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Table of Content Products Introductions ....................... 3 Preface ..........................3 Product Features ....................... 4 Introductions to NeoRTK GNSS Receiver ............... 5 Introductions to Handheld controller iHand20 ............... 10 Introductions to controller T17M ................... 18 Cautions for use ......................18 Basic Operation ........................ 21 Button operation ......................
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List of Figures Figure 1 NeoRTK hardware diagram ....................5 Figure 2 Upper Cover ........................6 Figure 3 Bottom view ........................6 Figure 4 Inside of the battery closet ....................7 Figure 5 3G/GPRS antenna(short) UHF built-in radio antenna(long) ........8 Figure 6 Battery BL-5000 .........................
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List of Tables Table 1 Button functions ......................... 21 Table 2 LED indicator lamp ......................22 Table 3 Defaulted frequency table of 16 channels in radio ............. 44...
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Manual Revision Revision Date Revision Level Description 2017-09-22 Release NeoRTK GNSS Receiver User Manual1.0 E-mail: support@tersus-gnss.com Web: www.Tersus-gnss.com...
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Preface It’s highly recommended that you read this user manual carefully before you use NeoRTK GNSS receiver. If you are unfamiliar with Tersus products, please refer to www.tersus-gnss.com or mail to support@tersus-gnss.com The following conventions are used in this manual: Note: the contents here are generally special operations, need to pay special attention to.
1. Products Introductions Preface NeoRTK is a new type of GNSS receiver for measurement provided by Tersus. With a hi-tech, fully integrated design, the compact NeoRTK is one of the most flexible choices for any measuring projects. NeoRTK receiver builds-in Linux3.2.0 operating system, pre-loaded multiple smart applications such as tilt surveying, electronic bubble calibration, NFC and voice DIY.
The internal NFC module makes Bluetooth communication quick and easy. Intelligent voice assistance reports field operations; voice can be DIY. Standard Rinex data and Tersus raw data recorded simultaneously. Optional Transceiver UHF Radio The transceiver UHF radio enables switchable working modes between base and rover.
4. Bottom Cover 5. Upper Cover NeoRTK mainly consists of three parts, the upper cover, bottom cover and the control panel. In the middle of the enclosure is the control panel, which contains a power button and three indicator LEDs. The power button can do all function settings, and from the left to the right, the three indicator lamps are: ...
Upper Cover Figure 2 Upper Cover U-type anti-wear buffer can effective avoid the instrument from scratch. Double-color makes the structure clear and beautiful. Bottom Cover Figure 3 Bottom view...
Figure 4 Inside of the battery closet 1. USB interface and protective plug, used to export data and upgrade firmware. 2. Speaker, report the status of the receiver with voice. 3. Metal buckle 4. Battery closet 5. Installation screw hole, used to fasten the instrument to base or centering rod. 6.
Cautions: 1. When the 5-pin socket is not used, please cover them with the plug. 2. When water enters into the speaker, it is likely that the speaker is silent or hoarse. The voice can recover after the speaker is dry. Antenna Figure 5 3G/GPRS antenna(short)...
Figure 6 Battery BL-5000 Recharger BL-5000 lithium battery shall use Tersus CL-8410 lithium battery charger to charge. About 7 hours of charging time CL-8410 charger is designed with charge lamp. The lamp is red during charging and turns green when charging is finished.
Introductions to Handheld controller iHand20 The top side of the controller The top side of the handheld controller includes touch screen, keyboard and microphone. Touch Screen Keyboard Figure 8 Top side of controller iHand20 Touch screen: Multipoint capacitive touch screen with touch pen, which supports Chinese and English language input.
The back side of the controller A camera, a battery cover, NFC module, etc. are on the back side of the controller. Speaker Camera Battery cover NFC module Belt Figure 9 Back side of controller Camera: Used for field collection of image information. ...
The left side of handheld controller Waterproof & dustproof rubber plug Audio interface Mini USB Figure 10 Left side of controller Mini USB: Used for connecting USB data line and iHand20 handheld controller. Audio interface: Used for connecting headphone cable and iHand20 handheld controller.
