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    DL TM User Manual ...

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    2 DL™ User Manual R ev 3 DL TM User Manual Publication Number: OM-20000035 Revision Level: 3 June 9, 2000 • MiLL ennium, Na rrow Corr elator , N ovAtel, Pr oPak, RT- 2, RT- 20 and SoftSur v are registe red tr adem arks of NovAtel Inc. • DL, G PSA ntenna and G PSCard ar e tra de mar ks of NovAtel I nc. • All othe r brand or product na mes ar ...

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    Table of Contents DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS WARRANTY POLICY 7 CUSTOMER SERV ICE 8 NOTICE 9 FCC Notice..................................................................................................................... ............................................ 9 CE Notice ....................................................... ...

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    Table of Contents 4 DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 APPENDICES APPENDIX A - DL DRAW INGS 36 APPENDIX B - D L SPECIFICAT IONS 37 APPENDIX C - PC CARD SPECIFICATIONS 40 APPENDIX D - P ORT & CABLE PINOUTS 41 APPENDIX E - DL COMMANDS 47 Battery ................................................................................................................ ...

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    Table of Contents DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 5 APPENDIX G - CONVER SIONS 86 APPENDIX H - REP LACEMENT PARTS 87 APPENDIX I - OP TIONAL MOUNTING BRACKET 88 APPENDIX J - COMMAND P ROMP T INTERFACE 90 TABLES 1: Pos itionin g Mod es of Operatio n............................................................................................. ................. ...

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    Table of Contents 6 DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 FIGURES 1: NovAte l DL – Front & Rear ..........................................................................................................................................11 2: Typic a l DL Conf igurat ion – Office ............................................................................. ...

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    Warr ant y Poli cy DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 7 WARRANTY POLICY NovAtel Inc. wa rra nts that its G lobal Positioni ng System ( GPS) produc ts are fre e from defe cts in materi als and workm a nship, subjec t to the c onditions set f orth bel ow, for the fol l ow ing peri ods of time : DL Series One (1) Year GPSAntenn a Series One (1) Year Cables a nd ...

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    Customer Serv ice 8 DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 CUSTOMER SERVICE For c ustomer support contact your loca l NovAte l deale r fir st. I f the pr oblem r emai ns unresolve d, conta ct NovAt el direc tly by any of t he foll ow ing ways: • toll-free hotline: 1 800 NOVATEL (8:00 AM - 4:30 PM MST, Canada and U.S.A. only) • telephone : 1 403 295 4900 (8:0 ...

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    Notice s DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 9 NOTICE FCC NOTICE The United Sta tes Federal Communi cations Commissio n (in 47 CFR 15 ) has specified tha t the following notices be brought to the att e ntion of users o f thi s product. “ This equi pment has be en teste d and found to c omply with t he limi ts for a class A digital device, pursuant to Part 1 ...

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    Foreword 10 DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 FOREWORD Congratulations on your purchase of the DL , a GPS receiver with exceptional fl exibility. NovAtel is an industry leader in state-of -the-art GPS r eceiver design. We believe that our DL will meet your high expecta tions, and are working ha rd to ensure that f uture products a nd enhancem ents will main ...

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    1 – Overv iew DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 11 1 - OVERVIEW The NovAtel DL is a high-perform ance GPS receiver. I n applications when continuous user interaction is requir ed, such as i n GIS surve ying, a sim ple handhe ld control ler, that does not r equire its own da ta logging m emory, can be use d with DL. T he reduc ed handheld da ta logger or c ...

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    1 – Overv iew 12 DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 MODELS & FEATURES Table 1 lists the four available DL mo dels available, each capable of mu ltiple positio ning modes of op eration: Table 1: Positioning M odes of Operation DL Model Positioning Modes of Operation DL-L1 DL-RT20S DL-L2 DL-RT2 Single point √ √ √ √ Waypoint navigation √ √ √ ...

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    1 – Overv iew DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 13 Table 2: Feature S ummary - DL Models Genera l DL-L1 DL-RT20S DL-L2 DL-RT2 L1 Channels (C/A c ode) & L2 Channels (P code) 12 & 0 12 & 0 12 & 12 12 & 12 Pseudorange meas urements √ √ √ √ Full-wavelength L2 carrier m easurements × × √ √ Ionospheric c orrections in pos ition ...

