Summary of Contents for ComNav Technology K-series
- Page 1 K-series OEM Board User Guide ComNav Technology User Guide K-series OEM Board Version 1.0.2 2017.12.13...
- Page 2 Copyright Notice This is the V1.01 (November, 2016) revision of the K-series OEM board User Guide. Information in this document is subject to change without notice. It cannot be copied or translated into any language without the written permission of ComNav Technology.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
K-series OEM Board User Guide Contents 1. Introduction ......................1 1.1 Overview of K-series OEM board ..............1 1.2 Related documents ..................2 1.3 Evaluation kit ....................2 2. Installation of K-series OEM board ................. 2 2.1 ComNav Technology interface board ............... 2 2.2 Guidelines for installation ................ - Page 4 K-series OEM Board User Guide 6.2 Force Update ....................23...
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Page 5: Introduction
K-series OEM Board User Guide 1. Introduction This User Guide provides a brief introduction of K-series OEM board installation, configuration and operation. We recommend that you read this manual carefully even if you have used GNSS products from other brands. -
Page 6: Related Documents
K-series OEM board. 2.1 ComNav Technology interface board ComNav Technology interface board is a mother board for K-series OEM board, and two types interface board are available depending on the size of your OEM board. The following figure shows interface board for small-sized OEM board:... -
Page 7: Guidelines For Installation
2.2 Guidelines for installation 1. Install the K-series OEM board with ComNav interface board. Fix the PIN and RF connection to the interface board properly Ensure 100% fitting for all connections Firstly unplug the PIN out when uninstalling the OEM cards (the K501 installation shown in the following figure). -
Page 8: Led Behavior
After all components connected, press the power button on the interface board 4. Connect to your PC or data communications equipment as the picture below: 2.3 LED behavior There are LED indicators helping you to check status of K-series OEM board. ○ ○ ○... -
Page 9: Oem Board Configuration With Cru Software
K-series OEM Board User Guide ○ 4 Power indicator of Interface board 3. OEM board configuration with CRU software This chapter describes OEM board configuration with ComNav Compass Receiver Utility (CRU) software. With CRU software, you are able to communicate and configure your OEM boards via serial port or Ethernet connection. -
Page 10: Status Checking
K-series OEM Board User Guide 3.2 Status checking Go to Tracking to check satellite information such as SNR and elevation, and click view to display the sky view shown below. Normally the SNR should reach the following values: GPS(G): max value for L1: 48-50; max value for L2: 40-42 ... -
Page 11: Command Interface
K-series OEM Board User Guide command interface, then enter ASCII commands you need. 3.3 Command Interface Go to Command to send ASCII commands to receiver. When inputting commands: Select and send proper commands, all commands are case insensitive: Log version=LOG VERSION ... - Page 12 K-series OEM Board User Guide souce table. Then select Ntrip mount point -> enter User name and password (Anonymous Types) -> OK. After receiver received correction data, the receiver will calculate the ambiguity and turn to differential mode. Go to View -> PVT View to check RTK status: 1) Position mode;...
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Page 13: Data Recording Configuration
K-series OEM Board User Guide Be careful that the OEM board is unable to respond to any command when set as the differential mode, it’s better to switch to the normal mode by: 1) Go to Diff – click disconnect 2) Or send command: Interfacemode compass compass on Then you can send commands to OEM board. -
Page 14: Data Management
K-series OEM Board User Guide There are other settings for onboard memory you can change based on your requirements: Sample Interval: change the sample interval of observations, the maximum data rate is 20Hz, the minimum is one observation per minute. -
Page 15: Convert To Rinex
K-series OEM Board User Guide click List File to refresh raw data list. 4. Right-click on the file name to modify, download or delete the raw observation data. For K7-series OEM board, you only can download raw data through USB cable and raw data will be saved in the file named after its date. -
Page 16: Memory Management
This chapter describes the commands for frequently used work mode, which can help you to quick start to use ComNav Technology OEM board. ComNav Technology OEM board set single point positioning as default work mode. However, it also supports various work modes that meet your requirements, including smooth mode, SBAS mode, RTK mode, RTD mode and Moving baseline mode. -
Page 17: Smooth Mode
M,99,0000*4C 4.2. SBAS mode For ComNav Technology OEM boards, the default setting for SBAS is disabled. You can enable this mode to improve positioning accuracy if receivers in the area covered by certain SBAS satellites. Make sure GNSS antenna is able to track satellites, and... - Page 18 / Base station type Saveconfig //Save configuration Tip: RTCM1104b message is defined by ComNav Technology, which may be incompatible with rover receiver of other brand. With 9600 baud rate for air link, the limited number of data can be sent out per second in radio mode.
