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EFIX F6 GNSS
USER GUIDE
Survey & Engineering | June 2024
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  • Page 1 EFIX F6 GNSS USER GUIDE Survey & Engineering | June 2024 Stronger signal, easy to fix...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    1.2 Regulations and Safety ....................6 1.3 Technical Support ......................7 1.4 Disclaimer ........................7 1.5 Your Comments ......................7 2 Getting Started with F6 ....................8 2.1 About the Receiver ....................... 8 2.2 Parts of the Receiver .....................8 2.2.1 Front Panel ......................8 2.2.2 Camera.......................9...
  • Page 3 4.7.1 Description Submenu ..................47 4.7.2 WiFi Submenu ....................47 4.7.3 Bluetooth Settings Submenu ................48 4.7.4 Radio Settings Submenu ..................48 4.8 Firmware Menu ......................49 4.8.1 Firmware Info Submenu .................. 49 EFIX F6 GNSS USER GUIDE P a g e | 3 | 2024-6...
  • Page 4 4.8.4 System Log Download Submenu ..............50 4.8.5 User Log Submenu ...................51 4.8.6 Firmware Update Submenu ................51 4.8.7 GNSS Board Upgrade Submenu ...............52 4.8.8 GNSS Registration Submenu ................52 EFIX F6 GNSS USER GUIDE P a g e | 4 | 2024-6...

  • Page 5: Preface

    Preface Copyright Copyright 2024 EFIX | EFIX Geomatics Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. The EFIX is trademark of EFIX Geomatics Co., Ltd. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Trademarks All product and brand names mentioned in this publication are trademarks of their respective holders.

  • Page 6: Introduction

    Bluetooth® operates in license-free bands. Before operating a F6 GNSS receiver, determine if authorization or a license to operate the unit is required in your country. It is the responsibility of the end-user to obtain an operator's permit or license for the receiver for the location or country of use.

  • Page 7: Technical Support

    CAUTION - Operating or storing the receiver outside the specified temperature range will cause irreversible damage. 1.3 Technical Support If you have a problem and cannot find the information you need in this manual or EFIX website (www.efix-geo.com), contact your local EFIX dealer from which you purchased the receiver(s).

  • Page 8: Getting Started With F6

    Premium camera enable Visual Stakeout. Bluetooth and Wi-Fi technology provides cable-free communication between the receiver and controller. The receiver can be used as the part of an RTK GNSS system with EFIX eField software. Moreover, user can download the GNSS data that recorded in the internal memory of receiver to a computer.

  • Page 9: Camera

    Hold down the power button for 10s, wait for the indicator to blink, (Yellow/Green) and press three times to enter the recovery mode. 2.2.2 Camera The following two figures show the bottom view of the receiver: EFIX F6 GNSS USER GUIDE | 2024-6 P a g e | 9...

  • Page 10: Receiver Ports

    Connect a radio antenna to internal radio of the SMA port receiver. And this connector is not used if you are using an external radio. EFIX F6 GNSS USER GUIDE | 2024-6 P a g e | 10...

  • Page 11: Batteries And Power

    Do not charge or use the battery if it appears to be damaged or leaking.  Charge the Lithium-ion battery only in a EFIX product that is specified to charge it. Be sure  to follow all instructions that are provided with the battery charger.

  • Page 12: External Power Supply

    2.5.1 Connecting via Wi-Fi with eField Software Turn on the controller → run eField→ tap Connect. In the Connect screen, select EFIX for the Brand field, F6 for Device Type field, WIFI for Connection Type field. Tap the Click to select WI-FI to select the hot spot → Switch on the WiFi module by the top switch →...

  • Page 13: Connecting Via Bluetooth With Efield Software

    2.5.2 Connecting via Bluetooth with eField Software Turn on the controller → run eField → go to Config main menu → tap Connect. In the Connect screen, select EFIX for the Brand field, F6 for Device Type field, Bluetooth for Connection Type field.

  • Page 14: Downloading Logged Data

    (4) Double click the folder “repo_receiver SN” (take 3225804 as example), you will see 2 folders. The “push_log” folder is used to save the log files, and the "record_1" folders are used for store static data. EFIX F6 GNSS USER GUIDE | 2024-6 P a g e | 14...

  • Page 15: Web Server Download

    (5) Double click the folder that you have configured to store the static data, you will see the folder(s) created by the F6 system automatically and named by the date which is decide by GPS time when you start to log data.
  • Page 16 (4) Double click the folder that you have configured to store the static data, you will see the folder(s) created by the F6 system automatically and named by the date which is decide by GPS time when you start to log data.

  • Page 17: Equipment Setup And Operation

    F6 use 200 Hz AUTO-IMU, automatic pole tilt compensation for automatic inertial navigation initialization, and the user do not need to calibrate it manually any more. After enable the tilt survey, the F6 IMU can be ready after a few steps walk or a bit EFIX F6 GNSS USER GUIDE...

