Agilent Technologies E7474A Getting Started Manual page 53

Setting Up Your System
Receiver and Phone-Based System Setup
NOTE The Trimble Placer GPS 455 operates on 10 to 32 VDC (internal battery
backup keeps the last GPS settings). The red and white wires must be tied to
the positive side of the power supply. The black wire must be tied to the
negative side of the power supply. To turn on the GPS receiver when starting
the vehicle, the white wire must be tied to the ignition switch.
Configuring a Trimble Placer GPS 455
1. Connect the hardware security key to the parallel port of the PC.
2. Connect the serial port of the PC to the RS-232 port of the Agilent E645x
3. Connect the RF antenna to the RF input of the Agilent E645x Receiver.
4. Connect the GPS RS-232 port of the Agilent E645x receiver to the GPS
5. Connect the MDT port of the adapter box to the MDT/RTCM port of the
6. Connect the digital port of the adapter box to the Digital IO port of the
7. Connect the GPS antenna to the GPS ANT port of the Trimble Placer
8. Connect the phone cable to a second COM port (different than used in
9. Turn on the Trimble Placer GPS 455 unit, the PC, and the phone.
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receiver using the RS-232 cable included with the system. The default
serial port used by the application is multiplexed serial, COM1. If your
PC uses a different COM port, you can specify a different serial port
number.
Use the supplied Type-N to TNC adapter, if necessary.
RS-232 port of the adapter box, using the RS-232 straight-through cable.
Trimble Placer GPS 455 unit, using the RS-232 straight-through cable.
Trimble Placer GPS 455 unit, using the RS-232 straight-through cable.
GPS 455 unit. Agilent Technologies recommends that a "bulkhead
mount" GPS antenna be used whenever possible for improved
performance.
step 1). On most laptop PCs this will require the use of a Socket Serial I/O
RS-232 card that is installed into the PCMCIA slot on your PC.
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