Novatel OM-20000122 SPAN-CPT Installation, Required Equipment, Manuals, SPAN-CPT Hardware

Chapter 2

SPAN-CPT Installation

This chapter contains instructions and tips to setup your SPAN-CPT system.

2.1Required Equipment

•A SPAN-CPT integrated GNSS+INS receiver

•A quality, dual frequency GNSS antenna such as the GPS-702-GGL or 42G1215A-XT-1-Cert

•See the NovAtel website (www.novatel.com/antennas) for information on a variety of quality antennas available to meet your form factor and performance needs.

•An antenna cable with a TNC male connector at the receiver end, such as NovAtel’s GPS-C016 model

•A power supply of +9 to +18 VDC

•An interface cables for the multi-purpose I/O connector on the SPAN-CPT. The interface cables can be NovAtel cables (see SPAN-CPT Cable on page 52) or custom built cables (see Appendix A, Technical Specifications on page 48 for the multi-purpose I/O connector pin outs).

•A Windows® based computer with a USB or serial port

•A radio link (if the application requires real time differential operation)

2.1.1Manuals

The following additional manuals may be required for reference and are available from www.novatel.com/ support/manuals/.

•SPAN on OEM6 Firmware Reference Manual(OM-20000144)

•OEM6 Family Firmware Reference Manual(OM-20000129)

•OEM6 Family Installation and Operation Manual(OM-20000128)

2.1.2SPAN-CPT Hardware

The SPAN-CPT receiver contains an OEM6 receiver and an IMU containing 3 accelerometers and 3 gyroscopes. Communication is done using either the COM or USB ports through the multi-I/O connector.

Figure 2: SPAN-CPT Receiver

The sections that follows outline how to set up the system’s parts and cables. Refer to Appendix A, Technical Specifications on page 48 for details.

Use a USB cable to log raw data - Serial communication is sufficient for configuring and monitoring the receiver through Hyperterminal or NovAtel Connect. USB is required if using a post-processing application requiring 100 Hz IMU data. We also recommend using NovAtel Connect to collect the data. Refer to Data Collection on page 32 and Data Collection for Post-Processingon page 33 for instructions.

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