Orion Analyzer User Manual Ver. 0.4
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1. Orion Analyzer core NMEA messages Y UBP messages gt Message Loop NMEA messages Figure 2 2 Receiver Plug In logic Viewer Plug In Logic The Viewer Plug In instance is created when the user wants to open a new view to look and analyze the received data The Viewer Plug In understands two different tyoes of messages e NMEA messages e UBP messages Basically the Viewer Plug In instance just waits for incoming messages When a message appears from the Receiver Plug In instance it is forwarded to the Viewer Plug In instance The Viewer Plug In functionality calculates the needed steps and renders the results to the window for user viewing The Viewer Plug In works by receiving messages and drawing data to the screen until the user closes it On the close all allocated resources are freed and the message receiving connections to the Receiver Plug In instance are disconnected July 2006 OA_UM_0 4 y Orion Analyzer S 4 LAB User Manual Ver0 4 Viewer Plug In Receiver Plug In Message Scroll Serial Communication Port Instance of NMEA Instance of NMEA The receiver console Orion Analyzer core NMEA messages NMEA messages Message Loop K Figure 2 3 Viewer Plug In Logic 2 4 Data Record Logic When the Receiver Plug In instance is established the user may start2. ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange ASCII is a character set and a character encoding based on the Roman alphabet as used in modern English ASCII codes represent text in computers in other communications equipment and in control devices that work with text Most recent character encoding has an ASCII like base XML The Extensible Markup Language XML is a W3C recommended general purpose markup language for creating special purpose markup languages capable of describing many different kinds of data lts primary purpose is to facilitate the sharing of data across different systems particularly systems connected via the Internet GPS receiver Electronic equipment that passively receives GPS signal for processing receiver may be hand held or permanently mounted on a vehicle u Nav Orion receiver Standard GPS receiver which produces NMEA and UBP data PC Personal Computer July 2006 OA_UM_0 4 Orion Analyzer Ss a YLAB User Manual Ver0 4 RS 232 COM DLL Plug In Baud A standard for serial binary data interconnection between a DTE Data Terminal Equipment and a DCE Data Communication Equipment It is commonly used in computer serial ports A similar ITU T standard is V 24 An interface on a computer system with which information is transferred in or out one bit at a time Throughout most of the history of personal computers this was accomplished using the RS 232 standard over simple cables
3. E x Log type NMEA protocol NMEA Binary If recording operation is turned on this dialog allows to stop recording Orion Analyzer automatically stops recording before it is closed July 2006 OA_UM_0 4 31 Orion Analyzer S t Yi AB User Manual Ver0 4 9 1 PLUG INS Dynamic View hal Dynamics Yiew NMEA protocol a oO xj HEADING N cs DEE meg 5 saa eee 197 77 m x100 Dynamics view combines four different views inside one window The views are Horizontal speed Vertical speed Compass and Height UBP protocol supports all of these views and NMEA protocol doesn t support Vertical Speed parameter The data of these views is shown in both textual and a graphical format Using context menu mouse right click the graphical mode can be switched to the text mode to make more window space is available It is possible to hide one or more views to better make important views visible These operations are available from the context menu The size of the window can be changed and the size graphical figures are resized accordingly There are four adjustment modes auto side by side one upon another and two rows The adjustment mode and how many views are shown can be set to default in the context menu July 2006 OA_UM_0 4 32 Y Ar Orion Analyzer S LAB User Manual Ver0 4 5 2 Globe View Globe View plug in is available only for UBP connection E Gl
4. Ha Orion Analyzer S 4 YLAB User Manual Ver0 4 as My Computer RES w My N an ork F Fie vane NMEA_and_UBP xm Files of type KML File xml Cancel Orion Analyzer can work with different predefined work settings For loading appropriate settings this menu item is used 4 3 5 Save Settings Save Settings dialog can also be opened by pressing CTRL S When used for the first time Orion Analyzer opens the default work settings which are saved at defaults xml file During the work session the user can make modifications such as add additional receiver or open more views To save working modifications this menu item is used July 2006 OA_UM_0 4 Orion Analyzer S YLA B User Manual Ver0 4 4 3 6 Save Settings As Ex As e History E A a i BERNI p 10 My Computer fc El This menu item is used to save working settings in a new file 4 4 Tools Menu 4 4 1 Open viewer s Open viewer s dialog can also be opened by pressing CTRL Shift V or clicking on the icon in the tool bar 22 July 2006 OA_UM_0 4 23 a Y Orion Analyzer S 4 LAB User Manual Ver0 4 Create New iew Connect bo receiver Mame MMEA 1 viewer Type Description Version Filename Dynamics View Dynamics view all History View History view dll Message Scroll Message Scroll dll Message Tree MessageTree dll Navigation Data Mavigationbiata dll Position Plot Position
