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Accessing the GPS Data
Appendix C
Embedded and Industrial Computing
Appendix C:
Accessing the GPS Data
from the LVC-5550S
The LVC-5550S employs an onbard u-blox NEO-6Q GPS
receiver for vehicle tracking and navigation system. You
could read the GPS data through the RS-232 serial port.
It has the following listed key features and performance
ratings:
TCXO (KickStart)
•
RTC Crystal
•
3 Configuration pins
•
1 Timepulse
•
Capable of external interrupt/wakeup
•
Receiver type
50 Channels
GPS L1 frequency, C/A
Code
SBAS: WAAS, EGNOS,
MSAS, GAGAN
SEnsitivity
Tracking &Navigation:
-160dBm
Reacquisition: -160dBm
Cold Start (Autono-
mous): -147 dBm
Maximum Navigation
update rate
5Hz
Horizontal position ac-
curach
Autonomous: 2.5m
SBAS: 2.0m
Configurable Timepulse
frequency range
0.1Hz to 1kHz
Velocity accuracy
0.1m/s
Heading accuracy
0.5 degrees
Operational Limits
Dynamics: less than and
equal to 4g
Altitude: 50,000m
Velocity: 500m/s
Driver Installation
Before you could access or control the operation of the
G-sensor, GPS and Digital I/O functions, install the the L_
IO driver which is the library and driver needed for Lanner
General Purpose Input/Output interface or functions.
To install the L_IO driver:
Restart the computer, and then log on with
1.
Administrator privileges.
Insert the Drivers and User’s Manual CD to the USB-
2.
optical drive.
Browse the contents of the support CD to locate the
3.
file in the LIO folder
From the control panel, click the ADD Hardware
4.
program
Select Next to proceed
5.
Select Next to proceed
6.