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  • Page 1 PolaRx5TR User Manual...
  • Page 2 January 04, 2021 Thank you for choosing the PolaRx5TR. This user manual provides detailed instructions on how to use PolaRx5TR and we recommend that you read it carefully before you start using the device. Please note that this manual provides descriptions of all functionalities of the PolaRx5 product family.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Using the Ethernet cable ............17 4 The PolaRx5TR for time and frequency transfer .
  • Page 4 LIST OF CONTENTS 5 Reference station operation ..... . 31 OW TO CONFIGURE THE AS AN BASE STATION 5TR NTRIP C .
  • Page 5 LIST OF CONTENTS Appendix E LED behaviour Appendix F RxTools Appendix G Connecting to the PolaRx5TR using RxControl...

  • Page 6: Introduction

    1 Introduction 1.1 User Notices 1.1.1 CE Notice PolaRx5TR receivers carry the CE mark and are as such compliant with the 2004/108/EC - EMC Directive and amendments, 2006/95/EC - Low Voltage Directive, both amended by the CE-marking directive 93/68/EC. With regards to EMC, these devices are declared as class B, suitable for residential or business environment.

  • Page 7: Safety Information

    1.1. USER NOTICES 1.1.3 Safety information Statement 1: The power supply provided by Septentrio (if any) should not be replaced by another. If you are using the receiver with your own power supply, it must have a double isolated construction and must match the specifications of the provided power supply.

  • Page 8: Support

    Further information can be found on our website or by contacting Septentrio’s Technical Support department. In case the PolaRx5TR does not behave as expected and you need to contact Septentrio’s Technical Support department, you should attach a short SBF log file containing the support blocks and a Diagnostic Report of the receiver (see Section 6.3).

  • Page 9: Polarx5Tr Overview

    2 PolaRx5TR overview 2.1 Hardware specifications 2.1.1 Physical and Environmental Size: 235 x 140 x 37 mm (length includes connectors) (9.25 x 5.51 x 1.45 in) Weight: 940 g (2.07 lb) Operating temperature: -40 to +65 C (-40 to +149 ◦...

  • Page 10: Polarx5Tr Design

    A description of the front-panel sockets as well as their PIN assignments can be found in Appendix A. The cables available for use with the PolaRx5TR are listed in Appendix D and the LED behaviour is described in Appendix E.

  • Page 11: Powering The Receiver

    The PolaRx5 has a 16 GB Memory for internal data logging. Data can be logged in SBF, RINEX, BINEX, NMEA or RTCM-MSM format and may be retrieved via the âĂŸLoggingâĂŹ menu of the web interface. 2.2.7 External memory The PolaRx5TR can log data to an external memory device.

  • Page 12: Getting Started With The Polarx5Tr

    Before connecting an antenna, the orange front-panel tracking LED will be blinking fast indicating that the receiver is searching for satellites. After connecting an antenna that has a clear view of the sky, the PolaRx5TR will start to track satellites and the tracking LED will...

  • Page 13: Connecting To The Polarx5Tr Via The Web Interface

    3.3. CONNECTING TO THE POLARX5TR VIA THE WEB INTERFACE start to blink more slowly. The number of blinks between pauses indicates the number of satellites being tracked as described in Appendix E. 3.3 Connecting to the PolaRx5TR via the Web...
  • Page 14 The USB connection on the PolaRx5TR functions as network adapter and the DHCP server running on the receiver will always assign the PolaRx5TR the IP address 192.168.3.1. To connect to the PolaRx5TR, you can then simply open a web browser using the IP address 192.168.3.1 as shown in Figure 3-5.

  • Page 15: Over Wifi

    The Web Interface can also be accessed over a WiFi connection. You can turn on the WiFi modem of the PolaRx5TR by pressing firmly on the WiFi button as shown in Figure 3-6. Figure 3-6: Press firmly on the front-panel WiFi button to turn on the WiFi modem.
  • Page 16 3.3. CONNECTING TO THE POLARX5TR VIA THE WEB INTERFACE When your PC has connected to the PolaRx5TR WiFi signal, you can open a web browser using the IP address 192.168.20.1 as shown in Figure 3-8. Figure 3-8: Connect to the Web Interface of the PolaRx5TR over WiFi using the IP...

