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1. cccccceceesseeeeesseeees 60 5 3 3 Start GPS Receiver in LLA Mode F3 GPS On LLA cccccceceeeesseeeesesseeeees 61 5 3 4 Start GPS Receiver in Coldstart ECEF Mode F4 GPS Cold ECEP 62 5 3 5 Start GPS Receiver in Coldstart LLA Mode F5 GPS Cold LLA 62 5 4 Compass Module F4 Giipasg sivancpcrsccseacitaansauadseeacruatadierenceraunccaisetaenteanteesbie 63 5 4 1 Magnetic Compass Fl Mag Compass Information eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeenaees 63 5 4 2 GPS Based True North Compass F2 GPS Compass Information 64 5 4 3 Calibrate Magnetic Compass F10 Calibrate Compass eseceeeeeeeeeteeeenees 65 5 5 Status Information F5 Status Info oc ccccececscccccceceesessnsscecececeesesssssaeceeeceesesensaaees 66 5 6 Handheld Terminal Information F6 Handheld Info ec eeesseeeeeseeeeeeeenees 67 5 7 Shut Down Handheld Terminal F10 Power Down cccscccceeesseceeeenteeeeessneeees 67 6 Short MST UCHION sciresicssceissdicesteciiinpiruanaiire ene a Rea S 68 7 Software REVISION LiSl sscicssccccssoecsencessscsascoscusscassceseasesnccanssoscnescasseasesonensscosonscsdacousdenseetoesss 69 7 1 V0 89 0 M reh 2002 resne reir nara eT OERE RE 69 7 2 V 0 9 0 April 13 2002 require collar firmware 1 0 6 or higher eee essen 69 7 3 V0 9 L Apil 16 2002 iine a E EEE EE EE RES 69 This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribut
2. Figure 74 Erasing Confirmation Deleting all Data of Collar 01033 Please wait until process is finished Figure 75 Erasing Message This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 5 8 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld Doc No GP HT004 y q Date ogoazo0s 26 6 MECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt 5 3 GPS On Board Module F3 GPS Module The Handheld Terminal is equipped with a 12 Channel GPS receiver You can use the infor mation of this receiver to find out your position in the field or to navigate Press key F3 to go to the GPS menu from main menu Figure 76 Figure 76 GPS Menu 5 3 1 Switch Off GPS Receiver F1 GPS Power off You can switch off the receiver by pressing the key FJ in the GPS Menu The message of Figure 77 will appear for one second Note The GPS receiver will only be in off state if you switch it off manu ally or when the Handheld Terminal will be switched off The re ceiver will not be switched off when you leave the GPS menu GPS Receiver is switched off Figure 77 Switch off GPS Receiver This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 5 9 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld i pate 0404203 VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt
3. Collar 01033 Press Key ENTER Figure 40 Acknowledgement of successful VHF schedule transmission This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 39 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld e E pate 0404203 VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt 5 1 2 2 F2 Download Data When you are in the Up and Download Menu and you press the key F2 you will reach the Download Menu shown in Figure 41 You are now able to e Download Telemetry of the collar status information e Download last valid position and navigate with the assistance of the Handheld Terminal to the Collar Activation of the UHF Beacon transmitter Download of the Mortality Data if option is available Download of the Activity and Temperature Data if option is available Download of the GPS Data 0 Col F1 Te F2 Ra F6 UH F7 Re F8 Re F9 Re EN mi JI Figure 41 Download Menu 5 1 2 2 1 Download Telemetry from Collar to Handheld Terminal F1 Telemetry You can receive telemetry data from the collar when you press the key FJ in the Download Menu Immediately after you have pressed the key F1 the telemetry request process starts automatically Figure 42 When a transmission error occur Figure 43 or when the Handheld Terminal doesn t receive any data Figure 44 the telemetry will be requested automatically again for several times Whe
4. Project GPS Plus Handheld Title Handheld Terminal User Manual K n TAJPI GIGI aay a a Document No GP HT004 Version 1 3 Last Change 04 04 2003 Project GPS Plus Handheld Doc No GP HT004 VECTRONIC Aerospace 41 gt Date 04 04 2003 A Name Date Signature Prepared by R Schulte 04 04 2003 Checked by Approved by Authorised by This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 2 71 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld ss Doc No GP HT004 7 Date moa VECTRONIC Aerospace p gt DOCUMENT CHANGE RECORD Issue Date Item s Affected Description 1 08 05 2002 First Issue 1 1 10 05 2002 Specifications Add number of datasets per collar 1 2 22 01 2003 Chapter 5 1 3 Add Update Collar Menu Chapter 5 1 2 2 2 Add 2D and 3D range mode Chapter 7 Update Software Revision List 1 3 04 04 2003 Chapter 5 1 2 1 1 Add upload command Force GPS Fix Chapter 5 1 2 2 2 Change selection of 2D and 3D range mode Chapter 5 1 2 2 6 Add additional menu Chapter 5 2 Change description from selected to used collars Chapter 7 Update Software Revision List This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised
5. This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 52 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld e E Doc No GP HT004 ry 5 e lowe WECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt 5 1 3 Update Collar F3 When the collars are still in receive mode and the terminal was switched off or the user has pressed the RESET key it is possible to establish the radio link between Terminal and Collar again without the transmission of the wakeup code After transmitting a command to all col lars the Handheld Terminal receives the collar ID s serial number of the collar for a period of 24 seconds Figure 67 During these 24 seconds each collar which is online transmits its own ID in a predefined timeslot back to the Terminal This will happen when you press F3 in the collar communication menu Note Do not press any other key than ENTER when you are in the collar communication menu or submenus without a connected 50 Ohm an tenna Transmitting without a 50 Ohm antenna can destroy the power amplifier Figure 67 Display during the reception of collar ID s After the reception of the collar ID s is complete the received collar ID s are shown in the Select Collar display Figure 23 This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 53
6. Figure 47 The last screen contains the information about the last valid GPS fix It includes the time and date and the position in the form of latitude longitude and altitude coordinates When no last valid fix is available the two letters N A not available will be shown on the screen Figure 48 The last valid position is not available after a battery replacement because the information about the last valid position is kept in a volatile memory area whereas all GPS Mortality Activity and Temperature information are stored in a non volatile memory area and therefore be available after battery replacement When you press the key ENTER you will go back to the download menu Press Key ENTER Figure 47 Third Display Page of the Collar Telemetry Set This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 42 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld a No GP A Ke pate 0404203 VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt Figure 48 Last Display Page with or without valid GPS information 5 1 2 2 2 Activate Range Checker Mode F2 Range Checker Press key F2 in the download menu to go to the Range Checker Mode In Range Checker Mode the Handheld Terminal receives first telemetry from the collar see section 5 1 2 2 1 Download Telemetry from Collar to Handheld Terminal F1 Telemetry After the reception of a valid telemetry set t
7. s magnetic field and any magnetically soft material surrounding the compass Like the hard iron materials the soft metals also distort the earth s magnetic field lines The difference is the amount of distortion from the soft iron depends on the compass orientation Soft iron influence on the field values measured by X and Y sensors are depicted in Figure 13 Figure 14 illustrates the compass heading errors associated with this effect also known as a two cycle error Y axis Sensor mgauss X axis Sensor mgauss Figure 11 Hard iron offsets when rotated horizontally in the earth s field Heading Error degree Heading degree Figure 12 Heading error due to hard iron effects known as single cycle errors This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 22 71 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project Doc No Date GPS Plus Handheld 04042003 WECTRONIC Aerospace Yh Output mgauss Xh Output mgauss Figure 13 Soft iron distortion when rotated horizontally in the earth s field Heading Error degree Heading degree Figure 14 Heading error due to soft iron effects known as two cycle errors Compensating for soft iron effects is a bit more difficult than for hard iron effects This in volves a bit more calculation than a simple subtraction One way to remove the soft iron effe
8. 5 3 2 Start GPS Receiver in ECEF Mode F2 GPS On ECEF To start the receiver with Earth Centre Earth Fixed coordinates press the key F2 in the GPS menu Immediately after you pressed the key F2 the message of Figure 78 will appear The receiver is now searching GPS satellite signals When the GPS receiver gets data from at least one satellite the display will change like in Figure 79 To abort or to go back to the GPS menu press the key ENTER until the screen will change This can take up to some seconds dependent on the receiving conditions When you start the receiver indoor and it is not possi ble to receive GPS satellite signals you need to press the key ENTER several seconds until the screen will change if you have open access to the sky it should take max 1 second GPS Receiver is Switched on Figure 79 GPS Receiver in ECEF Mode The first and second line shows the UTC time and date The next three lines show the position of the Handheld Terminal in Earth Centre Earth Fixed coordinates with a resolution of one meter The next line gives information about the navigation status Possible values are e No Navigation e 2D Navigation e 3D Navigation e 3D Nav Validated This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 60 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld fetes Date ooa2003 VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt A
