User manual TRIMBLE SPS SERIES RECEIVERS 4.19 RELEASE NOTES REV A

[. . . ] RELEASE NOTES Trimble SPS Series Receivers ® Introduction New features and changes Version 4. 19 Revision A November 2010 F Corporate office Trimble Navigation Limited Engineering and Construction group 5475 Kellenburger Road Dayton, Ohio 45424-1099 USA 800-538-7800 (toll free in USA) +1-937-245-5600 Phone +1-937-233-9004 Fax www. trimble. com Copyright and trademarks © 2010, Trimble Navigation Limited. Trimble and the Globe & Triangle logo are trademarks of Trimble Navigation Limited, registered in the United States and in other countries. Trimble Survey Controller and VRS are trademarks of Trimble Navigation Limited. [. . . ] Before you upgrade the firmware, Trimble recommends that you download and back up any files that are on the receiver. 11. 1 Upgrading an SPS Modular receiver There are two ways to load the new firmware. In both cases, ensure that the receiver warranty date is September 2009 or later. Then: · If using the WinFlash utility, use the latest version that is available with the version 4. 19 web package. If using the receiver web interface to load the *. TIMG file, ensure that the receiver is already running version 3. 71 or later before stating this installation. Version 3. 71 is on the Trimble Support website. · Note ­ If you have a receiver with firmware earlier than version 3. 60, first load version 3. 60 and then load version 3. 71 before loading version 4. 19. If required, contact your Trimble dealer to obtain version 3. 60. SPS Series Receivers Release Notes 3 If your Trimble receiver is supplied with additional Trimble firmware or software products, make sure that those products are upgraded to the latest version. For more information about upgrading, refer to the release notes for the products. Use the following table to verify if you need to update the firmware for your receivers: Product/Feature SPSx52 SPSx51 SPSx81/SPS882 SPSx61 Trimble Survey ControllerTM software SCS900 software OmniSTAR Beacon VRSTM system IBSS (Internet Base Station Service) support Marine OEM Integrator Firmware upgrade?Recommended Recommended Suggested Suggested Not required Recommended Recommended Suggested Suggested Recommended Suggested Suggested 4 SPS Series Receivers Release Notes 1. 2 New features and changes This section documents the new features and changes since version 4. 17. 12. 1 SPS Modular GNSS receivers only Input/Output · New GSOF message ­ The ability to load a DC or CAL file for local coordinates using the Application Files menu has been available for a while and the NMEA PJK output has been used to provide positions to the application software. Trimble has now introduced the binary GSOF equivalent to the PJK message. You can select it from the web interface: · CMR output delay ­ The ability to delay the output of the CMR stream from a base station has been added. Base stations that share a single external battery and output multiple streams to external radio, can now introduce a delay between transmissions and avoid overloading the power source. SPS Series Receivers Release Notes 5 Web Browser · Antenna file version ­ The version number of the Antenna. ini file embedded in the current firmware version now appears on the Receiver Identity screen as Antenna Database Version: · Power Up Voltage ­ For SPS852 receivers, a new field called Power On Voltage now appears on the Receiver Configuration General tab. This sets the voltage level required on the Lemo and 26-pin port before the receiver starts up. The voltage can be changed from 10. 8 V through 15. 0 V with a default setting of 11. 0 V: 6 SPS Series Receivers Release Notes IBSS (Internet Base Station Service) · Front panel Status messages ­ Press from the Home screen on the front panel of the SPS Modular receiver to open the SNM910 Status screen (if you have an SNM910 cellular modem connected). [. . . ] VBS Subscription ­ In some VBS-only receivers using the Auto Beam selection method, the HP function was used instead of the VBS function, and VBS subscriptions were not activated. The correct function is now used and VBS subscriptions are correctly activated. Switching VBS Beams ­ In areas where more than one satellite beam is available for VBS, you can now switch between beams without losing the service. · · 12. 3 SPS Modular and Smart GNSS receivers General · Magnetic Heading ­ A new magnetic data model used to transform True Heading to Magnetic Heading has been added. 8 SPS Series Receivers Release Notes [. . . ]