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    1 – Overv iew 14 DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 ACCESSORIES AND OPTIONS The NovAtel DL can be used with the follo wing accesso ries: • SoftSu rv so ftware – a suite of progra ms that allows you t o plan your da ta coll ection tr ip, c onfigure your DL or handheld da t a logger , post-pr oc ess your col lecte d data, a nd arc hi ve your infor mat i ...

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    2 – Set Up DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 15 2 - SET UP Setting up the DL is a str aightfor ward pr ocess, whether you are in the fie ld (col lecti ng data) or back at the off ice (conf i guring the D L, or t r ansfe r ring col lecte d data to your PC for post- proce ssi ng) . See CAUTIO N! , Page 9 , for a l ist of it ems you should be awar e of a s y ...

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    2 – Set Up 16 DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 SETTING UP IN THE FI ELD Figure 3 displ ays how you mi ght typica lly use the D L in the fiel d – for ex ample, collectin g data while receiv ing diffe rentia l infor m ation ove r a ra di o m odem f rom a ba se stati on. In this sit uation, the GPS antenna is connec t ed to the RF port, the radio modem is ...

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    2 – Set Up DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 17 4. The r eceiver provides battery power output (BAT) thr ough COM2. It is possible to turn the supply On or Off using the VOUT command , see Page 63 . The BAT output is the switche d output of the input power supply so that 12V output re qui res 12V i nput . 5. RF Port & Cables ( se e RF P ort &Cable ...

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    2 – Set Up 18 DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 • Model 503 - f or use with high-pe rform ance position- refe rence sta tions (fea tures a built- in choke-r ing ground plane to minimize the effects of multipath in terference) • Model 512 - for inst allat i on on a ircr aft ( fea t ur es ae rodynam i c styling) Each of these models offers exception al ...

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    2 – Set Up DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 19 CONNECT CABLES As shown in Figure 4 , on the rear end-cap there are four lab eled ports – I/O, C OM2/PWR, C OM1, and R F. There is also an unlabe lled powe r input por t. Figure 4: Close-up of Por ts on Rear End-c ap Each c onnector is ke yed to ensure that the ca b le ca n be inserted i n only one way, to ...

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    2 – Set Up 20 DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 system composed of devices that need to be synchr onized with each other. For exam ple, you could connect the DL to an aerial camera in such a way that the DL reco rded its po sition wh enever the sh utter butto n was press ed. This port is not typical ly used for stand-al one applic ations. T he five signal ...

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    2 – Set Up DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 21 See Appendix H - Re placem e nt Parts, P age 87, if you need to c onsult the l i s t of NovAt e l and LE MO par t numbe rs. PERIPHERAL PO WER SUPPLY VIA C OM2 PORT The receiver provides batter y power output (BAT) thr ough the COM2 port. It is possible to turn the supply On or Off using the VOUT command , se ...

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    2 – Set Up 22 DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 NOTE: The coa xial ca ble should be connecte d to the ant enna and D L before pow er is supplied. If the ant enna cabl e becomes d isconn ected from the an tenna or DL, tu rn the DL off b efore reconn ecting th e cable; this p revents the DL ’ s antenna current-limiting circuit from un necessarily activati ...

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    2 – Set Up DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 23 For fur ther i nf orma tion on the f ollowing topi cs, see the fol l ow ing secti ons of this m anual: • For a li sting of the requir ed input supply vol tages, and the typical power consumption in logging and “ sleep ” modes, see th e Power Requireme nts se ction of A ppendix B , Page 37 . • For pin ...

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    2 – Set Up 24 DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 Figure 6: O pening th e Cover Figure 7 illustr ates the proc edure to r emove the PC Ca rd. In the photo on the left, below, the cover has been unlocked and ope ned, a nd the PC Ca rd is visi ble. Not e the ar row point ing to the e ject butt on to the le ft of t he car d in this view . You must push this bu ...

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    2 – Set Up DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 25 The dat a logging me chanism is designe d to be robust a nd to endure power i nterr uptions (a nd simila r disruptive events) with minimum loss of data. In these situ ations, less than 5 minutes of d ata (prior to the disruptive event) are lost. When possible, error messages are gene rated to identify proble ...

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    2 – Set Up 26 DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 STATUS INDICATORS As shown in F igure 8 , the DL ’ s front endcap has three multico lor lights to ind icate the status o f Power, Position , and Logging, r espect i vely, f rom le ft to r i ght. For a labele d view, se e also F igure 1 , Page 11 . Figure 8: Status Indica tors Table 4 shows what the colors ...

