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Gnss rtk receiver with internal 2-watt uhf radio & 4g cell modem
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iG9

GNSS RTK Receiver
with Internal 2-Watt UHF Radio
& 4G Cell Modem
User Manual
This manual is for use with iG9 RTK GNSS receivers produced by iGage Mapping
Corporation.
Receivers purchased from other sources that appear to be similar will not
match devices provisioned by iGage.
The 'iGx Download Tool' supplied with iG receivers and available for download
via the internet, only works with receivers purchased from iGage. This tool is
not sold separately.
20 October 2020
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  • Page 1: Ig9

    Internal 2-Watt UHF Radio & 4G Cell Modem User Manual This manual is for use with iG9 RTK GNSS receivers produced by iGage Mapping Corporation. Receivers purchased from other sources that appear to be similar will not match devices provisioned by iGage.

  • Page 2: Copyright, Control And Safety

    The countries in bold face type are comprehensively embargoed. Do not transport an iG9 receiver to one of these countries. FCC Compliance FCC Notice: iG9 receivers comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to the Part 15 of the FCC rules when it is used in the Portable Mode. FCC ID:...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Choose Internet Data Source ........55 Radio Notices ..............14 Bluetooth Radio ............. 14 Using the IMU Tilt Sensor on an iG9 ..... 60 UHF Radios ..............14 IMU Tolerance Settings ..........60 UHF Safety and General Information ......14 Verifying the Tilt Function..........
  • Page 4 GPS Settings ..............107 Verify Localization ............86 GPS 'Settings' Tab ............107 The ‘Log’ Tab ..............107 Connecting the iG9 to a PC or Smartphone via OPUS: What is it? ........108 Wi-Fi ............87 OPUS-RS (Rapid Static) ..........108 Programming iG9 Radio Frequencies and FCC OPUS-Projects .............
  • Page 5 Manually Converting Heights ........133 Updating OEM Firmware..........128 Examples ..............133 GNSS OEM Reset ........130 Warranty ........... 134 Web Interface Reset ............ 130 Exclusions..............134 Front Panel Reset ............130 RMA ................135 iG9 Antenna Model ........132 iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 6: Introduction

    Remote assistance is available. iGage iG9 vs. CHC i90 The iGage iG9 is a variant of the CHC i90. There are many versions of the CHC i90 differing by hardware options: • GNSS Antenna and Antenna Model •...

  • Page 7: Survce / Survpc

    You can also purchase a printed copy of the User Manual from www.lulu.com. ADL Vantage Pro UHF Radio Manual Your iG9 receiver package may contain a high-powered Pacific Crest ADL Vantage Pro repeater. The manual for Pacific Crest ADL Vantage Pro radios can be found online: http://www.pacificcrest.com/library/User_Guide_ADL_VantagePro.pdf...

  • Page 8: Data Collector

    2/documentation 2/documentation iGage preloads all software, activates SurvCE/PC, and bonds the data collector to the Rover and Base. If you purchased a data collector with the receiver package then it should be ready to use, out of the box. Please don’t reload software, it should already be loaded and activated. Call us if you have questions! Important things to remember: •...

  • Page 9: About The Ig9 Gnss Receiver

    The iG9 GNSS receiver incorporates a GNSS engine, GNSS antenna, internal Rx/Tx UHF radio, Cellular modem, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and dual batteries in a ruggedized and miniature case that is easy to deploy and use. All-in-One iG9 Base Rover kits include two, identical receivers for use as Base and Rover.

  • Page 10: Receiver Back And Bottom

    Serial / Power Type-C USB iG9 receivers have a NANO sized Sim Card slot. (NANO is the smallest sized slot.) 4G nano SIM Card Insert cards with gold contacts facing up and the notch leading. The data modem is a 4-G modem and should work with all providers, however the modem is NOT Verizon certified.

  • Page 11: What's In The Box

    Base Rover pair. In addition, any reasonable combination of receivers and accessories can be provided for specific needs. Depending on your purchased configuration you will receive different accessories with your iG9 GNSS receivers: iG9 GNSS Receiver...
  • Page 12 Included with [Base] SIM CARD We include a non-activated GSM SIM card with most iG9 receivers. If you are using the iG9 as a Network Rover you can activate your own cellular data service or iGage can optionally activate this included card with annual service.

  • Page 13: Safety Information

    Use and Care The iG9 receiver is a field ready instrument; however, it is also a delicate electronic instrument. Take suitable care to avoid damage to the instrument.

  • Page 14: Battery Charger

    It is best to remove batteries from the charger when they have completed charging. Radio Notices FCC Notice: iG9 GNSS receivers comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to the Part 15 of the FCC rules when it is used in the Portable Mode.

