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  • Page 1 Altus NR3 User Manual...
  • Page 2 User Manual Revision 1.1 Applicable to version 1.3.0 of the Altus NR3 rmware December 04, 2017 © Copyright 2000-2017 Septentrio NV/SA. All rights reserved. Septentrio NV Greenhill Campus, nterleuvenlaan 15i 3001 Leuven, Belgium http://www.septentrio.com support@septentrio.com Phone: +32 16 300 800...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Switching on the Altus NR3 ........
  • Page 4 CONTENTS 5 Con guring Altus NR3 as a Base station ........... . 41 ETT NG THE BASE STAT ON POS T ON .
  • Page 5 CONTENTS Appendix E Glossary of ArcG S and PinPoint-G S terms Appendix F List of Typical GNSS Related Acronyms...

  • Page 6: Ntroduction

    760 grams with a diameter of only 167 mm. Work all day The batteries of the Altus NR3 are hot swappable so with two batteries in the device and two spare, you ll have more than enough power to see you through the working day and beyond.

  • Page 7: Altus Nr3 Techn Cal Character St Cs

    SBAS (WAAS, EGNOS, MSAS) 0.6 m 0.8 m DGPS 0.3 m 0.7 m RTK (Fixed) 0.6 cm + 0.5 ppm 1 cm + 1 ppm The Altus NR3 can be mounted on a standard survey rod with a 5/8 thread.

  • Page 8: User Not Ces

    1.2.1 Warranty Septentrio provides a two-year warranty for the Altus NR3 receiver, free from defects in materials and workmanship, from the date of sale on the invoice of the original buyer. A ninety-day warranty is provided for the cables and other accessories. Firmware upgrades are free for life.

  • Page 9: Support

    CHAPTER 1. NTRODUCT ON 1.2.2 Support For rst-line support please contact your Septentrio dealer. For further information, please consult the Septentrio support website for documentation and rmware upgrades or the Septentrio Technical Support group: http://www.septentrio.com support@septentrio.com Europe Septentrio NV Phone: +32 16 300 800...

  • Page 10: Notices Of Compliance

    CHAPTER 1. NTRODUCT ON 1.2.3 Notices of compliance CE Notice Receivers of the Altus NR3 family carry the CE mark and as such are compliant with the 2004/108/EC-EMC Directive and amendments, 2006/95/EC-Low Voltage Directive, both amended by the CE marking directive 93/68/EC.

  • Page 11: Regulatory Nformation

    CHAPTER 1. NTRODUCT ON 1.2.4 Regulatory nformation FCC Regulations This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
  • Page 12 CHAPTER 1. NTRODUCT ON C Regulations RSS-Gen 7.1.3 This device complies with ndustry Canada license-exempt RSS standard(s). Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device.

  • Page 13: Safety Information

    Use the statement number provided at the beginning of each warning to locate its translation in the translated safety warnings that accompanied this device. Statement 2/WARN NG: The power supply provided by Septentrio should not be replaced by another. Statement 3/WARN NG: Ultimate disposal of this product should be handled according to all national laws and regulations.

  • Page 14: Altus Nr3 Overview

    Con guration via USB (214100) Four Li- on Batteries Powering the Altus NR3 (215344) 4-channel external battery charger with Battery Charger cable connections to both wall plug (EU:215498, UK:215499, AU:215500, US:215501) and cigarette lighter Figure 2-1: Standard items included with Altus NR3 delivery...

  • Page 15: Opt Onal Tems

    (214969) (supply range: 9-30 VDC) Bluetooth to bluetooth dongle for iOS NMEA-BT-NR3 support with Altus NR3 (ideal for usage (215258) with Collector for ArcG S) AC wall adapter 110-230V to 12 V adapter/wall charger (EU:214870, UK:214871, AU:214872, US:214873)

  • Page 16: Altus Nr3 Des Gn

    2.3 Altus NR3 design 2.3.1 Front Panel The Altus NR3 has an intuitive front panel with status LEDs and a central power button. Figure 2-2: Altus NR3 Front Panel The table below provides an overview of the LED indicators. A complete description of their behaviour can be found in Section A.2.
  • Page 17 CHAPTER 2. ALTUS NR3 OVERV EW Power Button Functions As well as turning the Altus NR3 o and on, the front-panel power button can also be used to toggle WiFi and internal logging as described in Table 2.3-2. Table 2.3-2: Altus NR3 power button functions...