5. tells that the particular satellite is in such a location that it cannot be used in navigation bad angle or weak signal Other states tell that the satellite could be used in navigation but may not have been used So the state Used tells that the satellite is used and Usable that it was not used in the positioning Sky Plot View ll Sky Plot iew NMEA 1 Ioj x Used O Usable Not usable July 2006 OA_UM_0 4 39 y Orion Analyzer S a LA B User Manual Ver0 4 Sky Plot view is a graphical view for the positions of satellites which are available for the place positioning Each of them is shown immediately when the satellite position information is received Shown satellite symbols may have three different states Not usable Usable and Used State Not usable tells that the particular satellite is in such a location that it cannot be used in navigation bad angle or weak signal Other states tell that the satellite could be used in navigation but it may not have been used So the state Used tells that the satellite is used and Usable that it was not used in the positioning Sky Plot shows satellites on the sky from the current place Zero on the outer ring refers to North with the other numbers referring to the direction azimuth measured in degrees The distance from the center refers to the satellite elevation angle 5 10 Time View hal Time View NMEA prose ll
6. Note Only one exception the current setting will not be saved and default work setting will be restored next time if File reading device Log player is used July 2006 OA_UM_0 4 E Orion Analyzer S a YI AB User Manual Ver0 4 3 3 1 14 QUICK START To start the Orion Analyzer application double click the Orion Analyzer application shortcut on the desktop First Start When starting the Orion Analyzer for the first time the main window with opened default session will be seen Next time Orion Analyzer will open the latest working session The default session opens serial port 1 for receiving NMEA messages from the Receiver Plug In FE orion Analyzer defaults xml File Edit view Tools Windows Help 4 G H Yy O 101 Connect Edit Disconnect Flash Views Record Stop NMEA UBP hal Navigation Data NMEA 1 Navigation Solution 3D TIFF NIA Latitude 61 447017 deg Date 11 12 05 Longitude 23 858653 deg Time 16 26 23 Altitude 185 949997 m HDOP 1 200000 Speed oo mis YDOP 2 500000 Heading oo deg PDOP 2 700000 CINO dB Hz i0 x O 61 26 8251 N 6126 8251 N Output data visible satelites 23 51 5003 E 23 51 5388 E A a 0 00 m 186 750 186 650 e 186 550 W 186 450 3 2 186 350 186 250 186 150 61 26 8170 N 61 26 8170 N 186 050 23 51 5003 E 23 51 5388 E 185 950 Used Usable Not usable A SGPRMC 162623 000 4 6126 8210 N 0235
7. Orion Workbench memory usage 7 ME Refresh T Debug mode raw data logging The automatic logging disk usage can be controlled with this dialog 28 July 2006 OA_UM_0 4 7 y Orion Analyzer S 4 LA User Manual Ver0 4 4 4 6 Data Files The dialog allows exporting Ephemeris and or Almanac data for UBP to the xml and txt formats Data Files A Data bo write Choose type Ephemeris x Choose origin NMEA 1 bl Cancel 4 4 7 Record gt Start E Record dialog can also be opened by clicking on the EA icon in the tool bar Once the connection is made logging begins by selecting Record The dialog box is presented below it prompts for the log file settings Set the Session Path appropriately for your computer directory and select appropriate logging type lf UBP protocol is used for best results please use Log Type as Binary When using multiple receivers be sure to select the correct source in this case only one COM port was used and this was NMEA 1 Record F xj Receivers Start tine NMEA 1 Protocol MMEA Oldest msg tine 14 39 30 Start From time 17 59 42 Log location Session path C Temp ane Log type cancel_ 29 July 2006 OA_UM_0 4 30 a y Orion Analyzer S 4 LAB User Manual Ver0 4 4 4 8 Record gt Stop LJ Stop Record dialog can also be opened by clicking on the Ea icon in the tool bar Stop recording
8. E 13 57 32 005 06 1 Time view is a very simple graphical view which shows the time of the received position fix Every time a new position fix information is received the received time stamp is shown on the view It is possible to configure local time offset and the time is then shown as shifted by the given offset July 2006 OA_UM_0 4