9. DISDIGY airian E E E EEEE ony chest A E E E E E EEE wes 27 Testing Memory Display Bank left and Bank2 right o ssoseoseseseeseeeesseeesreeesesesreesssrrsrserssresesee 27 Figure 19 Result of Testing Memory Display Bank left and Bank1I and Bank2 right 0 1 cccccceceeteeteee 28 Figure 20 Main Menu Display vis ccsscvisecsensabesitecs stan E EE E EE E tpsustvow betes EE E E ES 28 Figure 21 Collar Communication Menut s cescccsccssccsseesseesseeseesceeecesecesecusecsecaaeceseeecesseeseesaeceaesaesaeeseceaesaeenaeens 29 Figure 22 Display during transmitting Wakeup Code and following reception of collar ID S cccsseeeeeees 30 Figure 23 Received Collar ID s after transmitting wakeup COMMANG 1 1cccsceeeeesee esse ee eeeeeeeeeneecesecusecnaeenaeens 30 Figure 242 COuar 18 NOLONSEr valid iriserai io NE E cons suesy saesusssoused sods E E ER EENS 31 Figure 2I2 NVI COURT ID vissrar nin a E EE Seetexgeusss E ses biutessseengeuess EEES 31 Figure 26 Up and Download Ment ccccccccccesscessceseceecnsecceeseeesceeeecesecaecaecsaecauecseeeaeeeseeneseeeseseeeaecnseseaesnaeenaeeas 31 Figure 27 Uplodd Menittss csscsisccscscascasisaas te En EEEE DENE EE ENEE TAE IEA E NEEE EREE ESEN EEN EEA E 32 Figure 28 Transmit Switch GPS On command sesssssessesseesesseesrereessresresrsreeresrrnresrereserrreresrnererresrnserrrereset 33 Figure 29 Confirmation of the successful transmission of the command Force GPS Fix n
10. E we ete esas E Il GPS PLUS Handheld terminal with removed base cap s ccssccssesseesseeseeeeeeeecesecesecusecesecsecaeeeaeeeneeeaees 12 Location of the snap locks to remove the base cap oesoeeessesseseeeeseresssesrereeresrsrresesrreresrenessrerresesreee 13 Shutdown dis playosie iein E Eara E EEEE EEEE LOE REE ETENEE REEE ROEA 14 SCI connection between Handheld Terminal and the PC Laptop s 16 USB connection between Handheld Terminal and the PC Laptop 17 Earth s Magnetic Field vs True North cccccccsccescsseessceesceeeceescesecesecaeceaecaeecaceeeeceseeeseeesecnaesaecnaeenaeens 18 Declination Angle To Correct For True North ccccccscesscesscesecesecusecsseeaceeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeseceaeceaeenaecnaeeeeeas 19 Heading errors due to pitch without tilt compensation Dip Angle 540 20 Magnetic sensor outputs X Y rotated horizontally in the earth s field with no disturbances 21 Hard iron offsets when rotated horizontally in the earth s field nosece 22 Heading error due to hard iron effects known as single cycle Crrors sosser 22 Soft iron distortion when rotated horizontally in the earth s field an no 23 Heading error due to soft iron effects Known as two cycle errors ccccscceeccesecesecesecesecnseenseeneeeseeeaees 23 Place the Handheld Terminal on an iron free table during compass calibration snsssoseesssseeeeeenn 24 Rotate the Handheld Terminal slowly to calibrate the COMPASS nosene 25 Siart UP
11. GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld Doc No GP HT004 P Date ogoazo0s 2 VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt 5 5 Status Information F5 Status Info To get the status information from the Handheld Terminal you need to press the key F5 from the main menu The screen like in Figure 86 will appear The first two lines are the UTC time and date of the Handheld Terminal The UTC time and date information will be updated automatically whenever the GPS receiver solves a valid navigation solution The fourth line contains information about the battery voltage The internal Li Ion battery has a valid voltage range of 3 4 1 Volt In case of under voltage the battery will be disconnected automatically Below the battery voltage is a bar graph with the capacity information This is only a raw guideline because capacity is dependent on current voltage and temperature Finally you can read out the temperature inside the Handheld Terminal This temperature can increase during data communication or when the GPS receiver is switched on To go back to the main menu press the key ENTER Figure 86 Handheld Terminal status information This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 66 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld e E pate 0404203 VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt 5 6 Handheld Terminal Information F6 H