  • Page 18: Location Of Batteries And S M Card

    The S M card slot is located under the left battery bay and has a watertight cover. Only a micro S M card will t into the slot. Figure 2-3: Underside of the Altus NR3 indicating the location of the S M card slot Closing the battery door Figure 2-4: Closing the battery door Press rmly at the position indicated by the grey arrow to lock the battery door.

  • Page 19: Altus Nr3 Connector

    CHAPTER 2. ALTUS NR3 OVERV EW 2.3.3 Altus NR3 Connector The Altus NR3 has one 9-Pin Lemo connection socket on its underside as shown in Figure 2-5. When connected to the AC Adapter , this will power the device and charge any batteries that are inside.

  • Page 20: Getting Started With The Altus Nr3

    An active RTK (NTR P or TCP/ P) service A subscription for a (NTR P or TCP/ P) correction service or an Altus NR3 Base receiver for getting corrections (not applicable for Altus NR3 M or Altus Base models) Charged Batteries Make sure you have two charged batteries.

  • Page 21: Sett Ng Up The Altus

    3.2.1 nserting a micro S M card Turn o the Altus NR3 to install or remove the S M card. Damage to the S M card may occur if installed or removed while the unit is powered. 1. Place the Altus NR3 on a at surface with its battery compartments facing up as shown in Figure 2-3 2.

  • Page 22: Switching Wifi On/O

    CHAPTER 3. GETT NG STARTED W TH THE ALTUS NR3 3.2.4 Switching WiFi on/o The easiest way to con gure the Altus NR3 is using the Web nterface over WiFi. 1. f the WiFi radio is already switched on, the WiFi LED will be lit (green) 2.

  • Page 23: Connect Ng To The Web Nterface

    Altus NR3 via the Web nterface. The Altus NR3 identi es itself as a wireless network or an access point by default. The procedure to connect to the Altus NR3 over WiFi is given in the steps below.

  • Page 24: Con Guring The Altus Nr3 As A Rover

    4.1 Standard rover receiver settings For the Altus NR3 to operate as a rover and accept di erential correction data from a Base station, check that Rover is selected in the Mode eld of the Position Mode window in the GNSS menu as shown in Figure 4-1.
  • Page 25 CHAPTER 4. CONF GUR NG THE ALTUS NR3 AS A ROVER Figure 4-2: With the default auto setting, Altus NR3 will accept any format of incoming di erential corrections.

  • Page 26: Connecting Via Mobile Nternet

    2. Enter a Cellular P N and Access Point Name (APN) in this window. You may also need to enter a Username and Password. 3. Make sure the on buttons of both Power and Connect are selected. 4. Click Ok Figure 4-3: Connecting the Altus NR3 to the internet using the cellular modem...
  • Page 27 (e.g. HSPA) and Status eld on the right hand side of the window will be lled with details of the connection as shown in Figure 4-3. The cellular modem of the Altus NR3 should be con gured on the Cellular/Modem tab of the web interface or using the setCellularParameters command in Expert Console. No other...

  • Page 28: Connection To An Ntr P Caster

    CHAPTER 4. CONF GUR NG THE ALTUS NR3 AS A ROVER 4.2.2 Connection to an NTR P Caster Step 1: Con gure the NTR P Client settings 1. Make sure you have a cellular connection as described in the previous section.
  • Page 29 CHAPTER 4. CONF GUR NG THE ALTUS NR3 AS A ROVER Figure 4-6: Receiving di erential corrections via NTR P f the Mode Field is set to Client , the Altus NR3 will auto-connect to the NTR P Caster each time it is powered.

