Installation Guide

AIMS Fast-Scan Radar v3.22 Installation and Operations Manual

DMT, LLC • DMT-M200-311 • 08/2009

4.3.4 GPS

DMT has selected the DeLorme Earthmate GPS LT-40 as the preferred GPS device. The GPS

uses a USB port on the computer stack for communications and power. The GPS draws

approximately 500ma of 5VDC power; a substantial portion of the available power from the

USB ports. It is assumed that the GPS unit is already mounted on a stand-post that is designed to

support the installation of the GPS and compass. Please insure that the GPS unit is secured with

either a tie-wrap or double-sided tape.

The GPS requires the support of a serial software emulation package; DeLorme Serial Emulator.

This software should already be installed on your system. If not, the installation software should

be available on your server hard disk drive under the subdirectory “C:\Setup\DeLorme”.

Simply run the installation file and your GPS unit will be available for operation.

Locate the DeLorme icon (red ball) on your lower toolbar and

right-click to run the DeLorme Monitor function to verify the

GPS is operational. If data does not appear to be passing

to/from the GPS device, check the serial emulation tab

to be sure that at one of the available three ports are

enabled (this is the port that the AIMS software should

be directed to) and its NMEA tab is checked.

After installation is completed, you will need restart the

AIMS Radar server software and check the box “GPS”

on your Operation tab to begin using your GPS. The

GPS communication parameters are;

• Port. Note the Virtual COM Port (above)

• Baud Rate. 4800

• Data Bits. 8

• Parity. None

• Stop Bits. 1

4.4 Motor Software (SMI)

The elevation and azimuth motors are ‘smart’ motors and must be loaded with software to

properly function. The SMI Motor Terminal software is used to load the subroutines into the

motors at the factory on original configuration. The SMI Motor Terminal software is also loaded

onto each server CPU stack to support future maintenance, if required. The use and features of

this software may be referenced in a separate document, titled “Transferring Motor Codes”

(Instr_XferMotorCodes.pdf).