12. a look to the selected collar ID s and you have the possibility to select or remove the collar ID remove the data belong to it also F1 Show Collar ID F2 Select Remove Collar ID s Press Key ENTER to go back Figure 71 Collar registration menu 5 2 1 Show the List of the Used Collar ID s F1 Show Collar ID When you press the key FJ in the collar registration menu you can take a look to your used collars Figure 72 The maximum number of usable collars is 16 for a memory capacity of 64 MByte and 32 for a memory capacity of 128 MByte These collars can be selected via the Select Remove Collar ID Menu gt 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 DDO ODO OO OH O DOO ODO OO wo DDO ODO D WY 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 E R O OSO O O O O O 0 ODO OO OOO 01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NT Vv Figure 72 Show Collar ID s All selected collars max 16 or 32 collars which were registered before with the GPS PLUS software max 64 collars are now shown on the display You can scroll down and up with the keys SHIFT 8 or 8 Up or SHIFT 2 or 2 Down The Up and Down arrow above and below the bar graph will appear when previous or following collar ID s are available The small marker inside the bar graph indicates the scrolling position of the screen Press the key ENTER to go back to the Collar registration menu This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribut
13. collar when you press the key F6 SHIFT F 1 The Current time and date of the Handheld Terminal is shown on the screen Figure 30 When you press the key ENTER the uploading of time and date will be interrupted before the transmission starts and the display jumps back to the Upload Menu When you press the key F10 SHIFT F5 the upload process of time and date will start im mediately Figure 31 Figure 31 Transmission of Time and Date When the time and date were received without errors the screen of Figure 32 will appear After the collar has received new time and date it calculates the GPS UHF and VHF sched ules In case of transmission errors the process will be repeated automatically several times When no successful upload was possible the screen of Figure 33 will inform you that no valid communication was possible Press the key ENTER to go back This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 34 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc J Project GPS Plus Handheld e E pate 0404203 VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt Press Key ENTER Figure 33 Unsuccessful communication This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 35 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld Doc No GP HT004 P bae o4oa008 MECT
14. is at the edge of the bar graph left or right make a 180 turn This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 45 T 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld a pate 0404203 WECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt 5 1 2 2 3 Activation of the UHF Beacon transmitter F6 UHF Beacon on When you are in the download menu press key F6 SHIFT F1 to activate the UHF beacon on your selected collar After you have pressed the key the screen shown in Figure 53 will appear The Handheld transmits now the command to activate the UHF beacon to the collar The UHF beacon is then activated according the settings of the collar UHF beacon on time and UHF beacon period Figure 54 During beacon mode it is not possible to have wireless access to the collar After the beacon mode is finished you have further two minutes wireless access to the collar Remember these two minutes will be reset again to two minutes every time you send a command to the collar Collar 01033 Trans mi ng n t t UHF Beac Comman 0 d Figure 53 Transmitting beacon command ze Q c FT 5 KA Q a n T m g E Do LL on T Ws gt so A E i fit Beacon Mode Beacon Mode switched on switched off ed UHF Beacon On Time Figure 54 UHF Beacon settings This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised d
15. switch on the GPS receiver imme diately The Handheld Terminal can send a command to the collar to switch on the collar GPS re ceiver immediately collar firmware Version 1 3 0 or higher This is very helpful together with the range checker mode to find the current position of the collar This command will be sent when you press the key F5 in the upload menu and the screen of Figure 28 will appear for a short time After the collar has received the command without er rors Figure 29 the radio link of the collar will be shut down and the collar GPS receiver will be switched on to make a fix After a valid fix or timeout the collar will go into the standard stand by mode to save power To wake up the collar you need to establish the radio link again 5 1 1 Search for Collar F1 Please wait Figure 28 Transmit Switch GPS On command Figure 29 Confirmation of the successful transmission of the command Force GPS Fix This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 33 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld e E No GP A Fe pate 0404203 WECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt 5 1 2 1 2 Upload UTC Time from Handheld Terminal to Collar F6 Tx UTC Time The UTC time and date of the Handheld Terminal will be updated each time the on Board GPS receiver can solve a valid fix This Time will be sent to the