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    3 – Using the DL DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 27 3 - USING THE DL Befor e using the DL for the firs t time , ensure that you have followed the installa tion instruct ions of Chapter 2 - Set U p, Page 15 . See CAUTIO N! , Page 9 , for a l ist of i t e ms of w hich you should be a ware as you use the DL. SYSTEM BEHAVIOR SELF-T EST When power is applie ...

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    3 – Using the DL 28 DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 Appendix F - DL Logs, Page 64 or refer to th e MiLLennium Com mand Descript ions Manual for pr ocedur es and explanations related to data logging and for f urther inform ation on each of these logs. • DOPA - reports the dilution of precision of the cu rrent satellite constellation • ETSA - reports ...

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    3 – Using the DL DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 29 • log types and r ates Site record logs support kinematic sur veying. The site record log (SITELOGA, described in detail on Page 81 ) records this info rmation at each o ccupation : • site num be r, si t e name , attr ibute code • antenna height • antenna height m e asure ment m ethod code • ...

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    3 – Using the DL 30 DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 Table 5: Auto -Generated F ile Name Convention ####$$$%.PDC Comments #### last 4 dig its of the D L ’ s serial number $$$ UTC day of the y ear (001 – 366) % Sessi on ID ass igned i n sequ ence (0 .. 9, A .. Z ) based on the presence of files previous ly logged on a particul ar day. For exam ple, a ...

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    3 – Using the DL DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 31 Table 7: Memory Consumption – Typical Case for RTK Survey (2 Second Rate) L1-only L1 & L2 Single-point Observations (kBytes/hour) Single-point or Differential Observations & Positions (kBytes/hour) Single-point Observations (kBytes/hour) Single-point or Differential Observations & Positio ...

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    4 - Firmware Upgrades & U pdates 32 DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 4 - FIRMWARE UPGRADES & UPDATES The DL includes tw o distinct pr ocessor s i n i t s enclosur e : • a GPS receiver (MiLLenniu m GPSCard) • an inte gr ated pow er supply a nd data c ont rolle r (PDC c ard) Each of these components has its own m icroprocessor, and each microproc ...

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    4 - Firmware Upgrades & U pdates DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 33 Syntax: $AUTH auth-co de where $AUTH is a spec ial c om mand t ha t allow s progra m mode l upgrade s auth-c ode is the upgrade aut horizati on code, expressed as hhhh,hhhh,hhhh, hhhh,hhhh,m odel# where the h characters are an ASCII hexad ecimal code, and the model# would be ASCII tex ...

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    4 - Firmware Upgrades & U pdates 34 DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 Figure 9: LOADER Options If you a re r unning Loader for the first time, be su re to access th e Setup menu (step 3 b elow) before p roceedin g to Program Card (s t e p 4 below) ; other w ise, you c an go dire ctly f r om step 2 be low to ste p 4. The pr ocedur e is as f ollows: 1. Tu ...

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    4 - Firmware Upgrades & U pdates DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 35 UPGRADE OR UPDATE THE PDC CARD Ensure your PC and DL are proper ly connected, se e Setting Up A t The Office, Page 15 . The se rial dat a cable should go from any COM port on the PC to COM2 on the DL. Have all p ower cables in p lace but d o not turn on the DL just y et. Power t he D ...

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    Appendix A – DL Drawings 36 DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 APPENDIX A - DL DRAWINGS Figure 10: View s 130.0 252.2 117.45 SECTION A-A 82.1 A All dimensions are expressed as millimeters. ...

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    Appendix B – DL Specific ations DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 37 APPENDIX B - DL SPECIFICATIONS PHYSICAL Size 245 mm x 130 mm x 59 mm Description of Enclosure The enclosure is construc ted of extruded anodized aluminum . It is sealed by two end-caps, m ade of molded ABS plastic. The entire unit is closed with fiv e mounting sc rews. An acc ess c over ...

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    Appendix B – DL Specific ations 38 DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 REAL-TIME CLOCK A real-time internal cloc k allows the DL to go into low -power “ sleep mode ” betw een scheduled data-c ollection sess ions. When the DL is turned on, this clock is initialized us ing the GPS time reference, and w ill indefinitely maintain an a ccuracy o f + 1 second ...