  • Page 30: Connecting Via Data Call

    0474 90 86 52. Step 1: Check the receiver is in Rover mode Section 4.1 shows how you can check that the Altus NR3 is set to work as a rover. Step 2: Con gure the connection to the Base station From the Communication menu select Cellular , where you can con gure the cellular modem of the rover receiver to make a data call to the Base station receiver.
  • Page 31 CHAPTER 4. CONF GUR NG THE ALTUS NR3 AS A ROVER Figure 4-7: Con guring the Base station receiver to receive a data call from the rover receiver Note that the Data Call feature only works when using batteries and will not work when the Altus NR3 is connected to an external power supply.

  • Page 32: Connecting Via An P Address Using Mobile Nternet

    Base station receiver, be it a Reference Network or another Altus NR3, is sending corrections over P. This section describes the Rover settings for the Altus NR3. Please review Section 5.2.2 for the con guration of the Altus NR3 as a Base using an P address.
  • Page 33 CHAPTER 4. CONF GUR NG THE ALTUS NR3 AS A ROVER Figure 4-9: Enter the TCP/ P address and port number of the connection Step 3: Con gure the input of di erential corrections On the Corrections nput tab, you can select the communication port and the RTCM stream expected as input as shown in Figure 4-10.

  • Page 34: Connecting Via Wifi

    For this reason, the rover should be con gured using the USB connection. The steps below describe how to connect via USB to the Altus NR3 and con gure it in WiFi client mode.
  • Page 35 CHAPTER 4. CONF GUR NG THE ALTUS NR3 AS A ROVER Figure 4-12: Click on Enable WiFi Client then Ok Next, click on the Con gure Networks button in the WiFi Client Status panel as shown in Figure 4-13. This will display a list of reachable WiFi networks.
  • Page 36 CHAPTER 4. CONF GUR NG THE ALTUS NR3 AS A ROVER Con gure the input of di erential corrections On the Corrections nput tab, you can select the format of corrections that will be accepted. The default setting is auto , as shown in Figure 4-15, which detects the format automatically however, a speci c format can be explicitly selected using the drop-down list.
  • Page 37 CHAPTER 4. CONF GUR NG THE ALTUS NR3 AS A ROVER Step 3: Con gure any additional settings Section 4.4 details some additional settings that you may need. Step 4: Verifying the con guration f both the Base station and rover receivers have been con gured correctly, the rover Overview tab should show the WiFi connection to the base station and the top panel positioning mode icon should indicate RTK xed as shown in Figure 4-17.

  • Page 38: Conf Gur Ng Data Output Over Bluetooth

    5. Using your preferred G S or Survey application on the device make sure you connect to the Bluetooth port created by the Bluetooth manager of your device. Unless there are speci c reasons to make the Altus NR3 undiscoverable, it is advised to leave the Discoverable option switched on.

  • Page 39: Con Guring Output Of Sbf And Nmea Data

    CHAPTER 4. CONF GUR NG THE ALTUS NR3 AS A ROVER 4.3.2 Con guring output of SBF and NMEA data The Altus NR3 can be con gured to output SBF or NMEA data in the NMEA/SBF Output window. Select either NMEA or SBF...

  • Page 40: Add T Onal Rover Sett Ngs

    Figure 4-20: GNSS Tab: setting Antenna O set The Altus NR3 automatically compensates for the Antenna Phase Centre o set using the approved calibration of the product in order to provide the most accurate position out of the...

  • Page 41: Con Guring Altus Nr3 As A Base Station

    Note that the Data Call feature only works when using batteries and will not work when the Altus NR3 is connected to an external power supply. A summary of the pros and cons of the rst three connection methods can be found in Appendix C 5.1 Setting the base station position...
  • Page 42 CHAPTER 5. CONF GUR NG ALTUS NR3 AS A BASE STAT ON Set the correct position The next step is to set the antenna position of the Altus NR3. The default setting of auto can be used for demonstration or for relative positioning however, for most other purposes, a properly surveyed position is advisable.

