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The USB Indicator will change from green to teal (light blue) during mapping and localization if
the GNSS data has a fix quality of 1 or higher and return to green when the quality drops to 0
indicating no fix has been achieved.
R E C O R D I N G G N S S R A W D A T A T O U S E F O R P P K P R O C E S S I N G
To increase the accuracy of the GNSS data, you can record the raw data from the GNSS device
and run PPK corrections on it using the CORS database on line. To record the raw data you will
need to add a binex_log_source: parameter in the live_scanning parameter file using the Settings
for Stencil Icon.
The grey box on the left shows the general format for integrating with a GNSS through the
ethernet port. The black box on the right shows a specific integration using a Trimble BX-992
GNSS unit. Please see the Kaarta Partner Portal for the full Integration Guide (IG-STN-001-0120)
showing all the steps for integrating Stencil with the Trimble BX-992 GNSS System.
P R O C E S S I N G P P K D A T A
In the US using the CORS data (Example Using Trimble BX-992)
Stencil needs to be connected to the internet to connect to the CORS database. Using the
BINEX file produced as described in the previous section, open a terminal window, and run
the following command in the scan folder.
rosrun receive_gps binex2GPS.sh
<BINEX input file> <PLY output file>
Note that the <
PLY output file>
should include the .ply extension.
From Your Own Base Station (Example Using Emlid Reach)
Before scanning, be sure to turn on raw data logging on the rover and base units. Refer to the
Emlid site on how to do this. Once a scan is complete, download the .ubx files produced by
the Emlid Rover and Base Units and drop them into the scan folder. Open a terminal window
and run the following command in the scan folder.
convbin
<.ubx file from the base station>
This should produce base unit .obs and base unit .nav files from the base station data. Run the
following command in the scan folder.
receive_gps:
enabled: true
source: tcp://10.42.X.XXX:5017
binex_log_source: 10.42.X.XXX:28001