ZED-F9P - Integration manual
Constellation key
CFG-SIGNAL-GPS_ENA
Band key
CFG-SIGNAL-GPS_L1CA_ENA
Band key
CFG-SIGNAL-GPS_L2C_ENA
Constellation
enabled?
true (1)
true (1)
false (0)
Unsupported
combination
true (1)
true (1)
true (1)
yes
Table 3: Example of possible values of configuration items for the GPS constellation
3.1.4.4 Antenna supervisor configuration
This section describes the antenna supervisor configuration, its use and restrictions.
The antenna supervisor is used to control an active antenna. The configuration of the antenna
supervisor allows the following:
• Control voltage supply to the antenna, which allows the antenna supervisor to cut power to the
antenna in the event of a short circuit or optimize power to the antenna in power save mode
• Detect a short circuit in the antenna and auto recover the antenna supply in such event
• Detect an open antenna, which can be used to tell if the antenna has been disconnected
See the table below for a description of the configuration items related to the antenna supervisor
operation.
Configuration item
Description
Comments
CFG-HW-ANT_CFG_VOLTCTRL
Enable active antenna voltage control
CFG-HW-ANT_CFG_SHORTDET
Enable short circuit detection
CFG-HW-ANT_CFG_SHORTDET_POL Short antenna detection polarity
Set to 1 if the required logic polarity is
active-low (default)
CFG-HW-ANT_CFG_OPENDET
Enable open circuit detection
CFG-HW-ANT_CFG_OPENDET_POL
Open antenna detection polarity
Set to 1 if the required logic polarity is
active-low (default)
CFG-HW-ANT_CFG_PWRDOWN
Power down antenna supply if short
circuit is detected
CFG-HW-ANT_CFG_PWRDOWN_POL Power down antenna logic polarity
Set to 1 if the required logic polarity is
active-high (default)
CFG-HW-ANT_CFG_RECOVER
Enable auto recovery in the event of a
short circuit
To use this feature, short circuit
detection should be enabled. See CFG-
HW-ANT_CFG_SHORTDET
CFG-HW-ANT_SUP_SWITCH_PIN
PIO-Pin (PIO number) used for switching
antenna supply
It is recommended that you use the
default PIO and assigned pin
CFG-HW-ANT_SUP_SHORT_PIN
PIO-Pin (PIO number) used for detecting
a short-circuit in the antenna supply
It is recommended that you use the
default PIO and assigned pin
CFG-HW-ANT_SHORT_THR
Defines the threshold for the antenna
supervisor when a short status is
detected.
Only applicable for the discrete
antenna supervisor (based on MADC).
CFG-HW-ANT_OPEN_THR
Defines the threshold for the antenna
supervisor when an open status is
detected.
Only applicable for the discrete
antenna supervisor (based on MADC).
CFG-HW-ANT_ENGINE
With this configuration key, the antenna
supervisor engine can be selected.
Default value is "EXT".
Table 4: Antenna supervisor configuration
It is possible to obtain the status of the antenna supervisor through the UBX-MON-RF message.
Moreover, any changes in the status of the antenna supervisor are reported to the host interface in
the form of notice messages. See the ZED-F9P Interface description [
] for
antStatus
and
antPower
field description.
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