  • Page 43: Connect Ng The Base Stat On Rece Ver To The Rover

    CHAPTER 5. CONF GUR NG ALTUS NR3 AS A BASE STAT ON 5.2 Connecting the Base station receiver to the rover 5.2.1 Connecting via Data Call The setup described in this section is represented schematically in Figure 5-3. di erential corrections from the Base station to the rover are transferred over a GSM cellular modem call.
  • Page 44 CHAPTER 5. CONF GUR NG ALTUS NR3 AS A BASE STAT ON Step 2: Con gure the connection to the rover From the Communication menu select Cellular , where you can con gure the cellular modem of the Base station receiver for the reception of a data call. The essential settings are highlighted in Figure 5-4 with other settings being optional.
  • Page 45 CHAPTER 5. CONF GUR NG ALTUS NR3 AS A BASE STAT ON Step 3: Con gure output of di erential corrections On the Corrections Output window, you can select the type, number and rate of di erential corrections that you want to send to the rover receiver. The particular messages necessary for RTK and DGNSS are selected by default.

  • Page 46: Connecting Via Mobile Nternet

    P address of the cellular modem in the Altus NR3 will be changed every time that a new connection is made. As such the Rover units will...
  • Page 47 Fixed P address on your S M card. f you do not have a Fixed P address then it is recommended to use the Dynamic DNS service from the Altus NR3 which will allow the Rover receiver to use a xed and unique URL for connecting to the Base receiver (e.g.
  • Page 48 CHAPTER 5. CONF GUR NG ALTUS NR3 AS A BASE STAT ON Con gure the correction stream On the Corrections Output window, click on New RTCM3 output as shown in Figure 5-9. You can then select the PS connection con gured in the previous step. The messages...

  • Page 49: Connecting Via Wifi

    CHAPTER 5. CONF GUR NG ALTUS NR3 AS A BASE STAT ON 5.2.3 Connecting via WiFi A WiFi Rover-Base setup is ideal for smaller sites where a cellular connection is not feasible. While in principle a connection can extend to 180 metres, in practice this is highly dependent on the environment.
  • Page 50 CHAPTER 5. CONF GUR NG ALTUS NR3 AS A BASE STAT ON Figure 5-11: Connecting over USB to the web interface using the URL 192.168.3.1 n the Communication/WiFi window AccessPoint can then be selected as the WiFi mode as indicated in Figure 5-12.
  • Page 51 CHAPTER 5. CONF GUR NG ALTUS NR3 AS A BASE STAT ON Figure 5-13: Select and con gure an P Server port on which to output di erential corrections Con gure the correction stream On the Corrections Output window, click on New RTCM3 output as shown in Figure 5-9.
  • Page 52 CHAPTER 5. CONF GUR NG ALTUS NR3 AS A BASE STAT ON Figure 5-14: Output RTCMv3 di corr on the con gured TCP/ P server port of the base station receiver...

  • Page 53: Other Receiver Operations

    6 Other receiver operations 6.1 Logging SBF and NMEA data Data can be logged on the internal 8 GB disk of the Altus NR3 in either SBF (Septentrio Binary Format) and/or NMEA messages (National Marine Electronics Association). Section 6.2 details how to download data logged on the receiver.

  • Page 54: Advanced Settings For Logging

    CHAPTER 6. OTHER RECE VER OPERAT ONS 6.1.2 Advanced Settings for Logging The Advanced tab o ers several additional logging options. For Base station use, the Marker and Station Parameters elds can be lled in. You can also specify what you want to happen when the internal disk becomes full.

  • Page 55: Download Ng Logged Data From The Rece Ver

    CHAPTER 6. OTHER RECE VER OPERAT ONS 6.2 Downloading logged data from receiver As described in Section 6.1, data can be stored on the internal disk of the receiver. The logged data can be downloaded from the receiver over WiFi using the Web nterface or over USB using the data cable.

