User's Manual

Configuring the Receiver
ClearingtheNVRAM
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Clearing the NVRAM
Thereceiver’sNonͲVolatileRandomAccessMemory(NVRAM)holdsdatarequiredforsatellitetracking,suchasephemerisdata
andreceiverposition.TheNVRAMalsokeepsthecurrentreceiver’ssettings,suchasactiveantennainput,elevationmasksand
recordinginterval,andinformationaboutthereceiver’sinternalfilesystem.Clearingthereceiver’sNVRAM
resto
resthe
receiver’sfactorydefaultsettings.
AlthoughclearingtheNVRAMisnotrecommendedasacommonpractice,therearetimeswhenitcaneliminatecommunication
ortrackingproblems.
AfterclearingtheNVRAM,thereceiverrequirestimetocollectnewephemeridesandalmanacs(around15minutes).
ClearingtheNVRAMwillnotdelete
anyfi
lesalreadyrecordedinthereceiver’smemory,andtheNVRAMkeepsinformation
aboutthereceiverfilesystem.
YoucanalsouseTRUtocleartheNVRAM:
1. Connectthereceivertoacomputer,and openTRU.SeetheTopconReceiverUtility(TRU)ReferenceManualfor
moreinformationaboutconnectingthereceivertoacomputer.
2. InTRU,connecttothereceiver.