9. In and the Viewer Plug In Viewer They may have several instances and several different types of those entities For example a Serial Communication Port Plug In implements functionality for reading and writing data from the serial port The data is interpreted according to correct protocol form and ready messages are sent ahead to the Viewer Plug Ins Each Viewer Plug In receives messages and visualizes them Serial Communication Port gt Viewer Plug In 2 Receiver Plug In File reading device Log player gt Viewer Plug In 3 GUI gt Orion Analyzer core KK Figure 2 1 Orion Analyzer architecture overview 2 1 Protocols Orion Analyzer supports NMEA 3 and the u Nav proprietary protocol 2 UBP message format contains more detailed information about u Nav Orion Receiver and GPS navigation and it is very useful for analyzing Orion Analyzer can be configured for both of these protocols July 2006 OA_UM_0 4 10 Orion Analyzer Ss a YLAB User Manual Ver0 4 2 2 When u Nav Orion Receiver is used as standard GPS receiver and navigation behavior is investigated u Nav Microelectronics recommends using UBP protocol instead of NMEA protocol UBP includes everything available with NMEA plus additional proprietary information unique to the u Nav Orion receiver which can be observed and analyzed using Orion Analyzer The examples here f
10. Subframes frame numbers and H is health status f Frequency lock C code lock B bit sync F frame sync T TOW decoded P Parity error Nav Column bits mean P Pseudo range check D Doppler check X Cross correlation check C C NO check E Elevation check July 2006 OA_UM_0 4 y Orion Analyzer S 4 LA B User Manual Ver0 4 9 4 e U Used in solution Dark blue color is used to indicate the current subframe in the Subframes section Message Scroll lal Message Scroll NMEA 1 E i Ioj xj Fause Set Filter Use filter Index Time Protocol Status Description 2005 10 15 16 16 51 MMEA GPG5Y 2005 10 15 16 16 51 MMEA Pasw 2005 10 15 16 16 51 MMEA Paa 2005 10 15 18 16 51 MMEA GPG5A 2005 10 15 16 16 51 MMEA GPRME 2005 10 15 16 16 51 MMEA Paa 2005 10 15 16 16 52 MMEA GPGS5Y 2005 10 15 16 16 52 MMEA GPG5Y O05 10 15 16 16 52 MMEA Faa 2005 10 15 16 16 52 MMEA GPG5A 2005 10 15 16 16 52 MMEA GPRME 2005 10 15 16 16 53 MMEA GPG5SY 2005 10 15 16 16 53 MMEA Paa wane in 1C 6 1o 12 0 RRA r E PIEL The message scroll view shows all received messages from one receiver lt shows the basic information of the message receiving time protocol and the message name When the message row is double clicked the message is opened to the message view for details of the message It is also possible to configure a filter for the messages The user can select the message type dep
11. connecting the computer to a device such as a terminal modem or GPS receiver Dynamically Linkable Library Used in Windows operating systems for shared common separated code to be loaded and linked to the main program at the run time Plug in is a computer program that can or must interact with another program to provide a certain usually very specific function In Orion Analyzer it means DLL file where has been implemented part of Orion Analyzer functionality In telecommunications and electronics baud is a measure of the signaling rate which is the number of changes to the transmission media per second in a modulated signal For example 250 baud means that 250 signals are transmitted in one second If each signal carries 4 bits of information then in each second 1000 bits are transmitted This is abbreviated as 1000 bit s July 2006 OA_UM_0 4 y Orion Analyzer S 4 LA B User Manual Ver0 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHANGE HISTOR Cassi 2 REFERENCE eect eats aah o lr apra dai 2 ABBREVIATIONS ais 2 TABLE OFCONTEN Diuiciianaans a E ai 4 1 ORION ANALYZER OVERVIEW cccccccsssececcsseeeeeeenseeseeenseeeseenneeessenaeees 6 ki FOIS ai o 7 te o A A 7 1 3 Content of the Orion Analyzer Package ccccooocccccocccconncccononcncnnanononancncnnncnnnonons 7 1 4 Software and Hardware ENvirONMeNt occccccncccccnnccccncccnnncnonncnnnnonnnnnnnaninnnnnononess 8 15 Installing Ihe Sonwa E secsi o aia e 8 t6 Unnstalingthe SonWare