  • Page 15: Other Medical Devices

    The iG9 includes transmit / receive UHF radios and require FCC licensure for transmit operation in the United States. It is illegal to operate the iG9 device in Transmit mode (as a UHF Base) without a valid FCC license at any output power, in any area, under any non-emergency conditions.

  • Page 16: Front Panel Operation

    ‘Using SurvCE to Control the iG9’ This section describes operation using the buttons from the front panel interface. Main Menu After the iG9 starts, the Overview Menu will be shown Clicking either button will display the Main Menu: You can move the current selection through each of the items ‘Info, Sv, Mode, Power, Data, Set’ by clicking the Fn (Left)

  • Page 17: Front Panel: Info

    GPS L1, L2, L5 BDS B1, B2, B3 Click the Fn button to display status for: GLO L1, L2, L3 GAL L1, L2, L3 Click on the Fn button again to return to the main menu. iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 18: Front Panel: Receiver Mode

    RTCM2.3, RTCM3, RTCM3.2, RTD, CMR, CMR+ select from common or custom Port: 9901, 9902 .. 9920 Cancel Rover APIS Base ID: (enter base SN) select from common or custom Port: 9901, 9902 .. 9920 Cancel iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 19: Front Panel: Power

    (default 1440 minutes = 24 hours) Measurement Style: Phase Center, Slant, Vertical Antenna Height: (in Meters): File Format: HCN / RINEX Cancel Advanced selections are not retained until you select OK and then click on Enter. iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 20: Front Panel: Set

    WIFI On/Off Click Enter to toggle On and Off WIFI Mode: AP Access Point / STA Station 4G SIM number OEM Board Reset: resets the OEM board, downloads new ephemeris Language: English, Russian, Chinese (Back) iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 21: Using Survce To Control The Ig9

    Starting a New SurvCE Job iG9 GNSS Receivers are typically sold with Carlson SurvCE or SurvPC field data collection software running on a stand- alone data collector or stand-alone tablet computer. The iG9 requires SurvCE / SurvPC Version 6.06 or higher.
  • Page 22 The coordinate projection list will now include your The projection drop box displays a list of often used new projection. projections. If the projection you need is not listed in the drop- down list click on Edit Projection List: iGage iG9 User Manual...
  • Page 23 You may want to change the default Angle Entry and Display from Azimuth to Bearing: Bearing “N 45 12 52 W” Azimuth “315 12 52” Select the New Job options tab: Unless you setup at the same location for every job iGage iG9 User Manual...
  • Page 24 13. The Localization menu is shown: Contenental_US_NGS20xx file which covers the entire USA. 15. Finally click the green check mark to return to the Main Menu. You are now ready to configure a Base or a Rover. iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 25: Setting Up An Ig9 Uhf Base Rover Pair

    You may also use the wall transformer supplied with the battery charger and plug it directly into the included serial cable to power the iG9 Base from wall power. Or, you can use the Serial cable supplied with the iG9, combined with an optional battery clip cable to provide external power.

  • Page 26: Ig9 Base Configuration: Step By Step

    Figure 6External Power Cable (optional) connected to serial cable for iG9 Base iG9 Base Configuration: Step by Step Additional Base Configuration information can be found on Page 60. If you are going to be working longer than Setup the Base:...
  • Page 27 After a moment, the ‘Current’ tab will be displayed: Wait up to 30-seconds while the data collector searches and identifies Bluetooth devices: Set the Manufacture to ‘iGage’ and the Model to ‘IG9’as shown above. Click on the ‘Comms’ tab: A list of nearby devices will be shown.
  • Page 28 Bluetooth symbol with a connector on a cable.) 10. Verify that your Base is selected as the ‘Device’: Change the ‘Part Number’ to ‘IG9-USER’: then click on the ‘Receiver’ tab. 11. The GPS Base Receiver configuration tab will be...
  • Page 29 ‘Slant’ and enter the slanted tape distance from the The iG9‘s sCMR/sCMRx’ protocol (scrambled CMRx) ground mark to the bottom of the blue band that is NOT compatible with the Trimble ‘CMRx’ (not separates the white top from the gray bottom as scrambled CMRx.)
  • Page 30 16. The internal radio configuration is shown: 18. The Base Configuration screen is shown: iG9 pairs work great with the Base radio settings shown above. The Base and the Rover MUST have matching UHF radio Protocol, Frequency, Over the Air Baud, Channel Spacing and Forward Error Correction.
  • Page 31 (Broadcast Base) is reasonable. Click on the green check mark. Click on ‘OK’. 23. From the ‘Base Configuration’ screen: 21. After 10-seconds, the average position will be shown: Click on the ‘Yes’ button to accept the displayed position. iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 32: Best Practices For Extending Uhf Radio Range

    Latitude, Longitude and Ellipsoid Height of the Best Practices for Extending UHF Radio Range The UHF radio in the iG9 has excellent range. However, range is greatly reduced by other users on the same frequency, damaged antennas, damaged cables and configuration issues.