  • Page 17: Using The Ethernet Cable

    ‘PolaRx5TR-xxxxxxx’, where xxxxxxx are the 7 digits of the serial number of the GNSS Receiver Board (GRB) inside the PolaRx5TR. This number can also be found on an identification sticker on the receiver housing. You can then make a connection to the receiver using the web address http://PolaRx5TR-xxxxxxx.

  • Page 18: The Polarx5Tr For Time And Frequency Transfer

    REF IN connector, and the PPS signal is connected to the PPS IN connector of the PolaRx5TR. This has the effect of aligning the receiver time with the time of the external clock, bypassing the receiver’s internal clock.

  • Page 19: Calibration Of The Delay From Pps In To The Internal Time Reference

    ‘X ’ in the literature (see Figure 4-1). In the PolaRx5TR, X can take any value from 24ns to 59ns depending on the phase relationship between the 10 MHz frequency reference and the PPS input signal at the REF IN and PPS IN connectors respectively.

  • Page 20: Auto-Calibration And Compensation Of X O

    Adding length to the PPS IN cable decreases the X value. 4.2.2 Auto-Calibration and compensation of X The PolaRx5TR incorporates a circuit to calibrate the PPS IN internal delay and to compensate for it. Enabling X compensation can be done on the Timing>PPS window of the Web...
  • Page 21 Figure 4-6: Click ‘Save’ on the pop-up to save the new settings to the boot configuration From now on, if a PPS signal is fed into the PPS IN connector, the PolaRx5TR calibrates the delay and adjusts its measurements accordingly. This calibration is repeated again after each reboot or reset.

  • Page 22: Pps In Monitoring

    4.3. PPS IN MONITORING 4.3 PPS IN monitoring By default, the receiver uses the PPS IN signal only at startup for initial synchronization and delay calibration. During operation, PPS IN is ignored and the receiver time is kept in sync by counting the cycles of the 10 MHz REF IN reference.

  • Page 23: How To Log Cggtts Files

    This section explains how to configure CGGTTS logging using the receiver’s Web Interface. Before starting, make sure that the PolaRx5TR is synchronised to your external clock. The set-up is described in Section 4.1. If the REF IN and the PPS IN signals are properly connected and recognised by the receiver, the Web Interface will report the “ExtFreq+ExtTime”...
  • Page 24 4.4. HOW TO LOG CGGTTS FILES Figure 4-11: Laboratory and time calibration information Finally, under the “Delays” tab, enter all the delays applicable to time transfer: Figure 4-12: Time transfer delays INTDLY = X is the combined antenna and receiver RF delays. They are usually determined by comparison with a calibrated reference receiver from BIPM.

  • Page 25: Configuring The Cggtts Logging And Ftp Push

    4.4. HOW TO LOG CGGTTS FILES timing labs contributing to TAI, BIPM have a set of travelling reference receivers for this purpose (http://www.bipm.org/jsp/en/TimeCalibrations.jsp). A second, absolute method for determining these delays involves the use of a calibrated GPS simulator. CABDLY = X is the delay in the antenna cable, which must be measured using appropriate equipment.
  • Page 26 4.4. HOW TO LOG CGGTTS FILES Figure 4-14: Overview of the log sessions The receiver supports eight different log sessions (LOG1 to LOG8). In the example above, LOG1 is already configured, but the other sessions are still unused. CGGTTS files can be logged in any log session, including those that are already logging other formats (such as RINEX).

  • Page 27: Downloading The Cggtts Files

    4.4. HOW TO LOG CGGTTS FILES Figure 4-16: Configuration of the CGGTTS logging In the “Edit CGGTTS Logging” page, you can specify which CGGTTS file types (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and BeiDou) need to be logged in this log session. In the example shown, the four CGGTTS types are enabled.
  • Page 28 4.4. HOW TO LOG CGGTTS FILES Note that it can take up to 30 minutes between enabling CGGTTS logging and actually seeing the CGGTTS file on the disk. This is because CGGTTS data are generated at a very low rate (typically every 16 minutes).

