10.4 GSV - GPS SATELLITE IN VIEW ................29 10.5 RMC - RECOMMANDED MINIMUM SPECIFIC GPS/TRANSIT DATA ....29 10.6 VTG - COURSE OVER GROUND AND GROUND SPEED........31 10.7 ZDA -TIME AND DATA.................... 32 UniTraQ International Corp. RoHS compliance 2010,07, Version 1.3...
Model:UD-731 1. Introduction The UD-731 is a GPS USB Dongle and it is optimized for good performance and low cost. Its 65 parallel channels and Venus 6 search bins provide short start-up time and fast signal acquisition. Having fast time-to-first-fix and high sensitivity, the UD-731 offers good navigation performance even in urban canyons.
Serial Interface USB interface Input Voltage 5V ±5% Power Consumption 180mW Connector USB B-type 4P male Data Logger Log 1 Mega byte flash memory( 8M Bits). Data: Longitude, Latitude, Speed, UTC. Format:WGS84 UniTraQ International Corp. RoHS compliance 2010,07, Version 1.3...
78.62mm X 24.83mm X 11.15mm Weight 22+-10%g 6. Getting Started There are only a few simple steps that you need to follow before using your UD-731: Install the USB driver onto your laptop using the included CD-ROM . ...
7. Software Installation 7.1 Overview USB Driver is necessary software which allows you to operate UD-731 on your computer properly once the device is connected with the computer. USB Driver is different depending on your operating system you connect to. Therefore, when you connect UD-731 with your computer, you need to install an appropriate driver for the UD-731 beforehand.
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USB Dongle Series Model:UD-731 B. Click on Next on the installation welcome dialogue to continue. UniTraQ International Corp. RoHS compliance 2010,07, Version 1.3...
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XP, if you have a specific reason for doing so. Click on Next to continue. If you want to install to a different folder, click on Browse. You may click on Back to go to the previous step, and click on Cancel to quit. UniTraQ International Corp. RoHS compliance 2010,07, Version 1.3...
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Wait for a few seconds while installation is copying files to your computer. Select Launch the CP210X VCP Driver installer and then click on Finish to complete the laboratories CP210X VCP driver installation. UniTraQ International Corp. RoHS compliance 2010,07, Version 1.3...
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H. Wait for a few seconds while installation is copying files to your computer. Click on OK to complete the laboratories USB to UART bridge driver installation. Click on Next on the installation welcome dialogue to continue. UniTraQ International Corp. RoHS compliance 2010,07, Version 1.3...
CD-ROM. When the main menu appears on the screen, just click on GPS View (XP/Vista). The installation will begin, and then the install wizard will navigate you to finish installation. UniTraQ International Corp. RoHS compliance 2010,07, Version 1.3...
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USB Dongle Series Model:UD-731 B. Click on GPS View(XP/VISTA) on the installation welcome dialogue to continue. C. Click on Install to continue. You may click on Cancel to quit. UniTraQ International Corp. RoHS compliance 2010,07, Version 1.3...
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D. Click on OK to complete the installation. E. You can find a Server icon from StartProgramsUNIGPSAPPgps-view2008.2, or from C:\Program Files\UNIGPS APP\GPSView\gps-view2008.2.exe. Click on the icon to run GPSView in your computer. UniTraQ International Corp. RoHS compliance 2010,07, Version 1.3...
C. Connect cradle to PC, and then the ActiveSync should create access between the PC and pocket PC. D. Double click on ActiveSync icon, main menu appears on the screen as blow. And then Click Explore on the pop-up menu. UniTraQ International Corp. RoHS compliance 2010,07, Version 1.3...
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Storage Card. G. Copy GPSViwe-P.exe form CD-ROM to your pocket PC. The GPSViwe-P.exe path is on the CD-ROM GPS-InstallationPDA. And please note that CD shall be inserted to CD-ROM disk. UniTraQ International Corp. RoHS compliance 2010,07, Version 1.3...
USB Dongle Series Model:UD-731 8. Application Software Introduction 8.1 GPSView Double Click on the gpsview.exe. and Click on the GT-7 Series. Enter the Window below. UniTraQ International Corp. RoHS compliance 2010,07, Version 1.3...
