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FALCOM NAVI-B
(Bluetooth™ GPS receiver)
User Manual
Version: 1.01
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NAVI-B VERSION 1.01 Contents 0 INTRODUCTION ..............................................................4 0.1 GENERAL ABOUT NAVI-B ............................................................................................................. 4 1 SECURITY .........................................................................5 1.1 GENERAL INFORMATION................................................................................................................. 5 1.2 RESTRICTED USE....
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NAVI-B VERSION 1.01 Cautions Information furnished herein by FALCOM are accurate and reliable. However, no responsibility is assumed for its use. Please, read carefully the safety precautions. If you have any technical questions regarding this document or the product described in it, please contact your vendor. General information about FALCOM and its range of products are available at the following internet address: http://www.falcom.de/ Trademarks Some mentioned
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NAVI-B VERSION 1.01 0 Introduction 0.1 General about NAVI-B The NAVI-B is a new GPS receiver, integrated with Bluetooth™ technology. With its ultra-low power consumption, it is an outstanding quality and performance as well as an excellent navigational and positioning aid tool when used with a GPS Mapping software installed on Bluetooth™- enabled devices, such as PC, laptop, or Pocked PC. The FALCOM NAVI-B has an integrated temperature compensated crystal oscillators (TCXO). Due to the
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NAVI-B VERSION 1.01 1 Security This chapter contains important information for the safe and reliable use of the NAVI-B. Please read this chapter carefully before starting to use the NAVI-B. 1.1 General information The Global Positioning System uses satellite navigation, an entirely new concept in navigation. GPS has become established in many areas, for example, in civil aviation or deep-sea shipping. The GPS system is operated by the government of the United States of America, whic
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NAVI-B VERSION 1.01 1.5 General care and maintenance In order to ensure the best performance of your FALCOM NAVI-B, please remind the following helpful tips: ♦ Keep your FALCOM NAVI-B dry. Do not expose to rain, water, or high humidity environments. This confidential document is the property of FALCOM GmbH and may not be copied or circulated without permission. Page 6
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NAVI-B VERSION 1.01 2 Preparing to use your FALCOM NAVI-B Read this manual in order to begin using your FALCOM NAVI-B and to understand its operations, functions, and common features. You must first install a GPS Mapping software (if none is installed) on your PC, laptop, PDA, or other handheld devices. In order to have a Bluetooth™ connection with your Falcom NAVI-B, secure that the control device is a Bluetooth-enabled one. For more information about software installation, please ref
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NAVI-B VERSION 1.01 When the required data are completely collected, then satellite signals are tracked continuously and the position is calculated from time to time. When the received data from satellites is considered valid then the FALCOM NAVI-B is available for navigation. The validity of these data stored in SRAM is kept due to RTC keeps running from external battery and these data may still be valid form the previous operation. As above the initial state of the NAVI-B GPS receiver
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NAVI-B VERSION 1.01 3 Technical Description 3.1 Bluetooth™ GPS Receiver architecture The NAVI-B OEM GPS receiver from FALCOM is a new OEM GPS receiver product that features the SiRFstarII-Low Power chipset. This complete 12 channel, WAAS-enabled GPS receiver provides a vastly superior position accuracy performance in a much smaller package. The SiRFstarII architecture builds on the high-performance SiRFstarI core, adding an acquisition accelerator, differential GPS processor, multipath
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NAVI-B VERSION 1.01 Time 1 microsecond synchronized to GPS time 3.2.1.3 DGPS Accuracy Position 1 to 5 meters, typical Velocity 0.05 meters/second, typical 3.2.1.4 Datum WGS-84 3.2.1.5 Acquisition Rate Hot start < 4 sec., average Warm start < 35 sec., average Cold start < 45 sec., average 3.2.1.6 Sensitivity * Tracking 16 dBHz Hot Start 23 dBHz Warm Start 28 dBHz Cold Start 32 dBHz * The sensitivity value is specified at the correlator. On a NAVI-B Evaluation Receiver using