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    Appendix B – DL Specific ations DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 39 PERFORMANCE (Subject To G PS System Characteristic s) RT-2 Pseudorange & carrier-phas e double differencing (fixed < 2 cm RMS acc uracies with RTK carrier-phas e positioning). Conditions: <10 k m baseline length; ≥ 6 satellites at an elev ation > 12 ° ; after 2 minutes co ...

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    Appendix C – PC Card Spec ifications 40 DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 APPENDIX C - PC CARD SPECIFICATIONS PC CARD SOCKET The socket on the DL accommodates on e Type II or Typ e III PC Card. Th e socket sp ecification co nforms to the PC Card Standar d rel ease 2.1+ , except that 12 V oper ation and progr ammi ng is not supported. Only 3.3 V a nd 5 V o ...

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    Appendix D – Port & Cable Pinouts DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 41 APPENDIX D - PORT & CABLE PINOUTS POWER POWER CONNECTOR The powe r conne ctor on t he DL i s a LE MO HG M.0B.304. CLAP, with t he pins assigne d as shown in t he follow ing table. The tw o possi ble indepe ndent power source s a re desi gnated A a nd B: Table 9: Power Connector ...

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    Appendix D – Port & Cable Pinouts 42 DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 DATA COMMUNICATIO NS SERIAL PORT CONNECTORS The tw o serial ports (CO M1 and COM 2) on the DL use LEM O EEG .IK. 310.CLN soc kets, wi th the pins assigned as given in Table 10: COM2 Serial Port - Conne ctor Pin A ssignment a nd Table 11: COM1 Se rial Port - Connector Pin Assignment ...

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    Appendix D – Port & Cable Pinouts DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 43 STRAIGHT SERIAL CABLE Figure 11: Straight Serial Cable - Illustrat ion Reference Description Reference Description 1 B r o w n 8 V i o l e t 2 B l a c k 9 G r e y 3 R e d 1 0 W h i t e 4 Orange 11 Red marker at top of connector 5 Y e l l o w 1 2 M a l e L E M O 1 0 - p i n p l u g ...

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    Appendix D – Port & Cable Pinouts 44 DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 NULL-MODEM SERIAL CABLE Figure 12: Null-Modem Serial Cable - Illustration Reference Description Reference Description 1 B r o w n 8 V i o l e t 2 B l a c k 9 G r e y 3 R e d 1 0 W h i t e 4 Orange 11 Red marker at top of connector 5 Y e l l o w 1 2 M a l e L E M O 1 0 p i n p l u g ...

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    Appendix D – Port & Cable Pinouts DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 45 INPUT / OU TPUT I/O CONNECTOR The input /output (I /O) por t on the DL uses a L EMO E EG.1K .308.CLN double-ke yed socket, with the pins assigned a s given in the follow i ng table : Table 14: I/O Connector Pin Assignme nt Pin Name Description 1 VARF Variable frequency output: a us ...

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    Appendix D – Port & Cable Pinouts 46 DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 Table 15: I/O Cab le – Pin Assi gnment LEMO Pin Number Pin Description Wire Color Code Pin 1 VARF, variable frequenc y Brown Pin 2 1 PPS, one pulse per s econd Black Pin 3 MSR , measure output Red Pin 4 MKI, m ark input O range Pin 5 STATUS , v alid solutions av ailable Yellow Pi ...

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    Appendix E – DL Comm ands DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 47 APPENDIX E - DL COMMANDS The DL firm war e imple m ents the followi ng c omma nds i n addition to t he MiLL ennium G PSCa rd com mand set . Command Description battery Control battery source del Remov e stored logs from memory dir Display s tored log summ ary information dump Transfer s tored ...

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    Appendix E – DL Comm ands 48 DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 BATTERY This comma nd allows you t o select the power source f or the syst em and displ ay batte ry status. For exam ple, you c an overr ide the D L ’ s me thod of sele ct ing the ac tive bat ter y, when t wo ba tte ri es a re conne ct ed. To do this the desir ed batt er y identifier (A or B ...

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    Appendix E – DL Comm ands DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 49 DIR This command either displays a list of stored files on the PC Card, or the file header in formation for the specified log file. It also displa ys a dditional group infor mation when it has be en supplied as par t of a gr oup de finition. Syntax: DIR [option] Command Option Description DIR ...