  • Page 56: Using The Usb Connection

    6.2.2 Using the USB connection Connecting the USB data cable for the rst time The USB drivers for the Altus NR3 can be installed by following the steps below: Make sure the computer is connected to the internet Connect the Altus NR3 to a USB port of your computer using the USB cable A new drive called Septentrio Drivers will appear in the File Explorer after a few seconds.
  • Page 57 2. Connect the Altus NR3 to a USB port of your computer using the USB communication cable 3. On a Windows computer the Altus NR3 will appear as an extra drive in the le explorer after a few seconds 4. The Altus NR3 appears as a drive named Altus_NR3-xxxxxxx DSK1 where xxxxxxx is the 7-digit serial number of the receiver 5.
  • Page 58 CHAPTER 6. OTHER RECE VER OPERAT ONS Connecting via Ethernet over USB The web nterface of the Altus NR3 can be accessed over an Ethernet over USB connection. f the Altus NR3 has not been connected to the computer being used before then rst execute the steps described in the Section 6.2.2.

  • Page 59: Conf Gurat Ons

    CHAPTER 6. OTHER RECE VER OPERAT ONS 6.3 Con gurations A con guration is a collection of all settings and values that determine the behaviour of the receiver. The table below gives an overview of the Altus NR3 s con gurations. Persists after Writable...

  • Page 60: Saving The Con Guration

    6.3.1 Saving the con guration After each change made to the con guration of the Altus NR3, the pop-up shown in Figure 6-6 will appear. Clicking on Save will cause the new con guration to be applied the next time the receiver is powered.

  • Page 61: Managing Con Gurations

    CHAPTER 6. OTHER RECE VER OPERAT ONS 6.3.2 Managing con gurations The Altus NR3 s con gurations can be managed from the Admin tab. 1. Click the Admin tab. 2. Select Con gurations. The Con gurations tab will resemble Figure 6-8.

  • Page 62: How To Conf Gure Dynam Cdns

    Step 1: Open a Dynamic DNS account To make use of this feature on the Altus NR3, you should rst create an account with a Dynamic DNS provider to register a hostname for your receiver. The Altus NR3 supports the following two services: Dyn DNS: http://dyn.com/...

  • Page 63: Resett Ng The Altus Nr3

    CHAPTER 6. OTHER RECE VER OPERAT ONS 6.5 Resetting the Altus NR3 When the Altus NR3 is not operating as expected, a simple reset may resolve matters. The receiver can be reset as shown in Figure 6-10. The reset options are described in Tables 6.5-1 and 6.5-2.

  • Page 64: Upgrad Ng The F Rmware

    CHAPTER 6. OTHER RECE VER OPERAT ONS 6.6 Upgrading the rmware Firmware upgrades for the Altus NR3 are freely available for the lifetime of the receiver and can be downloaded from the Support section of the Septentrio website. All upgrade les and documentation relating to the upgrade are bundled together in a single upgrade zip le.

  • Page 65: How To Manage Access To The Altus Nr3

    CHAPTER 6. OTHER RECE VER OPERAT ONS 6.7 How to manage access to the Altus NR3 You can manage the access that users have to the Altus NR3 in the User Administration window of the Admin menu. By default, all communication interfaces are assigned User-level access except the DataCall port as shown in Figure 6-13.
  • Page 66 After de ning the Users/Viewers and their access levels, they can then login on the web interface by clicking on Log in on the upper-right corner as shown in Figure 6-15. Figure 6-15: Logging in to the Altus NR3 web interface...

  • Page 67: Ssh Key Authentication

    By default, anonymous users have full access over FTP, SFTP and rsync to the les logged on the Altus NR3. FTP, SFTP and rsync access can be limited by con guring user access, as described in Section 6.7. For added security, user authentication for SFTP and rsync access can be con gured using an SSH public key.
  • Page 68 CHAPTER 6. OTHER RECE VER OPERAT ONS 6.8 Using the Expert Console Commands can be sent to the Altus NR3 using the Expert Console window on the accessible via the Admin menu as shown in Figure 6-18 The drop-down box showing Mainboard (Altus NR3) allows selecting which of the Altus NR3 s sub-systems to direct the command.

  • Page 69: The About Menu

    CHAPTER 6. OTHER RECE VER OPERAT ONS 6.9 The About menu The Altus NR3 s hardware and software components can be seen in the About menu in the Receiver denti cation eld. A Diagnostic Report can also be generated on this page.

