FASTRAK MANUAL
Rev. G
iv
JUNE 2012
8.8
E
XTERNAL
S
YNC
............................................................................................................................ 31
8.9
V
IDEO
S
YNC
.................................................................................................................................. 32
8.10
M
ULTIPLE
S
YSTEMS
O
PERATION
–
FASTRAKS
PRODUCED AS OF
J
ANUARY
2012 ..................... 32
8.11
O
UTPUT
C
ONSIDERATIONS
........................................................................................................... 32
9.
SYSTEM COMMANDS ................................................................................................................... 34
9.1
C
OMMAND
F
ORMAT
N
OTATION AND
C
ONVENTION
....................................................................... 34
9.2
C
OMMAND
F
ORMAT
N
OTES
........................................................................................................... 35
9.3
C
OMMAND
/O
UTPUT
L
ISTING
......................................................................................................... 36
‘A’ – Alignment Reference Frame ................................................................................................................... 37
‘B’ – *Boresight ............................................................................................................................................... 39
‘b’ – *Unboresight ........................................................................................................................................... 40
‘C’ – Continuous Output Mode ........................................................................................................................ 41
‘c’ – Disable Continuous Printing .................................................................................................................... 42
‘D’ – Enable Fixed Metal Compensation ......................................................................................................... 43
‘d’ – Disable Fixed Metal Compensation ......................................................................................................... 44
‘e’ – Define Stylus Button Function ................................................................................................................ 45
‘F’ – Enable ASCII Output Format .................................................................................................................. 46
‘f’ – Enable Binary Output Format .................................................................................................................. 47
‘G’ – Boresight Reference Angles ................................................................................................................... 49
‘H’ – Hemisphere of Operation ........................................................................................................................ 50
‘I’ – Define Increment...................................................................................................................................... 53
‘l’ – Active Station State .................................................................................................................................. 54
‘N’ – *Define Tip Offsets ................................................................................................................................ 56
‘O’ – Output Data List ..................................................................................................................................... 57
System Data Record: ASCII Format ................................................................................................................ 59
System Data Record: IEEE Floating-Point Format .......................................................................................... 61
‘o’ – Set Output Port ........................................................................................................................................ 62
‘P’ – Single Data Record Output...................................................................................................................... 63
‘Q’ – Angular Operational Envelope ............................................................................................................... 64
‘R’ – *Reset Alignment Reference Frame ....................................................................................................... 66
‘r’ – Transmitter Mounting Frame ................................................................................................................... 67
‘S’ – System Status Record .............................................................................................................................. 68
‘T’ – Built-In-Test Information ........................................................................................................................ 70
‘U’ – English Conversion Units ....................................................................................................................... 72
‘u’ – Metric Conversion Units ......................................................................................................................... 73
‘V’ – Position Operational Envelope ............................................................................................................... 74
‘v’ – Attitude Filter Parameters ........................................................................................................................ 76
‘W’ – Reset System to Defaults ....................................................................................................................... 79
‘X’ – Configuration Control Data .................................................................................................................... 80
‘x’ – Position Filter Parameters ........................................................................................................................ 81
‘y’ – Set Synchronization Mode....................................................................................................................... 83
‘^K’ – *Save Operational Configuration ......................................................................................................... 85
‘^Q’ – *Resume Data Transmission ................................................................................................................ 86
‘^S’ – *Suspend Data Transmission ................................................................................................................ 87
‘^Y’ – *Reinitialize System ............................................................................................................................. 88
10.
COMMAND ERROR ....................................................................................................................... 89
11.
DEFAULT OPERATION WITH A STYLUS ................................................................................ 90
APPENDIX A.
Limited Warranty and Limitation of Liability ................................................................................. A-1
APPENDIX B.
Trouble Shooting ............................................................................................................................. B-1
APPENDIX C.
Glossary .......................................................................................................................................... C-1
APPENDIX D.
‘Accuracy and Resolution’ White Paper ......................................................................................... D-1
APPENDIX E.
‘Latency’ White Paper ..................................................................................................................... E-1
APPENDIX F.
Cable Diagrams ................................................................................................................................ F-1
INDEX ............................................................................................................................................................5