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2. s Manual Page 8 of 25 Wincotech CE xi GPGSV 3 2 10 18 53 094 00 19 34 295 52 21 37 062 19 22 47 150 26 75 GPGSV 3 3 10 26 09 037 00 27 GPGGA 090011 000 4804 4036 N 01138 9815 E 1 06 1 5 0556 8 M 47 5 M 68 GPRMC 090011 000 A 4804 4036 N 01138 9815 E 0 1 0 0 060307 0 0 W A 1A SGPESE A900 27 16 99 E Ee oe belo 5 2 8d GPGSV 3 1 10 03 64 297 54 07 06 115 00 08 04 340 40 16 47 196 40 73 GPGSV 3 2 10 18 53 094 20 19 34 295 53 21 37 062 17 22 47 150 25 7B GPGSV 3 3 10 26 09 037 06 27 09 317 41 GPGGA 090012 000 4804 4036 N 01138 9816 E 1 05 2 9 0556 8 M 47 5 M 64 GPRMC 090012 000 A4 4804 4036 N 01138 9816 E 0 2 0 0 060307 0 0 W A 19 GPGSA A 3 08 16 03 27 19 3 6 2 9 2 2 3D GPGSV 3 1 10 03 64 297 54 07 06 115 20 08 04 340 40 16 46 195 40 73 GPGSV 3 2 10 18 53 094 00 19 34 295 53 21 37 062 00 22 47 150 23 79 Figure 5 Terminal window with messages Now you can start using all the other windows and features of GPS Cockpit 3 3 Status Bar The status bar is giving you a quick overview on the mode of the survey window the UTC date and time the fix status and record mode on or off as shown here Auto Zoom UTC Date 2007 07 09 UTC Time 11 13 07 3D Fix D Rec Figure 6 Status bar V3 1 09 08 User s Manual Page 9 of 25 Wincotech 3 4 GPS Cockpit Window Menu The GPS Cockpit window menu consists of the items File Settings Tools Window and He
3. decimals will be used 3 4 3 Window Menu Tools The Tools menu gives access to two functions creating a Google Earth overlay out of recorded NMEA data and doing time to first fix 1T TFF measurements Convert Nmea to KML Time To First Fix Test Figure 10 Sub menu Tools 3 4 4 Window Menu Window The Window menu allows arranging the open or minimized windows within GPS Cockpit Convert Nmea to KML Time To First Fix Test Figure 11 Sub menu Window V3 1 09 08 User s Manual Page 11 of 25 Wincotech 3 4 5 Window Menu Help Using the Help menu one can open the integrated help manual similar to this manual get version information open a link to our homepage or send us an email File Settings Tools Window psala Hel wed EG Ce Visit our Homepage Contact us About GPSC Figure 12 Sub menu Help V3 1 09 08 User s Manual Page 12 of 25 Wincotech 4 GPS Cockpit Windows 4 1 Terminal Windows 4 1 1 General Functions GPS Cockpit offers two terminal windows the first window for the NMEA data the second window e g for debug data or the NMEA data of a second receiver The NMEA terminal window will open when the NMEA Terminal button is clicked If you did connect already to a COM port with a GPS receiver you will see the NMEA data If you did not connect before you need to connect using the COM p
4. GPS Cockpit works best with Vin cotech s positioning products the GPS modules A1080 A A1082 A A1084 A A1084 B A1088 A A1035 D A1035 E and new ones that will be launched in the future but can also be used with any other GPS modules providing NMEA informa tion GPSCockpit Survey View File Settings Tools Window Help wed gt O KE Au d CH G RST ro t Survey View Meter Div x y 1 336 2 993 MousePos N48 4 41749 E11 37 18320 N48 4 41789 N48 4 41627 N48 4 41466 K N N48 4 41304 557 78 m N48 4 41143 St E11 37 18523 E11 37 18631 E11 37 18739 E11 37 18847 N48 4 40981 554 92 m tecision Longitude Altitude 318 318 M Signal Quality GPGGA 101924 000 4804 4130 N 01137 1863 E 1 06 1 5 563 3 M 47 5 M Q000 52 GPGS4 4 3 12 26 15 09 17 18 3 1 1 34 GPRNC 101924 000 4 4804 4130 N 01137 1863 E 0 06 105 97 020908 4 68 SCold SWarm SUl GL GLL v sena cR LF ChkSum SNR threshold 8 CNO max 52 CNO min 24 GPS Cockpit 3 0RC1 UTC Date 2008 09 02 UTC Time 10 19 23 3D Fix E Rec Figure 1 Overview V3 1 09 08 User s Manual Page 5 of 25 Woacotect 2 General Information 2 1 System Requirements GPS Cockpit was designed to work with the operating systems Windows Vista Windows XP and Windows 2000 The resolution of the graphic card should be 32bit 2 2 Highlights e Only requires the GPSCockpit exe and the ch