  • Page 33: Base Output Power Setting

    They require a ground plane at the Base of the antenna and have significantly (about 1/3) the range of the ½ wavelength dipole antennas we supply. The ¼ wavelength antenna are not compatible with the antenna extensions that we supply with a Base. iGage has both factory replacement and heavy-duty super gain antennas available. External Antenna Extension (Top of Pole Extension) If you are having range issues, try removing the external antenna extension cable and mount the Base antenna directly on the bottom of the Base receiver.
  • Page 34 Bending ‘out’ the ground contacts on the antenna connector. On the TNC connector, attached to the bottom of the GNSS receiver, bend the small gold fingers ‘in’ to make better contact: Bending the center contacts ‘in’ towards the center. iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 35: Configuring An Ig9 Uhf Rover

    Mobile’, then click on the Settings button (hammer/wrench) button to the right of ‘BT Type’. The Bluetooth Devices menu is shown: Then click on ‘3 GPS Rover’ Choose the correct Manufacturer ‘iGage’ and Model ‘iG9’: If your receiver is not listed, click on ‘Find Device’ iGage...
  • Page 36 Click on the Bluetooth Connect button, just to the If you plan on using a ‘Slant’ measurement, you will left of the red-X: need to edit the antenna model and enter the device radius and SHMP. Click the antenna button: iGage iG9 User Manual...
  • Page 37 If you have already made a ‘USER’ ‘IG9-USER’ 11. The Receiver tab is shown: antenna you can select if by choosing ‘Manufacturer = USER’ and ‘Part Number = IG9-USER’; otherwise click the ‘Copy’ button: Enter the Antenna Height, if you are using a 2-meter fixed height pole enter “2M”...

  • Page 38: Troubleshooting A Uhf Base / Rover Pair

    Click on the green check mark to configure the Rover. 15. After a few moments: The Sensitivity will always revert to Medium on the iG9. Sensitivity is not implemented. The ‘Protocol’, ‘Frequency’, ‘Forward Error the receiver will be configured… Correction’ and ‘Channel Spacing’ must match the 16.

  • Page 39: Debugging Rover: Float, Dgps, Dgps, Auto

    Click on ‘7 Monitor Skyplot’, check the ‘Status’ on the ‘Quality’ tab. Status = ‘FIXED’: If the Status is FIXED, then the front panel of the iG9 receiver: Will show ‘Fix’ (you may need to click a front panel button to turn the display on.) Great! You are ready to survey.

  • Page 40: Status = 'Float

    If your Rover is under moderate or heavy canopy, it may take a while for it to FIX ambiguities. Watch the ‘Hsdv’ and ‘Vsdv’ (Horizontal and Vertical estimated errors): iGage iG9 User Manual...
  • Page 41 IMU Tilt Sensor on an iG9 The iG9 has an IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit) based Tilt sensor. This IMU will work in any Rover mode (UHF, Network Server) when the receiver is Fixed and the IMU has been initialized. Heading is derived from the Rover’s movement and GNSS based position.

  • Page 42: Imu Tolerance Settings

    Excessive pole motion during average position will be computed. measurement. The dialog will then display the Distance and Elevation errors assuming the tip of the pole remains in a fixed location. Ideally, they will both be nearly zero: iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 43: Tilt Related Raw Data Records

    However a sky-plot like this: Tilt 2D distance PC to GM (feet, meters) Tilt tolerance in linear units (feet, meters) GSAL: Computed Deviation from Ground Mark – Corrections Applied where all of the satellites are in one quadrant, or the iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 44: Status = 'Autonomous', 'Waas' Or 'Dgps

    FLOAT or FIX solution. Look for the reason that corrections are not active. A receiver that is not receiving corrections will never move to the FLOAT or FIX status. UHF: Is the Base broadcasting corrections? See ‘Verify the Base is Transmitting’ above. iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 45: Configuring An Ig9 Network Rover

    < > Internal GSM Another connection method is to use the 4G cellular modem (Internal GSM) built into the iG9 head to connect to the network. This is a great connection method because: • the data collector does not have to broker the correction stream with the network server •...

  • Page 46: Connecting Your Data Collector To A Wi-Fi Hotspot

    NOTE: Disconnect the USB cable from your PC to the data collector before setting up Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi will not coexist with a USB-computer connection: when you plug the USB connection into your computer, the Wi-Fi connection is disabled. iGage iG9 User Manual...
  • Page 47 The passcode is case-sensitive and must be correct. Click on Next: Click on Menu: Wi-Fi Settings, Finally click on Finish: Then click on the access point you want to connect to (IGAGE_F in this example.) iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 48: Nautix X8 Wi-Fi Setup

    The data collector will show ‘Connecting’ for a while and (HTTP not HTTPS) site (like www.igage.com) using the then switch to ‘Connected: ‘Internet Explorer’ on the data collector: If your data collector has successfully connected to the internet you should be able to browse to any non-secure Continue the Network Rover setup at “Network (NTRIP and DIP) Rover...
  • Page 49 Yes.” If you know the passcode for your hotspot click on No. (You will not see this question if your access point does not have a WPS button.) iGage iG9 User Manual...
  • Page 50 Finally, start the internet explorer and browse to the iGage shown: web site: (1) Enter your password in the PSK (Pre-Shared-Key) box, If you type in “igage”, then you can directly click on then (2) click on OK. ‘www.igage.com’. If you see the iGage website: If you entered your password correctly, after a few seconds you will see ‘Completed’...