12. protocol A new tab page is added for each Receiver Plug In instance For example NMEA connection shows original NMEA messages July 2006 OA_UM_0 4 Orion Analyzer User Manual Ver0 4 Event NMEA 1 6PGSY 3 212 10 12 030 43 27 14 344 42 21 68 105 47 03 33 282 47 7A 6PG5Y 3 1 12 15 65 201 47 06 24 119 44 22 07 176 42 18 33 150 46 78 GPRMC 163619 001 4 6126 8195 N 02351 5194 E 0 0 131105 4 46 6PG54 4 3 03 06 10 15 16 18 21 26 1 9 0 9 1 7 30 6PGG4 163619 001 6126 8195 N 02351 5194 E 1 08 0 9 187 02 M 33 6PG5Y 3 3 12 19 02 285 37 16 53 233 48 29 17 062 42 26 12 076 45 7C 6PG5Y 3 212 10 12 030 43 27 14 344 41 21 68 105 47 03 33 282 47 79 6PG5Y 3 1 12 15 65 201 48 06 24 119 45 22 07 176 41 18 33 150 46 75 GPRMC 163618 002 4 6126 8195 N 02351 5194 0 0 131105 6 44 6PG54 4 3 03 06 10 15 16 18 21 26 1 9 0 9 1 7 3C 36PGG4 163618 002 6126 8195 N 02351 5194 E 1 08 0 9 187 05 M 36 6PGSY 3 3 12 19 02 285 37 16 53 233 48 29 17 062 42 26 12 076 45 7C 6PGSV 3 2 12 10 12 030 43 27 14 344 42 21 68 105 48 03 33 282 47 75 6PG5Y 3 1 12 15 65 201 48 06 24 119 44 22 07 176 42 18 33 150 4574 GPRMC 16361 7 0024 6126 8196 N 02351 5194 E 0 0 131105 4 48 6PG54 A4 3 03 06 10 15 16 18 21 26 1 9 0 9 1 7 30 GPEGA 162617 000 8198 919 No T 20918 NMEA1 666 ae 4 3 File Menu 4 3 1 New Connection T Connect A New Connection dialog can be opened by pressing CTRL N or clicki
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14. 1 E 0 0 121105 4 46 6PG54 4 3 03 06 10 15 16 18 21 2 2 1 GPGG4 162623 000 6126 8210 N 02351 si 22 E i 07 1 2 185 95 M 3B 6PG5Y 3 33 11 21 71 122 47 16 56 244 49 10 17 033 43 45 6PGSY 3 2 11 27 11 349 42 22 01 177 42 26 08 080 38 29 14 067 42 75 GP 06 30 46 48 224618 44 NMEA1 666 PE Figure 3 1 Default Orion Analyzer Session Serial port COM1 should be used July 2006 OA_UM_0 4 15 l y Orion Analyzer S 4 LA B User Manual Ver0 4 Go to File menu and select Edit Connection item Edit Connection dialog can also be Edit opened by pressing CTRL E or clicking on the icon in the tool bar On the Edit Connection also port number or baud rate can be changed July 2006 OA_UM_0 4 16 Orion Analyzer Ss a YLAB User Manual Ver0 4 4 ORION ANALYZER GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE 4 1 Main Window The main GUI of Orion Analyzer has been divided in to five areas the main menu the toolbar the client area the output console and the status bar The toolbar output console and status bar can be disabled from the menu to get more room for the client area area for viewer windows July 2006 OA_UM_0 4 4 2 Orion Analyzer User Manual Ver0 4 MATTE Toolbar Client Area JOY TIFF Aj Eno ee Se ee ee ee ee cee ee ee ee ee eee eee ee eee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee oe ee eee ee er a47017 deg Date pina S 3 5653 ong Tai EEES 40 0 16 9109
15. 97 m Hoop 1200000 50 0 00 m s ep z 20 0 i i F 3 T i 5 F B Chara ees rine a Hot usable E Usable dd Used Mode 20 Used Mode 20 lO X imi History View NMEA 1 Geb H 16 025 H 2701 SE 2251 SSBB E 10 00 m 61 26 8170 H 61 0 5170 H 2251 2003 E 21551 2388 E ard SG PRMC162522 000 4 6126 8710 4 02251 SSE 00 7271106 Ad6 PRSA A 303 08 WS Ee 21 ee PREA 152623 000 6 6S ON es SSE 107121 Sob IPES 3211 21 71 122471656 244 491017 63 448 Output console SGPGSM 4211 27 11 345 40 22 01177 4226 DATED 38 29 14 067 4775 iHa p i Le db DA a UE A ey e phate a Figure 4 1 Main Orion Analyzer Window Areas The main GUI offers a possibility to print a snapshot of the main window The print is fitted on a paper so that the print uses the whole paper area in one dimension The user may choose printer and fitting from the print setup The printed area is the client area of the main window lt is also possible to get a rough preview of the print using print preview command System Output Console The system output console is a docking tab control for the system information The basic tab page is output which shows basic information from the system at run time for example errors and events Each Receiver Plug In instance adds at least one window to it like navigation console below for NMEA connection Other windows are Receiver Plug In related tab pages The view shows the basic information of messages independent of the
16. A_UM_0 4 37 y ly 3 Orion Analyzer S 4 LAB User Manual Ver0 4 5 7 Position Plot E Position Plot NMEA protocol 61726 5226 M B16 6226 M 20S 166 E ato S21 E 050 m 61726 8201 M 616 8201 M 23 51 166 E 2d a1 S213 E 2 The Position Plot view shows the position of the fix on the plot By default the view shows grid lines It is possible to follow up to 8 fix positions at the same time The view can be configured to show history of fixes on the map The length of the history and the color are configurable in context menu The view shows the whole world size grid by default Auto panning and zooming are enabled right from the start Immediately after the first received fix information the grid is zoomed and scaled around the fix The used grid scale is about 5 meters after the auto Zoom July 2006 OA_UM_0 4 y Orion Analyzer S 4 LA B User Manual Ver0 4 5 8 5 9 Signal Strength View EE Signal Strength Yiew UBP 2 l ioj xj T E g m La CI 1239456 7 8 91011121314151617181920 21 2223 24 27526 2728293031 32 Not usable Leable Used Mode 3D Used Mode 20 Signal strength view is a graphical view for the signal strengths signal noise of satellites The view can show all GPS satellites at the same time Shown column may have three different states Not usable Usable and Used Used parameter is divided in two sections 3D mode and 2D mode State Not usable