5. its documen tation in its original version in electronic format to everyone GPS Cockpit is no commercial product therefore any form of charging or requesting donations is ex plicitly not allowed As this product is freely available there is no technical support provided for this product V3 1 09 08 User s Manual Page 23 of 25 WWlaegtech 8 Related Information 8 1 Contact This manual was created with due diligence We hope that it will be helpful to the user to get the most out of the GPS module Anyway inputs about errors or mistakable verbalizations and comments or propos als to Vincotech in Munich Germany for further improvements are highly appreci ated Vincotech GmbH Bibergerstr 93 82008 Unterhaching Munich Germany Tel 49 89 8780 67 0 Fax 49 89 8780 67 351 gops vincotech com www vincotech com gps Further contact addresses info gos vincotech com support gos vincotech com sales gos vincotech com 8 2 Related Documents Related documents are all Vincotech GPS receiver or smart antenna manuals es pecially the firmware manuals In addition useful information is included in the manuals for the different evaluation kits V3 1 09 08 User s Manual Page 24 of 25 Wincotech 9 List of Figures Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 6 Figure 7 OVECIVICW 2 ce cececcecececcececeececeeeececueaececeeaececcueaecueeaeceeeaeceeaeaeseseeaeseeueaeeneaeaes 5 SAUD WU
6. VE 7 Serial communication window blank 8 Serial communication window selection cc ccceceeseeeeseeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 8 Terminal window With messages s nonnnnnnenennesnnnrrenrennrnnnnnnnnnnnrnnrennno 9 US e TE 9 Menu items 10 Figure 8 Sub menu Elei 10 Figure 9 SUB MENU Settings ccccccsecccceeceeceeeeeceeeeeseeeeseeeeesseeeesseeeesseeeesaeeeeeas 10 Foure WO UD MENU TOOS erai 11 Foue ToU mMenu leie e 11 Figure 12 Sub menu Help 12 Figure 13 Setting window key pad commande 13 Figure 14 Key pad dalog 13 FOUTS 15 ISSUC COMMANA EE 14 Figure 16 Signal quality window 15 Figure 17 SNR level WINdOW ccccccceececeeeeseeeeeeeeeseeeeseeeesaeeeseeeeseeeseeesseeesaeeeeas 15 Figure 18 Sky view window and properties nsannnennoennannnnnnennnennnnrnnnrnnnenerenneno 16 PIQUE ET ee 17 Figure 20 Distance measuring in the survey WINKOW c cccseeceeeeeseeeeeeeaeeeneees 18 Figure 21 Data logging sub menu Start Log 19 Figure 22 Data logging sub menu Stop Log 19 Figure 23 Tools window convert NMEA to KML Commande 20 Figure 24 NMEA to KML dalog 20 Figure 25 Tools window time to first fix test Commande 21 Figure 26 MME TO INGE IX GIAO EE 21 Figure 277 Kime Oo le FOSUINS cerises niinen ENA REEE EEE 22 Figure 28 Time To First Fix report 22 V3 1 09 08 User s Manual Page 25 of 25
7. Wi ncotech GPS Cockpit A description of Vincotech s Windows Software for visualizing and analyzing positioning data User s Manual Version 3 1 Software Revision 03 M GPSCockpit Survey View Eile Settings Tools Window Help GPS Information Latitude 47 52 40180 Longitude 10 36 27040 Altitude 712 80 m GPS Quality GPS sps mode Fix mode 3D Fix PC Time 12 41 UTC time 04 42 35 Syne PC time SNR threshold 8 CNO max 49 CND min 32 E DIS NMEA Terminal Disconnected a o x le PTYCKAL 57887465 4752 402 N 01036 278 E 271 7 1 10532 1 75561 0 196936 7 A PTYCODOGYRO 17616 501604 57019255 0 17584 501606 57070313 0 17472 501609 e PTYCODOGYRO 17360 501626 57529960 0 17392 501628 57581033 0 17312 501630 PTPRE 044235 566 A 4752 4022 N 01036 2713 E 14 7 88 0 110106 0 0 U 58 GPGGA 044235 566 4752 4018 N 01036 2704 E 1 08 1 1 0712 8 M 47 9 M 6F GPRMC 044235 566 A 4752 4018 N 01036 2704 E 14 7 271 8 110106 0 0 W A 23 GPGSA A 3 09 26 07 17 29 18 05 22 33 2 7 1 1 2 5 3B sGPcsv 3 1 10 05 26 236 46 07 45 094 47 09 62 299 49 17 e ssPosv 3 2 10 18 26 269 49 22 19 309 43 26 48 166 45 28 15 054 94 71 GPGSV 3 3 10 29 38 163 45 33 29 213 00 y5 44 76 le PTYCKAL 58857837 4752 402 N 01036 271 E 272 0 1 10536 1 75561 0 196939 7 le PTYCODOGYRO 17232 501642 57938537 0 17152 501645 57989609 0 17136 501647 2008 06 16 12 41 26 2008 06 16 12 41 34 ry Precision Dev