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    Appendix E – DL Comm ands 50 DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 GROUP This command is used to maintain a set of log sp ecifiers that woul d normally b e used tog ether in a sp ecific scenario, e.g . for base- station logging. Up to te n groups c an be def ined. T he group na me ca n be up to nine c hara cter s in length. If a group nam ed “ POWERUP ” i ...

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    Appendix E – DL Comm ands DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 51 GROUP ADD groupname [arguments & data] Command Option Description Default GROUP ADD - Command groupname group name The name of a group (e.g. “ alpha ” ) which is either being created or modified arguments & data logname,trigger, period, destination override Add or change a log dire ...

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    Appendix E – DL Comm ands 52 DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 Exampl es: group add alpha group add alpha com1,p20a,ontime,5 group add alpha ecutoff,3 group add alpha satlimit,6 group add alpha asn,25674337 group add alpha atype,502NK group add alpha aheight,1.67 DESTINATION OVERRIDE GROUP ADD groupname logname,trigger,period,[com1][,com2][,file] The f ol ...

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    Appendix E – DL Comm ands DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 53 GROUP DEL groupname [log name] Command Option Description GROUP DE L - Command groupname group name The name of a group (e.g. “ alpha ” ) which is either being deleted or modified log name log name An individual log, currently an elem ent of the named group, which is to be rem oved from th ...

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    Appendix E – DL Comm ands 54 DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 Exampl es: loggroup alpha loggroup alpha test loggroup alpha com2 Syntax 2: This f orm of the com mand te rmina tes m anual logging, allow ing schedule d logging to resume. If no argume nt is given, all logging is disable d, a nd sche duled ope ration resum es. Note tha t to disable logging to ...

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    Appendix E – DL Comm ands DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 55 PDC The PDC LO G, PDC UNL OG and PDC U NLOGA LL com mands ar e used to contr ol logging of PD C param eters t o either a COM por t or to a data fil e. T he behavi or of PDC L OG, PDC U NLOG a nd PDC UNL OGALL comma nds are consistent with the behav ior of the Millenn ium GPSCard LOG, UNLOG and ...

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    Appendix E – DL Comm ands 56 DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 Syntax 4: This comman d restores th e factory con figuration of the PDC p arameters and caus es the receiver to enter power-d own mode. PDC FRESET PROJECT The PROJE CT com mand def ines proje ct-r elate d param eter s and causes t he insert ion of a PROJ ECTB log, see Page 78 , into the hea de ...

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    Appendix E – DL Comm ands DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 57 PSN This com mand displ a ys seria l number inform ation by issui ng a PSNA log. Syntax: PSN PVERSION This com mand displ a ys PDC seri a l, ver sion and mode l number s by issuing a PDCV E RA log. Syntax: PVERSION RENAME This command changes the name of a f ile on a PC Card. Wildcards are not ...

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    Appendix E – DL Comm ands 58 DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 Syntax 1: SCHEDULE [keyword] Command Option Description SCHEDULE - Command keyword ABOR T Terminate a sc heduled logging operation prior to its normal c ompletion. The DL then resumes normal operation at the completion of the aborted ev ent. For manual logging, see the LOGGROUP command, Page 5 ...

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    Appendix E – DL Comm ands DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 59 SCHEDULE ADD groupname scheduling [filename] Command Option Description Default SCHEDULE ADD - Command groupname group name The name of a group (e.g. “ alpha ” ) which is being modified scheduling dddddddhhmm,dhhm m The start and stop tim e between which logging is to occur. For the st art ...

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    Appendix E – DL Comm ands 60 DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 SITE This comm and i s used to c ontrol the display a nd logging of sit e logs, a nd to contr ol site i nform ation. It ca uses data fiel ds to be record ed in the SITELOGA messag e. Use of the LEAVE o ption cau ses the site d ata to be record ed in th e form of a SITELOGB log . • The FIRSTG ...

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    Appendix E – DL Comm ands DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 61 If no SIT E L EAVE or SITE CANCEL comm and is issued pr ior to a t he comple tion of a l ogging session (sc hedule, POWERUP or manual ) , a SIT E LE A VE com mand is pe r form ed automa ticall y onc e the logging se ssion is comple te. There are multiple syntactical fo rms, as shown below: Syn ...