17. Messages E C Configuration Messages E error Messages H 0 Debugger Messages H E sv Handling Messages H D sbas Messages H O Signaling Messages E D SDK Messages H E special Messages l D Request Messages Oisronike Mace anar Pork Settings UBP 7 Switch to NMEA Protocol Send Mw Version 1 1 2 61 75 aseBand Type 8130 lash Type 2 BP Version UBP 00 09 FIT 1008 RF Mode 1 as ee Rae CLE 165367600 This dialog is used to handle the Orion through UBP protocol It allows getting version information changing start and stop modes It allows also changing output type messages If the PC has got only one COM port the dialog allows switching from UBP protocol to the NMEA protocol 4 4 5 Settings The dialog is used to set up global parameterswhich will be used during the session July 2006 OA_UM_0 4 y Orion Analyzer S 4 LA B User Manual Ver0 4 Units automatic Lagging Measurement units Cancel Set default Metric i Feet Date e o prri MM DD E MARIDO YYYY Height unit MSL Height above mean sea level HAE Height above WiGS 84 Ellipsoid The units and date formats can be controlled with this dialog Settings aa xi Units Automatic Logging OK Logging limits Cancel Set default iel Maximum amount of messages Total available memory 529 ME Total physical memory 1023 ME
18. Orion Analyzer S 4 LA B User Manual Ver0 4 29 A a 38 SAO O enS E E arte oe once ree see aca 39 July 2006 OA_UM_0 4 Orion Analyzer Ss a YLAB User Manual Ver0 4 1 ORION ANALYZER OVERVIEW Orion Analyzer is a Windows application which is used to connect GPS receiver via RS 232 connection for visualizing and analyzing the received data Orion Analyzer supports unrestricted amount of GPS receivers simultaneously GPS receiver can be third party manufactured receiver or u Nav Microelectronics GPS receiver uNav Orion receiver u Nav Orion receiver produces NMEA messages and can also produce u Nav proprietary binary protocol UBP 2 messages UBP message format features more detailed information useful in analyzing GPS navigation results Orion Analyzer can be configured for both of these protocols from the all receivers NMEA protocol 3 contains only navigation data but when investigating navigation behavior u Nav recommends using UBP This protocol includes everything available with NMEA plus additional proprietary information unique to the u Nav Orion receiver which can be observed and analyzed For more information of UBP please take a look at UBP Protocol Specification document 2 One of the exciting Orion Analyzer features is that all the received messages can be recorded to log files for later play back operation and analyzing To install Orion Analyzer we recommend e Computer with a 600 MHz or faster processor O
19. Plot dll Signal Strength view SignalStrength view dll Sky Plot view SkyPlot dll Time View Time views dll This dialog allows opening additional views for visualizing data Different protocols have different amount of available views The pictures above and below show the lists of available views for NMEA and UBP protocols respectively July 2006 OA_UM_0 4 SKYLAB Orion Analyzer User Manual Ver0 4 Create New iew Connect bo receiver Description Version Filename Viewer Type Dynamics View Wei Globe view Wed GPS Satellite Data Wed History view veil Message Scroll We Message Tree Wei Navigation Data Wei Position Plot Wed Signal Strength View Weg Sky Plok View 2 3 Time View YJ Ck Dynamics view all Globeview dll GP SSatelliteDataview dll Historyview dll MessageScroll dll MessageTree dll MavyigationData dll PositionPlot dll SignalStrength views dll SksPlok dll Tire views dll Cancel 4 4 2 Program Firmware Program Firmware dialog can also be opened by pressing CTRL Shift F or by clicking on kiiin the Flesh icon in the tool bar To upload new Orion binary to the board this dialog is used The path and binary file with COF extension have to be selected After that an appropriate COM port has to be chosen and Start Flash button pressed Note If the selected COM port is already in use in the current session it will be disconnected automatically before fla