"handwriting pen". Open the handheld controller’s [system setting] -> [auxiliary function] -> [handwriting pen] Operation of handheld controller Keyboard Most settings and operations of Tersus iHand20 handheld controller can be done with the touch pen, and commonly-used operations can be done with the keyboard. The keyboard is introduced briefly as follows.
Press it and hold for 10s to force it reboot, which is used when the controller system is crashed. APP: Quick start of Tersus software, press button APP for a long time until the Road popups, then select "Tersus-Survey Road" and click [Ok]. And the software selected this time can be started quickly by only pressing key APP next time.
Cautions: When installing Tersus-Survey Road for the first time, it is necessary to press key APP for 3s for software quick start selection settings. Otherwise, corresponding software cannot be started quickly by only pressing button APP. Fn button: Press Fn button and hold for 3s to show input method page. When [physical button input method] is selected, press Fn button to switch among input methods of Chinese Pinyin, strokes, digitals and letters under input status.
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Model of iHand20 handheld controller battery and charger Name Model Lithium battery BL-6300A Charger CL-6300A Data download Connect handheld controller to computer 1. Connect the controller to a computer with the USB cable, and pull down the notice column and click USB computer connection [open USB storage].
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Click [System Settings] -> [Developer options] -> [USB debugging] In the popup debugging window, click [OK] to complete the connection between the controller and the computer. In the computer, file operations between the controller and computer can be conducted by [Portable Devices].
20 is installed with Android system, while T17M with Windows Mobile system. Tersus-survey is installed on iHand20, while T17M with MicroSurvey FieldGenius, Calson SurveCE. The detailed specification of T17M is in section 1.5.4, contact support@tersus-gnss.com for more about it. Cautions for use Environmental Requirements The receiver shall be worked in dry working environment regardless of waterproof materials.
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Electronic Jamming The receiver shall not be installed at a place near to an electrical device with big output power or any potential jammers, such as: Oil duct (spark plugs) Generator Battery-operated motor cycle DC-AC power supply equipment ...
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Battery safety Warnings: 1. Battery and charger must be qualified by manufacturer, and do not throw them into the fire or use the metallic short-circuit electrode. 2. For the first usage, there is a certain electric quantity in the battery generally. Therefore, the battery shall not be charged until the battery is used up.
Button operation NeoRTK adopts optimized and simplified design; button operation with control panel is very convenient. 1. Control panel Most settings and operations of NeoRTK can be done with power button, below is the control panel. Differential Satellite Signal lamp lamp Power button&...
3. Power on/off Press power button for 1s to power on. Press power button 3s~6s until voice prompts "dingdong" and release the button to power off. 4. Reset main board In power on status, press power button >6s until voice prompts the second "dingdong", then release 5.
Wi-Fi Password Setting NeoRTK receiver can be used as Wi-Fi access point, supports user-defined password (Factory default password: 12345678) Figure 19 Wi-Fi password Cautions: If you forget your password, you can reset your password by "GNSS Receiver Manager V1.0.3"?? Static data collecting NeoRTK GNSS Receiver can collect static data.
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Notice: 1. Instrument height should be measured from control point to the upper of measurement bench marker. 2. The height of phase center is 0.1018 meter. 3. The measurement bench marker radius is 0.130 meter. Below is the schematic: 4. Record point name, receiver S/N, receiver height, beginning time. 5.
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NeoRTK default settings will not record Rinex format data. Users can change settings by GNSS Receiver Manager Software. Below is the GNSS Receiver Manager Software page.
Tersus-survey software should run on Android 2.3.3 or above, can run on Tersus professional measurement controller, general phone, pad and some other Android devices. Just copy the Tersus-survey APK to the Android device and install it or do it by third party assistance software Software Feature 1.
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The above are the draft windows of the four items, for more detail about Tersus-survey, refer to the Tersus-survey user manual or mail to support@tersus-gnss.com.
4. Troubleshooting This chapter gives several actions a customers may need to do when the NeoRTK can’t work normally. 4.1 Reset operation When the Bluetooth is not connected, or satellite searching fails or network connection fails, reset operation will restart the instrument.
4.2 USB virtual serial port driver installation Installation steps are as follows: 1. Confirm to open the virtual serial port driver function, users can view and check these settings by iHand20. 2. Connect receiver with PC by micro USB cable and install the driver. The driver file support Windows 7 32-bit, Windows XP 32-bit, other system need to be tested.