  • Page 29: Generating Cggtts Files Using Rxcontrol

    For completeness, this section shortly explains how to generate CGGTTS files using the RxControl program. This procedure is primarily relevant to PolaRx5TR receivers running firmware version 5.2 or earlier. As of version 5.3, the PolaRx5TR supports internal CGGTTS logging and it is recommended (and easier) to configure CGGTTS logging through the Web Interface as explained in section 4.4.
  • Page 30 4.5. GENERATING CGGTTS FILES USING RXCONTROL In the File Naming tab, you can select the size and naming convention for SBF files. The selected value of ‘IGS 24 hours’ means that 24 hr SBF files will be logged and named according to IGS naming convention.

  • Page 31: Reference Station Operation

    Set the position as static To work as a base station, the position of the PolaRx5TR should be set to static. If not, the PolaRx5TR will still work as a base station however the position of the rover may show more variation.
  • Page 32 5.1. HOW TO CONFIGURE THE POLARX5TR AS AN RTK BASE STATION Figure 5-2: Setting the static position of the reference station antenna Click on ‘Ok’ to apply the new settings Step 2: Configure output of correction data over Ethernet Output of differential corrections can be configured in the Corrections Output window as Figure 5-3 shows.
  • Page 33 Having configured the settings and clicked ‘Ok’ to apply them, you can now connect to the configured Ethernet port of the PolaRx5TR using a terminal emulator tool such as Data Link The Ethernet IP address you need can be found in the information bar at the top of the web interface.
  • Page 34 5.1. HOW TO CONFIGURE THE POLARX5TR AS AN RTK BASE STATION This IP address and the port number 28785 can then be used to configure a Data Link connection as shown in Figure 5-5. Figure 5-5: Configure the Data Link terminal emulator tool to connect to the PolaRx5TR Ethernet port over which differential corrections have been configured...
  • Page 35 5.1. HOW TO CONFIGURE THE POLARX5TR AS AN RTK BASE STATION When a connection to the configured Ethernet port has been established, in this example using Data Link, the ‘Data Streams’ field on the Corrections Output window should now show the active blue connection shown in Figure 5-7 and the corrections output icon in the information panel should appear active.

  • Page 36: Configuring The Pola

    Client authentication for the mount point: none - any client can connect without logging in or, basic - clients have to login with a username and password. To select a correction stream from the NTRIP server of the PolaRx5TR, select ‘No’ in the ‘ A llow external server’ field Click on the ‘Local Server ...’...
  • Page 37 5.2. CONFIGURING THE POLARX5TR NTRIP CASTER Figure 5-9: The configuration sequence for defining a new mount point Step 2: Define a new user If you selected ‘basic’ client authentication when configuring the mount point in the previous step, you will need to define at least one user. The user name and password are the credentials needed for the NTRIP client (rover) to access the correction stream.
  • Page 38 If the client rover receivers are configured to send a GGA message to the caster (as was the case in Figure 5-12), then their position will also be visible. Figure 5-11: Connecting as a client to the PolaRx5TR NTRIP Caster On the NTRIP Client side Rover receivers can connect to the NTRIP Caster by entering its IP address and Port as shown in Figure 5-12.

  • Page 39: How To Output A

    5.3. HOW TO OUTPUT A PPS (PULSE-PER-SECOND) SIGNAL 5.3 How to output a PPS (Pulse-per-Second) signal The PolaRx5TR can output a PPS (Pulse-per-Second) signal that can be used for example, to synchronize a secondary device to UTC time. Step 1: Connect a cable with a BNC connector Connect a cable with a BNC connector to the rear-panel connector labelled ’PPS OUT’...

  • Page 40: How To Enable The 5.5 How To Log Data

    It is intended for synchronizing participating computers to within a few milliseconds of UTC. The NTP server functionality on the PolaRx5TR can be configured as shown in Figure 5-15. When enabled, the NTP server accepts UDP time-stamp requests on port number 123.

  • Page 41: Internal Logging

    5.5. HOW TO LOG DATA 5.5 How to log data The PolaRx5TR has a 16 GB memory for internal data logging. Data can also be logged to an external USB memory disk. 5.5.1 Internal logging Step 1: Defining the Disk Full action When setting up a logging session for the first time, it is a good idea to define what you...
  • Page 42 5.5. HOW TO LOG DATA Figure 5-17: Click on a ‘Create’ button to start defining a new logging session You can then follow the sequence of steps shown in Figure 5-18 selecting the various configuration settings for the logging session. In this example, the default settings of ’Internal’...
  • Page 43 5.5. HOW TO LOG DATA Step 3: Verifying the configuration When you have finished configuring the logging session, the ‘Log Sessions’ window will show a summary of the defined logging sessions as in Figure 5-19. An estimate of the daily size of data generated with the current logging configuration is also given.