  • Page 51: Configuring The Ig9 Internal Cellular Modem

    Configuring the iG9 Internal Cellular Modem Internal GSM Method: If you use the internal Cellular Modem in the iG9 receiver, you will need to insert an activated 4G NANO GSM sim card into the card slot in the battery compartment.

  • Page 52: Network (Ntrip And Dip) Rover Configuration

    Click on Dial to attempt to connect. After about 30 seconds, the Dialing Status will change to ‘Connected’ after the iG9 is registered on the cellular network. Alternatively, you can configure the Cellular modem with SurvCE when setting the iG9 as a network Rover as described in the next section.
  • Page 53 Click on the Bluetooth Connect button, just to the If you plan on using a ‘Slant’ measurement, you will left of the red-X: need to edit the antenna model and enter the device radius and SHMP. Click the antenna button: iGage iG9 User Manual...
  • Page 54 If you have already made a ‘USER’ ‘IG9-USER’ 19. The Receiver tab is shown: antenna you can select if by choosing ‘Manufacturer = USER’ and ‘Part Number’ = ‘IG9-USER’. Otherwise, click the ‘Copy’ button: Enter the ‘Antenna Height’, if you are using a 2- meter fixed height pole enter “2M”...

  • Page 55: Choose Internet Data Source

    You should have already installed a GSM SIM card as to a Wi-Fi hotspot as shown in the section ‘Connecting shown in the section ‘Configuring the iG9 Internal your Data Collector to a Wi-Fi Hotspot’ on page 46. Cellular Modem’...
  • Page 56 For the iGage Supplied DAC Card: Set the APN Server to ‘dac.com.attz’, leave the APN User Name and APN Password blank. Click the green check mark. Click the green check mark again to save the APN settings After setting the APN, choose a NTRIP or DIP server source: •...
  • Page 57 GSM Cellular Modem. The network connection will typically work on the second try. (1) Check the ‘Base ID’ then (2) click the green check mark to complete the DIP setup and connect to the network server. iGage iG9 User Manual...
  • Page 58 If shown DO NOT check the ‘Use server transformations’ check box: This selection is available ONLY if the correction source is RTCM3 and should VERY rarely be used. Click the green check mark to return back to the RTK tab: iGage iG9 User Manual...
  • Page 59 (1) verify the mount point and then (2) click the green checkmark to configure the iG9 NTRIP Network Rover and connect to the selected network source. 10. When the network Rover setup is complete you will return to the Equip menu: The receiver status should be FIXED if the connection was successfully made and you are in the open.

  • Page 60: Using The Imu Tilt Sensor On An Ig9

    Using the IMU Tilt Sensor on an iG9 The iG9 has an IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit) based Tilt sensor. This IMU will work in any Rover mode (UHF, Network Server) when the receiver is Fixed and the IMU has been initialized. Heading is derived from the Rover’s movement and GNSS based position.

  • Page 61: Verifying The Tilt Function

    Tilt Sensor device name (degrees) GSRL: Computed Deviation from Ground Mark – Digital Level Mode, no Corrections Applied Included in Digital Level mode when no corrections are applied. Distance from GNSS Phase Center (PC) to pole point Ground Mark (GM). iGage iG9 User Manual...
  • Page 62 GNSS Sensors Absolute Linear deviations Tilt X relative distance to point (feet, meters) Tilt Y relative distance to point (feet, meters) Tilt 2D distance PC to GM (feet, meters) Tilt tolerance in linear units (feet, meters) iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 63: Mission Planning

    Click on ‘Charts’ and roll down to the PDOP chart: GDOPs higher than 3 will present difficult operation, GDOPS higher than 5 may not fix under canopy. Typically, as shown above, waiting 20 minutes can make a huge difference. iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 64: Advanced Base Configuration

    (PC) of the GNSS antenna is, including the website: www.survce.com. actual ellipsoid elevation.’ If you specify a projected Grid Coordinate, then SurvCE will convert it to the equivalent Latitude / Longitude / Ellipsoid Height. iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 65: Programmed Position Must Match True Position

