User's Manual

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Table Of Contents

USER GUIDE
Legal Notices
Safety Information
- Regulations and safety
- Type approval
- Exposure to radio frequency radiation
- Installing antennas
- Battery safety
Contents
Introduction
- About the SPSx80 Smart GPS antenna
- Related Information
- Technical Support
- Your Comments
Features and Functions
- Overview
- SPS780 Smart GPS antenna standard features
  - SPS780 Basic features
  - SPS780 Max features
- SPS880 Extreme Smart GPS antenna standard features
- Use and care
- COCOM limits
- Parts of the receiver
  - Front panel
  - Lower housing
- Button functions
- LED behavior
  - LED flash patterns
Batteries and Power
- External power
- Battery safety
- Battery performance
- Charging the Lithium-ion batteries
- Storing the Lithium-ion battery
- Disposing of the rechargeable Lithium-ion battery
- Operating the receiver with a Trimble controller
Setup Guidelines
- Base station operation guidelines
- Rover operation guidelines
Setting up the Receiver
- Connecting the receiver to external devices
  - Trimble controller with SCS900 Site Controller software
  - External radio-modems
- Common ways to set up a base station
- Common ways to set up a rover receiver
Configuring the Receiver Settings
- Using the SCS900 Site Controller software to configure the base station, the rover, and the radios
- Configuring the receiver to log data for postprocessing
- Configuring the receiver in real time
- Configuring the receiver using application files
- Creating and editing the configuration files that control the receiver
AutoBase Feature
- Setting Up a Base Station
  - Best practice
  - Antenna type
- Scenarios
- Flowchart showing the AutoBase process
Default Settings
- Default receiver settings
- Resetting the receiver to factory defaults
- Default behavior
- Power up settings
- Logging data
  - Logging data after a power loss
Specifications
- General specifications
- Physical specifications
- Electrical specifications
- Communication specifications
NMEA-0183 Output
- NMEA-0183 message overview
- Common message elements
  - Message values
- NMEA messages
- ADV
- GGA
- GSA
- GST
- GSV
- HDT
- PTNL,AVR
- PTNL,GGK
- PTNL,PJK
- PTNL,VGK
- PTNL,VHD
- RMC
- ROT
- VTG
- ZDA
GSOF Messages
- Supported message types
- GSOF message definitions
Adding Internal Radio Frequencies
- Adding receive frequencies for the 450 MHz internal radio
Upgrading the Receiver Firmware
- The WinFlash utility
  - Installing the WinFlash utility
- Upgrading the receiver firmware
Data Logging and Postprocessed Measurement Operations
- Connecting to the office computer
- Transferring files directly from a CompactFlash card
- Deleting files in the receiver
- Supported file types
Troubleshooting
- LED conditions
- Receiver issues
- Base station setup and static measurement problems
Glossary

2 Features and Functions

16 SPSx80 Smart GPS Antenna User Guide

Overview

The SPS780 and SPS880 Extreme Smart GPS antennas (see Figure 2.1) are very similar

in setup, operational use, and controls. The SPS880 has a taller antenna dome to

accommodate the larger GPS antenna and the circuitry required to track additional

GPS signals and GLONASS satellites.

Figure 2.1 SPS780 Smart GPS antenna (left), and the SPS880 Extreme Smart GPS antenna (right)

SPS780 Smart GPS antenna standard features

The SPS780 Smart GPS antenna provides the following features:

• Small, lightweight design - 1.31 kg (2.89 lb) (integrated radio, GPS receiver, GPS

antenna and battery) 3.7 kg (8.16 lb) complete system weight (rover including

TSC2 controller and rod)

• The quick setup, high mobility base and rover receiver system is ideal for small

to mid-size jobsites and for working on multiple jobsites on a daily or weekly

basis

• 24-channel L1/L2 GPS receiver (SPS780 Basic and SPS780 Max)

• Internal, removable, smart Lithium-ion battery provides up to 6.6 hrs GPS rover

operation per battery

• Bluetooth

wireless technology for cable free, no hassle base or rover operation

• Simple keypad with on/off key and LED indicators for power, radio, and satellite

tracking

• Allows measurement from a moving platform, for example, mounted on a

vehicle or marine vessel for increased efficiency on large jobsites

SPS780 Basic features

• Rover or base configurations, not interchangeable

• 2 Hz measurement rover receiver update rate

• Rover operational range limited to 1.5 mile (2.4 km) from base station