  • Page 44: Logging To An External Usb Memory Device

    5.5. HOW TO LOG DATA 5.5.2 Logging to an external USB memory device The PolaRx5TR can also log data to an external memory device. To connect the device, you will need a USB Host cable (CBLe_USB_HOST) to connect to the front-panel socket indicated by the USB icon as shown in Figure 5-20.

  • Page 45: How To Ftp Push Logged Data To A Remote Location

    5.5. HOW TO LOG DATA Figure 5-22: Select ‘External’ from the drop-down list to log data to an external memory device 5.5.3 How to FTP push logged data to a remote location SBF, RINEX and BINEX files can also be automatically sent to a remote FTP server (FTP push). A different FTP server can be configured for each logging session and, SBF and RINEX files logged in the same session can be sent to different servers.

  • Page 46: How To Access Logged Data

    5.6 How to access logged data 5.6.1 Downloading data using the web interface Data files logged by the PolaRx5TR, both on its internal memory and to an external USB device, can be downloaded using the web interface on the ‘Disk Contents’ window of the ‘Logging’...

  • Page 47: Downloading Data Using The On-Board Ftp Server

    5.6.2 Downloading data using the on-board FTP server FTP, SFTP or rsync can be used to download data files logged on the PolaRx5TR. The example below details how the on-board FTP server can be used to download data files logged both internally or to an external device.
  • Page 48 5.6. HOW TO ACCESS LOGGED DATA Figure 5-27: Downloading logged data files using the FTP server with Windows File Explorer. (DSK1: files logged on the internal memory, DSK2: files logged on an external USB device)

  • Page 49: Point - To -Pointp

    ServerIP refers to the IP address that will be given to the server (local from the receiver’s perspective) when a connection is established. Though sometimes abbreviated as PPP, this feature is referred to as P2PP in Septentrio receivers as to avoid confusion with Precise Point Positioning.
  • Page 50 5.7. POINT-TO-POINT PROTOCOL (P2PP) Figure 5-29: Configuring P2PP It is possible to require authentication when establishing the connection. To enable authentication, you will need to choose either the PAP or the CHAP protocol as shown in Figure 5-30. PAP will use Password Authentication Protocol and CHAP will use Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol.

  • Page 51: Cloudit

    5.8. CLOUDIT 5.8 CloudIt CloudIt offers an alternative to FTP for RINEX or SBF file submission from the PolaRx5TR receivers and supports OpenAM for authentication. To learn more about the CloudIt feature and learn how to set it up, please check the knowledge base on the Septentrio website.

  • Page 52: Receiver Monitoring

    6.1 Basic operational monitoring The ‘Overview’ page of the web interface in Figure 6-1 shows at a glance a summary of the PolaRx5TR’s operational status. Figure 6-1: Overview page of the web interface The main information bar at the top of the window gives some basic receiver information: receiver type, serial number and position.
  • Page 53 6.1. BASIC OPERATIONAL MONITORING The Quality indicators gives a simple overview of signal quality, RF antenna power and CPU load of the receiver. The GNSS field details how many satellites for each constellation are being tracked and used in the position solution (PVT). A green line indicates that at least one satellite in the constellation is being used in the PVT, a blue line indicates that satellites are being tracked but not used and a grey line that there are no satellites from that particular constellation in tracking.

  • Page 54: Aim+: D

    The PolaRx5TR is equipped with a sophisticated RF interference monitoring and mitigation system (AIM+). To mitigate the effects of narrow-band interference, three notch filters can be configured in either auto or manual mode. These notch filters effectively remove a narrow part of the RF spectrum around the interfering signal.

