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  • Page 1 AsteRx SB ProDirect User Manual...
  • Page 2 User Manual Revision 1.1 Applicable to version 4.7.2 of the AsteRx SB ProDirect firmware July 13, 2020 © Copyright 2000-2020 Septentrio NV/SA. All rights reserved. Septentrio Greenhill Campus, Interleuvenlaan 15i 3001 Leuven, Belgium http://www.septentrio.com Phone: +32 16 300 800 Fax:...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Powering the AsteRx SB ProDirect ........
  • Page 4 The AsteRx SB ProDirect complies with the European Radio Equipment Directive (RED) 2014/53/EU and IEC 62368-1. With regards to EMC, the AsteRx SB ProDirect receiver is declared as class A, suitable for residential or business environment. In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures.
  • Page 5 CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1.3 Safety information Statement 1: The power supply provided by Septentrio (if any) should not be replaced by another. If you are using the receiver with your own power supply, it must have a double isolated construction and must match the specifications of the provided power supply.
  • Page 6 Guide and the latest officially supported Firmware version are readily available for download. In case the AsteRx SB ProDirect does not behave as expected and you need to contact Septentrio’s Technical Support department, you should attach a short SBF log file containing the support blocks and a Diagnostic Report of the receiver.
  • Page 7 IP68 compliant, this housed GNSS solution is ideal for rapid integration into machine control or safety applications. The AsteRx SB ProDirect is designed to be used as a dual antenna GNSS receiver for a wide array of different systems but it can also be used as a single antenna receiver for systems which do not require heading.
  • Page 8 CHAPTER 2. ASTERX SB PRODIRECT OVERVIEW 2.2 AsteRx SB ProDirect design 2.2.1 Front Panel The AsteRx SB ProDirect’s front panel features the two antenna TNC connectors for the Main and Aux antennas. Figure 2-1: The front panel of the AsteRx SB ProDirect 2.2.2 Rear Panel...

  • Page 9: Configuring The Asterx Sb Pro Direct

    3.1 Connecting to the AsteRx SB ProDirect 3.1.1 Powering the AsteRx SB ProDirect The AsteRx SB ProDirect can be powered in a number of different ways. The first method is to power the receiver by supplying 5 to 36 VDC via the open-ended power cable connected to PIN 1 of the rear-panel 7-pin female PWR-COM2&3/USB socket.

  • Page 10: Connecting To The Web Interface Via Ethernet

    Step 2: Open a web browser and connect to the AsteRx SB ProDirect By default, the AsteRx SB ProDirect has the hostname ’http://asterxsb-xxxxxxx’, where xxxxxxx are the 7 digits of the serial number of the receiver board inside the AsteRx SB ProDirect.

  • Page 11: Connecting To The Web Interface Via Usb

    Step 2: Open a web browser and connect to the AsteRx SB ProDirect Once connected via USB, the AsteRx SB ProDirect can be reached using the default Ethernet-over-USB IP address 192.168.3.1 as shown in Figure 3-5. Note that this address cannot be changed.

  • Page 12: Connecting Via Com

    (between 4.5 and 36 V DC). Figure 3-6: Rear panel COM 1 socket Step 2: Open RxControl and connect to the AsteRx SB ProDirect Once connected, open RxControl on the computer to which the receiver is connected and follow the sequence of steps described in Figure 3-7 to open a connection to the AsteRx SB ProDirect.

  • Page 13: How To Configure The Asterx Sb Prodirect In Rtk Rover Mode Via Ethernet

    3.2 How to configure the AsteRx SB ProDirect for RTK The AsteRx SB ProDirect can use correction data to calculate a cm-level RTK position. The AsteRx SB ProDirect can obtain this correction data in several ways: over the internet via NTRIP, using a serial or USB connection or via Ethernet.
  • Page 14 CHAPTER 3. CONFIGURING THE ASTERX SB PRO DIRECT Figure 3-9: In the IP Ports window, click on New IP Receive Connection to configure the connection with the base station Step 3: Verifying the configuration If the Base station and rover receivers have been configured correctly then the Communication Ethernet window should appear similar to the window shown in 3-10.

  • Page 15: Ste R Xsb Pro Direct For Attitude

    Attitude With two antennas connected to the AsteRx SB ProDirect, the receiver can calculate Heading and either Pitch or Roll. This section details how to configure the AsteRx SB ProDirect in a two-antenna setup. Step 1: Connect a second antenna Connect a second antenna to the front panel connector labelled AUX ANT as indicated in Figure 3-11.
  • Page 16 CHAPTER 3. CONFIGURING THE ASTERX SB PRO DIRECT Figure 3-12: GNSS Attitude window when two antennas are connected GNSS Attitude field The recommended settings for a Heading setup are MultiAntenna mode with attitude calculated using Fixed ambiguities as shown. These setting are configured by default.
  • Page 17 CHAPTER 3. CONFIGURING THE ASTERX SB PRO DIRECT Antenna Location and Antenna Offset The AsteRx SB ProDirect assumes that the main and auxiliary antennas are placed along the longitudinal axis of the vehicle with the auxiliary in front of the main antenna. If the antennas cannot be placed in such a configuration, the reported heading and pitch may be biased.
  • Page 18 CHAPTER 3. CONFIGURING THE ASTERX SB PRO DIRECT may not be exactly at the same height in the vehicle reference frame. Since pitch is defined as the right-handed rotation about the vehicle Y axis, a situation where the main antenna is mounted lower than the aux antenna (assuming the default antenna setup) will result in a positive pitch a shown in Figure 3-14.
  • Page 19 Figure 3-15: SBF blocks containing attitude information NMEA You can output the attitude information from the AsteRx SB ProDirect in NMEA format by selecting the standard NMEA HDT sentence or the Septentrio proprietary HRP sentence as shown in Figure 3-16.

