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WAAS GUS Signal Generator User Guide Rev 1
Foreword
Congratulations!
Congratulations on your purchase of the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) Signal Generator designed to
generate a Ground Uplink Station (GUS) signal.
NovAtel is an industry leader in state-of-the-art GPS receiver and Signal Generator design. We believe that our
WAAS GUS Signal Generator will meet your high expectations, and are working hard to ensure that future products
and enhancements will maintain that level of satisfaction.
This is your primary hardware and software reference.
Scope
This manual contains sufficient information on the installation and operation of the WAAS GUS Signal Generator
and its software to allow you to effectively integrate and fully operate it. It is beyond the scope of this manual to
provide details on service or repair. Contact your local NovAtel dealer for any customer-service related inquiries.
The WAAS GUS Signal Generator utilizes a comprehensive user-interface command structure, which requires
communications through its WAAS Message Processor (WMP) communications (COM) ports. WAAS GUS Signal
Generator commands and logs can be found in
What’s New in Rev 1 of this manual?
• Describes the WAAS GUS Signal Generator
• Quadrature channel enhancements
• Default and user selectable alternate RF output frequencies at a higher output signal level
• TNC or Type-N connectors used for RF external interfaces
Equipment Compatibility
The WAAS GUS Signal Generator (NovAtel P/N 01020347) is compatible with the legacy WAAS GUS-TYPE 1
Signal Generator (P/N 01017287) with the following exceptions and clarifications:
• The use of TNC connectors throughout (instead of BNC).
• The RF Output level has been increased to -50 dBm (from -100 dBm). The Main IF Output level of -20 dBm
remains unchanged.
• Additional commands have been added to support additional functionality. The equipment will operate as
the legacy unit when controlled with the legacy command set.