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NaviSys Technology - Your Location Partner User’s Manual - GR-312 Revision History Ver. Date Description Dec. 20 , 2007 Initial draft...
The power could be from a computer, a cigarette lighter car adaptor, or the matched accessory - BB-100 battery bank directly. The power could also be from above devices via an extension cable. 1.2 Outlook GR-312 Dimension of GR-312: 21 mm (W) x 72 mm (L) x 13.2 mm (H)
Dimension of BB-100: 55.5 mm (W) x 78.6 mm (L) x 27 mm (H) 1.3 Main Features GR-312 merits not only cute design and excellent performance but also the popular USB and Bluetooth communications in one device. In addition, the Google Earth enabled features make every trip more tangible.
NaviSys Technology - Your Location Partner User’s Manual - GR-312 Convenient PC side data management via either USB or Bluetooth communications Convenient logging choices Logging by distance Logging by time Logging by speed Logging status indication Logging is enabled or not...
Length of 32 alpha-numeric characters Data formats NMEA, KML, CSV 1.5 Electrical and Environmental Data GR-312 is built-in with a small backup battery for GPS performance enhancement reason only. The optional power source accessory, BB-100, could be used to power GR-312. Power...
Charging: LED on as it is under charging; off as charging is done. 1.7 Communication Connections Wired GR-312 could connect to the USB socket of a computer directly. The computing device can use the position data provided by GR-312 for navigation or data logger management. Wireless GR-312 could connect to a computing device by Bluetooth wireless interface.
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NaviSys Technology - Your Location Partner User’s Manual - GR-312 reference purpose only. We do our best to improve the compatibility with mostly used PC windows environment. However, we do not guarantee the compatibility. NaviViewer: This bonus tool is for checking GPS signal receiving status. One can also use other GPS viewer tool to check GPS receiving status.
NaviSys Technology - Your Location Partner User’s Manual - GR-312 2 Getting Started GR-312 can provide the position data for navigation or logging management via either wired (USB) or wireless (Bluetooth) interface. Both USB and Bluetooth interfaces are connected via serial COM port.
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NaviSys Technology - Your Location Partner User’s Manual - GR-312 3. Click on item of BT GPS Dongle for connecting to GR-312. 4. It shows the SPP service is available. Double click on the item SPP slave on BT GPS Dongle.
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NaviSys Technology - Your Location Partner User’s Manual - GR-312 8. Until now, the Bluetooth connection has been connected between GR-312 and the PC. One can use GPS viewer tool or Navigation software using COM6. 9. One can also use NaviLogManager to manage the data logger using COM6.
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NaviSys Technology - Your Location Partner User’s Manual - GR-312 2.2 USB Connection Establishment To establish a USB connection, the Prolific PL-2303 USB driver should be installed. For the detailed information, please see the USB Driver Quick Installation Guide. After...
Before one can view the path that one has been visited, one needs to 1. Log the visiting data in GR-312 GR-312 is by default in data logging mode and it will log data automatically according to setting of record options as its power is on.
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NaviSys Technology - Your Location Partner User’s Manual - GR-312 The display content could be selected by adjusting the time scale. Under the Places menu, one can see the logged data summary – path and points. Click on those items, the display would focus on corresponding data.
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NaviSys Technology - Your Location Partner User’s Manual - GR-312 Click on item of Stop 1. (One can also click on icon Stop 1 from the display directly.)
NaviSys Technology - Your Location Partner User’s Manual - GR-312 If one prefers to see the map information, remember to enable the roads selection under Layers menu. The map in local language would be displayed. Please note that not every area has their corresponding map.
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NaviSys Technology - Your Location Partner User’s Manual - GR-312 Following is an example of photo tagging with locr. The rule of thumb is 1. Specify where the NMEA file of logging data is. 2. Specify where the pictures are.
PPS timing message (synchronized to PPS) GR-312 adopts interface protocol of National Marine Electronics Association's NMEA-0183 Version 3.00 interface specification. GR-312 supports 7 types of sentences - 7 standard NMEA sentences (GPGGA, GPGLL, GPGSA, GPGSV, GPRMC, GPVTG, and GPZDA). The default output sentences are GPGGA, GPGSA, GPGSV, GPRMC, and GPVTG. The UART communication parameters are 4800 bps, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, and no parity.
NaviSys Technology - Your Location Partner User’s Manual - GR-312 3.2 GPGGA - Global Positioning System Fix Data Example $GPGGA,101229.487,3723.2475,N,12158.3416,W,1,07,1.0,9.0,M, , , ,0000*3E Explanation Contents Example Unit Explanation Message ID $GPGGA GGA protocol header UTC Time 101229.487 hhmmss.sss hh: hour, mm: minute, ss: second Latitude 3723.2475...
NaviSys Technology - Your Location Partner User’s Manual - GR-312 3.4 GPGSA - GNSS DOP and Active Satellites Example $GPGSA,A,3,05,02,26,27,09,04,15, , , , , ,1.8,1.0,1.5*11 Explanation Contents Example Explanation Message ID $GPGSA GSA protocol header Mode 1 M: Manual—forced to operate in 2D or 3D mode A: 2D Automatic—allowed to automatically switch 2D/3D...
NaviSys Technology - Your Location Partner User’s Manual - GR-312 3.6 GPRMC - Recommended Minimum Specific GNSS Data Example $GPRMC,151229.487,A,3723.2475,N,12148.3416,W,0.13,309.62,120598,,,A*5F Explanation Contents Example Unit Explanation Message ID $GPRMC RMC protocol header UTC Time 151229.487 hhmmss.sss hh: hour, mm: minute, ss: second...
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NaviSys Technology - Your Location Partner User’s Manual - GR-312 3.8 GPZDA - SiRF Timing Message Example $GPZDA,181813,14,10,2006,00,00*4A Explanation Contents Example Unit Explanation Message ID $GPZDA ZDA protocol header UTC time 181813 Either using valid IONO/UTC or estimated from default leap seconds...
However, if two NaviLogManager are running to manage the same GR-312 the result is unpredictable. The simplest way to solve this problem is to cycling GR-312 and NaviLogManager. That is to say, to power off and then power on GR-312, to terminate and run again one NaviLogManager only.
NaviSys Technology - Your Location Partner User’s Manual - GR-312 5 FCC Safety Statement Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
6 Warranty Warranty conditions Navisys GPS products are warranted to be free from defects in material and function for one year dated from the shipping date. Navisys GPS products are free from material defects and function defects under normal operation. Any fault within warranty period under normal conditions will be taken care of by DOA/RMA policy.
NaviSys Technology - Your Location Partner User’s Manual - GR-312 7 Ordering Information Accessory USB Cable Car charger Battery bank (BB-100) Charging cable of BB-100...