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    Appendix E – DL Comm ands 62 DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 Exampl es: site add hilltop 4 site add SW_corner_of_fence 143 1.402 tape_measure Syntax 3: Specif ic si te infor mat i on can be e nt ered or updated usi ng t his comm and. Y ou c an ente r 1 to 4 of the optional f ields in a ny order , provi ded tha t the syntax is obser ved. If no value i s ...

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    Appendix E – DL Comm ands DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 63 STATUS This com mand displa ys curre nt system st a tus inform ation by issui ng a LPSTAT US log. Syntax: STATUS VOUT This comm and t urns O n or Off the batte ry (BA T) pe ripher al powe r output on t he COM2 por t. BAT is al ways tur ned On whenever a battery is first connected to the receiv ...

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    Appendix F – DL Logs 64 DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 APPENDIX F - DL LOGS The DL firm war e genera tes the f ollowing logs i n a ddition to those of the M i L Lennium GPSCar d l og se t: Log Description BATA / B B a tte ry system i nfo rmati on DIRA/B Summary of stored logs in memory GROUPA/B An extension of the GRPA/B log for a log file GRPA/B DL lo ...

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    Appendix F – DL Logs DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 65 Item Type Size Description Range Offset Descr iption char 60 File Desc ription. ^Z can be included to indic ate that the description is less than 60 c haracters. 0 EOF byte 1 C: TYPE will not pass this point (artificial end of file) ^Z 60 Signature char 7 “ NOVATEL ” 61 FileCode byte 1 Indicat ...

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    Appendix F – DL Logs 66 DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 DIRA/B The DI RA/B log is use d to prese nt a summ a ry of stor ed logs in the D L me m ory modul e . DIRA Structure: Field # Field type Data Description Example 1 $DIRA Log header $DIRA 2 FileName Name of stored log file (8.3 format) 31240201.PDC 3 FileSize Size of s tored log file in bytes 412514 ...

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    Appendix F – DL Logs DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 67 GROUPA Structure: Field # Field type Data Description Example 1 $GROUPA Log header $GROUPA 2 GroupName Log group DIFFBASE 3 SessionNam e Session Name 8ABC9 4 AntSN Antenna serial number CGA95040020 5 AntType Antenna type 502NK 6 AHeight Antenna height (m) 2.050000 7 ECutoff Elevation cutoff (degree ...

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    Appendix F – DL Logs 68 DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 Table 18: Log Status W ord Encoding Field Bit M ask Description LOG_ST_CO M1 0x01 Log is being logged to CO M port 1. LOG_ST_CO M2 0x02 Log is being logged to CO M port 2. LOG_ST_FILE 0x04 Log is being logged to log file on PD C card. GROUPB Message ID = 1037; M essage byt e count = 180+ X*36 Forma ...

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    Appendix F – DL Logs DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 69 GRPA/B The GRPA log captur es the GPSCa rd logging conf igurat ion used to gene r ate a partic ular f ile. The group na me ma y have up to a nd inc luding ni ne c har ac te rs. I f t he log t ri gger does not re quir e a r ate , ( suc h as ‘ ONCE ’ or ‘ ONCHANGED ’ ), then zero (0) mu st be ...

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    Appendix F – DL Logs 70 DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 GRPB Message ID = 1026; M essage byt e count = 80+ X*32 Format: Field # Data Bytes Format Units Offset 1 Sync 3 Char 0 (header) Che cksum 1 Char 3 Mess age ID 4 Integer 4 M essage by te count 4 Integer 8 2 GroupNam e 10 Char 12 3 SessionNam e 9 Char 22 4 AntSN 17 Char 31 5 AntType 17 Char 48 6 Fill ...

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    Appendix F – DL Logs DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 71 HDRA/B The HDRA/B log is us ed to capture system set-up information in a log file. HDRA Structure: Field # Field type Data Description Example 1 $HDRA Log header $HDRA 2 FileName Name of stored log file (8.3 form at) 31240201.PDC 3 FileSize Size of stored log file in bytes 412514 4 Date Date file w ...

  • Novatel DL-RT2 - page 72

    Appendix F – DL Logs 72 DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 HDRB Message ID = 1025; M essage byt e count = 228 Format: Field # Data Bytes Format Units Offset 1 Sync 3 Char 0 (header) Che cksum 1 Char 3 Mess age ID 4 Integer 4 M essage by te count 4 Integer 8 2 FileName 13 Char 12 3 Filler 3 Char Bytes 25 4 File size 4 Unsigned long Bytes 28 5 Date 4 Unsigne ...

