CHAPTER 3. CONF
I
GUR
I
NG THE ASTERX SB3
Antenna Location and Antenna Offset
The AsteRx SB3 assumes that the main and auxiliary antennas are placed along the
longitudinal axis of the vehicle with the auxiliary in front of the main antenna.
I
f the antennas
cannot be placed in such a con
fi
guration, the reported heading and pitch may be biased. The
default settings in the
Antenna Offset
and
Antenna Location
fi
elds shown in Figure 3-13
can be altered to compensate for these biases.
I
n many cases the antenna baseline will not align perfectly with the vehicle
’
s longitudinal axis
or its perpendicular and in these circumstances the provided attitude o
ff
set value can also be
used to compensate for small angular deviations. Note that, in order to ensure the integrity
of the solution, o
ff
sets greater than 5 degrees from the longitudinal axis or its perpendicular
are not recommended.
An increase in angle between the antenna baseline and the vehicle
’
s longitudinal axis in the
clockwise direction corresponds to a positive change in the value of the heading o
ff
set To
better explain this, a few examples of possible setups are given below in Figure 3-13.
Figure 3-13:
Examples of a number of antenna setups and the corresponding
heading o
ff
sets. a.) The default setup for which the angle between the antenna
baseline and the longitudinal axis is 0 and no heading o
ff
set needs to be set. b.)
a slight deviation (5 degrees) from the longitudinal axis in the clockwise direction
is re
fl
ected by a positive increase in the heading o
ff
set. c.) An alternative antenna
con
fi
guration where the antennas are placed perpendicular to the longitudinal
axis.
d.)
An alternative antenna con
fi
guration where the antennas are placed
perpendicular to the longitudinal axis with a small deviation.
The examples above all relate to a heading o
ff
set but the antenna orientation can also
be characterized by a vertical o
ff
set. Vertical o
ff
sets can be compensated for by adjusting
the Pitch o
ff
set. This may be necessary in cases where the antenna baseline is not exactly
parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle or in situations where the two antenna ARPs
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