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5. Right click "CDC Serial" and choose "Upgrade Driver Software" and select "linux_cdc_seial.inf" then click next. 6. If searched the effective software, the pop-up window will appear, and choose "Install this driver software anyway".
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7. Successfully updated information will show as below.
4.3 Firmware update Receiver’s firmware updating steps are showed as below. 1. Power on NeoRTK GNSS receiver, connect receiver with PC with the manufacturer provided USB cable. Then open "My Computer", "update" disk will display. 2. Copy the firmware to "update" disk, remove it and disconnect USB cable, restart GNSS receiver.
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Hardware Physical Dimensions (W x H) 153mm x 83mm (6.02inch x 3.27inch) ≤1.0kg without internal battery Weight Operating temperature -40℃to +65℃ (-40℉ to +149℉) Storage temperature -40℃ to +75℃(-40℉ to +167℉) Humidity 100%, considering IP67 dustproof, protected from temporary Water/dustproof immersion to depth of 1m (3.28ft).
Communication Part Network Communication Fully integrated, fully sealed internal WCDMA, compatible with GPRS, GSM WIFI frequency is 2.4G, supports 802.11b/g/n protocol Network RTK (via CORS) range20-50km Pacific Crest XDL Micro Internal UHF Radio Frequency 457~467MHz Transmitting power Transmitting speed Up to 19.2Kbps Support most of radio communication protocol Working range 3~5km typical, 8~10km optimal...
32GB Storage card Micro-SD external storage >10 hours [LCD brightest + Bluetooth or WiFi Working time opening, running Tersus-Survey software] Maximum 900 hours (GSM page9, or WCDMA DRX Standby time = 256) More than 6000mA, easy to disassembly, easy to...
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Network EDGE Support Speech FR, HR, EFR, AMR (Narrow Band), AMR WB GPRS functionality GRPS Class12 WCDMA HSPA Support (HSPA) USIM support Maximum downlink data 42 Mbps rate Maximum uplink data rate 11.5Mbps IMEI Need to be marked Main Camera Pixel 8M pixel Camera technology...
Controller T17M CPU frequency 806MHz 512MB Windows Mobile 6.X Multi-language support Keypad 27-key alphanumeric pad General Microphone support speaker support Screen 3.7 inch high light LCD Resolution 480 * 640 Camera 5Mega pixel Size 200mm x 96mm x 32mm Weight 515g (battery included) GPS L1 support...
The chapter will introduce the appearance and application of main interface of receiver and accessories. The following equipment does not represent all users purchased NeoRTK. According to different configurations, the specific configuration shall be subject to the delivery order upon purchasing.
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Warning: when installing difference antenna, it shall rotate the fixed nut in bottom of difference antenna with hand rather that grasping the upper side of difference antenna, or it will break off the difference antenna. Data Cable Five-pin plug Series interface Five-pin plug: connect Five-pin socket of receiver Serial interface: it is used to connect with computer serial port, update receiver firmware, set the receiver, manage static data and set the radio.
DDTHPB External Radio DDTHPB external radio is a type of radio improving the performance of relay radio UH-3000. DDTHPB radio has all functions of URS relay radio. Compared to other radios, it is also functional in power transposition protection. Even though the external power is connected wrongly, DDTHPB radio will not be burn out.
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DDTHPB radio interface: 1. Base host to radio cable interface 2. External power interface 3. Transmitting antenna interface As for the specific operations of DDTHPB external radio, please refer to its manual.
Defaulted Frequency Table upon Delivery is given in Table 3, the user may change defaulted frequency of 16 channels of the radio. Table 3 Defaulted frequency table of 16 channels in radio Frequency Frequency Channel Channel (MHZ) (MHZ) 466.825 466.625 463.125 463.325 464.125...
7. Terminology ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange Compact Measurement Record Direct Current Electro Static Discharge ECEF Earth Center Earth Fixed GLONASS GLObal NAvigation Satellite System GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System Global Positioning System Intermediate Frequency Inertial Measurement Unit Input/Output Light Emitting Diode Low Noise Amplifier...
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