8. XPRESS WRITTEN APPROVAL OF VINCOTECH THIS DOCUMENT MAY PROVIDE LINKS TO OTHER WORLD WIDE WEB SITES OR RESOURCES BECAUSE VINCOTECH HAS NO CONTROL OVER SUCH SITES AND RESOURCES VINCOTECH SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE AVAILABILITY OF SUCH EXTERNAL SITES OR RESOURCES AND DOES NOT ENDORSE AND IS NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY CONTENT ADVERTISING PRODUCTS OR OTHER MATERIALS ON OR AVAILABLE FROM SUCH SITES OR RESOURCES VINCOTECH SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS CAUSED OR ALLEGED TO BE CAUSED BY OR IN CONNECTION WITH USE OF OR RELIANCE ON ANY SUCH CONTENT GOODS OR SERVICES AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH ANY SUCH SITE OR RESOURCE VINCOTECH RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHANGE MODIFY OR IMPROVE THIS DOCUMENT OR THE PRODUCT DESCRIBED HEREIN AS SEEN FIT BY VINCOTECH WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE V3 1 09 08 User s Manual Page 3 of 25 Wiacetect Table of Contents 1 MEAG O CCU Lal EEN 5 2 G neral a edu ARON ME 6 En Fv GU ICT En EE 6 22 a ie ail Mel 6 OUI SUE E 7 SS Weg Le RE 7 3 2 First Touch 7 39 Status EE 9 34 GPS Cockpit Window GE es cctennsescdsaccescesundsnececetencdeaeceaceanedancceansencaeusteaczecseaae 10 34 T Window Menu TE 10 JAZ NNG OW Ment dl Te E 10 3 4 3 Window Menu Tools 11 3 4 4 Window Menu Wmmdow nenen rrene 11 3 4 5 Window Menu ee WEE 12 4 GPS Cockpit WINGO UC 13 4 1 Terminal VWummgdowe nerne 13 A Tt 1 General FUNGHONS E 13 4 1 2 Commands in NMEA Terminal Window
9. cording of data into a file Data logging is started via a sub menu in the NMEA Terminal window The sub menu is entered by doing a right hand click within this window Just click on Start Log to start data logging Pause Disconnect Start log Clear buffer Figure 21 Data logging sub menu Start Log After starting a log a standard Save As menu will appear Here you can enter file location and name In order to stop the log proceed as before and click on Stop Log Fause Disconnect Stop log Clear buffer Figure 22 Data logging sub menu Stop Log In order to this you can also you the buttons in the GPS Cockpit menu V3 1 09 08 User s Manual Page 19 of 25 Wincotech 6 GPS Cockpit Tools 6 1 Convert NMEA to KML With the menu item Convert NMEA to KML one can create an overlay for Google Earth Doing this recorded positions can be displayed in Google Earth then auto matically L GPSCockpit NMEA Terminal File Settings BEMS Window Help Convert Nmea to KML P SS G LP Time To First Fix Test du Q D A RST Figure 23 Tools window convert NMEA to KML command When selecting this command the following the following dialog will appear KML Settings NMEA File C Documents and Settings Desktopinmea test tt Browse KML File CADocuments and Settings Desktopinmea test kml Browse Ticks Settings View Settings NoFix 2D 3D Ang
10. es of the satellites tracked by the GPS receiver and reported in the GSV NMEA sentence Therefore this sentence has to be switched on A typical situation might look like this m Signal Quality CNO max 53 CNO min 15 oX l 25 q St 23 fi 8 20 16 10 Figure 16 Signal quality window The numbers 13 25 4 etc in the status area at the bottom represent the satellite numbers or their Pseudo Random Noise numbers The numbers at the top of the signal quality bars display the current C NO value in dB Hz Values you can observe with Vincotech GPS modules range from 15dB Hz to 55dB Hz A blue color or yellow color means that this satellite is used for calculating a fix a grey color means that it is as seen but not used Blue means that the CN O value is above the defined minimum threshold yellow means below By doing a right click in the satellite signal window you can enter the SNR level window for the satellite signals by choosing Min valid threshold You can enter this menu by using the Settings too SNR Level X Valid threshold r aea Min valid threshold Figure 17 SNR level window V3 1 09 08 User s Manual Page 15 of 25 Vincotech 4 3 Sky View Window The sky view window allows you to see the satellite positions in the sky directly The satellite numbers or their PRN numbers can be viewed along with the azimuth and elevation values of each satellite the satellite