    You should NEVER click Yes to continue. Always click No and fix the problem. SurvCE / SurvPC also enforces a 40-meter height error rule. If the entered height is in error by more than 130 feet this error message is shown: iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 66: Starting A Base With Local Coordinates

    90 feet) will severely hinder the Rover’s ability to fix. For this reason, it is important that you select the correct elevation type (Ellipsoid or Orthometric) and enter the matching height when you enter an elevation. iGage iG9 User Manual...
  • Page 67 This will store the Base position in project Go to “Equip: 6 Localization: GPS (tab)”: coordinates. Click on ‘Yes’ to continue. The Base will be configured and SurvCE will ask if you want to store a reference file: iGage iG9 User Manual...
  • Page 68 A single point localization has been computed with a True Geodetic North basis-of-bearings at the Base and a scale factor has been applied so that all coordinates and COGO measurements will be scaled to ground distances. iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 69: How Do I Setup On A Previous Base Point On A Subsequent Day

    When you click on the green check mark, you will go to ‘Base Configuration’ dialog. Select the ‘From Known Click on the ‘View’ button to see the GPS coordinates Position’ tab: associated with the Local Coordinate: iGage iG9 User Manual...
  • Page 70 (2) click the green check mark. SurvCE will check to ensure that the current receiver position is within 5 seconds of the file location and then display the position read from the file: Click on Yes: iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 71: What Happens In The Raw File When You Configure A Gnss Base

    What exactly happens when you setup a Base in SurvCE? While this example is for an iG8 receiver it is entirely applicable to an iG9. There are several files that are written for every job: .CRD, .REF, .LOC and .RW5 files are common: .CRD...

  • Page 72: Ref File Description

    The displayed height ‘H:’ is the antenna Phase Center (PC) ellipsoid height in meters. .REF File Description When you finish setting up the Base, SurvCE prompts you to ‘Save Settings to File’: You always should click on ‘Yes’. This is the .REF file that is generated: iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 73: Rw5 File Description

    A --GS comment record: Point ID Projected Northing Projected Easting Orthometric Elevation of the Ground Mark in job units Description ‘Base’ A – GT comment record (included if ‘Store GPS Accuracy’ is enabled) Point ID Start Week Start Time iGage iG9 User Manual...
  • Page 74 End Week End Time iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 75: Adjusting An Autonomous Base Project To An Opus Position

    The method for entering a new point, #2 differs depending on if the projection (the coordinate system) is the State Plane projection returned in the OPUS solution, or a Localized Coordinate System: State Plane Coordinate System Localized Coordinate System This is an uncommon adjustment: This is the most common adjustment type: iGage iG9 User Manual...
  • Page 76 ‘m’ after each metric value: Click the ‘Solve N/E’ button on the right, then enter 2 in the ‘Pt ID:’ box:’ Click the green check mark to accept and store the new point. iGage iG9 User Manual...
  • Page 77 Click the red back button to return to the main menu. Click the green check mark: Go to the ‘COGO: 7 Transformation’ tool from the main menu. Enter the ‘Original Point ID:’ as ‘1’ and the iGage iG9 User Manual...
  • Page 78 For this reason, if you return to this job on a later date, you must use the ‘Enter Grid System Coordinates’ for re-setting a Base, or hand enter the Lat/Lon/Height from the OPUS solution directly. iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 79: Localizing Survce Projects

    Rover receiver on a 2-meter rod at the center of X marked on the BLM aluminum cap using bipod to hold Enter the ‘Local’ (desired) coordinates that we want the SE receiver exactly level. corner to have, 10,000 1,000 5,400 as shown above. iGage iG9 User Manual...
  • Page 80 Accept the default (which is the Job name with a ‘.loc’ 10 should be fine. Click the green checkmark at the top of extension) and click on the green checkmark at the upper- the screen. right corner of the screen to return to the main menu. iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 81: Set 'Grid To Ground

    Click the ‘GPS’ button recall the new (but sofar unused) CSF, then click the green checkmark. You can review the reprocessed file (if you did not previously store the base position the point listing will be empty): iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 82: Further Discussion

    5284.716 = 5283.138 * 1.00029866 The Bearing: Bearing: N0°10'58"E Is the bearing from the the measured vector from the Southeast corner to the Northeast corner to the vector orignating at the Southeast corner pointing to Geodetic North. iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 83: Localization: Match East Line Bearing With Ground Distances

    From the main menu, select “Survey: Store Points” Enter the local Northing, Easting and Height (10,000 10,000 5,400) of the SE corner then click on the green checkmark. SurvXX will ask where to find the Latitude and iGage iG9 User Manual...
  • Page 84 Easting will exactly match the Southeast corner 10,000. We will tell the localization to ignore this second point elevation. Click on the green checkmark. SurvXX will request the source of the latitude and longitude for the Northeast iGage iG9 User Manual...
  • Page 85 SurvXX will ask if we want to reprocess the raw file: Click on ‘No’, we will process the raw file in a moment after entering a combined scale factor. SurvXX will return iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 86: Verify Localization