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Page 19: Rtd Mode
K-series OEM Board User Guide Saveconfig //Save configuration RTCM3.2 (MSM5) unlogall //clear previous settings fix position 31.1744880 121.3878091 44.1287 //fix the coordinate (Fix auto) //fix auto Log comX rtcm1075b ontime 1 //GPS Full PRs and Phase Ranges plus CNR Log comX rtcm1085b ontime 1... -
Page 20: Moving Base Mode
Log rtcm59bdsprcb ontime 1 //Differential Beidou Corrections Saveconfig //save configuration Tip: RTCM59bdsprcb message is defined by ComNav Technology, which may be incompatible with rover receiver of other brand. For the Rover: rtkobsmode 3 //Set the observation mode of rover receiver... -
Page 21: Moving Baseline
K-series OEM Board User Guide The configuration is shown below: For Moving Base Station: Fix none //Undo fix position mode Log comX rtcmcompassb ontime 1 //Differential GPS/GLONASS/Beidou corrections Saveconfig //Save configuration For the Rover: Interfacemode comx auto auto on //Set comx in differential mode... -
Page 22: Heading Mode
"log headinga ontime 1" when heading get the fixed solution. 5. Frequently Used Commands This section describes some frequently used commands for K-series OEM boards, such as version, raw data and NMEA data output. For more programmatic commands, please refer to ComNav OEM Board Reference Manual_V1.5. -
Page 23: Check Port Information
K-series OEM Board User Guide 5.2 Check Port Information Log comconfig //Log Information of the port 5.3 Change the serial port baud rate Com comX 9600 //Change the baud rate of comX to 9600 Tip: after changing baud rate of current serial port, you need to reconnect your OEM board. -
Page 24: Lockout/Unlockout Satellite System
K-series OEM Board User Guide 5.6 Lockout/unlockout satellite system Command Description (un)lockout bd2 (un)lockout Beidou system (un)lockout gps (un)lockout GPS system (un)lockout GLONASS (un)lockout Glonass Unlockoutall Unlock all GNSS system 5.7 NMEA data output Log comX gpgga ontime 1 //Output GPGGA... -
Page 25: Event Marker
K-series OEM Board User Guide 2. Send command Log reglista to check the registration status. It will show the number and list of activated functions (ZONEGLOBAL function as an example in the following figure) 5.11 Event Marker Markcontrol MARKCONTROL signal switch [polarity] [timebias [timeguard]] Description The signal only supports the key words “mark1”;... -
Page 26: Pps
K-series OEM Board User Guide 5.12 PPS Format: PPSCONTROL <switch><polarity><period><pulse-width> Description: This command can be used to set the polarity, period and pulse-width of PPS output. The PPS can’t be disabled and the update rate can be up to 10 Hz. - Page 27 K-series OEM Board User Guide 4. Click Link and Update to upgrade OEM board Note: please don’t move your mouse or run other software when updating firmware (5-6 minutes). 6.2 Force Update Check the following two options in link setup and update again...
- Page 28 K-series OEM Board User Guide Tip: it’s better to use USB to ComNav provided Serial convertor, otherwise it may result a fail identify of serial port.
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