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NorthStar 8901 Technical Reference Manual (85 pages)

GPS Position Sensor, Beacon Sensors, GPS/DGPS Position Sensors

Brand: NorthStar | Category: GPS | Size: 0.87 MB

Revision History
3
Ordering Information
3
Table of Contents
5
Section 1 - about this Manual
11
Scope of this Manual
11
Audience
11
Contents
11
Conventions
11
Glossary and Acronyms
12
Registration Card
12
Service and Repair
12
Section 2 - Introduction
13
Northstar 8700
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Northstar 8900 Series
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Overview
13
Northstar 8800 Series
13
Figure 1 - 8700/8800 Series/8900 Series Dimensions
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Sensor Dimensions
14
Power
14
Interfacing
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Table 1: 8700 Parts
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Table 2: 8800 Parts
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Section 3 - Packaging
17
Housing
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Table 3: 8801 Parts
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Table 4: 8900 Parts
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Table 5: 8901 Parts
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Section 4 - GPS Receivers
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Northstar 8700
21
Technical Specifications
21
Features
21
Figure 2 - 8700 ALLSTAR Engine Operating Modes
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Northstar 8800 Series
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Figure 3 - Radio-Beacon Coverage Map
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Section 5 - Beacon Receivers
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About the Northstar 8801
25
Features
26
Technical Specifications
26
Operating Modes
27
Section 6 - Gps/Beacon Combination Receivers
29
Northstar 8900 Series
29
About the Northstar 8901
29
Features
29
Technical Specifications
30
Section 7 - Antennas
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Overview
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GPS Antenna (AN145)
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Cables
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Figure 4 - Northstar AN145 Antenna
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Description
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Dimensions
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Mounting Location
33
Dimensions
34
GPS Antenna (AN150)
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Description
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Gain
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Cables
34
GPS/DGPS Combination Antenna (AN190/AN200)
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Figure 5 - Northstar AN150 Antenna
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Mounting Location
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Mounting Location
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Figure 6 - AN190 Combination Antenna
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Gain
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Cables
35
DGPS-Only H-Field Antenna (AN195)
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Description
35
Dimensions
35
Description
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Mounting Location
36
Dimensions
36
Figure 7 - Northstar AN195 H-Field Antenna
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Cable Length
36
Whip Antenna (8410 ACU)
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Figure 8 - Northstar 8410 ACU
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Cable Length
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Section 8 - Input/Output Configurations
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Sensor Signals
39
Table 7: Standard Configurations
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Configuration Details
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Table 8 - Configuration 7
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Table 9 - Configuration 6
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Table 10 - Configuration 5
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Table 11 - Configuration 4
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Table 12 - Configuration 3
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Table 13: Hardware Pin Numbers/Signal Levels
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Connector Pin Assignments
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Input and Output Signals
43
RTCM SC-104 Output
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BDM Control Input
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BDM Monitor Input
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BDM Monitor Output
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GPS Auxiliary Input
44
GPS Auxiliary Output
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GPS Primary Input
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GPS Primary Output
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Remote POWER on Control
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DC Power Input
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Time Mark
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Standard Pinouts
47
Wiring Power Control
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Table 14 - 8700 Connector Pinouts/Config. 3
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Section 9 - Connector Pinouts
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Connector Pinouts
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Table 15: 8800 Power/Interface Connector Pins/Config. 5
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Connector Pinouts
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Table 16 - 8900 Standard Connector Pinouts/Config. 7
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Alternate Connector Pinouts for the 8900
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Table 17 - 8900 Alternate Connector Pinouts/Config. 6
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Table 18 - 8900 Alternate Connector Pinouts/Config. 4
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Section 10 - NMEA Protocols
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Beacon Monitor Control Messages
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NMEA 0183 Format Control Messages
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Table 19: Command Parameters
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Table 20: Command Parameter Examples
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GPS Serial Protocol
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Table 21: Approved Sentence Structure
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Table 22: NMEA Field Definitions
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Table 23: Primary Port Input Sentences
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Table 24: Character/Baud Rate
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Table 25: Initialization Command
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Table 26: Example B Sentence Contents
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Table 27: Output-Configuration Message Identifiers
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Table 28: Set Output Configuration Command
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Table 29: Switch to Reprogramming Mode Command
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Table 30: NVM Command
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Table 31: Character/Element
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Table 32: Radio-Beacon Command Message
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Table 33: Primary-Port Output Sentences
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Table 34: Navigation Status Sentence
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Table 35: Self-Test Sentence
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Table 36: Radio-Beacon Proprietary Sentence
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Table 37: GPS-Fix Data Sentence
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Table 38: Example N Sentence
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Table 39: Geographic Position Sentence
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Table 40: GPS DOP and Active Satellite Sentence
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Table 41: GPS-Satellites-In-View Sentence
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Table 42: MSS Radio-Beacon Signal Status Sentence
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Table 43: Recommended-Minimum-Specific Sentence
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Table 44: Track Made Good/Ground-Speed Sentence
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Table 45: UTC Time, Data, and Local Time-Zone Sentence
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Section 11 - Beacon Receiver Binary Protocol
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Beacon Receivers (8800 Series and 8900 Series)
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Binary Control Messages
71
GPS Binary Protocol
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Overview
73
Section 12 - 8X00 Engine Monitor Program
73
BDM Data
73
GPS Data
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Figure 9 - 8X00 ALLSTAR Engine Monitor Screen
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Satellite Data
74
Function Key Tasks
74
Installation
74
Hardware and Software Requirements
74
Start-Up
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About Data Files
75
About Scrolling Data
75
About the Monitor Message Line
75
Operation
75
Section 13 - Glossary
77
Section 14 - Abbreviations and Initialisms
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Index
81

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