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Open Position Coordinate Window Execute Cold Start Execute Warm Start Execute Hot Start Save NMEA Data (Automatically save in the same Program file) Upgrade Firmware (If upgrading Firmware, save it in the same Program file) UniTraQ International Corp. RoHS compliance 2010,07, Version 1.3...
USB Dongle Series Model:UD-731 8.2 Data log 8.2.1 Set up Data Log 1. Execute Data log.exe. 2. Select “DataLog Log Configure” UniTraQ International Corp. RoHS compliance 2010,07, Version 1.3...
USB Dongle Series Model:UD-731 3. Configure your favorite log time “min_time” (by seconds) and “Enable” the Data log. 8.2.2 Check the status of configure 1. Select “DataLog Log Status” UniTraQ International Corp. RoHS compliance 2010,07, Version 1.3...
USB Dongle Series Model:UD-731 2. The window of “Response” will display the above configured status. 8.2.3 Retrieve the content of Data Log 1. Select “DataLog Log Read” UniTraQ International Corp. RoHS compliance 2010,07, Version 1.3...
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USB Dongle Series Model:UD-731 2. Select the to be stored file path and file name. (ex. Data.log) 3. Click on the “Store” to retrieve the logged data. The completed window. UniTraQ International Corp. RoHS compliance 2010,07, Version 1.3...
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USB Dongle Series Model:UD-731 4. Decompress the retrieved logged data by selecting “DataLogLog Decompress” 5. Select the pre-stored Data.log (for example). UniTraQ International Corp. RoHS compliance 2010,07, Version 1.3...
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6. Click on the “Store” to perform the decompression as follows. 7. After the decompression, some files will be generated as the figure. The *.kml file can be applied to the Google Earth and display the tracked trace. UniTraQ International Corp. RoHS compliance 2010,07, Version 1.3...
While you are in a tunnel. Inside of the building. Near by buildings. Put GPS receiver inside the car, some of the sun-control film with metal that makes microwave can not be radiate. UniTraQ International Corp. RoHS compliance 2010,07, Version 1.3...
USB Dongle Series Model:UD-731 GPS not fix problem If you see “GPS not fix” message on the screen after you enable the UD-731 GPS receiver, please consider the possible problems below: Wait few minutes. GPS position may cost several minutes.
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NULL when DGPS not used Checksum Note: The checksum field starts with a ‘*’ and consists of 2 characters representing a hex number. The checksum is the exclusive OR of all characters between ‘$’ and ‘*’. UniTraQ International Corp. RoHS compliance 2010,07, Version 1.3...
Satellite ID number, 01 to 32, of satellite used in solution, up to 12 transmitted PDOP 40.4 Position dilution of precision (00.0 to 99.9) HDOP 24.4 Horizontal dilution of precision (00.0 to 99.9) VDOP 32.2 Vertical dilution of precision (00.0 to 99.9) Checksum UniTraQ International Corp. RoHS compliance 2010,07, Version 1.3...
Null when not tracking Checksum 10.5 RMC - RECOMMANDED MINIMUM SPECIFIC GPS/TRANSIT DATA Time, date, position, course and speed data provided by a GNSS navigation receiver. Structure: $GPRMC,hhmmss.sss,A,dddmm.mmmm,a,dddmm.mmmm,a,x.x,x.x,ddmmyy,x.x,a,a*hh<CR><LF> 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 UniTraQ International Corp. RoHS compliance 2010,07, Version 1.3...
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Magnetic variation Magnetic variation in degrees (000.0 ~ 180.0) Magnetic Variation Magnetic variation direction ‘E’ = East ‘W’ = West Mode indicator Mode indicator ‘N’ = Data not valid ‘A’ = Autonomous mode UniTraQ International Corp. RoHS compliance 2010,07, Version 1.3...
UTC time: month (01 ... 12) UTC time: year 2004 UTC time: year (4 digit year) Local zone hour Not being output by the receiver (NULL) Local zone minutes Not being output by the receiver (NULL) Checksum UniTraQ International Corp. RoHS compliance 2010,07, Version 1.3...