    Factor, then click on the green checkmark in the upper East line of the section and the reported Ground distance right corner. SurvXX will recompute the two points to reflects the CSF at the SE corner of the section. match our localization: iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 87: Connecting The Ig9 To A Pc Or Smartphone Via Wi-Fi

    Connecting the iG9 to a PC or Smartphone via Wi-Fi The iG9 receiver has an internal Wi-Fi Access Point which can be used in conjunction with a PC or smartphone to setup and control every feature of the receiver including firmware updates.
  • Page 88 Click the ‘Login’ button, you will be at the ‘Home Screen’ of the GPS receiver: From the Wi-Fi interface, you can configure nearly every aspect of the receiver’s operation using the left-hand section tabs and sub-items. iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 89: Programming Ig9 Radio Frequencies And Fcc Id

    With this tool you can create a standard list, modify frequencies, and reorder the frequency list. When the frequency list matches your FCC License, then you can save a .CFG file for uploading to the iG9 receiver. You must login to the GPS receiver using the instructions ‘Connecting the iG9 to a PC or Smartphone via...
  • Page 90 The ‘Call Sign Status’ should be set to ON, the ‘Call Sign Interval’ should be 15 minutes or less, the ‘Call Sign Message’ should be your FCC Assigned Call Sign. Once entered, click on Save to commit the changes to the internal radio. iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 91: Setting Up The Optional Adl Vantage Pro Repeater Kit

    Setting Up the Optional ADL Vantage Pro Repeater Kit iG9 RTK receivers include 2-watt internal Transmit / Receive radios. For many jobs, 2-watts will be sufficient power to blanket the survey area with UHF corrections. To cover larger areas, an optional repeater can be used to extend surveying range.

  • Page 92: Setting Up The Repeater

    The radio automatically drops the output power as required to keep the case at a reasonable temperature. For operation in extreme heat, a fan cage is available to force cool the fins on the radio back: Figure 13 Fan option for use at very high ambient temperatures. iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 93: Setting Up The Repeater

    UHF antenna to the North of the GNSS Base. (There are very few SV’s to the North of your GNSS receiver so the impact is minimized.) Press the ‘right-arrow’ to move the next screen. The current channel will be shown iGage iG9 User Manual...
  • Page 94 19. CSMA (Collision Sense Multiple Avoidance) must be left ON in the USA to meet FCC requirements: 14. Set the Transmit Power to the lowest power that will cover your job. Use the up and down arrow keys to select, press iGage iG9 User Manual...
  • Page 95 28. Down arrow to the FCC ID which is transmitted in Morse Code (CW) every 15 minutes: 24. Leave ‘Antenna Detect’ set to ‘Disabled’. If you have concerns about your antenna or antenna cable, set ‘Antenna Detect’ to ‘Enabled’. This will iGage iG9 User Manual...
  • Page 96 On hot days, it is possible that the radio power not be concerned that it lists countries that do not setting is higher than the enabled value. Power will include the USA. also be reduced if Antenna Detect is enabled and a fault is detected. iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 97: Dealer Programming The Adl Vantage Pro Or 35 Radio

    (by clicking Connect) and re-read the radio configuration after checking ‘Allow Uncommon Modes’. Select 'SATEL, EC Off, FEC Off' which is the default Satel / 3AS mode used for iGage iG and CHC receivers. CSMA should be checked for legal operation in the USA unless you have a dedicated, unshared channel. Set the Sensitivity to Medium to keep low power noise from throttling the repeater’s output.

  • Page 98: Serial Interface (Tab)

    It is illegal to program a radio with unlicensed frequencies. It is illegal to program a radio to 25 KHz unless your FCC license allows 25 KHz operation. In addition to simplex channels (the Rx and Tx frequencies are the same) you may want to program some cross-channel pairs like: Rx 461.025 Tx 464.700. iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 99: Backing Up Carlson Jobs: Never Loose Data In Survce

    Once the folder is named, click on the ‘Copy Crt (current) Job to Storage’. All of the current job’s files will be copied to the backup location. Throughout the day return to this menu and click the ‘Copy Crt…’ button again to freshen your backup copy. iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 100: Data Collectors Should Never Standby & Manually Reconnecting

    NEVER enter standby. Here is how: On the Data Collector, click on ‘Start’: Select the ’System’ tab, then drag down and click on ‘Power’: Click on ‘Settings’: Uncheck both boxes: Then click ‘ok’ in the upper right corner. iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 101: Manually Reconnecting Bluetooth

    ‘Reconnect’: SurvCE will re-initialize the Bluetooth communication link between the data collector and the RTK head. If the Reconnect selection fails to reestablish the connection, reconfigure the Rover from ‘Equip: GPS Rover’. iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 102: Downloading, Processing And Archiving Static Data

    Summary: Turn on the receiver, wait for it to boot; plug in the USB Cable to your computer. The iG9 receiver mounts as a USB thumb drive (flash drive) on your Windows computer. No special drivers are required. To download data from your receiver: Turn on the GNSS receiver.

