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  • Page 1 GALAXY G7 GALAXY G7 Positioning System User Manual *All Rights Reserved - 1 -...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    GALAXY G7 Contents Contents ............................- 2 - ChapterⅠ Preface ..........................- 4 - § 1.1 Introduction ........................- 4 - § 1.2 Applications ........................- 4 - § 1.3 Main Features ........................- 5 - ChapterⅡ Hardware Component ....................- 7 - § 2.1 Front Components ......................- 7 - §...
  • Page 3 § 5.2 Charger &Adapter....................... - 48 - § 5.3 Differential Antennas ....................- 49 - § 5.4 Cables .......................... - 49 - Appendix A GALAXY G7 technical specifications ..............- 50 - Appendix C Technical Terms ...................... - 52 - FCC Statement ..........................- 54 -...

  • Page 4: Chapterⅰ Preface

    GALAXY G7 ChapterⅠ Preface Read this chapter, you will have a brief knowledge of SOUTH Company and GALAXY G7 measurement system. § 1.1 Introduction Welcome to SOUTH Surveying Instruments Co., Ltd, which is China’s leading manufacturer of surveying equipment including GNSS receivers and Total Stations. To know more about SOUTH, please visit our official website https://www.southinstrument.com//...

  • Page 5: Main Features

    Web UI management platform. Bluetooth GALAXY G7 is equipped with dual-mode Bluetooth v4.0 standard which is able to connect the other smart devices and compatible with Bluetooth v2.1 standard. It not only enlarges the work range but also makes the data communication become more stable.
  • Page 6 GALAXY G7 Intelligent Interaction Support to access the internal web UI manage page of receiver with WiFi and USB connection, monitor host state real-time, configure receiver freely. Full Constellations Tracking Equipped with most advanced GNSS boards, G7 system can track most signal from all kinds of running satellite constellation, especially support B1, B2 and B3 signal from BeiDou, also get position result with only BeiDou signal.

  • Page 7: Chapterⅱ Hardware Component

    Reading this chapter, you can grasp the components, installation and the function of GALAXY G7 measuring system The overall appearance of GALAXY G7 is round and flat, with a dimension of 135mm(L)× 135mm(W)×84.75mm(H). It looks elegant, strong and durable. And it adopts a combination design of voice and buttons, easier to operate.

  • Page 8: Bottom Components

    GALAXY G7 Component Description UHF mode: Flashes in to indicate that the signal is receiving/transmitting with the interval. WiFi mode: 1) Rapidly flashes in to indicate that the receiver is establishing WiFi connection; 2) Flashes in with ① Data Indicator the signal receiving/transmitting interval when successful connection.
  • Page 9 GALAXY G7 Component Description USB for data transmission, OTG interface and Ethernet port for login web interface. ① 7-pin battery charging port. 1, As a power port connected with an external power supply device. ② 5-pin LEMO port 2, As a differential transmission port connected with an external radio.

  • Page 10: Chapterⅲ Hardware Operation

    GALAXY G7 ChapterⅢ Hardware Operation § 3.1 Power on/off Power on Press the power button for once, all the indicators glow in red, after few seconds (around 10 seconds), the instrument completes initializing along with voice prompt about the working mode (for example, “Rover, internal radio mode”).

  • Page 11: Mode Selection

    Press and hold the power button for about 5 seconds and pass over the state of power off (do not release the button even the instrument says power off), then GALAXY G7 will say “start to set work mode”, at this moment, release power button, the working mode will be repeated from indicator glows in red accompany with “Base”...

  • Page 12: Self-Check

    GALAXY G7 Static Press and hold the power button for about 5 seconds and pass over the state of power off (do not release the button even the instrument says power off), then G7 will say “start to set work mode”, at this moment, release power button, the working mode will be repeated from Rover to Static on indicator glows in red accompany with “Static”...