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NAVI-B VERSION 1.01 3.2.2 Physical ♦ dimensions: 52 mm (diameter) x 20 mm (high) (without cable) weight: 67,8 g ♦ cable length: 2.5 m ♦ temperature range: -40 to +85 °C (operation, transportation and storage) 3.2.3 Software ♦ Software Update: A firmware update is not possible on the NAVI-B because the XTrac firmware does not support any function to set the Boot-pin of GPS receiver to HIGH via software. 3.2.3.1 TCXO-Specification Typical phase noise density 1 Hz offset -57.0 d
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NAVI-B VERSION 1.01 4 Operation Guide Before using the NAVI-B, make sure to prepare following: ♦ A GPS software is properly installed on your Bluetooth™-enabled device (PC, laptop, PDA, or other handheld devices). ♦ The Bluetooth™ GPS Receiver is fully powered and operational. ♦ Check that the Bluetooth™ GPS Receiver is ON. This section will outline the procedures necessary for the Bluetooth™ GPS receiver to run smoothly with the GPS software. 4.1 Installation instruction The positio
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NAVI-B VERSION 1.01 4.1.1 Connect the device to power supply Extend the cable and connect it to the power supply, the pin out on the RJ11 6/2 of NAVI-B is described in the table below. Pin Name I/O Colour Description Level 1 NC - - Not connected - 2 GND - Green Ground - 3 NC - - Not connected - 4 NC - - Not connected - 5 V+ I Red Power supply + 10 to +32 V DC 6 NC - - Not connected - 4.2 PC/Laptop and NAVI-B Bluetooth™ Connection To set up a connection between PC (in this ca
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NAVI-B VERSION 1.01 bottom right-hand corner of the PC screen is blue-red, you will need to activate Bluetooth™. Click on the icon, and a pop-up menu will appear in the display. Select Enable Bluetooth™ Ratio. The colour of the Bluetooth™ icon will be changed from blue-red to blue-white, signifying that it is turned on. As shown in figures below: ► ► 4. Click Start button, point to Settings, Control Panel and click the Bluetooth™ configuration, a screen will appear in the display.
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NAVI-B VERSION 1.01 6. After a few seconds, a list of Bluetooth™ devices will appear on your screen. You will see the FALCOM NAVI-B appear in the Service Selection. Select the FALCOM NAVI-B icon. In order to discover the services offered the FALCOM NAVI-B click the link ‘click here’ on the left side of opened window.. 7. The service appears below allows the users to establish a virtual serial port. Right-click on the ... FALCOM NAVI-B icon, on the appearing popup menu click the Con
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NAVI-B VERSION 1.01 9. In order to see the signal strength of Bluetooth™ connection, right-click on its icon, on the next appeared pop-up menu select the Status item. The signal strength is at the bottom of the appeared screen indicated. Try experimenting with your Bluetooth™ GPS receiver to see how far it needs to be before the blue bar reaches. If the user right-clicks the icon again and selects the Properties item an available COM Port is selected. ► 4.2.1 How to evaluate the
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NAVI-B VERSION 1.01 (i) Before running the software, make sure that your PC is recognizing the NAVI-B properly. In order to receive the valid positions for the current location of the device, please place it so that the receiver can have clear view to the sky. On the activated Data Source Setup window, select the COM (e.g. COM9) for SiRFdemo program and set the baud rate to 4800 bps. See figure below: (ii) Click the icon on toolbar by the up-down button (marked button in figure belo
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NAVI-B VERSION 1.01 (iii)The output messages can be viewed in the Development Data screen. For a description of NMEA messages please download from Falcom’s Website the “SiRFmessages.pdf” file. The valid/invalid protocols can be recognized on the $GPRMC protocol as shown in figure below. The capital letter A means, incoming protocols are valid and the capital latter V means, incoming protocols are invalid. This confidential document is the property of FALCOM GmbH and may not be copied
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NAVI-B VERSION 1.01 (iv) If the NAVI-B is receiving valid GPS positions, click the icon on toolbar by the up-down button (see marked button in figure below), the user can see the updated data of longitude, latitude, altitude, date time etc. For more detailed information about the using of SiRFdemo software, please download the SiRFdemo.pdf manual, which is also available on our web page. (v) In order to set the desired update rate of the supported NMEA protocols, click the Action men
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NAVI-B VERSION 1.01 4.3 Pocked PCs Bluetooth™ Connection In order to set up a connection between your Pocket PCs and the NAVI-B, please, follow step by step the instructions below. HINT: Perform a Bluetooth™ device discovery on your Pocked PCs to find the Bluetooth™ GPS Receiver. Refer to the user documentation of your Bluetooth™ device for instructions, too. 1. If the Bluetooth™ software is not installed in your Pocked PCs yet, please, install it before you begin the next steps. 2.