  • Page 103: Submitting An Occupation To Opus

    If this is consistently incorrect, you can modify the device Upload’ screen (shown below.) If ‘Show Advanced type while it is connected on the ‘Configuration’ tab. Settings’ is set to “Normal”, “Support OPUS-Projects” or “Advanced” then this ‘RINEX Solution’ helper screen is shown: iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 104: Viewing The Observation Log

    The trim settings must be reloaded after each submission. Performing Quality Control Checks You can change the rest of the configuration values as needed. Here are detailed descriptions for each of them: (Hidden when Simple) iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 105: Base Project Folder

    ‘S’ after the measurement and the program will ‘Update GPS Model’ compute the vertical height for you. (Shown only when Advanced selected.) SLANT HEIGHT in FEET: If you measure a slant height in feet, enter ‘SF’ or ‘FS’ after the measurement and the iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 106: Default Agency

    NGS server to 30-second epochs (recording interval = http://trimblertx.com 1 point every 15 seconds.) The default recording interval AUSPOS: for most iGage receivers is 1 or 5-seconds. http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/gps.pl By pre-decimating the RINEX file before upload, it is IBGE: reduced to 1/6 to 1/30th the original size.

  • Page 107: Format Extended

    The GPS Settings options on the download tool are not “2. CHCData RINEX Convertor” compatible with the iG9. You can use the front panel Files are stored on the receiver in an ‘.HCN’ binary file. controls or the Wi-Fi connection to make recording When the tool downloads a file, it is automatically interval changes to the iG9.

  • Page 108: Opus: What Is It

    OPUS-Projects will allow you to combine the observation files from multiple receivers and multiple sessions. There is an excellent article and video describing OPUS Projects in the October 2013 ‘American Surveyor’ magazine. Search for “OPUS-Projects: The Next Revolution in GPS” to find a full resolution PDF. iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 109: Opus Error Messages And Failures

    = Meters / 0.3048 The misapplication of Ft/M scale factor can result in a 30-foot coordinate blunder! If you request an ‘Extended Format’ OPUS results, the state plane coordinates are computed and returned at the bottom of the report. iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 110: Getting Ready To Use Opus

    If you are contributing occupations to a registered OPUS-Project (note that NGS Training and authorization is required to use ‘OPUS-Projects’), the Download tool can assist you when uploading files: 1. Turn ON OPUS-Projects support. On the ‘Configuration’ tab, set ‘Show Advanced Settings’ to “Support OPUS- Projects”: iGage iG9 User Manual...
  • Page 111 ‘OPUS-Project’ checkbox. 3. Now, when you submit an occupation that has been moved to the project, the upload tool will automatically press the ‘OPTIONS’ button on the OPUS submission form and fill in the project identifier: iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 112: Best Opus Practices For New And Experienced Users

    The user location can be up to 50 KM from the polygon surrounding the selected sites which allows OPUS-RS to succeed in coastal areas where there are no CORS sites offshore. However, every CORS site that is used must be within 250 KM of the user site. iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 113: Daily Vs. Hourly Cors Availability

    OPUS submission will be successful. However, if you are collecting data in an area where most of the stations have only daily availability you will have to wait a longer time before the nearby stations will be available for use. iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 114: Some Areas Of The United States Effectively Only Have Daily Data

    OPUS must splice precise orbits for the first portion and rapid orbits for the second portion. #6 Offline CORS Stations Often when you look at the ‘Data Availability’ plot from a CORS station’s information page: iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 115: Ngs Cors Station Quality

    But how can you determine if a CORS station should be excluded? This is a great question. The best way is to click on the ‘Time Series (short term)’ button. Here is an example of a great station: iGage iG9 User Manual...
  • Page 116 You will want to ALWAYS exclude the station from your solutions. If you catch this site on a bad day (and it has a lot of them) you can expect significant elevation and horizontal errors. Even worse sites abound in the NGS array: iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 117: Gps Suitable Locations

    No large ‘GPS reflective’ surfaces (metal roofs) nearby: avoid multipath • Receiver facing correct direction: usually MMI (Man-Machine-Interface AKA the push buttons), antenna connector or North fiduciary pointing to the North. • Receiver mounted very securely on well braced, fixed-height tripod iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 118: Worst Case Scenarios

    This 8-story parking garage is 40 feet to the southeast of the brass rivet in the street. The red arrow points South. This is a location because the structure completely blocks the antenna’s view to the South and East. iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 119: Huge Trees To The South

    Not only do these tanks block the view to the South, but they also have metal-reflective surfaces that provide a multiple length signal path for every signal from every satellite to the observation area: iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 120: Deep Canyons

    South. Most of the GPS satellites are to the South. This is BAD. RBUT (below) is an NGS CORS site and is the closest CORS site to the iGage office in Salt Lake City Utah. This site is hindered by a solid mountain 30°...

