User's Manual

SPSx50 Modular GPS Receiver User Guide 63
Setting up the Receiver 5
15. Insert the first bolt. Attach the flat washer, the spring washer, and finally the nut
and then tighten firmly. Secure all eight bolts in this way..
16. Attach one connector from the Marine Heading Cable (P/N 57169) to the 26-pin
connector on the rear of the SPS550H GPS receiver. Attach the other connector
from the cable to the 26-pin connector on the rear of the SPSx50 receiver. The
cable can be connected either way around.
The cable connects the two GPS receivers so that the Heading solution is
available. The DC power lead on the cable is used to supply power to both
receivers in the stack. The two DB9 female connectors on the cable access serial
port 2 on each receiver.
Installing the receiver
Select a location at which all of the following conditions are met:
• the receiver is not exposed to temperature extremes