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®
Trimble R7/R8 GPS Receiver
User Guide
Version 2.10 (R7), 2.11 (R8)
Revision A
F
June 2004
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Corporate Office Hardware Limited Warranty Trimble Navigation Limited Trimble warrants that this Trimble hardware Engineering and Construction Division product (the “Product”) shall be free from defects 5475 Kellenburger Road in materials and workmanship and will Dayton, Ohio 45424-1099 substantially conform to Trimble’s applicable U.S.A. published specifications for the Product for a period of one (1) year, starting from the date of Copyright and Trademarks delivery. The warranty set fort
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or performance problems resulting from (i) the FOR THE PRODUCT OR SOFTWARE LICENSE OR combination or utilization of the Product or U.S.$25.00. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT Software with products, information, data, PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO systems or devices not made, supplied or specified EVENT SHALL TRIMBLE OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE by Trimble; (ii) the operation of the Product or LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, Software under any specification other than, or in INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIA
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This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Type Approval Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful Type approval, or acceptance, covers technical interference, and (2) this device must accept any parameters of the equipment related to emissions interference received, including interference that that can cause interference. Type approval is may cause undesired operation. granted to the manufacturer of the transmission equipment, inde
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Contents 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Related Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Warnings and Cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Technical Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Your Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Contents Pole-Mounted Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Backpack Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Other System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Radios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Cellular modems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Contents Special application files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Timed application files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Applying application files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Storing application files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Naming application files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 6 Transferring Data . . . .
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Contents Resetting to Factory Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Default behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Power up settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Logging after power loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Di
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Contents Parts of the Receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Lower housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Setup Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Environmental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
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Contents Applying application files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Storing application files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Naming application files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 16 Software Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 GPS Configurator Soft
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Contents Appendixes Trimble R7 / Trimble R8 A NMEA-0183 Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 NMEA-0183 Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Common Message Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Message values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Contents xii Trimble R7/R8 GPS Receiver User Guide
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CHAPTER 1 Introduction 1 Welcome to the Trimble R7/R8 GPS Receiver User Guide. This manual describes how to install, set up, and use a Trimble® R7 or Trimble R8 GPS receiver. Even if you have used other Global Positioning System (GPS) products before, Trimble recommends that you spend some time reading this manual to learn about the special features of this product. If you are not familiar with GPS, visit our website for an interactive look at Trimble and GPS at: www.trimble.com Trimble
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1 Introduction Other sources of related information are: Release notes – the release notes describe new features of the product, information not included in the manual, and any changes to the manual. They are provided as a PDF on the CD. Use Adobe Reader to view the contents of the release notes. Registration – register your receiver to automatically receive e-mail notifications of Trimble R7 receiver firmware upgrades and new functionality. To register, do one of the following: –R
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Introduction 1 1.3 Technical Assistance If you have a problem and cannot find the information you need in the product documentation, contact your local Distributor. Alternatively, request technical support using the Trimble website at: www.trimble.com/support.html 1.4 Your Comments Your feedback about the supporting documentation helps us to improve it with each revision. E-mail your comments to ReaderFeedback@trimble.com. Trimble R7/R8 GPS Receiver User Guide 3
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1 Introduction 4 Trimble R7/R8 GPS Receiver User Guide
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SECTION I ITRIMBLE R7 GPS RECEIVER
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CHAPTER 2 Overview 2 In this chapter: Introduction Features Use and Care COCOM Limits Trimble R7/R8 GPS Receiver User Guide 7
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2 Overview 2.1 Introduction This chapter introduces the Trimble R7 GPS receiver. This receiver is designed for GPS surveying applications. The receiver features one-touch logging for ease of use, and five LEDs that let you monitor the survey in progress and the available battery capacity. The Trimble R7 tracks GPS satellites on both the L1 and L2 frequencies to provide precise position data for land survey applications. The receiver records GPS data on an internal CompactFlash card and