  • Page 70: S Collection With Pinpoint-G S Or Other Applications

    PinPoint-G S App. PinPoint-G S Web PinPoint-G S Web is an extension of Septentrio s web interface with a direct link to ArcG S Online. t o ers a unique solution with the power to run G S collection inside Septentrio GNSS receivers.
  • Page 71 The following sections provide an introduction to using PinPoint-G S Web and PinPoint-G S App. An additional section provides details on the newer version of Collector for ArcG S with the Altus NR3. A glossary of the terms that are used in these sections can be found in Appendix E.

  • Page 72: U S Ng The Altus Nr3 On - Board S Mple Data Collector

    CHAPTER 7. G S COLLECT ON W TH P NPO NT-G S OR OTHER APPL CAT ONS 7.2 Using the Altus NR3 on-board simple data collector 7.2.1 Designing a collection project On the PinPoint-G S page of the Web nterface, click on PinPoint-G S Rx to select and edit a collection project.
  • Page 73 CHAPTER 7. G S COLLECT ON W TH P NPO NT-G S OR OTHER APPL CAT ONS Adding a user-de ned attribute On the project pop-up, click New attribute then select User to de ne a user-de ned attribute. Fill in the name of the attribute and default value you want it to take. Adding a receiver output attribute Again click on New attribute then select Receiver.

  • Page 74: Performing A Collection

    CHAPTER 7. G S COLLECT ON W TH P NPO NT-G S OR OTHER APPL CAT ONS 7.2.2 Performing a collection On the PinPoint-G S window, click on PinPoint-G S Rx and then the Manage button next to the project you want to use. You can then click on the Collector button to start a collection. At each collection point, click on collect and enter the details of the user-de ned attribute then click Save.

  • Page 75: Downloading Collected Data

    CHAPTER 7. G S COLLECT ON W TH P NPO NT-G S OR OTHER APPL CAT ONS 7.2.3 Downloading collected data On the PinPoint-G S window, click on PinPoint-G S Rx and then the Manage button next to the project you want download. The project window will pop-up where you can click on the CSV Export button.

  • Page 76: Creat Ng A Map

    CHAPTER 7. G S COLLECT ON W TH P NPO NT-G S OR OTHER APPL CAT ONS 7.3 Creating a map To be able to use PinPoint-G S Web or Collector for ArcG S you will need an ArcG S Online account.
  • Page 77 CHAPTER 7. G S COLLECT ON W TH P NPO NT-G S OR OTHER APPL CAT ONS 3-Prepare your map You can add di erent layers to your map Layers can be either collectable or non-collectable (e.g. a tra c layer is not collectable while a manhole inspection layer will have some collection possibilities) Add Layers by clicking on Add then selecting...

  • Page 78: Connect Ng To The Nternet

    Altus NR3 (using the URL: http://192.168.20.1). Make sure the GSM of the Altus NR3 is on and connected to the internet. You can con gure the cellular modem on the Communication/ cellular tab on the web interface.
  • Page 79 CHAPTER 7. G S COLLECT ON W TH P NPO NT-G S OR OTHER APPL CAT ONS 7.5 Using PinPoint-G S Web PinPoint-G S Web allows you to either access your ArcG S Online maps or to perform data collection which is synchronized directly with Esri ArcG S Online (it is a cross-platform alternative to using Collector for ArcG S.
  • Page 80 CHAPTER 7. G S COLLECT ON W TH P NPO NT-G S OR OTHER APPL CAT ONS Figure 7-9: Functions within PinPoint-G S Web Access your maps from the Altus NR3 Connect to your Altus NR3 receiver Go to the GNSS/PinPoint-G S Web tab where you...