  • Page 55: Narrowband Interference Mitigation

    6.2. AIM+: DETECTING AND MITIGATING INTERFERENCE 6.2.1 Narrowband interference mitigation Configuring the notch filters In the default auto mode of the notch filters, the receiver performs automatic interference mitigation of the region of the spectrum affected by interference. In manual mode as shown configured for Notch1 in Figure 6-3, the region of the affected spectrum is specified by a centre frequency and a bandwidth which is effectively blanked by the notch filter.

  • Page 56: Wideband Interference Mitigation

    Configuring WBI mitigation The Wideband Interference Mitigation system (WBI) can be enabled by selecting on as shown in Figure 6-5. Enabling WBI will increase the power consumed by the PolaRx5TR by about 160 mW. Figure 6-5: Select on to enable Wideband Interference Mitigation then ‘OK’ to...
  • Page 57 6.2. AIM+: DETECTING AND MITIGATING INTERFERENCE WBI mitigation in action The GPS L1 band interference shown in Figure 6-6 is produced by combining the GNSS antenna signal with the output from an in-car GPS chirp jammer. Figure 6-6: Simulated wideband interference in the GPS L1 band using an in-car chirp jammer When WBI mitigation is enabled the effect of the interference is dramatically reduced to the extent that the small signal bump at the GPS L1 central frequency of 1575 MHz is clearly...

  • Page 58: How To Log Data For Problem Diagnosis

    6.3. HOW TO LOG DATA FOR PROBLEM DIAGNOSIS 6.3 How to log data for problem diagnosis If the PolaRx5TR does not behave as expected and you need to contact Septentrio Support Department, it is often useful to send a short SBF data file that captures the anomalous behaviour, as well as a Diagnostic Report from the receiver.
  • Page 59 6.3. HOW TO LOG DATA FOR PROBLEM DIAGNOSIS Figure 6-9: Configure a logging session selecting ‘Support’ in the ‘Edit SBF Stream’ field When logging has been correctly configured, the ‘Log Sessions’ window will show the newly defined session as active as indicated in Figure 6-10. Figure 6-10: The ‘Log Sessions’...

  • Page 60: Diagnostic Report

    6.3. HOW TO LOG DATA FOR PROBLEM DIAGNOSIS Step 3: Downloading the logged SBF file The logged SBF file can be downloaded on the ‘Disk Contents’ page as shown in Figure 6-11. Click on the download icon next the SBF file you want to download. Figure 6-11: Click on the green download icon to next to the file you want to download 6.3.2 Diagnostic Report...

  • Page 61: Activity Logging

    6.4. ACTIVITY LOGGING 6.4 Activity logging The PolaRx5TR reports various events in the ‘Receiver Messages’ window of the ‘ A dmin’ menu that can be used to check the receiver operations. The example in Figure 6-13 shows that four, 15 minute SBF files have been successfully FTP pushed to a remote location.

  • Page 62: How To Use Them

    6.5. HOW TO USE THE MONITORING FEATURE TO CONFIGURE THE RECEIVER TO POWER DOWN ON LOW VOLTAGE 6.5 How to use the Monitoring feature to configure the receiver to power down on low voltage The monitoring feature allows the receiver to turn itself off when the external voltage supply is below a certain threshold.
  • Page 63 6.5. HOW TO USE THE MONITORING FEATURE TO CONFIGURE THE RECEIVER TO POWER DOWN ON LOW VOLTAGE Step 2: Save the configuration Press "OK" to apply the changes. Since the receiver will load the boot configuration when waking up again after having gone into standby due to low voltage, make sure to save the configuration to boot as shown in Figure 6-15.

  • Page 64: Scheduled Sleep

    6.6. SCHEDULED SLEEP 6.6 Scheduled sleep The Scheduled Sleep feature allows users to configure the receiver in such a way that it will sleep for a predefined amount of time and/or during a number of predefined intervals. 6.6.1 Configuring scheduled sleep Step 1: Configure a new Wake-Up Schedule On the menu bar select âĂŸStationâĂŹ...
  • Page 65 6.6. SCHEDULED SLEEP Figure 6-17: Example of a fully configured Wake-Up schedule. Step 2: Determine the awake duration To determine how long the receiver should stay awake, fill in the desired timespan in the Awake duration field. In the example shown in Figure 6-17, this is set to 10 minutes. Step 3: Define the repetition period Next, determine how often the receiver needs to wake up for the previously configured period of time.
  • Page 66 6.6. SCHEDULED SLEEP Step 4: Choose when the schedule should start Finally, define a time in the Schedule Start field to choose when you want the Wake-Up Schedule to start taking effect. This effectively corresponds to the first time the receiver will attempt to wake up from standby mode for the period of time defined in the âĂŸAwake DurationâĂŹ...