11. iation Default cca Har DSup How Longitude SUarm stov ei wei SLL Samples 49 Samples a a Sena W CR LF Measure 47524018 E hem E I chksum GPS Cockpit 2 981 UTC Date 2006 01 11 UTC Time 04 42 35 3D Fix Wiacotect Revision History Rev Date Description gt S 03 12 07 Completely re worked version new description new design 07 09 07 Added newly integrated features release of new Cockpit 3 0 06 30 08 Adaptation to Vincotech new features correct support of A1082 A 3 1 09 02 08 Support of TTFF measurements creation of Google Earth overlay out of NMEA L mmddyy S OSOS mm dd yy_ V3 1 09 08 User s Manual Page 2 of 25 Vincotech Disclaimer THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS PROPRIETARY INFORMATION OF VINCOTECH GMBH IT MAY NOT BE COPIED OR TRANSMITTED BY ANY MEANS PASSED TO OTHERS OR STORED IN ANY RETRIEVAL SYSTEM OR MEDIA WITHOUT PRIOR CONSENT OF VINCOTECH OR ITS AUTHORIZED AGENTS THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT IS TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE ENTIRELY CORRECT HOWEVER VINCOTECH CAN NEITHER ACCEPT LIABILITY FOR ANY INACCURACIES OR THE CONSEQUENCES THEREOF NOR FOR ANY LIABILITY ARISING FROM THE USE OR APPLICATION OF ANY CIRCUIT PRODUCT OR EXAMPLE SHOWN IN THE DOCUMENT THE PRODUCT HARD AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN THIS DOCUMEN TATION IS NOT AUTHORIZED FOR USE IN LIFE SUPPORT DEVICES OR SYSTEMS WITHOUT THE E
12. le Altitude rm Scale RI Z Ze Clamp to ground C Absolute Track Settings jw Start Google Earth color si wan 5 Se Figure 24 NMEA to KML dialog After clicking OK the KML file will be created If the Start Google Earth selection was enabled and Google Earth is installed it will be started automatically V3 1 09 08 User s Manual Page 20 of 25 Wincotech 6 2 Time To First Fix Test With the menu item Time To First Fix Test measurement of the time to first fix of different modules can be done The tool allows doing different types of tests cold warm hot starts along with the selection of the module type setting of time outs defining the number of tests and logging the NMEA data To initiate the dialog one has to select the Time To First Fix G GPSCockpit Time To First Fix Test File Settings BEMS Window Help Convert Nmea to KML Stemm ll 8 OQ DP is Figure 25 Tools window time to first fix test command When selecting this command the following the following dialog will appear m Time To First Fix Test TEOK r Receiver jal 080 e Test counts fi Test option e Cold Warm C Hot NmeaLog Start test Stop Current Stop All Report V TTFF Timeout E min Figure 26 Time To First Fix dialog After defining your configuration you can start the test A single as well a
13. lid fat 0 2 voor 1 20 Std Dewationt51m Jaen 13 valid 2D o HDOP lt 1 42 1 Max 48 071222 11 651113 Valid 2D 0 0 gt 1 HDOP lt 2 56 3 Min 48 071098 11 650850 valid 3D 8129 HDOP gt 2 1 6 Delta 916m 29 28m Valid 3D 99 8 Figure 19 Survey window selecting zoom one can choose between automatic mode or zoom factors between 25 and 400 For plot mode either a line or points are available Enabling the sigma ellipse the position window will show in addition the area defining the stan dard deviation of the fixes And with pinpoint the center of the window can be de fined V3 1 09 08 User s Manual Page 17 of 25 WVincotech With a left click measurement of distance can be done the first click setting the ori gin While dragging the mouse pointer within the picture the distance is shown in the right bottom corner A second left click will delete this origin again Meter Div xy 2 673 8 979 MousePos N48 4 26608 E11 39 06766 N48 4 28196 N48 4 27712 N48 4 27227 E N46 4 26743 N46 4 26258 Lea LO IN oo St E CO fex Las CN wT LO m Ia EN St LO co io io LO LO LO LO CH be D D D D D ay fex ay ay o gt oc Ian n co Oo om o o UI UI uw UI UI UI N48 4 25774 Distance 17 252 m Figure 20 Distance measuring in the survey window V3 1 09 08 User s Manual Page 18 of 25 Wacotech 5 GPS Cockpit Recording GPS Cockpit allows the logging or re