  • Page 18: Operation Steps

    (3) This icon will appear when the initialization is successful. (4) Enter the Name and Antenna, then tap point will be collected and store to Points automatically. EFIX F6 GNSS USER GUIDE | 2024-6 P a g e | 18...

  • Page 19: Notes Of Using Tilt Measurement

    when the pole is tilted more than 65 degree; when the receiver is stationary more than 10 minutes; when the RTK rotates too fast on the matching pole (2 rounds per second); EFIX F6 GNSS USER GUIDE | 2024-6 P a g e | 19...

  • Page 20: Working With The Vision Camera

    (1)Open eField-> Tap Stakeout-> Tap Point stakeout（Here take point stakeout as an example, currently also supports Line stakeout, CAD stakeout） (2)Tap points, select a stakeout point, slide right and tap stakeout EFIX F6 GNSS USER GUIDE | 2024-6 P a g e | 20...
  • Page 21 (6)If the distance to the target is less than 10.0m meters, it will automatically switch to Vision Stakeout. (The distance to use the camera can be modified in the Setting) EFIX F6 GNSS USER GUIDE | 2024-6 P a g e | 21...

  • Page 22: Notes Of Using Vision Camera

    3.3.2 Notes of using Vision Camera 1. At the beginning of initialization, the pole height of the instrument should be the same as that antenna height in the software. EFIX F6 GNSS USER GUIDE | 2024-6 P a g e | 22...
  • Page 23 when the receiver is stationary more than 10 minutes; when the RTK rotates too fast on the matching pole (2 rounds per second); when the pole hit the ground toughly. EFIX F6 GNSS USER GUIDE | 2024-6 P a g e | 23...

  • Page 24: Configuring Through A Web Browser

    The default login account for the receiver is: Login Account: admin Password: password Note – Tick remember me option, and then the browser will remember the Login Account and Password you entered. EFIX F6 GNSS USER GUIDE | 2024-6 P a g e | 24...

  • Page 25: Status Menu

    4.1.1 Position Submenu This page shows the relevant position information about the receiver's position solution EFIX F6 GNSS USER GUIDE | 2024-6 P a g e | 25...

  • Page 26: Activity Submenu

    With this information, it is easy to tell exactly what functions the receiver is performing: 4.1.3 Google Map Submenu Tap this submenu to show the location of the receiver on Google map. EFIX F6 GNSS USER GUIDE | 2024-6 P a g e | 26...

  • Page 27: Satellites Menu

    Provides the status of satellites tracked in general, such as the satellite ID, satellite type, attitude angle, azimuth angle, L1 SNR, L2 SNR, L5 SNR and enable/disable status of each one. EFIX F6 GNSS USER GUIDE | 2024-6 P a g e | 27...

  • Page 28: Tracking Info. Table Submenu

    SNR of L-band carriers to be displayed in any combination. 4.2.3 Tracking Skyplot Submenu The following figure is an example of Skyplot page. EFIX F6 GNSS USER GUIDE | 2024-6 P a g e | 28...

  • Page 29: Satellite Activation Submenu

    Configuring Through a Web Browser 4.2.4 Satellite Activation Submenu Use this menu to enable or disable satellites. EFIX F6 GNSS USER GUIDE | 2024-6 P a g e | 29...

  • Page 30: Receiver Configuration Menu

    Use this screen to configure all the items related to the GNSS antenna. You must enter the correct values for all antenna-related fields, because the choices you make affect the accuracy for logged data and broadcast correction data significantly: EFIX F6 GNSS USER GUIDE | 2024-6 P a g e | 30...

  • Page 31: Reference Station Settings Submenu

    1．Auto Rover: The receiver will serve as a rover after this mode is enabled, and then receive correction data through the working mode set last time. 2．Auto Base: The receiver will serve as a base after this mode is enabled, and then EFIX F6 GNSS USER GUIDE | 2024-6 P a g e | 31...
  • Page 32 2．Manual Input: Manually input the coordinate of a control point. 3．From CORS: After the receiver logging in CORS, the software can record the coordinate of current position based on fix solution. EFIX F6 GNSS USER GUIDE | 2024-6 P a g e | 32...

  • Page 33: Receiver Reset Submenu

    4.3.4 Receiver Reset Submenu Use this screen to completely or partially reset the receiver: 4.3.5 Languages Submenu Use this screen to select the web interface language: EFIX F6 GNSS USER GUIDE | 2024-6 P a g e | 33...

  • Page 34: User Management Submenu

    Here shows the data logging status, including internal and external storage usage and data logging status of each session. Also, users can configure the data logging settings for each EFIX F6 GNSS USER GUIDE | 2024-6 P a g e | 34...
  • Page 35 Recording Edit screen appears: Click advanced to see more settings. In this screen, you can configure all the data logging parameters, and determine whether the EFIX F6 GNSS USER GUIDE | 2024-6 P a g e | 35...
  • Page 36 To delete the recorded files of ANY data logging session, tap the Clear button on the right of the required session. To delete the recorded files of ALL data logging sessions, tap the Clear ALL Accounts button. EFIX F6 GNSS USER GUIDE | 2024-6 P a g e | 36...

