Communicating With The Receiver Using Novatel Connect - Novatel ProPak6 User Manual

Operation
3.3.1

Communicating with the Receiver Using NovAtel Connect

Open the NovAtel Connect program and select Device | Open Connection from the main menu. The
Open Connection window appears. Open an existing connection or a create a New connection.
Refer to NovAtel Connect's Help (press F1, click on
the Console and ASCII Messages windows are displayed (select from the View menu if necessary).
When the receiver is first turned on, no data is transmitted from the COM ports except for the port
prompt. The Console window displays a port name:
[COM1]
if connected to
[COM2]
if connected to
or
[COM3]
if connected to
Any of the COM port prompts indicate that the receiver is ready and waiting for command input. The
screen may display other port names for other port types (e.g., USB1, USB2, USB3 or AUX).
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1. Output from receiver self-tests may take some time. On startup, the ProPak6 receiver is set to
log the RXSTATUSEVENTA log ONNEW on all ports. See Section 8.4 RXSTATUSEVENT Log
on page 107 for more details.
2. If NovAtel Connect is unable to locate the ProPak6 receiver, use a different COM port to com-
municate with the receiver. When communication has been established, issue a
STANDARD
3. XCOM1, XCOM2 and XCOM3 virtual ports can be generated by the receiver. However, they
are unlikely to appear as a port prompt as you cannot connect to these types of ports using
NovAtel Connect. Also, the XCOM ports are not available with the
mand but may be used with other commands, such as
the OEM6 Family Firmware Reference Manual
An example of a response to an input
[COM2]
<OK
In this example, [COM2] is the port prompt.
This example illustrates command input to the base receiver's COM2 port that sets the position of the
base station receiver for differential operation.
If the command was accepted, the receiver responds with:
<OK
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com1
port
com2
port
com3
port
command. The original communications port should be ready for use.
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icon or select the NovAtel button | Help). Ensure
SERIALCONFIG
INTERFACEMODE
(OM-20000129) for details on the virtual ports.
command:
Chapter 3
FRESET
com-
LOG
and . Refer to
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