  • Page 67: Combining The Monitoring And Scheduling Features

    6.6. SCHEDULED SLEEP Figure 6-19: Example of how to configure the receiver to wake up at a certain point in the future and then just stay awake. In this example, the receiver is set to wake up at the first of January 2020 6.6.2 Combining the Monitoring and Scheduling features It is possible to combine the monitoring feature with a Wake-Up Schedule.
  • Page 68 6.6. SCHEDULED SLEEP Figure 6-20: Combining the monitoring feature with a Wake-Up Schedule will lead the receiver to remain in standby but periodically check the voltage level when the receiver is scheduled to be awake, but the voltage level is below the threshold value. When the receiver is scheduled to sleep, the receiver will not attempt to wake up to check the voltage levels.

  • Page 69: Security

    7 Security 7.1 How to manage access to the PolaRx5TR You can manage the access that users have to the PolaRx5TR in the ‘User Administration’ window of the ‘Admin’ menu. By default, the web interface, FTP and communication ports are all assigned User-level access as shown in Figure 7-1.
  • Page 70 Figure 7-2: Defining user access levels After defining the Users/Viewers and their access levels, they can login on the web interface by clicking on Log in on the upper-right corner as shown in Figure 7-3. Figure 7-3: Logging in to the PolaRx5TR web interface...

  • Page 71: Ssh Key Authentication

    By default, anonymous users have full access over FTP, SFTP and rsync to the files logged on the PolaRx5TR. FTP, SFTP and rsync access can be limited by configuring user access, as described in Section 7.1. For added security, user authentication for SFTP and rsync access can be configured using an SSH public key.
  • Page 72 7.1. HOW TO MANAGE ACCESS TO THE POLARX5TR The generated public key is the highlighted text that can be pasted directly into the SSH Key field of the PolaRx5TR Web Interface as shown in Figure 7-6. Figure 7-6: Logging out 521-bit ECSDA keys offer the best security however, ECSDA 256 and 384-bit keys can also be...
  • Page 73 7.2 How to control access using the PolaRx5TR Firewall You can control access to the PolaRx5TR using the receiver’s firewall in the Firewall window. By default, all Ethernet and WiFi ports are open (i.e. those defined on the IP Ports menu).

  • Page 74: Receiver Administration Operations

    PolaRx5TR The IP settings of the PolaRx5TR can be configured in the Ethernet window of the Communication menu. By default, the PolaRx5TR is configured to use DHCP to obtain an IP address. You can specify a ‘Static’ address in the TCP/IP Settings field as shown in Figure 8-1.

  • Page 75: How To Configured

    IP address is currently assigned to it. To make use of this feature on the PolaRx5TR, you should first create an account with a Dynamic DNS provider (dyndns.org or no-ip.org) to register a hostname for your receiver.

  • Page 76: How To Upgrade The Firmware Or Upload A New Permission File

    The PolaRx5TR firmware and permission files both have the extension .suf (Septentrio Upgrade File) and can be uploaded to the PolaRx5TR as shown in the steps below. Firmware upgrades can be downloaded from the Septentrio website and are free for the lifetime of the receiver.
  • Page 77 8.3. HOW TO UPGRADE THE FIRMWARE OR UPLOAD A NEW PERMISSION FILE Figure 8-5: The upgrade procedure Step 2: Verifying the upgrade If there were no problems with the upgrade, the message ‘Upgrade successful’ will appear. You can then check on the Admin/About window, as shown in Figure 8-6, that the new firmware version or permission file has been updated.

  • Page 78: How To Set The Pola

    However, on the Admin/Reset window as shown in Figure 8-8 different functionalities can be reset individually. A ‘Soft’ level reset will cause the PolaRx5TR to boot up with its current configuration while a ‘Hard’ reset will use the configuration stored in the boot file.