  • Page 13: Usb Mode Setting

    GALAXY G7 ➢ Sensors checking ➢ WiFi module checking ➢ Bluetooth module checking ➢ EPPROM checking If all the modules are normal during self-check, the instrument will get into the state of power-on. UHF self-check status OEM board self-check status §...

  • Page 14: Factory Reset

    Press and hold the power button for about 20 seconds and pass over the foregoing states (power off, mode selection, self-check, USB mode setting), GALAXY G7 will get into factory reset progress with voice message saying “start to restore factory default”, at this moment, release power button, all the indicators glows and the instrument is performing the factory reset automatically.

  • Page 15: Chapterⅳ Web Ui Management

    “admin” for the username and default IP (10.1.1.1) password. For example, search the WIFI hotspot broadcasted by a GALAXY G7 receiver using a laptop PC, choose the WIFI hotspot and click on connect button to establish the connection without password.

  • Page 16: Access By Usb

    Password: admin § 4.3 Access by USB On this mode, the 7-pins USB port of GALAXY G7 must work as an Ethernet port, then internal web UI shall be accessed via USB cable connection with computer. First of all, a corresponding driver is required to install to the computer, then this function could be activated.
  • Page 17 GALAXY G7 Choose the folder which contains the drivers NOTE: The driver can be downloaded from official website automatically or please contact with us for more supports. - 17 -...
  • Page 18 GALAXY G7 If the driver has been successfully installed, the USB port ofGALAXY G7 will be recognized as Linux USB Ethernet/RNDIS Gadget, and a local area connection will generate in Network Connections on the computer. For example, Local Area Connection 138 generates after connectingGALAXY G7 receiver to computer via USB network interface.
  • Page 19 GALAXY G7 Run IE broswer on computer and input the default IP (192.168.155.155) into address bar, after a “admin” while, the system login interface is refreshed, then apply for username and password to login. IP Address: 192.168.155.155 Username: admin Password: admin...

  • Page 20: Web Ui Main Interface

    GALAXY G7 § 4.4 Web UI main interface After login the Web UI management of G7 by WIFI or USB connection, the main interface appears with displaying configuration items and positioning. As shown at following figures. In the Web UI home page, the configuration items are listed at left side. And the positioning informaiton including coordinates information and satellites are diplayed at right side.
  • Page 21 GALAXY G7 Contains network parameters configuration, WIFI Network Config configuration and the other functions Radio Config Configure the parameters and frequency for radio modem It is used to upgrade the firmware for receiver and each Firmware Update modem Track Manage...
  • Page 22 GALAXY G7 Work Status The physical state of G7 such as working mode, datalink, host temperature, remaining power and the free memory is obtained from this page Position Information In this page, users can be clear at a glance on current position information and satellite...

  • Page 23: Configuration

    If the code of GALAXY G7 has expired or is going to be run out, please provide the serial number of your G7 for us to apply for another available code, then input the code into the blank or register the receiver online.
  • Page 24 G7 allows users to setup the working mode and datalink from this Web UI that only need the mobile phone or tablet PC is able to connect the wifi hotspot of GALAXY G7. Work Mode: There are Rover, Base and Static contained in this dropdown list Datalink: Pull down the list, there will be all kinds of options for datalink, such as radio, Network, External, Bluetooth, WIFI and CSD.
  • Page 25 This feature is only available on Rover mode. RadioTransfer: This is the function that GALAXY G7 is able to transfer the correction from Base station to the other rovers with the internal UHF, definitely,GALAXY G7 can work as a radio repeater.
  • Page 26 EVENT Polarity: EVENT input method. Base Setup When GALAXY G7 works as a base, the basic configuration for base can be setup in this page. Users can input the correct coordinates or capture a current position for the base. Also users can define what kind of correction format is transmitted.
  • Page 27 GALAXY G7 CMR ID/RTCM2.X ID/RTCM3.X ID: Users can specify the ID for transmitting correction. Position: Click this button to capture the coordinates for current position Spare: This is used to the repeat station Base Start Mode: Here contains 3 methods to start the Base, manually start base, automatically start base by fixed point, automatically start base by current point.
  • Page 28 GALAXY G7 Antenna Height: This is the value for height of antenna while surveying. Measuring Method: Here provides several methods for measuring the antenna height such as carrier phase center, slant height, antenna edge, height plate and to the bottom.
  • Page 29 GALAXY G7 Receiver Operate The page provides all kinds of operations to control the receiver such as self-check operation, clean epochs, factory reset, reboot and power off. Self-check: Users can also do the self-check from this configuration page, click on the Check all button to check all the modems or click on the check button corresponding to the modem to check one by one.