20. SKYLAB Simplify The Complexity Orion Analyzer User Manual Ver 0 4 Skylab M amp C Technology Co Ltd Room 801 Building 211 Terra Industrial Park Futian District Shenzhen China Tel 86 755 83408280 Fax 86 755 83408560 Website www skylab com cn N 22 32 09 70 E 114 01 11 71 Copyright Skylab 2006 Orion Analyzer Ss a YLAB User Manual Ver0 4 CHANGE HISTORY 2005 06 17 Draft Initial document version 2005 10 14 0 2 ROK Draft Snapshots were updated 2005 11 11 0 3 ROK Draft Redesigned 2005 11 21 0 4 ROK Draft Redesigned after review REFERENCES 1 Orion User Manual 2 UBP Protocol Specification For SDK customers 3 NMEA 0183 Standard For Interfacing Marine Electronic Devices ABBREVIATIONS GPS Global Positioning System the US military refers to it as NAVSTAR GPS is a satellite navigation system used for determining precise location and providing a highly accurate time reference almost anywhere on Earth or in Earth orbit It uses an intermediate circular orbit ICO satellite constellation of at least 24 satellites UBP u Nav Microelectronics Binary Protocol NMEA A combined electrical and data specification for communication between marine electronics and also more generally GPS receivers The protocol is a means by which marine instruments and also most GPS receivers can communicate with each other It has been defined by and is controlled by the US based National Marine Electronics Association
21. UM_0 4 Orion Analyzer Ss a YLAB User Manual Ver0 4 1 4 Software and Hardware Environment Note Before starting the use the Orion Analyzer with your GPS receiver please read the User Manual of the receiver how to set it up and connect it to the host running the Orion Analyzer application Orion Analyzer application is compatible with Microsoft Windows 2000 operation system and Microsoft Windows XP The PC should have two serial ports or at least one serial port for interaction with the receiver e By default COM port 1 is used for NMEA protocol baud rate 4800 e By default COM port 2 is used for UBP protocol baud rate 115200 1 5 Installing the Software Orion User Manual document 1 has the installing instructions to get the tool to your computer The Orion binary file can be uploaded to the u Nav Orion receiver as soon as the tool has been set up correctly 1 6 Uninstalling the Software Orion User Manual document 1 contains further instruction to uninstall the package July 2006 OA_UM_0 4 y Orion Analyzer S 4 LAB User Manual Ver0 4 2 ORION ANALYZER ARCHITECTURE OVERVIEW The basic module division consists of the main program Orion Analyzer executable file and Plug In libraries DLL files Plug In libraries are located in Plugins subdirectory During the start up time Orion Analyzer searches for Plugins and automatically loads them Plug In library consists of two major entities the Receiver Plug
22. ending on what messages are wanted to be seen Message filter KE El NMEA ll Faca NMEA GPGGA Global Positioning System Fix Data DJ Gree MMEA GPGLL Geographic Position Latitude Longitude O GPGS5A MMEA GPG5A GPS DOP And Active Satellites O GPGSY MMEA GPGSY Satellites In view C GPRMC MEA GPRMC Recommended Minimum Navigation Information O oPYTG MMEA GPYTG Track Made Good and Ground Speed Wik Cancel O GPZDA MMEA GPGZDA Time and Date O PUNY MMEA PUNY Command Message O UMEME NMEA CUSTOM Custom Message 2 custom QQ custom CUSTOM CUSTOM Custom Unknown Message July 2006 OA_UM_0 4 35 a y Orion Analyzer S 4 LAB User Manual Ver0 4 9 0 9 6 Message Tree lee Message Tree NMEA protocol GPGSA NMEA E ioj x Hex 4 Henew message automaticalle O Days 00 00 00 Status Ok Parameter fas es A shame GPGSA data selMode A M manual 4 aubomatic mode 3 1 Nid 2 2D 3 3D bao satellites gE UNKNOWN profo BZ 23 CUSTOM E prof 03 pro 2 08 pro 3 10 pro 4 13 pro s 16 prn 6 23 pro 7 2 profe E prof pro 10 profit pdop 2 4 hdop 1 3 Sl vdop 2 0 zj The message tree view shows the last instance of any received message type from one receiver The user can see a tree view of all supported message types of each configured protocol When a new message arr
23. ives the appropriate message type name is bolded When the user clicks with mouse the tree branch the received message is opened to the right side of the tree view Navigation Data EE Navigation Data NMEA 1 Joj xj Navigation Solution fao TTFF WA Latitude 61 447032 deg Date ionsos Longitude 23 555668 deg Time isas02 Altitude 188 470001 m Hoop 1 000000 Speed 0 00 m s WOOP 1 800000 Heading 0 00 deg poop 2 100000 July 2006 OA_UM_0 4 36 y p Orion Analyzer S 4 LAB User Manual Ver0 4 Navigation data view is a text based view that shows navigation related parameters Different views are used for UBP and NMEA protocols Parameters are read directly from data of received messages For UBP protocol it indicates also whether the almanac or ephemeris information of each single satellite is available or received It uses yellow color to indicate received almanac information green color to indicate received ephemeris information and red color to indicate dead satellite The dead satellite detection is determined from the received health data field of almanac or ephemeris img Navigation Data UBP 2 ioj xj TE Week number 320 TOW 1 55 382422 Week number Rollover 1344 TOW is 375633 Navigation Solution a 0 837453 TTFF 4288 1 42162 O Latitude 61 447 deg 1 69995 Longitude 2d D07 deg 0 613212 Altitude 109 227 m 1 76022 Datum 1 EE AAA te tele BHEE July 2006 O
