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Appendix A Technical Specifications

A.1.2.4 I/O Strobe Port Cable (NovAtel part number 60723065)

The strobe lines on the EuroPak-15a can be accessed by inserting the male DB9 connector of the I/O strobe

port cable into the I/O port. The other end of this cable is provided without a connector to provide flexibility.

The jacket insulation is cut away slightly from the end but the insulation on each wire is intact. The cable is

approximately 2 m in length. See Figure 19.

Wiring Table:

Reference Description Reference Description

10 DB9P (male) connector 11 9-conductor cable

Figure 19: EuroPak-15a I/O Strobe Port Cable

I/O Port

Pin I/O Port

Signal I/O Port Cable

Wire Color I/O Port

Pin I/O Port

Signal I/O Port Cable

Wire Color

1 VARF Black 6 Reserved Green

2 PPS Brown 7 Reserved Blue

3 Reserved Red 8 GND Violet

4 Event1 Orange 9 GND White/Grey

5PV Yellow

Contents

Main EuroPak-15a Receiver User Manual Table of Contents 2 Installation 23 3 Operation 28 4 Using Commands and Logs 31 5 Commands 43 6 Data Logs 70 Appendices Figures Tabl es Page Notices FCC NOTICE CE NOTICE Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Software License Page Warranty Policy Customer Service Contact Information Firmware Updates Foreword Scope Prerequisites Conventions Compliance with GPS Week Rollover Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Overview of the EuroPak-15a 1.2 SBAS Overview 1.3 Galileo Overview 1.3.1 Open Service 1.3.2 Commercial Service 1.3.3 Safety-of-Life Service 1.3.4 Public Regulated Service 1.3.5 Search and Rescue Service 1.4 EuroPak-15a Enclosure 1.5 EuroPak-15a Features 1.5.1 GEO Signal Processing 1.5.2 Digital Pulse Blanking 1.6 Functional Overview 1.7 Internal Euro-L1E5a Card 1.7.1 Radio Frequency Section 1.7.2 Digital Electronics Section 1.8 Antenna or Signal Generator 1.9 Principal Power Supply 1.10 Data Communications Equipment Chapter 2 Installation 2.1 Additional Equipment Required 2.1.1 Selecting an Antenna or Signal Generator 2.1.2 Choosing a Coaxial Cable 2.1.3 Power Supply Requirements 2.2 Installation Overview Page 2.2.3 Applying Power to the Receiver 2.2.4 Connecting Data Communications Equipment 2.3 Additional Features and Information 2.3.1 Strobes 2.3.2 Status Indicators 2.3.3 External Oscillator 2.3.4 Mounting Bracket Chapter 3 Operation 3.1 Pre-Start Check List 3.2 Start-Up 3.3 Communicating with the EuroPak-15a 3.4 Getting Started 3.4.1 Starting the Receiver 3.4.2 Communicating with the Receiver Using GPSolution (Aviation) Page Chapter 4 Using Commands and Logs 4.1 Entering Commands 4.1.1 Command Settings on Power-Up 4.1.2 Determining the Current Command Settings 4.1.3 Response Formats 4.1.4 Response Messages Page 4.2 Logging Data 4.2.1 Log Types 4.2.2 Log Triggers 4.2.3 Specifying Log Formats 4.3 Log Formats 4.3.1 ASCII 4.3.2 Binary Page 4.4 Fields 4.4.1 Field Types 4.4.2 Commonly-Used Fields Page Page 42 EuroPak-15a Receiver User Manual Rev 5 Chapter 4 Using Commands and Logs Chapter 5 Commands 5.1 Functional Listing of Commands 5.2 Command Summary 5.3 Command Reference 5.3.1 AGCMODE Control Automatic Gain Control Page 5.3.2 ASSIGN Assign Individual Satellite Channels Page 5.3.3 CHANCONFIG 5.3.4 CLOCKADJUST 5.3.5 COM Serial Port Configuration Control Page 5.3.6 ECUTOFF Set Satellite Elevation Cut-off 5.3.7 EXTERNALCLOCK Syf() h2 f ------- h f ------- h0h1fh ++++= Page 5.3.8 FIX Constrain to Fixed Position Commands Chapter 5 * * EuroPak-15a Receiver User Manual Rev 5 57 Figure 4: The WGS84 ECEF Coordinate