  • Page 121: Optimizing Occupations In The Real-World

    A full GNSS receiver tracks so many satellites that there are no bad times... However, OPUS is GPS only and mission planning should be used to select better times to occupy sketchy locations. Especially if you are using OPUS-RS. Here is a typical GPS Only Mission Planning example: iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 122: Be Procedure Smart: Avoid Blunders

    Height’:” section on page 133. Slant reduction error is also very common source of blundered instrument height. The iGx_Download tool makes this computation automatically for you; however, you must keep track of Slant vs. Vertical and Feet vs. Meters. iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 123: Rotate Your Receiver Correctly

    You can determine the correct rotation for any modeled antenna by looking up the antenna definition on the NGS Antenna Calibration website. Here is the information from the NGS site for the iG9 receiver: The iG9 should have the MMI (the button/LED panel) turned to face the North.

  • Page 124: Why Does Modern Rtk Work Where Opus Fails

    #12 Why does Modern RTK work where OPUS fails? Yes, OPUS is substantially more finicky than modern GNSS RTK. OPUS jobs routinely fail in places and at times that iG9 RTK works flawlessly.

  • Page 125: Fresnel Zone Considerations

    The OPUS family of online tools: OPUS-Static, OPUS-RS, OPUS-Projects are amazing. They allow users to generate reliable X, Y and Height coordinates for GPS suitable locations, anywhere in the world. Hopefully by utilizing the simple rules presented in this chapter, all your jobs will be OPUS-Successful! iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 126: Troubleshooting The Ig9 Receiver

    Troubleshooting the iG9 Receiver 1. Receiver won’t turn on: Batteries are fully discharged: Charge batteries or use external power. Contacts on battery are dirty: Clean battery and receiver contacts with a soft cloth or soft eraser. Battery is bad: Try another battery.

  • Page 127: Ig9 Serial And Usb Io Port Definitions

    PPS (Pulse Output) Not Used RS232-RX (Input) Figure 14 iG9 7-Pin Serial IO Lemo Connection Information USB Port Definition The iG9 has a standard USB Type-C connector. When connected to a computer with a USB cable, the receiver mounts as a lettered disk drive.

  • Page 128: Upgrading Firmware

    UHF Radio Board All three are updated using a similar process via the Wi-Fi interface. Updating Main Board Firmware Download the Main Board firmware from the iG9 website: https://iG9.xyz/out/firmware/index.htm Follow the instructions in section “Connecting the iG9 to a PC or Smartphone via Wi-Fi”...
  • Page 129 Click on Firmware, then ‘Upgrade’, then ‘Browse’ and find the firmware finally click on ‘Confirm’. The receiver will reboot twice during the upgrade process. iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 130: Gnss Oem Reset

    GNSS OEM Reset It is possible to reset the iG9 from the Front Panel and from the web interface. This procedure should not be required for normal operation. Web Interface Reset Connect a PC, tablet or smartphone to the WiFi web interface of the iG9 as shown in ‘Connecting the iG9 to a PC or...
  • Page 131 Click the Fn key once to OK: The receiver will display ‘Reset OEM Board, Resetting…’ then after 15-seconds the receiver will reboot. Resetting the engine erases the OEM Engine memory, erases all satellite data and reboots the OEM engine. iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 132: Ig9 Antenna Model

    Antenna Model NONE” The iG9 receiver has an NGS calibration “CHCI90 The .atx and .gra files for the iG9 can be found on the website https://iG9.xyz Summary 114.0 mm 91.07 mm Radius 55.3 mm SHMP 74.2 mm Bottom of Antenna Mount (BAM)

  • Page 133: Slant Height' To 'Vertical Height

    Slant Height Measurement Point (SHMP) offset from receiver bottom Examples Measured Slant s Slant s Vertical (feet) v (m) 6.965 2.123 2.0474 5.148 1.569 1.4931 iGage iG9 User Manual...

  • Page 134: Warranty

    IMC is “iGage Mapping Corporation” of Salt Lake City Utah USA. IMC warrants the iG9 receivers, which we sell, to be free of defects in material and workmanship and will conform to our published specifications for these periods:...

  • Page 135: Rma

    To obtain warranty service from iGage Mapping Corporation the purchaser must obtain a return materials authorization (RMA) number prior to shipping by calling +1-801-412-0011 Or by email: info@igage.com Purchaser’s return address and the RMA number must be clearly printed on the outside of the package. IMC reserves the right to refuse to provide free-of-charge service if the date of sale cannot be determined or if the serial number is altered or removed.

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