  • Page 30: Satellite Information

    GALAXY G7 Voice Prompt: Check on this box to turn on the voice guide for GALAXY G7, uncheck it to turn off the voice guid. Voice Volume: Define the voice volume for GALAXY G7’s speaker. Power: Configure the receiver to use the power saving mode or not.
  • Page 31 GPS on/off For all the running GNSS constellations or the augmentation system,GALAXY G7 allows to configure to use which satellite or not. In gnss on/off page, all the running satellites are listed, and unselect the box corresponding to the satellite to not use it.

  • Page 32: Data Record

    § 4.4.4 Data Record The “Data Record” performance is mainly used to configure all the parameters for receiver in static mode. Much more operations can be done on GALAXY G7 such as storage path, interval, data format and data files download.
  • Page 33 G7. File Interval: This is used to defined the data storage time for the static file. Data Format: Here are 3 options to selected for GALAXY G7 to store what kind of format data, STH, Rinex2.0 and Rinex3.0.

  • Page 34: Data Transfer

    CAUTION: do not change the default value in this page for each item, if you want to change the settings, please contact with SOUTH technician for further support. In the dropdown list of data flow, there shows 4 items for selection.
  • Page 35 And there are Caster and Server working mode for this performance. Caster: If this working mode is selected, GALAXY G7 will be a client to upload the data to a specify server if it connects to the internet by WIFI or GPRS connection with SIM card inserted.
  • Page 36 GALAXY G7 Data Flow Config In this page, users can optionally to configure the content and the update rate of data flow that to output or not to output what kind of data format. Click on the dropdown list for each data format to define the update rate...

  • Page 37: Network Config

    § 4.4.6 Network Config WIFI Config This is mainly used on the WIFI configuration for GALAXY G7, there are AP mode and Client mode for optional. AP: This is used to enable the WIFI hotspot for GALAXY G7 to broadcast for mobile terminals such as smartphone or tablet to connect and access the Web UI.
  • Page 38 In this page, users can view the information and connection status of Bluetooth, such the MAC of Bluetooth, discoverable or not, the PIN code, and the connection devices in following table. Port Forwarding This page is mainly used to view and configure the internet transmission port for GALAXY G7, customize and debug receiver. - 38 -...
  • Page 39 GALAXY G7 NOTE: Usually we will keep the default setting in this page, if you would like to modify it, please contact with SOUTH technician for more supports. Router This is mainly used to view and configure the parameters for router, only under the condition of customize and debug receiver.

  • Page 40: Radio Config

    Data Baud Rate: This represents the rate of data transmission port of internal radio. The rate should be the same in both Base and Rover. In general, the data baud rate of SOUTH radio module has been unified to be 19200, keep it as default.

  • Page 41: Firmware Update

    Update the latest firmware for receiver or for corresponding modems can be done in “Firmware Update”. Firmware Update This page displays all the information of the firmware which current installed on GALAXY G7, and allows to update the latest version firmware for receiver. To get latest version firmware please contact with SOUTH technician.
  • Page 42 GALAXY G7 Online Update:GALAXY G7 supports to update the firmware online anytime if there is something update or optimized. Local Update: Update the latest firmware by using a firmware file. How to upgrade the firmware with Local Update Click on “Browse” button to load firmware file (Please take in mind that the firmware is ended with .img as the extension name).

