OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual Issue 1.6, May 2006...
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OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual Notice to Customers This manual has been produced to ensure the very best performance from your OmniSTAR receiver. The manual has been clearly set out with simple instructions to ensure trouble free usage of your OmniSTAR receiver.
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MSV, AFSAT freq change Issue 1.5 Issue 1.6 May 2006 OCSAT to Optus change Manual Reference: OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual Copyright OmniSTAR B.V. 2004. No part of this manual can be reproduced without the express permission of OmniSTAR B.V. Issue 1.6, 05/03...
OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ..................... 2 ..................2 BOUT ANUAL ..................2 YSTEM EATURES ..................3 ECEIVER EATURES Housing ....................3 Interface ....................3 INSTALLATION AND SET UP ................ 6 ..............6 NSTALLATION ONSIDERATIONS (CEMF) ..........7...
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OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual ....................... 25 ABLES Automobile Power Adapter Cable ............25 6-Pin Switchcraft to DB9 Serial Cable............. 26 7-Pin Switchcraft to DB9 Serial Cable............. 27 8-Pin Switchcraft to DB9 Serial Cable............. 28 APPENDIX C....................29 ....................29 OMMANDS assignomni .....................
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Table 1: 8300HP Interface................5 Table 2: 8300HP Status Indicators ..............9 Table 3: Summary of position types............... 18 Table 4: 8300HP PWR Port Pin-Out Descriptions ......... 23 Table 5: 8300HP COM1 Port Pin-Out Descriptions........23 Table 6: 8300HP COM2 Port Pin-Out Descriptions........24 Table 7: 8300HP COM3 Port Pin-Out Descriptions........
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Table 18: Description of the RESET command..........35 Table 19: Available OmniSTAR specific logs..........36 Table 20: NMEA 0183 messages available for the 8300HP......37 Table 21: Description of the ALM message........... 38 Table 22: Description of the GGA message........... 39 Table 23: Description of the GLL message............
OmniSTAR 8300HP DGPS Receiver. System Features The OmniSTAR 8300HP DGPS Receiver is part of the Fugro world-wide DGPS Service. The Fugro service is a full-time differential GPS (DGPS) broadcast system delivering corrections from an array of GPS reference stations located around the globe.
Housing The 8300HP is housed in a enclosure to provide a complete receiver solution. When connected to an antenna and a power source, the 8300HP is a fully functioning DGPS/HP receiver. The enclosure offers protection against environmental conditions and RF interference.
OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual The following accessories are included with the 8300HP: • 1 automotive power adapter cable • 3 straight serial port cables • GPS antenna and power ports • A CD containing PC utilities and product documentation For technical specifications on the 8300HP, please see Figure 1: 8300HP Back End Cap Issue 1.0, 05/03...
OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual Icon Name Description DC power input Reserved RS232 signals (NMEA) COM1 and auxiliary strobe signals RS232 signals (NMEA) COM2 with optional flow control RS232 (NMEA) and COM3 general I/O signals Antenna connection Table 1: 8300HP Interface...
OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual Installation and Set Up Installation Considerations Before commencing installation of the OmniSTAR 8300HP in a vehicle or aircraft, the following should be considered: • Determine the preferred location for each unit. Consider cable length, connector attachment space (cable bend radius), stowing excess cable, moisture, chemical corrosion, vibration and heat exposure.
OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual Counter Electromagnetic Force (CEMF) A potential problem inherent in any installation of electronic systems within a vehicle is Counter Electro-magnetic Force (CEMF). CEMF is caused when relays or solenoids, connected to the vehicle DC power distribution, are de-energised. The voltage produced may exceed – 400 volts.
OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual Cable Installation Cables must be correctly installed for optimum system operation. Therefore, the following should be noted: • Do not route an L-Band receiver remote antenna cable with the cabling of any other radio system. This may cause interference between both systems.
This section contains information on the additional features of the 8300HP receiver. Strobes On the 8300HP, a set of inputs and outputs that provide status and synchronisation signals are given. These signals are called strobes. Access to the 8300HP strobe signals is obtained through the COM1 port.
Note: The mounting kits are not designed for use in high-dynamics or high- vibration environments. To install the mounting bracket provided with the 8300HP, refer to the instructions provided with the mounting kit. Figure 3 is included to provide the dimension information for the bracket.