System 5.3.9 FRESET Clear Data in NVM 5.3.10 LOG Request Logs from Receiver Page 5.3.11 POSITIONTYPE Set the Position Solution 5.3.12 PULSEBLANKING Enable/Disable Pulse Blanking 5.3.13 RESET Hardware Reset 5.3.14 SDLLBW Configure DLL Filter Bandwidth 5.3.15 SPLLBW Configure Phase-Lock-Loop Bandwidth = 4 filter constant 5.3.16 STHRESHOLD Control Signal Thresholds 5.3.17 UNASSIGN Unassign a Previously Assigned Channel 5.3.18 UNLOG Remove Log from Logging Control 5.3.19 UNLOGALL Remove All Logs from Logging Control 70 EuroPak-15a Receiver User Manual Rev 5 Chapter 6 Data Logs 6.1 Functional Listing of Logs 6.2 Log Summary 6.3 Log Reference 6.3.1 AGCSTATS Automatic Gain Control Status EuroPak-15a Receiver User Manual Rev 5 73 Table 35: AGC Status Word Page EuroPak-15a Receiver User Manual Rev 5 75 6.3.2 ALMANAC Decoded Almanac Page 6.3.3 CLOCKMODEL Current Clock Model Status 78 EuroPak-15a Receiver User Manual Rev 5 Log Type: Synch Message ID: 16 Page 80 EuroPak-15a Receiver User Manual Rev 5 6.3.4 PSRPOS Pseudorange Position Page 6.3.5 RANGE Satellite Range Information Page 84 EuroPak-15a Receiver User Manual Rev 5 Table 40: Channel Tracking Status EuroPak-15a Receiver User Manual Rev 5 85 Table 41: Tracking State Bit Values Table 42: Correlator Spacing Bit Values 6.3.6 RAWEPHEM Raw Ephemeris 6.3.7 RAWFRAME Raw Subframes 6.3.8 RXCOMMANDS Receiver Configuration Page Page 6.3.9 RXSECSTATUS Receiver Section Status 92 EuroPak-15a Receiver User Manual Rev 5 Table 45: Receiver Error EuroPak-15a Receiver User Manual Rev 5 93 Table 46: Receiver Status 6.3.10 SATVIS Satellite Visibility Page 6.3.11 SYSTEMLEVELS System Hardware Levels 6.3.12 TIME Time Data 98 EuroPak-15a Receiver User Manual Rev 5 6.3.13 TRACKSTAT Tracking Status Page 6.3.14 VERSION Version Information EuroPak-15a Receiver User Manual Rev 5 101 Table 50: Version Log Field Formats Chapter 7 Firmware Updates 7.1 Contacting the NovAtel Aviation Department 7.2 Downloading the Files 7.3 Decompressing the Files 7.4 Running the Utility 7.4.1 Open a File to Download 7.4.2 Communications Settings 7.4.3 Downloading Firmware Page Chapter 8 Built-In Status Test 8.1 Overview 8.2 Receiver Status Word 8.3 Error Strobe Signal 8.4 Receiver Status Log 8.4.2 Error Word 0 0 C C 0 0 0 0 0000 0000 1100 1100 0000 0000 0000 0000 Bit 0 Bit 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 Bit 0 Bit 15 Page 110 EuroPak-15a Receiver User Manual Rev 5 Appendix A Technical Specifications Table 52: Performance Specifications PERFORMANCE All values subject to GPS system characteristics A.1 EuroPak-15a and EuroPak-15aT Enclosures 112 EuroPak-15a Receiver User Manual Rev 5 INPUT/OUTPUT DATA INTERFACE INPUT/OUTPUT STROBES Technical Specifications Appendix A EuroPak-15a Receiver User Manual Rev 5 113 INPUT/OUTPUT CONNECTORS ENVIRONMENTAL A.1.1 Port Pin-Outs A.1.2 Cables Page Page Page Page 120 EuroPak-15a Receiver User Manual Rev 5 A.2 Channel Assignments Table 56: 16GPSL1L5 Channel Configuration Technical Specifications Appendix A EuroPak-15a Receiver User Manual Rev 5 121 Table 57: 16GALILEOL1E5a Channel Configuration Table 58: 12GPS4GEOL1L5 Channel Configuration 122 EuroPak-15a Receiver User Manual Rev 5 Table 59: 8GPS8GEO Channel Configuration Table 60: 16GPSL5 Channel Configuration Appendix B Electrostatic Discharge Control (ESD) Practices B.1 Overview B.2 Handling ESD-Sensitive Devices B.3 Prime Static Accumulators B.4 Handling Printed Circuit Boards Appendix C Standards/References Appendix D Replacement Parts D.1 EuroPak-15a D.2 Accessories D.3 Manufacturers Part Numbers Index