  • Page 79: How To Copy The Configuration From One Receiver To Another

    In the Admin/Configurations window, the configuration of a PolaRx5TR can be easily saved to a PC as a text file. A saved configuration can then be uploaded to any other PolaRx5TR. Step 1: Downloading the configuration from a PolaRx5TR Click the green download arrow next the configuration you wish to download as shown in...
  • Page 80 8.6. HOW TO COPY THE CONFIGURATION FROM ONE RECEIVER TO ANOTHER Step 2: Uploading the configuration to another PolaRx5TR Again on the Admin/Configuratoins window, click on the blue upload arrow , as indicated in Figure 8-10, to upload a configuration file stored on you PC. In this example, the saved file will be uploaded as the Boot configuration.
  • Page 81 A Front-panel port descriptions The PolaRx5TR front panel features 8 ODU connectors which are described in the following sections. These connectors are all of type ODU MINI SNAP Series F. The pinout of the female connectors and the ODU part number of the corresponding male connectors are shown in Figure A-1.
  • Page 82 A.3. COM3-4/USB A.3 COM3-4/USB This 7-pin connector can be configured in two modes: • COM3 and COM4 • USB device The electrical level at pin#7 defines the operating mode. COM3-4 device This mode is selected by leaving pin#7 unconnected. PIN # Description Not connected COM4 RX...
  • Page 83 A.5. OUT A.5 OUT PIN # Description Reserved GP1 output, 3.3V. Use the command setGPIOFunctionality to set the level of this pin. GP2 output, 3.3V. Use the command setGPIOFunctionality to set the level of this pin. nRST_OUT. Open-collector output, driven low when the receiver is resetting.
  • Page 84 A.8. PWR A.8 PWR PIN # Description Power: 9 to 30V DC Always ON. When this pin is tied to pin#1 the receiver is always on regardless of the state of the power button. Connect to Ground to enable the power button. Ground...
  • Page 85 B Rear-panel connectors The following sections describe the connectors on the rear-panel of the PolaRx5TR. B.1 MAIN (TNC) Connect an active GNSS antenna to this connector. The gain at the connector (antenna gain minus cable losses) must be in the range 15 to 50dB.
  • Page 86 B.5. REF OUT (BNC) B.5 REF OUT (BNC) The REF OUT connector provides a 10 MHz output signal synchronized with the receiver’s frequency reference. It is a sinusoidal signal with unloaded peak-to-peak amplitude of 1.1V and output impedance of 50 Ω...
  • Page 87 C Power consumption The power consumption of the PolaRx5TR depends on its configuration. The following settings directly influence the amount of power consumed: • Activation of the Ethernet interface: in power-critical applications, it is recommended to not use Ethernet and to turn off the associated hardware. This can be done with the setEthernetMode command.
  • Page 88 D Cables Cable Name Details (Part #) COM1/COM2 to PC (DSUB9-female). To be connected to either CBLe_COM_1.8 the COM1 or COM2 connector. Note that RTS/CTS lines are only (200416) available when connected to COM2. Dual COM3 and COM4 to PC (DSUB9-female). To be connected to CBLe_COM_DUO_7 the COM3-4/USB connector.
  • Page 89 E LED behaviour LED name colour Icon Behaviour Off: Receiver is powered off POWERLED On: Receiver is powered on Off: No Ethernet connection LANLINKLED green Blinking: Sending or receiving data over Ethernet Number of satellites in Behaviour tracking Blinks fast (10 per second) Blinks once, then pauses 1, 2 TRACKLED...
  • Page 90 LED name colour Icon Behaviour Off: No PVT available PVTLED green On: PVT available Off: WiFi disabled On: Access-point mode or client mode WIFILED Blinking slowly: Establishing a connection in client mode Blinking quickly: Error, not connected...
  • Page 91 You can install the full suite of RxTools by running the RxTools Installer. The Installer file can be found on the memory stick provided with the receiver. The latest version of the Installer is also available for download from the Support section of the Septentrio website: http://www.septentrio.com/support To run the Installer, double click on the executable file.
  • Page 92 In the ‘File’ menu, select ‘Change Connection...’. In the example shown in Figure G-2, a USB cable was used. The USB connection of the PolaRx5TR maps onto two virtual serial connections which are identified as ‘USB COM Port 1’ and ‘USB COM Port 2’. Select one of these connections and give it a name.

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