24. ng the icon in the tool bar New Connection O O Connection Mame UEP 2 Port Communication Pork COMOZ y Device type Baudrate 115200 Serial Communication Port File reading device f Log player Settings The basic device type is COM device which is connected to any RS 232 communication port in the computer Please select the appropriate protocol type RS 232 port and baud rate and after that click Create button The new Receiver Plug In instance will be created July 2006 OA_UM_0 4 y Orion Analyzer S 4 LA B User Manual Ver0 4 File reading device Plug In is used for play back mode and to feed data of the recorded data file to the Orion Analyzer In principle it works in the same way as Serial Communication Port Plug In but the data is read from a file instead of a real communication connection Mew Connection Connection i Mame File UEF 1 imi Close Device type a Default data rate 128 bybes second Serial Communication Pork File reading device f Log player Filename C04 Logi2005_11_09 17_32_21 UBF File reading device Plug In can use only log files which are created by recording operation see section 4 4 7 Be sure to set the Protocol radio button NMEA or UBP to match the log file Browse to the subdirectory of the log session and select the Index file for example CAOA Logi2005 11 09 17 32 21 UBP 2 Protocol UBP Type Binary BinaryOO0000 index No
25. obe iew UBP 2 45078 953026 km b d d mula no jJ E a 150 0 SO 0 00A SOL0E 90 0E 150 0E de The Globe view shows the positions of all satellites around the world Positions are based on position information of UBP messages satellite info message Every time a new position of satellite is received it is updated to the view lt is possible to see all GPS satellite positions on the screen at the same time Additionally SBAS satellites WAAS and EGNOS are shown with different color symbols The Globe view shows also the position of the navigation point on the world map A more detailed look can be taken via the position plot 5 3 GPS Satellite Data GPS Satellite Data plug in is available only for UBP connection July 2006 OA_UM_0 4 33 SKYLAB eel GPS Satellite Data UBP 2 Orion Analyzer User Manual Ver0 4 E 10 X Satellites Track PRN az Ele ficlelEIT P cmo Carrier 0 273 12 42 36100 o 6 41 MM 47 s os 2 11 MH 40 35395 os i 3 MM 47 35624 o 222 s7 ED 48 40723 io 107 of BP 41 42212 13 246 m ME 30 41810 a 19 of pr 40 42645 23 a5 n pr 46 40353 25 200 39 BF 47 39611 so 159 66 Mg 49 37430 subirames Wavy 5H e jp xic Elo GPS satellite data view is a grid view to show the basic information of available satellites Only the information available is shown otherwise the fields are empty The tracking bits are coded in the following way
26. ocus on UBP but are applicable to NMEA as well Receiver Plug In logic The new Receiver Plug In instance is created when the user opens a new connection There are two different connection types available e Serial Communication Port e File reading device Log player Receiver Plug In supports two types of protocol e NMEA protocol e UBP protocol Orion Analyzer core creates new output console window for more details see section 4 for each instance of the Receiver Plug In The receiver sends all received messages to the core of Orion Analyzer at run time The core forwards the messages to the suitable Viewer Plug In instances and to the console Each instance of Viewer Plug In receives the messages Basically it depends a lot on the nature of the Viewer Plug In some may keep messages as a history queue some may discard message immediately after having read its content The Receiver Plug In works this way until the user disconnects it All allocated resources including the created connection instance are freed and registered Viewers Plug In are notified about disconnection July 2006 OA_UM_0 4 y Orion Analyzer S 4 LAB User Manual Ver0 4 2 3 Viewer Plug In Message Scroll Receiver Plug In Serial Communication Port Instance of UBP Instance of NMEA IN UN UBP messages gt Instance of UBP Instance of NMEA GUI The receiver console