  • Page 81: Optional: Auto Lling Of Gnss Attributes

    More information about all the elds of SBF blocks can be found at the Reference guide of the Altus NR3. t is also possible within the web interface to check the Message inspector located in the Expert Console menu so that you can visualize the elds which could be lled.
  • Page 82 CHAPTER 7. G S COLLECT ON W TH P NPO NT-G S OR OTHER APPL CAT ONS Table 7.5-4: Type conversion for auto lled GNSS attributes To be able to add extra attributes to a G S database you will need to use either ArcG S Online or ArcG S PRO Desktop SW.
  • Page 83 5. Once you have added the eld, please make sure you save your map. 6. Once saved, when you add a collection in ArcG S Online you will see the form eld automatically lled by the Altus NR3 Figure 7-12: Auto- lled values in PinPoint-G S Web...
  • Page 84 With the PinPoint-G S App, you can choose to use either the internal cellular connection of the Altus NR3, or the connection of your mobile device. The diagrams above show schematically the connection options. The PinPoint-G S App is an application which can be used along with any other Android applications.
  • Page 85 Altus NR3 accurate position. n the App Settings menu of the app you can nd the Location Overriding option. Note that when you override the internal GPS position, other applications running on your device will now also use the Altus NR3 position.
  • Page 86 Android device) and open your preferred Android G S application The current location of the Altus NR3 will be used in your own app (if location overriding has been enabled) and the GPS position accuracy will be...

  • Page 87: Nr3

    Collector for ArcG S is an application which allows G S data collection into ArcG S Online. The latest version of Collector for ArcG S o ers compatibility with the Altus NR3 receiver. This allows customers working within the Esri environment to perform high-accuracy data collection straight into the ArcG S Online cloud.
  • Page 88 Altus NR3. Di erential Corrections can be received either using the Altus NR3 Cellular modem or by using the PinPoint-G S App. f the PinPoint-G S App is used then it is recommended to use a WiFi connection for the PinPoint-G S App connection so that Bluetooth port can be used for the Collector app.
  • Page 89 CHAPTER 7. G S COLLECT ON W TH P NPO NT-G S OR OTHER APPL CAT ONS 4-Create a Location Pro le n the Settings of Collector, under Location, select Location Pro le and select Add Pro le + . Browse for the Geographic or Projected coordinate system of the map s coordinate system.

  • Page 90: Appendix A Status Icons And Front-Panel Leds

    A Status icons and front-panel LEDs A.1 Status cons on the Web nterface The icons on the right hand side of the top banner quickly show the user the status of the Altus NR3. Table A.1-1: Web nterface Status cons...

  • Page 91: Front Panel Leds

    APPEND X A. STATUS CONS AND FRONT-PANEL LEDS A.2 Front Panel LEDs Table A.2-1: Front-panel LED behaviour...

  • Page 92: Appendix B Batteries

    B.1.2 Using the AC adapter The batteries of the Altus NR3 can be charged inside the device while it is connected to an external power supply . f the Altus NR3 is switched o during charging then there is no visual indication of the charging: all front-panel LEDs will remain o .

  • Page 93: Using The Usb Adapter

    B.2 Hot Swapping the batteries and charging When both batteries are below 5% then the Altus NR3 will make use of both batteries. The user may replace either battery without interrupting operation. Both the Web nterface and front panel LEDs give information about the battery status. See...

  • Page 94: Appendix C Point-To-Point Connections

    APPEND X C. PO NT-TO-PO NT CONNECT ONS C Point-to-Point connections Two Altus NR3 units con gured as a Base station and rover, can be connected to each other in order to transfer di erential corrections over the connections listed in the Table below.
  • Page 95 Using your iOS mobile device as a personal hotspot can be useful for sharing the internet connection of your mobile device to the Altus NR3. n this case you need to con gure the receiver in WiFi client mode and the web interface needs to be accessed in a di erent way (you will not be able to connect using 192.168.20.1).
  • Page 96 APPEND X E. GLOSSARY OF ARCG S AND P NPO NT-G S TERMS E Glossary of ArcG S and PinPoint-G S terms A geographic information system (G S) describes any information system that can integrate, store, edit, analyse, share, and display geographic information. applications allow users to analyse spatial information, edit data in maps and present the results of these operations ArcG S Online...
  • Page 97 APPEND X F. L ST OF TYP CAL GNSS RELATED ACRONYMS F List of Typical GNSS Related Acronyms A Posteriori Multipath Estimation APME Antenna Reference Point American Standard Code for nformation nterchange Compact Measurement Record Central Processing Unit Carriage Return Clear to Send Di erential Global Positioning System DGPS...

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