  • Page 37: Ftp Push Settings Submenu

    Shows the related information about the recorded filed that be pushed. And users can tap Clear Ftp Send Log button in the upper right corner to clear the log of FTP Push operations. EFIX F6 GNSS USER GUIDE | 2024-6...

  • Page 38: Data Download Submenu

    → the format of the file → the name of the target file. 4.To download a file, left-click the name of the target file → download the file according EFIX F6 GNSS USER GUIDE | 2024-6...

  • Page 39: Io Settings Menu

    → the IO Settings screen will appear → choose one of the connection protocols among the NTRIP, APIS_BASE, APIS_ROVER and TCP → configure the related parameters → click to log on CORS or APIS. Connection Protocol: NTRIP EFIX F6 GNSS USER GUIDE | 2024-6 P a g e | 39...
  • Page 40 Configuring Through a Web Browser Connection Protocol: APIS_BASE Connection Protocol: APIS_ROVER Connection Protocol: TCP EFIX F6 GNSS USER GUIDE | 2024-6 P a g e | 40...
  • Page 41 IP and Port of the target server → configure messages that you want to output to the target server → click to save and complete the connection. Connection Protocol: TCP Connection Protocol: UDP EFIX F6 GNSS USER GUIDE | 2024-6 P a g e | 41...
  • Page 42 Configuring Through a Web Browser Connection Protocol: NTRIP1.0 Connection Protocol: NTRIP2.0 EFIX F6 GNSS USER GUIDE | 2024-6 P a g e | 42...
  • Page 43 → select one of the connection protocols between NTRIP and TCP → configure the other related parameters → click to save the settings and open the server. Connection Protocol: TCP EFIX F6 GNSS USER GUIDE | 2024-6 P a g e | 43...
  • Page 44 Tap the Settings button to the right of Bluetooth → the Bluetooth Set screen will appear → configure the messages that you want to transmit through Bluetooth → click save the settings and start to transmit. EFIX F6 GNSS USER GUIDE | 2024-6 P a g e | 44...

  • Page 45: Network Setting Menu

    Use this submenu to choose which situation of receiver will be alerted and input the email address. 4.6.2 HTTP Submenu Use this submenu to configure HTTP port. EFIX F6 GNSS USER GUIDE | 2024-6 P a g e | 45...

  • Page 46: Https Submenu

    Use this submenu to configure the user name and password of internal FTP site. 4.7 Module Setting Menu Use this menu to check module information, configure WiFi, bluetooth, radio related settings. EFIX F6 GNSS USER GUIDE | 2024-6 P a g e | 46...

  • Page 47: Description Submenu

    Use this submenu to check the information of WiFi module, bluetooth module and radio module. 4.7.2 WiFi Submenu Use this submenu to turn on/off WiFi function and modify password. EFIX F6 GNSS USER GUIDE | 2024-6 P a g e | 47...

  • Page 48: Bluetooth Settings Submenu

    Use this submenu to turn on/off bluetooth function and modify PIN number. 4.7.4 Radio Settings Submenu Use this submenu to turn on/off radio function and configure radio parameters. EFIX F6 GNSS USER GUIDE | 2024-6 P a g e | 48...

  • Page 49: Firmware Menu

    4.8.1 Firmware Info Submenu Use this submenu to check the current firmware information. The following figure shows an example of the firmware information. EFIX F6 GNSS USER GUIDE | 2024-6 P a g e | 49...

  • Page 50: Hardware Version Submenu

    4.8.3 Config File Submenu Use this submenu to update Configuration File. 4.8.4 System Log Download Submenu Use this submenu to download the system log of the receiver. EFIX F6 GNSS USER GUIDE | 2024-6 P a g e | 50...

  • Page 51: User Log Submenu

    It may take about 3 or 4 minutes to complete the firmware upgrading. Do not touch the power button or unplug the power until the upgrading process finishes, or damage will be caused to the receiver. EFIX F6 GNSS USER GUIDE | 2024-6 P a g e | 51...

  • Page 52: Gnss Board Upgrade Submenu

    4.8.8 GNSS Registration Submenu Use this submenu to register the receiver. Paste or enter the registration code to the Registration Code field → tap Registration button to complete the registration. EFIX F6 GNSS USER GUIDE | 2024-6 P a g e | 52...

  • Page 53: Fcc Warning

    This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body. EFIX Geomatics Room 1137, D, 11 Floor, Building 1, No. 158 Shuanglian Road, Qingpu District, Shanghai, China Email: sales@ efix-geo.com |support@ efix-geo.com Skype: support@efix-geo.com Website: www.efix-geo.com Stronger signal, easy...

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