Power Supply Requirements The 8300HP contains a DC to DC converter that is very tolerant to noise and ripple at its input. A tightly regulated input supply to the 8300HP is not required, as long as it falls within the input range +7.5 to +15VDC.
OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual Operating considerations The 8300HP has proven to be a high-quality positioning device. The accuracy that the user can obtain depends on several factors, including: • Number of visible satellites • Multipath • Dilution of Precision (DOP) •...
This results in a lower signal strength and a delayed reception, thereby causing erroneous and noisy data. By default the 8300HP is configured to ignore any satellites that have an elevation angle lower than 5° for VBS and lower than 8° for HP.
OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual Operation Before operating the receiver for the first time, ensure that you have followed the installation instructions. Communications with the Receiver Communications with the receiver is straightforward, and consist of issuing commands through the communications ports from an external serial communication device.
OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual Getting Started The purpose of this section is to get you started with the 8300HP as quickly as possible. The guide will address receiving the satellite data carrier, and then checking the functionality and status of the HP Process.
Connect the DGPS antenna cable between the DGPS antenna and the 8300HP (TNC connector on rear panel). Connect the power cable to a suitable 7.5-15 VDC power supply being sure to check correct polarity. The Power LED should turn red.
OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual Appendix A Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) RTK is a real-time kinematic software product. It can only be used in conjunction with the 8300HP. The RTK software algorithms utilise both carrier and code phase measurements; thus, the solutions are robust, reliable, accurate and rapid.
OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual Types used in RTK are summarised in the following table. Position Type Low Latency RTK Matched RTK Floating L1 Floating Ionospheric Free Floating Narrow-Lane Fixed Integer L1 Fixed Integer Wide-Lane Fixed Integer Narrow-Lane Table 3: Summary of position types...
OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual Appendix B Technical Specifications PERFORMANCE Position Accuracy VBS: 1.0 m 2DRMS 0.10 m 2DRMS RTK: 0.04 m 2DRMS Reacquisition 0.5 s L1 (typical) 6 s L2 (typical) Data Rates 5 Hz (10 Hz optional) Time Accuracy...
OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual Input / Output Connectors TNC female jack, 50 nominal impedance + 4.25 to +5.25 VDC, 90 mA max (output from 8300HP to antenna/LNA) 2-pin Switchcraft EN3 connector +7 to +15 VDC at 5 W typical (operating range)
Figure 6: 8300HP Port Pin-Outs Connector Pin No. Signal Name Signal Description VIN+ Positive power terminal VIN- Negative power terminal Table 4: 8300HP PWR Port Pin-Out Descriptions Connector Pin No. Signal Name Signal Description 1PPS One pulse per second output Mark input POUT...
RS232 receive to COM2 on RXD2 the receiver RS232 transmit from COM2 TXD2 on the receiver PGND Power ground Table 6: 8300HP COM2 Port Pin-Out Descriptions Connector Pin No. Signal Name Signal Description Reserved Reserved GPIO_SR Reserved RS232 receive to COM3 on...
+12 VDC while operating from an automobile. The output of the power adapter uses a 2-pin Switchcraft socket. This cable plugs directly into the PWR port on the rear end cap of the 8300HP. Figure 7: Automobile Power Adapter Cable...
COM1 port on the 8300HP and another serial communications device, such as a PC. At the 8300HP end, the cable is equipped with a 6-pin Switchcraft connector, which plugs directly into the COM1 port. At the other end, a DB9S connector is provided.
COM2 port on the 8300HP and another serial communications device, such as a PC. At the 8300HP end, the cable is equipped with a 7-pin Switchcraft connector, which plugs directly into the COM2 port. At the other end, a DB9S connector is provided.
COM3 port on the 8300HP and another serial communications device, such as a PC. At the 8300HP end, the cable is equipped with a 8-pin Switchcraft connector, which plugs directly into the COM3 port. At the other end, a DB9S connector is provided.
OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual Figure 14: 8300HP 8-pin Serial Cable Appendix C Commands Following are the commands with detailed descriptions that can be send to the 8300HP. assignomni This command allows you to use manual instructions to ensure that the receiver searches for a specified OmniSTAR satellite at a specified frequency with a specified baud rate.
OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual This command permits you to configure the receiver’s asynchronous serial port communications drivers. The current COM port configuration can be reset to its default state at any time by sending it two hardware break signals of 250 milliseconds each, spaced by fifteen hundred milliseconds (1.5 seconds) with a pause of at least 250...
OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual header This field contains the command name port See table 15, serial port Port to configure. identifiers for COM (default is THISPORT) command on page 31 bps / baud 300, 600, 900, 1200, Communication baud 2400, 9600, 19200, rate (bps).
OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual No parity (default) Even parity Odd parity Table 15: Parity Binary ASCII Description No handshaking (default) XON/XOFF software handshaking CTS/RTS hardware handshaking Table 16: Handshaking Many different types of data can be logged using several different methods of triggering the log events.
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OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual Abbreviated ASCII Syntax: Message ID: 1 LOG [port] message [trigger [period [offset [hold]]]] Field Field Type ASCII Value Description Issue 1.0, 05/03...
OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual header This field contains the command name port See table 15, serial port Output port (default = identifiers for COM THISPORT) command on page 31 message Any valid message name Message name of log to output...
OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual psrdiffsource / rtksource This command sets the receiver to accept OmniSTAR HP and Virtual Base Station (VBS) differential corrections. Enable OmniSTAR HP and VBS: RTKSOURCE OMNISTAR PSRDIFFSOURCE OMNISTAR reset This command performs a hardware reset. Following a RESET command, the receiver will initiate a cold-start boot up.
OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual Data Logs Refer to the LOG command, see Page 32, for details on requesting logs. The receiver is capable of generating many different logs. These logs are divided into the following three types: Synchronous, asynchronous and polled.
OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual Appendix D NMEA 0183 Message Options The OmniSTAR 8300HP is factory configured with 4 NMEA 0183 sentences GGA, GLL, GSA and VTG. Sentences can be added or removed by the factory to a maximum of four sentences. The output rate is fixed at a 1-second interval.
OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual NMEA 0183 Message Formats In this section each message is described in more detail. – GPS Almanac Data The ALM message identifies the GPS week, SV health and contains the almanac for one satellite. One sentence per satellite, up to a maximum of 32.
OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual – GPS Fix Data The GGA message includes time, position and fix related data for the GPS receiver. $GPGGA,hhmmss.s,llll.llll,a,yyyyy.yyyy,a,x,xx,x.x,x.x,M,x.x,M,x.x,x Field Number Description UTC of Position Latitude, N (North) or S (South). * Longitude, E(East) or W (West). * GPS Quality Indicator: 0=No GPS, 1=GPS, 2=DGPS, 5=HP.
OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual – Geographic Position – Latitude/Longitude The GLL message contains the latitude and longitude of the present position, the time of the position fix and the status. $GPGLL,llll.lll,a,yyyyy.yyy,a,hhmmss.s,A Field Number Description Latitude, N (North) or S (South).
OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual – GPS DOP and Active Satellites The GSA message indicates the GPS receivers operating mode and lists the satellites used for navigation and the DOP values of the position solution. $GPGSA,a,x,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,x.x,x.x,x.x Field Number Description Mode: M = Manual, A = Automatic.
OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual – GPS Pseudorange Noise Statistics The GST sentence is used to support Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (RAIM). $GPGST,220320.0,1.3,0.8,0.5,166.1,0.8,0.5,1.6,*4F Field Number Description UTC time of GGA fix RMS value of the standard deviation of the range inputs to the navigation process (range inputs...
OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual – GPS Satellites in View The GSV sentence identifies the number of SVs in view, the PRN numbers, elevation, azimuth and SNR values. $GPGSV,4,1,13,02,02,213,,03,- 3,000,,11,00,121,,14,13,172,05*67 Field Number Description Total number of sentences of this type in this...
OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual – Recommended Minimum Specific GPS Data The RMC sentence identifies the UTC time, status, latitude, longitude, speed over ground (SOG), date and magnetic variation of the position fix. $GPRMC,184804.00,A,3723.476543,N12202.239745,W,000.0,0. 0,051196,15.6,E*7C Field Number Description Time: UTC time of the position fix in hhmmss.ss...
OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual – Course Over Ground and Ground Speed The VTG sentence identifies the actual track made good and speed over ground. $GPVTG,0,T,,,0.00,N,0.00,K*33 Field Number Description Track made good Fixed text ‘T’ shows that track made good is...
OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual – Time and Date The ZDA message contains UTC, the day, the month and the year of the local time zone. $GPZDA,hhmmss.s,xx,xx,xxxx,xx,xx Field Number Description UTC. Day (0 – 31). Month (0 – 12). Year. Local Zone Description Hours (± 13 Hours). * Local Zone Description Minutes.
OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual OmniSTAR logs message formats OMNIHPPOS – OmniSTAR HP Position The OMNIHPPOS string outputs OmniSTAR High Performance (HP) information. #OMNIHPPOSA,COM1,0,72.0,FINESTEERING,1161,321910.000,00000000, ad26,683;SOL_COMPUTED,OMNISTAR_HP,51.11635244839,114.03819232 612,1064.1015,-16.2713, WGS84,0.1371,0.1390,0.2741,"",5.000,0.000,7,6,6, 6,0,0,0,0*66c318fb Field # Field Type Description Format Binary Bytes Binary Offset Header Log header...
OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual #obs Number of Uchar H+64 observations tracked #GPSL1 Number of Uchar H+65 GPS L1 ranges used computation Number of Uchar H+66 GPS L1 ranges above the RTK mask angle Number of Uchar H+67 GPS L2 ranges...
OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual OMNIINFO – OmniSTAR Configuration Information This log outputs configuration information for our VBS and HP service. #OMNIINFOA,COM1,0,64.5,FINESTEERING,1164,240223.642, 000000,00,4797,33477;1551489,1200,c685,0,704312,EXPIRED,0, 0,EXPIRED,0,0,0*e8bea6a3 Field # Field Type Description Format Binary Bytes Binary Offset Header Log header Freq Selected Ulong frequency...
OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual Hp sub OmniSTAR Enum H+28 subscription type Hp exp Hp exp Ulong H+32 week week GPS week number of OmniSTAR expiration date Hp exp secs Number of Ulong H+36 seconds into the GPS week of OmniSTAR...
OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual Binary ASCII Description The OmniSTAR subscription has EXPIRED expired or does not exist. The OmniSTAR subscription will FIXEDTIME expire at a fixed date and time. The OmniSTAR subscription will COUNTDOWN expire after the specified amount of running time.
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OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual Tracking Tracking H+16 status of OmniSTAR signal Vbs status Status word H+20 from the process. #bytes vbs Number of Ulong H+24 bytes fed to the VBS process. #good dgps Number of Ulong H+28 updates. #bad data...
OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual 32-Bit CRC The OmniSTAR logs message formats all contain a 32-bit CRC for data verification. This allows the user to ensure that the data received (or transmitted) is valid with a high level of certainty. This CRC can be generated...
OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual Appendix E Acronyms used in this manual 1PPS One Pulse Per Second Two Dimensional Three Dimensional ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange Bits per Second CEMF Counter Electro-magnetic Force DGPS Differential Global Positioning System Global Positioning System fixed data...
List of communication satellites The following table presents a list of L-band communication satellites, which will enable you to use your 8300HP over the entire world (depending on your subscription type you might only be entitled to a restricted area).
OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual APPENDIX G List of reference stations The following tables present the current list of reference stations, which are broadcast over the different satellites. Check www.surveyplanner.com for the latest updates of these lists. Table 39: Reference stations on EA-SAT...
OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual APPENDIX H GPS Time of Week To Week and Time of Day (example) 51200 s Day 511200 / 86400 seconds per day 5.91666666 days Hour 0.9166666 x 86400 / 3600 s per hour 22.0000 hours Minute 0.000 x 3600 / 60 s per minute...
OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual APPENDIX I Receiver Service Procedure If an OmniSTAR receiver unit fails to perform, contact the OmniSTAR office within the region, after following the procedural checks. We wish to hear about frequently experienced problems and your assistance will help by copying the form on the next page, filling in the details requested and faxing or mailing the form to the OmniSTAR office for on-forwarding to Product Marketing.
OmniSTAR 8300HP User Manual APPENDIX J OmniSTAR Receiver Problem Report Form Please copy this form and report problem with as much detail as possible. Problem with: Date: Signal Y/N Manual Y/N OmniSTAR Y/N Receiver Y/N Description of problem: Person Reporting:...
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