iGage iG9 User Manual
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The IMU will usually initialize in the process of
moving between points if you ignore the
initialization instructions.
Once the IMU has initialized the screen will
display the tilt angle:
When this icon is shown, the tilt compensation
is active and you can store a measurement.
If you hold the receiver perfectly still (on a prism
pole bipod) for more than 30-seconds, the IMU
will lose fine initialization. X-PAD will request
that you rock the receiver again. Typically, you
only need to shake the receiver 0.01’ in one
direction to immediately reinitialize the IMU.
When staking:
the tilt angle is shown.
Carlson SurvPC
Note: SurvCE running on Windows Mobile Devices will not work with IMU Tilt. (It appears that the
program is too slow to process tilt compensation in real time.
To use the IMU, when configuring the iG9 Rover
under ‘
Equip: GPS Rover
’ on the ‘
Receiver
’ tab,
check the ‘
Use IMU
’ checkbox:
This will automatically set the ‘Position Rate’
to
5-Hz.
After configuring the iG9 as a Rover, you can
enable/disable the tilted pole calibration:
1.
from the ‘Equip’
tab, click on
‘5 Configure’
:
2.
from the ‘
C
’ (Configure) button on the
Store and Stake screens:
Select the IMU tab (1):