14. lp File Settings Tools Window Help Figure 7 Menu items 3 4 1 Window Menu File The file menu allows to play NMEA files to record them to stop recording and playing and to define a speed for playing the NMEAs Using Send file one can transmit complete files e g almanac and ephemeris data to a GPS module And finally one can exit GPS Cockpit Play Nmea Record Nmea Stop record player Speed gt Send file Figure 8 Sub menu File 3 4 2 Window Menu Settings With the Settings menu one can change general port settings disconnect launch a window for programming keys set SNR value levels and General setting Port Number Disconnect Key Pad SNR Level General Settings Figure 9 Sub menu Settings V3 1 09 08 User s Manual Page 10 of 25 Wincotech Setting the SNR level will affect two windows the Signal Quality window where signals below this threshold that are in use for calculating a fix will switch from a blue color to yellow color and the Sky View window where only satellites with a CNO above this value will be used for drawing the physical mask angle Please note that the setting of this value has no effect at all on the satellites used for calculating a fix With general settings one can define if the metric or imperial system is used for measurements and if degrees and minutes or only degrees always with according
15. m files for getting started e Simply connect to the GPS receiver by using the USB or RS232 port e Recorded NMEA data can be used instead of the GPS receiver for simulation e Following general GPS information can be read o Latitude o Longitude o Altitude o GPS Quality fix availability o Fix mode o UTCtime o Sync PC time synchronize your PC time e Statistical information in graphical representation o Signal Quality o Azimuth Elevation o Terminal program for monitoring NMEA data o Precision Deviation Evaluation e TFF statistic tool e Creation of Google Earth Overlay V3 1 09 08 User s Manual Page 6 of 25 Wincotech 3 Getting Started 3 1 Installation In order to install GPS Cockpit you just need to copy the two files e GPSC 3 00 exe e GPSC INI e Cockpit_help chm into a directory of your choice You can create a shortcut to the executable in the standard way and place this shortcut on your desktop or your program folder Your preferences will be stored in GPSC INI It will be created if the file does not exist in the execution directory of the program You can copy this file to use your preferences in other directory or computer Note The help file will only work if the above mentioned files are copied to the local disk not to any network drives Microsoft security issue 3 2 First Touch After installation you can simply start GPS Cockpit by either double clicking the ex ecutable itself or using a shortcu
16. ort connection button eg 4 1 2 Commands in NMEA Terminal Window In addition to that the NMEA terminal allows the programming of commands to but tons In order to do so please follow this sequence 1 Click the Key Pad selection in the Settings menu File Aupa Tools Window Help AJ Port Number Disconnect SNR Level General Settings Figure 13 Setting window key pad command 2 Select the key enter a button description caption enter the command se quence and click OK Caption Sa wn ox sen String command PTYCH EAD Figure 14 Key pad dialog V3 1 09 08 User s Manual Page 13 of 25 Wincotech Afterwards the commands will be available at a click on the according button They are transmitted to the connected receiver DSup Hot UT GLL1 Gl X Send MV CR LF w A ss n Li De D bi e d ca SIS a a ca Ho D S m 2 a g alla SCH B aje apg ChkSum Figure 15 Issue command You can also use the command line to enter commands manually The list box will show the recently used commands As some receivers need a checksum you can append it by activating the Checksum control V3 1 09 08 User s Manual Page 14 of 25 dd Wocetech 4 2 Satellite Signals Window The satellite signal window displays the signal to noise ratio or carrier to noise SNR or CNO respectively valu
