Agilent Technologies E7474A Getting Started Manual page 66

Setting Up Your System
Phone-Based System Setup
Configuring with a Trimble Placer GPS/DR
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
3. Connect the GPS antenna to the GPS ANT port of the Trimble Placer
4. Connect the phone cable to a second COM port (different than used in
5. Connect power to the Trimble Placer GPS/DR and the PC.
6. Turn on the Trimble Placer GPS/DR, the phone, and the PC. Run the
7. Select or create the project you are going to use.
8. Configure the GPS unit for the TAIP protocol:
NOTE
If you need to change the GPS coordinate datum, select the
GPS hardware configuration box. The default datum can be set using the
Tools > Options
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Placer GPS/DR using an RS-232 cable from the Trimble connector. The
default serial port used by the application is serial, COM1. If your PC
uses a different com port, you can specify a different serial port number.
GPS/DR. 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.
application.
a. Select Configuration mode.
b. Select the Hardware tab.
c. Double-click the GPS icon, or select GPS, then click
d. In the Hardware Type box, select the GPS (Placer DR, 400, SV6;
TAIP)
e. Click .
OK
and selecting the Default Datum tab.
.
Modify
tab of
Advanced
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