  • Novatel DL-RT2 - page 73

    Appendix F – DL Logs DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 73 LPSTATUSA/B The LPSTATUS log is used to display syst em status info rmation. The PDC State and GPSCard Status are represen ted as hexadec imal digits, w hich ar e descr ibed in Table 21: PDC St atus Word Encoding a nd Table 22: GPS Status Word Encoding ( see t he STATU SA/B l og, Page 83). T he GRO ...

  • Novatel DL-RT2 - page 74

    Appendix F – DL Logs 74 DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 META/B The ME TA/B l og i s used to displa y mete orologic al infor mat i on. META Structure: Field # Field type Data Description Example 1 $META Log header $META 2 GPSWeek G PS week 512 3 GPSSec GPS seconds 220400.000000 4 Flag Valid fields (binary 000 – 111) 7 5 Temp Temperature (degrees Cels i ...

  • Novatel DL-RT2 - page 75

    Appendix F – DL Logs DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 75 MSGA/B This log displa ys message s in response t o syst e m events or user com mands. MSGA Structure: Field # Field type Data Description Example 1 $MSGA Log header $MSGA 2 code Error code ( s ee Table 19: MSGA Error C ode Definition, Page 76 ) 3001 3 error Error description ( see Table 19: M SGA ...

  • Novatel DL-RT2 - page 76

    Appendix F – DL Logs 76 DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 Table 19: MSGA E rror Code Definition Code Error System event 2001 BISTFAIL Built-in Self Test failed 2002 PWRFAIL Power Failed 2003 BATTLOWA Low Voltage from battery A (< 10.7V) 2004 BATTLOWB Low Voltage from battery B (< 10.7V) 2005 SWBATT Battery s witch performed 2006 TEMPWARN High temper ...

  • Novatel DL-RT2 - page 77

    Appendix F – DL Logs DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 77 PDCVERA/B This log is use d to display PD C se rial , version a nd model num bers. PDCVERA Structure: Field # Field type Data Description Example 1 $PDCVERA Log header $PDCVERA 2 PDCVersion PDC Vers ion Number 0.28 3 PDCDateTime PDC S/W Compile Date/Tim e M ay 3 1998 12:16:52 4 PDCModel PDC Model P ...

  • Novatel DL-RT2 - page 78

    Appendix F – DL Logs 78 DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 PROJECTA/B The PROJEC T command, s ee Page 56 , define s project -rel ated par ame ters and c auses the i nsertion of a PROJEC TB log into the hea der of the log f ile pri or to the st art of the logging sessi on. The PRO JECT c ommand w ithout any a rgument s causes the output of a PROJECTA log. A ...

  • Novatel DL-RT2 - page 79

    Appendix F – DL Logs DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 79 PSNA/B The PSNA/ B log is used to displa y system se r ial num be rs. PSNA Structure: Field # Field type Data Description Example 1 $PSNA Log header $PSNA 2 PDCSN PDC Serial number SNM98070012 3 GPSSN GPSCard Serial number SGL98050098 4 DLSN DL Syst em Serial number CNN98080044 5 *xx Che cksum *55 ...

  • Novatel DL-RT2 - page 80

    Appendix F – DL Logs 80 DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 SCHA/B The SCHA/B log is used to di splay entr y inform ation f or schedule d logging. Ref er to File Name Conven tion , P age 29 , for info rmation on fi le names. S ee also Table 16: Week day Abbrevi ations, Page 57, for a descr iption of weekda y abbrevi ations. SCHA Structure: Field # Field typ ...

  • Novatel DL-RT2 - page 81

    Appendix F – DL Logs DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 81 SITELOGA/B The SITEL OGA/B log is used to display information about an observation site. SITELOGA Structure: Field # Field type Data Description Example 1 $SITELOGA Log header $SITELO GA 2 SiteNumber Site Number (8 char) 7ABCD8 3 SiteName Site Name (32 char) NovAtel Building 4 Attrib Attribute code ...