17. s the com plete test can be interrupted at any time At the end you can create a test report that itself can be exported as a file in CSV format V3 1 09 08 User s Manual Page 21 of 25 V3 1 09 08 Time To First Fix Test Receiver jal 080 e Test counts fi 0 e Test option Ze Cold Warm C Hot Date Reset End Elapsed UTC 2008 03 02 2008 09 02 2008 09 02 2008 09 02 2008 09 02 2008 09 02 2008 09 02 2008 09 02 2008 09 02 2008 09 02 16 17 34 16 18 08 16 18 37 16 19 07 16 19 37 16 20 08 16 20 38 16 21 08 16 21 37 16 22 07 16 18 04 16 18 34 16 19 04 16 19 34 16 20 05 16 20 34 16 21 04 16 21 34 16 22 04 16 22 34 00 00 30 00 00 26 00 00 27 00 00 27 00 00 28 00 00 26 00 00 26 00 00 26 00 00 27 00 00 27 14 18 04 14 18 34 14 19 04 14 19 34 14 20 05 14 20 34 14 21 04 14 21 34 14 22 04 14 22 34 End Of Test 2008 09 02 16 22 34 M NmeaLog Iw TTFF Timeout 3 gt min Stop Current Stop All Report Figure 27 Time To First Fix results TTFF Report Type of receiver Restart mode No of recycle No of valid meas Max TTFF s Min TTFF s Average s 41080 Cold Start 10 10 30 26 27 0 Figure 28 Time To First Fix report User s Manual Wincotech Page 22 of 25 Woacotech 7 Distribution Vincotech grants the right to freely distribute GPS Cockpit along with
18. t The GPS Cockpit main window will pop up H GPSCockpit EX File Settings Tool Window Help Figure 2 Start up window V3 1 09 08 User s Manual Page 7 of 25 Wincotech In order to work with the NMEA data provided by a GPS receiver you need to con nect this receiver to your computer either using the USB interface for e g Vin cotech s EVA1080 A EVA1082A or EVA1088 A or a COM port for e g the EVA1035 D or the EVA1035 E For details on the connection and a correct set up please refer to the according manuals Now you need to activate the correct port within GPS Cockpit You can do this by either selecting Port Number in the Settings menu item or by simply clicking the Connect button In any case the following window will appear Output Terminal Fort Baudrate elt On Off cence Figure 3 Serial communication window blank Choose the COM port to which the GPS receiver was connected in our example COM11 set the baud rate the default is 4800 and activate NMEA Terminal On Off then click on OK ao H NMEA Terminal Fort ji Baudrate EE sl Und Output Terminal Fort 2 Baudrate 28400 C On Off ung Figure 4 Serial communication window selection The connection is established now and you can open a terminal window to see NMEA sentences by using the NMEA Terminal button You should then see mes sages like this V3 1 09 08 User
19. trails and the physical mask an gle To enable or disable features a right click will give you the following menu where you can choose different options HA sky View OX Satellite Trails wv Satellite Details wv Satellite Mask Angle Save ag Oper Figure 18 Sky view window and properties V3 1 09 08 User s Manual Page 16 of 25 Wincotech 4 4 Survey Window The survey window allows to monitor and to analyze the quality accuracy and standard deviation of fixes for latitude longitude and altitude The window is divided into three sub windows an altitude window a position window and a data window The data window itself is divided in four sub windows a Precision a Deviation and an Evaluation window In the position window one can enter sub menus doing a right click with the mouse as shown in the following picture EH e Ce Survey View Meter Div x y 8 000 4 000 N48 4 27883 Bi S aa 5 eg Gi GI KI Cen e SE FZ H h 7 ae N48 4 26914 Zoom 48 4 265 Flot mode P Sigma ellipse bh N de o E ST iu E11 39 05708 E11 39 06140 E11 39 06571 Pinpoint N48 4 26268 SAVE as Precision Deviation Evaluation Latitude Longitude Altitude Open Samples 8129 Samples 8130 8130 8130 Samples 8143 _ poop 150 Measure N 48 071117 E 11 650998 s550 50m invan 14 HDOP 090 Mean Average48 071153 11 651038 Inva

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