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Resolute User Manual 1.4

Appendix H: RxTools Download

Download the RxTools software and manual from

https://manuals.alertgeo.com/RxTools/

RX Tools contains the SBF Converter to convert SBF blocks to ASCII or RINEX. SBF Block info can
be found in the SBF Reference Guide also in the link above.

Summary of Contents for Alert Geomatics Resolute

Page 1: ...Resolute User Manual Version 2 5 i Resolute User Manual GNSS RECEIVER AUTONOMOUS LOW POWER TELEMETERED Version 2 5 Aug 2020...

Page 2: ...17 RTK Details Added 1 3 1 1 4641 July 2018 Tunnel Details Added New Firmware Features added 1 4 1 1 4769 Sept 2018 ASCII External Sensor Recording Added 1 5 1 1 4769 Jan 2019 Improved manual graphics...

Page 3: ...d SIM Installation 5 Retrieving SD Cards 6 Installing the Iridium SIM 7 Installing the Cell microSIM 7 Installing Power to the Unit 8 Test Button and LED Behavior 9 Test Button Operation 9 LED Behavio...

Page 4: ...esign 31 Radio Configuration 33 Configuring the Cell Modem 33 Embedded Telemetry Data Transfer IP Tunnel Configuration 34 SBD and SMS and XBD Configuration 34 Ethernet Configuration 35 Ethernet Latenc...

Page 5: ...g Iridium Operation 41 XeosOnline 41 Upgrading Firmware 41 Appendix A Command Index 44 Appendix B Antenna Type Index 49 Appendix C GNSS Antenna Mount Diagram 53 Appendix D RF Cable Installation Diagra...

Page 6: ...or your specific unit please refer to the quick start guide Reference The Reference Receiver is a GNSS receiver capable of recording raw GNSS measurements along with standalone PVT Position Velocity T...

Page 7: ...distance and topography between the RTK Base and RTK Rover Secondly can also be utilized as a collection point for RTK Rover data In this second functionality the NorthStar can be attached to a server...

Page 8: ...erial output and or Switched power for peripheral device 14 Pin Female 6 Power ENET CBUS Connection to power supply ethernet and CBUS connection 10 Pin Female 7 Iridium TNC Connection to Iridium anten...

Page 9: ...the two connectors Circular Connector 14 Pin Female Pin Function A TXD1 RS B N C PPS C SDI 12 BUS D RXD1 RS E CTS RS F GND H PWR SW3 J RTS1 RS K GND L RTS8 RS M PWR SW4 N TXD8 RS P RXD8 RS R CTS8 RS N...

Page 10: ...t the stored data No data will be written while the door is removed Door fasteners in their unscrewed configuration The door is free and able to be removed The image below shows the various components...

Page 11: ...s a storage capacity requirement of 4GB The SD cartridge fully mounted on the PCB chassis When the cartridge is removed labelling of the SD cards can be read from the two holders with one holder on ei...

Page 12: ...SIM slot open the SD card door of the Resolute Using a 3 32 Allen key the four captive fasteners pictured below should be unscrewed from the main housing The Iridium SIM slot is immediately above the...

Page 13: ...pendix G outlines average power consumption requirements for various configurations of the Resolute The majority of units in the field will be powered by battery and solar panel It is recommended to u...

Page 14: ...SS LED flashing blue confirms this hold period For an RTK Rover the GNSS LED will still flash blue but the unit will only reset A 10 second button press on a Rover will not reset the Base the Rover is...

Page 15: ...w Last position received is valid non RTK Tracking at least 4 satellites Blue Last position received RTK Float Green Last position received RTK Fixed No LED GNSS is not powered Iridium LED Behaviour M...

Page 16: ...he GNSS Antenna The GNSS Antenna is the measuring point of the Resolute Installing the antenna in ideal conditions will increase the performance of your units The antenna should ideally be installed w...

Page 17: ...adio must communicate with multiple devices Both Yagi and Omni radio antennas work on a line of sight basis with a range up to seven kilometers 4 3 miles in ideal conditions Mounting a radio antenna h...

Page 18: ...he antenna can see the better The Iridium antenna can cause interference with the GNSS receiver so should be placed a minimum of 1 meter away from the GNSS antenna 10 meters of distance is ideal Insta...

Page 19: ...Resolute User Manual Version 2 5 14 will allow the RTK Rovers attached to the Base to make relative measurements from this position The unit will store this information through power resets...

Page 20: ...Theory of Operation Data written to the SD cards is initially written to circular buffers in SRAM as of firmware version 5200 SRAM buffering allows for higher data recording rates and greater data ve...