  • Page 20: And Nmea Output

    SBF and NMEA can also be logged on the internal 16 GB disk of the AsteRx SB ProDirect. Section 4.2.1 and 4.3 detail how to log data on the receiver and how to download data logged on the receiver.
  • Page 21 CHAPTER 4. COMMON RECEIVER OPERATIONS Step 2: Configure data output NMEA In the NMEA/SBF Out tab, clicking on New NMEA Stream will guide you through the steps needed to configure NMEA output as shown in Figures 4-2 and 4-3. Figure 4-2: Selecting to output NMEA data on COM3 Figure 4-3: Selecting to output the GGA and ZDA NMEA message every second...
  • Page 22 CHAPTER 4. COMMON RECEIVER OPERATIONS By clicking New SBF stream in the NMEA/SBF Out window, a second output stream can be configured. In the example shown in Figures 4-4 and 4-5 the PVTCartesian SBF data block will be output over COM1 once per second. Figure 4-4: Selecting to output SBF data on COM1 Figure 4-5: Selecting to output the PVTCartesian SBF block every second...
  • Page 23 CHAPTER 4. COMMON RECEIVER OPERATIONS Step 3: Verifying the configuration Having configured the data output and clicked on Ok, the NMEA/SBF Out page will now display a summary of all data output as shown in Figure 4-6. Figure 4-6: Summary of all configured data output streams Figure 4-7 shows the actual data output.

  • Page 24: Output Over Ethernet

    CHAPTER 4. COMMON RECEIVER OPERATIONS 4.1.2 Output over Ethernet SBF and NMEA data can be sent over an Ethernet connection from the AsteRx SB ProDirect. Step 1: Configure an IP connection on the AsteRx SB ProDirect The Ethernet port settings can be configured by selecting IP Ports from the Communication menu.
  • Page 25 CHAPTER 4. COMMON RECEIVER OPERATIONS Step 2: Configure output of NMEA messages In the NMEA/SBF Out window, click on New NMEA stream and follow the sequence of windows to configure the data you want to output. In the example shown in Figure 4-9, the NMEA GGA message will be output every second.
  • Page 26 CHAPTER 4. COMMON RECEIVER OPERATIONS Step 3: Configure Data Link to listen for NMEA output The screenshots in Figure 4-10 show how the Septentrio GUI tool Data Link can be configured to listen for the AsteRx SB ProDirect GGA output.
  • Page 27 CHAPTER 4. COMMON RECEIVER OPERATIONS Figure 4-11: The Show data window of Data Link showing the NMEA GGA message coming from the AsteRx SB ProDirect...

  • Page 28: How To Log Data

    CHAPTER 4. COMMON RECEIVER OPERATIONS 4.2 How to log data The AsteRx SB ProDirect has 16 GB of memory for internal data logging. 4.2.1 Internal logging Step 1: Defining the Disk Full action When setting up a logging session for the first time, it is a good idea to define what you would like to happen when the internal memory is full.
  • Page 29 CHAPTER 4. COMMON RECEIVER OPERATIONS Step 2: Configuring a logging session To define a new logging session, press New NMEA Stream or New SBF Stream as shown in Figure 4-13. Figure 4-13: Defining a new logging session You can then follow the sequence of steps shown in Figure 4-14, selecting the various configuration settings for the logging session.
  • Page 30 CHAPTER 4. COMMON RECEIVER OPERATIONS Figure 4-14: Follow the sequence of windows to fully configure the logging session Step 3: Verifying the configuration When you have finished configuring the logging session, the Log Sessions window will show a summary of the defined logging sessions as in Figure 4-15. An estimate of the daily size of data generated with the current logging configuration is also given.
  • Page 31 Data files logged by the AsteRx SB ProDirect can be downloaded using the web interface using the Disk Contents tab on the main page of the Logging menu. Individual files can be downloaded by clicking on the green download arrow next to the file name as shown in...

  • Page 32: Pwr-Com2&3/Usb

    A Rear-panel port descriptions A.1 PWR-COM2&3/USB Figure A-1: Solder view of the 7-pin female PWR-COM2&3/USB socket on the rear panel of the AsteRx SB ProDirect The 7-pin connector type is an ODU MINI-SNAP F Circular Connector Series S40F1C-P07MCD0-500S. PIN #...

  • Page 33: Com1-Gpio

    APPENDIX A. REAR-PANEL PORT DESCRIPTIONS A.2 COM1-GPIO Figure A-2: Solder view of the 7-pin female COM1-GPIO socket on the rear panel of the AsteRx SB ProDirect The 7-pin connector type is an ODU MINI-SNAP F Circular Connector Series S40F1C-P07MCD0-500S. PIN #...

  • Page 34: Eth

    A.3 ETH Figure A-3: Solder view of the 4-pin female ETH socket on the rear panel of the AsteRx SB ProDirect The 4-pin connector type is an ODU MINI-SNAP F Circular Connector Series S40F1C-P04MFG0-50OO. PIN # Name Description Ethernet TX+...
  • Page 35 APPENDIX A. REAR-PANEL PORT DESCRIPTIONS...

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