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SPSx80 Smart GPS Antenna User Guide 55
Configuring the Receiver Settings 6
• Position rate
• Elevation mask
These parameters are always reset to the factory default values whenever the receiver
is switched off.
Power Up application file
The power up application file (Power_up.cfg) is used to set the receiver to a specific
configuration any time the unit is powered up.
In this file, you can specify that the receiver is reset to defaults before the power up
settings are applied. This ensures that restarting the receiver always resets it to factory
defaults prior to applying the power up application file.
Alternatively, you can specify that the power up settings are applied immediately after
the current application file’s settings have been applied. Restarting the receiver results
in a configuration that uses your default settings for the options you define in the
power up file, but the current settings for all other options.
By default, there is no power_up application file on the receiver. To use a power up
application file, you must create and save a power_up application file in the GPS
Configurator software. If you save this file to disk, the file is called power_up.cfg. The
extension .cfg is used, by convention, to identify application files on the office
computer. When you transfer this file to the receiver, the file is saved on the receiver as
power_up, and becomes the new power up file.
The power up file is the only special application file that you can overwrite or delete
from the receiver.
Applying application files
An application file’s settings do not affect the receiver’s configuration until you apply
the application file. You can do this at the same time that you save the file.
Alternatively, you can save the file on the computer or in the receiver, then open it later
and apply its settings.
Storing application files
You can store application files that you create in the GPS Configurator software on the
receiver and on the computer. For example, each file can represent a different user
sharing the same receiver, or a particular mode of operation. Saving application files on
your computer as well as in your receiver is optional, but it is useful because:
• it gives you a permanent copy of the settings you have sent to a receiver, for
audit or your own reference.
• you can use the same file to configure multiple receivers identically.
• you can use an existing application file as a template to create other application
files with similar settings.