Page 21: ...ntil the memory management task detects the card is 90 full at this point the oldest 10 of data will be deleted This task can be turned off on a per card basis Read about this in the SD Memory managem...

Page 22: ...acknowledged by the server This keep alive message manages the connection between the unit and XO irrespective of any sockets being opened by the user or a script If two packets are unacknowledged in...

Page 23: ...end time is not met See Appendix I for information on setting up Iridium Service SBD Theory of Operation SBDs are a low cost low power method of communicating remotely with your unit if you have an I...

Page 24: ...ing a local data plan The Resolute schedules XBD message checks using the scheduler At a scheduled interval the unit will check for messages at the Xeos Online server XBDs cannot be sent at the same t...

Page 25: ...ws 10 Users The Windows 7 and 8 drivers are functional for Windows 10 but will not auto install Download the drivers and install the dpinst_amd64 exe file located at C Program Files x86 STMicroelectro...

Page 26: ...d opening the Resolute Config File stm file This is available to download here https manuals alertgeo com STerm To open a connection to your device power it on by applying 12V power using the supplied...

Page 27: ...within 30 seconds the diagnostics should almost completely stop reset the unit Resetting the unit may cause you to have to replug in the USB connector depending on your version of Windows You will al...

Page 28: ...ration The GNSS module can be enabled or disabled using GNSSSetEnabled T F To enable the GNSS module use GnssSetEnabled T The status of the GNSS module can be queried using GnssGetEnabled The GNSS ant...

Page 29: ...nterval timer is offset between the GNSS peripheral on periods start of one period to start of next This timer can range from 30 seconds to multiple days To change this timer issue the following comma...

Page 30: ...ation window To configure the signals that are to be tracked this command would be sent gnssSetSignalTracking signals HEX This can be formed and sent by clicking on the GNSS Signal Tracking tab and ch...

Page 31: ...pdate intervals Accordingly file streams 1 and 3 are recorded to SD1 and file streams 2 and 4 are recorded to SD2 Bitmap A and B are configurations used to choose message types of interest You can eit...

Page 32: ...available Command Variables Description gnsssetantennatype See Appendix B Set the antenna reference point also used for RINEX header gnssSetAntennaOffsets 20 characters E Offset N Offset U offset Set...

Page 33: ...er the SERIAL 2 port as of version 1 4769 This data format is compatible with RXConverter for conversion back to ASCII To enable this feature use the command AESSetEnabled t The status of this feature...

Page 34: ...efinitely the following command would be sent Before firmware 6272 the memory management task could be enabled or disabled with SDSetdeleteoldest T F This command does not exists in 6272 or later The...

Page 35: ...ltage voltage command This should be set a few hundred millivolts above the shutdown voltage The default restart voltage is 11 7 V The three commands required to configure the shutdown voltage are sho...

Page 36: ...nal in all directions This is the only change required as the base broadcasts All Rovers should be configured on the same channel as the Base An example of a Single Base Multiple Rover configuration I...

Page 37: ...ach NorthStar added in series adds roughly second of delay in the corrections Additionally baseline length can also degrade the RTK results resulting in an additional 1mm error per kilometer of baseli...

Page 38: ...e of 0 and 7 To configure the radio to broadcast or receive on channel 7 the following command would be sent RadioSetChannelid A 7 Configuring the Cell Modem If a cell modem is installed in your unit...

Page 39: ...Modems have the following corresponding numbers for this command 2 Cellular 3 Iridium To prioritize the cell modem before the Iridium modem the following commands would be entered TunnelSetModem 0 2...

Page 40: ...SMS will occur at the conclusion of the tunnel Ethernet Configuration The Ethernet port of the Resolute can be enabled using the EthernetSetEnabled T command The Ethernet port is disabled by default T...

Page 41: ...T command and reset the device Note Enabling this setting on a low latency connection will result in slower performance Switch Power Configuration The Resolute has two switch Power pins for powering...

Page 42: ...lly spinning wheel disappears before loading another page or starting another operation To change which signals are tracked by the unit access the GNSS CONFIGURATION SIGNAL TRACKING page Click on the...

Page 43: ...nd you would normally send over the diagnostic port following the command format The unit response will print out on the screen If you wish to turn on all diagnostics send the following command to let...

Page 44: ...Window XeosOnline Status of Health If a Cell or an Iridium modem is connected to XeosOnline the Resolute will naturally output status of health SOH messages These can be downloaded CSV or Excel format...

Page 45: ...t has been at this location resetting the Base is advised to ensure the Base position is correct Do not rely on the unit not having a Base position After getting a Base position the GNSS will reset an...