  • Page 43: Track Manage

    GALAXY G7 SPECIAL REMIND:GALAXY G7 doesn’t support to update the firmware with the help of INstar program any more, in the future, update the firmware for GALAXY G7 shall be done through the Web UI. Module Update This page is used to update the firmware for corresponding modem such as OEM board, radio module and sensor.
  • Page 44 GALAXY G7 Parameter Setting Record Setting Check on the box of “Record Enable” to activate track recording function, and choose a proper recording interval in dropdown list of “Record Interval”. EchoEnable Setting This configuration dialog is used to upload the recording data to a server in real-time.

  • Page 45: Coordinate System(Reserve)

    GALAXY G7 Data Download On this page, users can download the track data file from receiver. Choose the recording date and click “Get Data” to load all the data files recorded at that day, then choose the files and click download button.

  • Page 46: Online Service(Reserve)

    GALAXY G7 § 4.4.11 Online Service(reserve) This function is to upload the data onto a server real-time, including Navigation data, raw observation data, correction data, SIC observation data and open SIC observation data. § 4.4.12 User Management This page is used to manage the authority of login Web UI for users, including the username, password and add users.

  • Page 47: Help

    GALAXY G7 § 4.4.13 Help In this page, users can get help and check the log book of receiver (the log book can help to backtrack the working status of receiver). NOTE: Only the administrator can modify any parameters for receiver and manage users, and the ordinary users only have the right to view the relative parameters.

  • Page 48: Chapterⅴ Accessories

    ChapterⅤ Accessories § 5.1 Instrument Case The instrument case for GALAXY G7 contains two layers of packing: the inner layer is filled with anti-collision foam, the host and other accessories can be dispersed and embedded; the outer layer is a hard instrument case, sealing-strong, wear-resistant anti-wrestling. Compact, durable, can effectively prevent the impact, easy to clean §...

  • Page 49: Differential Antennas

    UHF Antenna The differential antennas are as shown above; The UHF differential antenna is required to install to the interface at the bottom of receiver if GALAXY G7 is set up into internal UHF mode. § 5.4 Cables 7-pin cable This cable is used to connect the receiver with computer for static data transmission, Web UI accessing and firmware update.

  • Page 50: Appendix A Galaxy G7 Technical Specifications

    GALAXY G7 Appendix A GALAXY G7 technical specifications GNSS Features Channels L1, L1C, L2C, L2P, L5 GLONASS G1, G2, G3 BDS-2: B1I, B2I, B3I BDS-3: B1I, B3I, B1C, B2a, B2b GALILEO E1, E5A, E5B, E6C, AltBOC SBAS IRNSS QZSS L1, L2C, L5...
  • Page 51 7-PIN USB interface (USB+OTG+Ethernet) 1 UHF antenna interface Internal UHF 1W Radio receiver and transmitter Frequency range 410-470MHz Farlink, Trimtalk450s, SOUTH, SOUTH+, SOUTHx, HUACE, Hi-target, Communication protocol Satel Communication range Typically 8km with Farlink protocol Bluetooth Bluetooth 3.0/4.1 standard, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR...

  • Page 52: Appendix C Technical Terms

    GALAXY G7 Sensors Controller software can display electronic bubble, checking leveling status of Electronic Bubble the carbon pole in real-time Built-in IMU module, calibration-free and immue to magnetic interference Built-in thermometer sensor, adopting intelligent temperature control Thermometer technology, monitoring and adjusting the receiver temperature...
  • Page 53 GALAXY G7 C / A code: GPS coarse / acquisition code, modulate the pseudo-random binary code for the 1023 bit duplex, the bit rate of which is 023MHz, and code repetition period of 1ms. Difference measurement: GPS measurements employ cross-satellite cross-receiver and cross-epoch.

  • Page 54: Fcc Statement

    GALAXY G7 FCC 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. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.

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