User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- USER GUIDE
- Legal Notices
- Safety Information
- Contents
- Introduction
- Features and Functions
- Batteries and Power
- Setup Guidelines
- Setting up the 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
- Default Settings
- Specifications
- NMEA-0183 Output
- GSOF Messages
- Adding Internal Radio Frequencies
- Upgrading the Receiver Firmware
- Data Logging and Postprocessed Measurement Operations
- Troubleshooting
- Glossary
2 Features and Functions
20 SPSx80 Smart GPS Antenna User Guide
Lower housing
Figure 2.3 shows the lower housing of the SPS780 Smart GPS antenna. The lower
housing is the same for the SPS880, except for the identifying label. The housing
contains the two serial ports, one TNC radio antenna connector, the removable battery
compartment and the 5/8-11 threaded insert.
Figure 2.3 SPSx80 Smart GPS antenna lower housing
Each port or connector on the Smart GPS antenna is marked with an icon to indicate
its main function, as shown in Table 2.1.
Port 1 is a 7-pin 0-shell Lemo connector that supports RS-232 communications and
external power input. Port 1 has no power outputs.
Table 2.1 Receiver ports
Icon Name Connections
Port 1 Device, computer, external radio, power in
Port 2 Device, computer, external radio
RADIO Radio communications antenna
Port 1
Port 2
TNC radio
connection
Receiver identifying
label
antenna
5/8-11" threaded
insert