  • Novatel DL-RT2 - page 82

    Appendix F – DL Logs 82 DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 SITELOGB Message ID = 1030; M essage byt e count = 124 Format: Field # Data Bytes Format Units Offset 1 Sync 3 Char 0 (header) Che cksum 1 Ch ar 3 Mess age ID 4 Integer 4 Message by te count 4 Integer 8 2 SiteNumber 9 Char 12 3 SiteName 33 Char 21 4 Filler 2 Char 54 5 Attrib 4 Integer 56 6 AHeight ...

  • Novatel DL-RT2 - page 83

    Appendix F – DL Logs DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 83 STATUSA/B The STATUS log is used to display syste m status inf ormation a nd is an extension of the LPSTAT USA/B log. The PDC State and GPSCar d Status ar e repr esente d as hexade cimal digits, whi ch are describe d in Table 21: P DC Status Word Encoding and Table 22: GPS St at us Word Encoding , ...

  • Novatel DL-RT2 - page 84

    Appendix F – DL Logs 84 DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 Table 21: PDC Status W ord Encoding Field Bit Mask D escription PDC_ST_HW 0x001 Hardware status, 1 = O K PDC_ST_LINK 0x002 G PSCard link establis hed, 1 = OK PDC_ST_BATT 0x004 Battery status , 1 = OK, 0 = warn/fail PDC_ST_TEMP 0x008 Temp s tatus, 1 = OK, 0 = warn/fail PDC_ST_SLEEP 0x010 Sleep mode, ...

  • Novatel DL-RT2 - page 85

    Appendix F – DL Logs DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 85 STATUSB Message ID = 1035; M essage byt e count = 84 Format: Field # Data Bytes Format Units Offset 1 Sync 3 Char 0 (header) Che cksum 1 Ch ar 3 Mess age ID 4 Integer 4 Message by te count 4 Integer 8 2 Source 1 Char 12 3 Filler 3 Char 13 4 BattA 4 Integer milliVolts 16 5 BattB 4 Integer milliVolts ...

  • Novatel DL-RT2 - page 86

    Appendix H – Replac ement Parts 86 DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 APPENDIX G - CONVERSIONS Listed be low are severa l comm only used equiva lents betw een the SI (Syst è me Inter nationa le) unit s of wei ghts and measures us ed in the metric s ystem, an d thos e used in other sy stems. Distance 1 metro ( m) = 100 c entimeter s (cm) = 1000 millime ter ...

  • Novatel DL-RT2 - page 87

    Appendix G - Conv ersions DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 87 APPENDIX H - REPLACEMENT PARTS The following is a list of the replacement parts available f or the DL. Should you requir e assistance or need to order additiona l compone nt s, plea se contac t your deal e r or N ovA tel Custom er Se r vice r epres e ntative . Part Description NovAtel Part Numbe ...

  • Novatel DL-RT2 - page 88

    Appendix I – Optional Mounting Brac ket 88 DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 APPENDIX I - OPTIONAL MOUNTING BRACKET This appe ndix include s drawi ngs, photogra phs, and insta llation i nstructi ons for the optional m ounting bra cket. T his bracket can be used to attach the DL to a surface or tripod. Figure 14: Mounting Bracket 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 8 9 Referenc ...

  • Novatel DL-RT2 - page 89

    Appendix I – Optional Mounting Bracket DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 89 These four nuts are factor y-positioned so that the mounting plate can be atta ched to the DL e nclosure using the f our flat screw s. Plea s e ensure t ha t the four flat sc rews a re m ount e d from the counte r sunk side of t he mounting pla te. Once the plate has been attached ...

  • Novatel DL-RT2 - page 90

    Appendix J – Com mand Prompt Interfac e 90 DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 APPENDIX J - COMMAND PROMPT INTERFACE Although the rec ommende d way of configur ing the DL is through the UTILITIES module of SoftSurv, it is possible t o comm unicate dire ctly with the DL via i ts command pr ompt, using a PC tha t is typically c onnected to COM 1 on the DL. Yo ...

  • Novatel DL-RT2 - page 91

    Appendix J – Command Prom pt Interface DL ™ User Manual Rev 3 91 1. Open a te xt editor on the PC and type in the fol lowing com mand se que nces: log com2 sata ontime 15 log com2 etsa ontime 15 log com2 rvsa ontime 60 5 log com2 posa ontime 15 log com2 dopa ontime 15 2. Save this wi th a conveni e nt file na me ( e .g. C:G PSBOOT1. TXT ) and ...

  • Novatel DL-RT2 - page 92

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