Hardware Setup; Setup The Base - TDS SURVEY PRO Quick Start Manual

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Hardware Setup

This section describes:
How to setup the base hardware.
How to setup the rover hardware.
How to configure Survey Pro to communicate with the
GPS hardware and data modems.

Setup the Base

1. Setup the tripod and tribrach over the point.
2. Connect the GPS antenna cable to the GPS antenna,
screw the antenna onto the tribrach mount, then connect
the GPS cable to the base receiver.
Note: You can screw the antenna to the top of the EPOCH25
receiver and then mount the receiver on the top of the
tribrach. However, for the most precise measurement of the
base HI, you should mount the base antenna on the tribrach
and leave the base receiver in the case using the extended
antenna cable.
3. Connect the DB9 (standard 9 pin serial) end of the radio
serial cable to serial port 1 on the bottom of the base
receiver, and secure it with the thumb screws. Connect
the Lemo (round) end of the radio serial cable to the serial
port on the radio.
Note: If you are using a serial cable for the data collector to
talk to the base, the radio serial cable can go in any COM port
on the receiver. If you are using the Bluetooth dongle for the
data collector to talk to the base, the radio serial cable must
be plugged into COM1 on the bottom of the base receiver.
4. Connect the radio antenna cable to the radio, and mount
the radio antenna as high as possible for your setup.
5. Connect the external battery to the power plug on the
radio serial cable.