27. rion Analyzer can be installed on the following operating systems e Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 e Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 e 192 MB of RAM or more e 50 Mb of available hard disk space e 1024x768 or higher resolution display with minimum 256 colors e Keyboard and Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device July 2006 OA_UM_0 4 Orion Analyzer Ss a YLAB User Manual Ver0 4 The program consists of several binary files one main EXE and several plug in DLL files for extensible functionalities When the program is executed it checks for all plug in DLL files later called Plug In and loads compatible ones Those plug in files implement different functionalities to receive or analyze the data in human readable form 1 1 Features The main Orion Analyzer features are 1 2 Unlimited amount of GPS receivers that Orion Analyzer can work on simultaneously Lots of different Plug Ins for visualizing data Recording and playing back data operations with different formats Managing and controling GPS and u Nav Orion receivers through NMEA and UBP commands Uploading new Orion binary to the u Nav Orion receiver Ability to create load and work with different work settings Introduction This user manual applies to the following software version 1 3 Orion Analyzer version 2 0 Content of the Orion Analyzer Package Orion Analyzer package contains Orion Analyzer version 2 0 July 2006 OA_
28. shing operation and restored back after finishing 24 July 2006 OA_UM_0 4 Orion Analyzer User Manual Ver0 4 LL L me ELE 4 4 3 NMEA Command NMEA Command dialog can also be opened by pressing CTRL Shift N or by clicking on the icon in the tool bar 25 July 2006 OA_UM_0 4 26 aa j Orion Analyzer S 4 Y AB User Manual Ver0 4 NMEA Command a x version Info Receivers NMEA 1 Protocol MEA Stark modes Cold Hot Fast Auto C Output Configuration MMEA message mask Port Settings Mic east ewe ne Baud Rate 4800 a Ec es eves esa E NMEA Switch to UBP Protocol MMEA command The dialog is used to handle the Orion through NMEA protocol It allows getting version information changing start and stop modes lt allows also changing output type messages and baud rate If the PC has only one COM port this dialog allows switching from the NMEA protocol to the UBP protocol Note The NMEA checksum is automatically added to the NMEA command 4 4 4 UBP Command UBP Command dialog can also be opened by pressing CTRL Shift U or by clicking on the 104 EP icon in the tool bar July 2006 OA_UM_0 4 27 Orion Analyzer User Manual Ver0 4 FE UBP Command A x version Info Receivers uer z Protocol UBF Start modes Cold Hot Start Fast Auto UBF message mask 2 Datum w Registration Messages y H Data
29. te It is important to select the correct protocol and index file Incorrect settings may appear to be OK in playback but no data will be displayed Note Also File reading device dialog contains default data rate option which should not be used 4 3 2 Edit Connection Edit Connection dialog can also be opened by pressing CTRL E or clicking on the G Edit icon in the tool bar 19 July 2006 OA_UM_0 4 a y Orion Analyzer S 4 LAB User Manual Ver0 4 Name NMEA 1 Apply Mame Device Name ee AMES 1 Serial Communication Port figs Close Port Communication Port COMOL fis used now Baudrate 4800 Edit Connection Active connections Edit connection dialog is used if the port or baud rate need to be changed during runtime For play back mode also the log file name can be changed 4 3 3 Disconnect x Disconnect dialog can also be opened by pressing CTRL D or clicking on the SSsennect icon in the tool bar x Active connections Mame Device Mame NMEA protocol Serial Communication Port Replay nine Disconnect Disconnect dialog is used for closing the active connection Select the connection to be disconnected This will free up the associated communication port for use in a different configuration such as logging UBP 4 3 4 Open Settings Open Settings dialog can also be opened by pressing CTRL O 20 July 2006 OA_UM_0 4 21
30. to record the received data In this case several recording instances can be created for one receiver object e g one per each type of recording and they are attached to the appropriate Receiver Plug In instance Receiver Plug In Serial Communication Port Instance of NMEA k NMEA messages Orion Analyzer core Message Loop K NMEA messages NMEA messages Recorder gt XML format ASCII format lt Figure 2 4 Record Operation For different types of connections different recording types are available e Receiver Plug In connection with NMEA protocol supports o ASCII recording format each message is stored as one line in the text file 12 July 2006 OA_UM_0 4 13 Orion Analyzer Ss a YLAB User Manual Ver0 4 o XML recording format each message is saved as XML nodes with formatting e Receiver Plug In connection with UBP protocol supports o Binary format different types of messages are stored in different binary files The main record file index keeps references to other files o XML format each message is saved in text format as XML nodes 2 5 Work Settings Logic Orion Analyzer supports saving and loading work settings All Viewer Plug In instances window positions and current connections are saved in the file settings Later the setting file can be loaded and work environment will be restored
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