Page 46: ...turn solid green Note Testing SMS only confirms the SMS portion of the connection The data portion of the connection if being used should be tested either with XBD or the tunnel Confirming Iridium Ope...

Page 47: ...d window will open and you will need to select the new version of firmware by clicking the and opening the bin file Once the Sent number matches the Size number the upload is complete Reset the unit b...

Page 48: ...nd would be sent to delete the old firmware imgdelete 1 1 4262 Do not delete the current version of firmware Re enable the GNSS functionality with the following command gnsssetenabled t If a 900 Mhz r...

Page 49: ...N A Returns the enabled state of the GNSS gnssgetenabled gnsssetduration s m h d Set the duration of the GNSS receiver 0 for always on gnsssetduration 1h gnssgetduration N A Returns the duration of t...

Page 50: ...setdod T F T true enables DISA gateway F false disables DISA gateway irdsetdod t irdgetdod N A Returns enabled state of DISA gateway irdgetdod sbdsetenabled T F T true enables SBD F false disables SBD...

Page 51: ...haracters Set the marker name for RINEX header gnssSetMarkerName name gnssGetMarkerName N A Get the marker name for RINEX header gnssGetMarkerName gnssSetMarkerNumb er 20 characters Set the marker num...

Page 52: ...SD1 Enable delete on SD2 Enable delete on both disks memoryManagementSetDisks 2 formatSD card 1 2 format 1 2 Format an SD card formatSD 2 1 SetShutdownVoltage Enabled T F Set if cards are unmounted a...

Page 53: ...t ASCII External Sensor Logging interval AESGetInterval AESSetOffset Offset Set ASCII External Sensor Logging Offset AESSetOffset 15m AESGetOffset N A Get ASCII External Sensor Logging Offset AESGetOf...

Page 54: ...CIT 69 ASH110454 70 ASH111660 71 ASH111661 72 ASH700228A 73 ASH700228B 74 ASH700228C 75 ASH700228D 76 ASH700228E 77 ASH700699 L1 78 ASH700700 A 79 ASH700700 B 80 ASH700700 C 81 ASH700718A 82 ASH700718...

Page 55: ...0 JAVTRIUMPH_LSA 221 JAVTRIUMPH_VS 222 JAV_GRANT G3T 223 JAV_GRANT G3T G JVGR 224 JAV_GRANT G3T G 225 JAV_RINGANT_G3T JAVC 226 JAV_RINGANT_G3T 227 JAV_TRIUMPH 1 228 JAV_TRIUMPH 1R 229 JNSCHOKERING_DM...

Page 56: ...CUS 381 SOK_RADIAN_IS 382 SPP39105 90 383 SPP571212238 GP 384 SPP571908273 CR 385 SPP571908273 CR SPKE 386 SPP67410_42 387 SPP67410_44 388 SPP67410_46 389 SPP68410_10 390 SPP89823_10 391 SPP91564_00 3...

Page 57: ...GP UNAV 495 TRM36569 00 GP 496 TRM39105 00 497 TRM41249 00 498 TRM41249 00 SCIT 499 TRM41249 00 TZGD 500 TRM41249USCG SCIT 501 TRM44830 00 502 TRM4800 503 TRM49700 00 504 TRM53406 00 505 TRM55970 00 5...

Page 58: ...Resolute User Manual 1 4 53 Appendix C GNSS Antenna Mount Diagram Talisman Mount Diagram A 03 058...

Page 59: ...Resolute User Manual 1 4 54 Appendix D RF Cable Installation Diagrams...

Page 60: ...Resolute User Manual 1 4 55 Appendix E Example RTK Network Map...

Page 61: ...Resolute User Manual 1 4 56 Appendix F Mechanical Specifications...

Page 62: ...e Receiver Peripherals GNSS GPS L1 TW3872 Antenna Average Continuous Power Requirement 1 W Peripherals GNSS GPS L1 L2 TW3872 Antenna Average Continuous Power Requirement 1 25 W Peripherals GNSS GPS GL...

Page 63: ...s Download Download the RxTools software and manual from https manuals alertgeo com RxTools RX Tools contains the SBF Converter to convert SBF blocks to ASCII or RINEX SBF Block info can be found in t...

Page 64: ...has a unique IMEI number that must be registered with the preferred service provider Xeos will make these numbers available as product is delivered Each IMEI number is capable of being associated wit...

Page 65: ...d Warranty is void if failure of the product has resulted from accident abuse or misapplication Any replacement product will be warranted for the remainder of the original warranty period or ninety 90...

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