wash off the battery fluid WARNING Do not creates damage at the rechargeable Lithium ion battery A damaged battery can c...

Page 66: ...Stonex S990A GNSS Receiver User Manual v1 0 65 STONEX SRL Viale dell Industria 53 20037 Paderno Dugnano MI Tel 390278619201 www stonex it info stonex it...

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