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Quick Start Guide
®
3DM-GX3
-45 GPS-Aided Inertial Navigation System
Version
• 3DM-GX3
®
-45 firmware 1.5.22 and higher
• 3DM-GX3
®
Monitor 2 software 1.1.0.20 and higher
RS-232 Starter Kit
®
The 3DM-GX3
-45 RS-232 starter kit contains:
• 3DM-GX3
®
-45 GPS-Aided Inertial Navigation System module
• RS232-to-Micro-D communication and power cable
• 100-240 VAC Power Supply (9 VDC output) with 4 country adapters
• GPS antenna
• MMCX-to-SMA adapter
• 3DM-GX3
®
-45 software CD (Windows
USB Starter Kit
®
The 3DM-GX3
-45 USB starter kit contains:
• 3DM-GX3
®
-45 GPS-Aided Inertial Navigation System module
• USB-to-Micro-D communication and power cable
• GPS antenna
• MMCX-to-SMA adapter
• 3DM-GX3
®
-45 software CD (Windows
Software Installation
• Insert the 3DM-GX3
• The CD menu will automatically launch. If it does not, navigate to the drive and double-
click Auotrun.exe.
• Click the
Install 3DM-GX3 Monitor Software
instructions to complete the installation. You will receive a message indicating successful
installation and be asked to restart the system. Do not restart the system yet.
• Click the
Install 3DM-GX3 Hard and Soft Iron Calibration Software
the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. You will receive a message
indicating successful installation and be asked to restart the system. Do not restart the
system yet.
• Click the
Install 3DM-GX3 Drivers
complete the installation.
• Click the
Install 3DM-GX3 Manuals
complete the installation.
• Restart the system.
®
®
®
-45 software CD into the host computer's drive.
button and follow the on-screen instructions to
button and follow the on-screen instructions to
XP, Vista, 7)
XP, Vista, 7)
button and follow the on-screen
button and follow
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Table of Contents
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Summary of Contents for MicroStrain 3DM-GX3
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Page 1: Quick Start Guide
Do not restart the system yet. • Click the Install 3DM-GX3 Hard and Soft Iron Calibration Software button and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. You will receive a message indicating successful installation and be asked to restart the system. - Page 2 Windows Needs Your Permission To Continue window, click Continue. • If you receive the Windows Can’t Verify… window, click Install This Driver Software Anyway. • You will receive a successful message indicating the USB driver for the 3DM-GX3 ® was successfully installed.
- Page 3 • Launch the 3DM-GX3 ® -45 Monitor 2 software and the Main window will appear. • The software will automatically search for the 3DM-GX3 ® -45 and display it in the Device pane. The serial number, firmware version, model number, options and comm port will be displayed as shown in Figure 1.
- Page 4 • Click OK and the Choose window will disappear. • The Euler Angle data will now be written to the data file as it is displayed on the graph. • Click the Stop button and the 3DM-GX3 ® -45 will stop sampling.
- Page 5 Help Tip Click the blue ? (question mark) in the upper right hand corner of the Data Monitor window. The Context Help window will appear. Move your mouse to the Height MSL readout in the LLH Position pane and hover over it. The definition of Height MSL will appear in the Context Help window.
- Page 6 Many GPS antennas have a magnetic base; the antenna we provide does not. If you substitute a ® GPS antenna and its base is magnetic, please keep it away from the 3DM-GX3 -45 (and don’t pack them together).
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