Global Positioning System - Xeos Technologies Inc. Resilient User Manual

Surface iridium / gps beacon
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Message Size (bytes)
*Unit Location
*CEPradius = 2
*These items can be enabled/disabled by your Iridium provider if desired.

Global Positioning System

Location information generated by the device itself is embedded in the SBD attachment sent via
the Iridium Gateway and can only be seen through the Xeos Online system or situations where
the position information is sent in a plain-text format (XeosOnline message forwarder or using
the $msgenable command). This position information is accurate to within several feet of the
true position.
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and will always have their code name (ex. Transfer OK) next to
this number.
The size of the actual message sent by the Iridium device,
which is in the attachment in the email.
The Doppler position of the device as estimated by Iridium's
network. It is
NOT
the GPS position measured by the device.
The numerical value of how accurate the above position is;
with a value of 2,
This means that using the Lat/Long that the
body has supplied, Iridium is 80% confident (always 80%) that
the device sending the message is within a circle, 2 kilometers
in radius, with the Lat/Long given as the centre of that circle.
The higher the CEPradius value, the larger the circle and
therefore the less accurate that position.
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