16. will be shown inverted This means that you have now add this collar to your 16 32 collar list and the Handheld Terminal has now the authority to communicate with this collar If you want to remove a selected collar from the 16 32 collar list go to your desired inverted collar ID with the two markers left and right arrow and press the key Immediately after you have pressed the key the screen of Figure 74 will appear To cancel this operation press the key ENTER to continue with erasing the collar ID and all data belong to it press the key F10 When you have pressed the key ENTER you will go back if you have pressed the key F10 the message of Figure 75 will appear This message will be shown on the screen as long it takes time to erase all data of this collar usually from one to several seconds After that the collar ID is removed from the 16 32 authority list and will be shown as a non inverted collar ID After you have selected or removed all desired collar ID s press the key ENTER to go back to the Collar registration menu Note When you remove a collar ID all data belong to it will be removed also Figure 73 Select Remove Collar ID s This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 5 7 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc J Project GPS Plus Handheld e E No GQP A a Date moa VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt
17. 0 Please Seleri another valid ENTER gt Go Back Figure 25 Invalid Collar ID Once you have selected a collar ID the Up and Download Menu will appear Figure 26 Collar 01033 Fl Upload Data Schedule Ti me Figure 26 Up and Download Menu This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 3 1 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld e E pate 0404203 VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt You can now decide if you want to upload or download data Upload data means transfer data from the Terminal to the collar download means transfer data from the collar to the Terminal 5 1 2 1 F1 Upload Data When you are in the Up and Download Menu and you press the key FZ you will go to the Upload Menu shown in Figure 27 You are now able to e Force the GPS receiver collar to make a fix independent on the GPS schedule Upload time and date from the Handheld Terminal to the collar Upload a rule based GPS scheduler Upload a UHF Beacon scheduler Upload a VHF Beacon scheduler Figure 27 Upload Menu This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 32 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Pj Project GPS Plus Handheld e E pate 0404203 VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt 5 1 2 1 1 Transmit Command to the collar to
18. 0 faster without channel information It is possible to download a part of GPS data memory from the collar with channel information and another part without channel information but it is not possible to download only the channel information later If you want to get the channel information from a dataset which was previously downloaded you need to erase the GPS data memory for this collar inside the Handheld Terminal After that the Hand held Terminal must download all GPS data again When the collar is configured as DGPS collar additional data for post processing will be stored this option has no influence on the transmitted data The DGPS data will be transmit ted as a complete dataset with all information independent if you have pressed F3 receive GPS data with channel info or F5 receive GPS data without channel info The transmission of shorter GPS data without channel information is only possible when the collar is config ured to store only the solved GPS data set After you have pressed F3 or F5 the Handheld Terminal receives first telemetry data to calcu late how much datasets can be received After that the download process of GPS data starts automatically Figure 66 Dependent on the configuration of your collar solved differential GPS information the number of GPS fixes per data set can be different You can interrupt this process when you press a key not the SHIFT key until the message of Figure 59 will appear When a transmis
19. 28 MByte extended data storage of 32 collars 315520 Temperature and activity datasets per collar 65536 GPS datasets in non differential mode per collar 24576 GPS datasets in differential mode per collar Internal rechargeable Li Ion battery 3 6 Volt 6000 Ah less than 8 hours typ Dependent on operation mode 24 hours GPS mode 75 hour receive mode Only needed for charging the battery 12 Volt 8300 mA max Serial Interface 115200 baud 8N1 to be connected to LM1 Link Manager USB 8Mbit s IP65 Internal 12 Channel GPS receiver with active antenna 420 470 MHz factory settings 0 500 mW factory settings FM 50 Ohm Built in electronic Compass Imgauss 1 gauss 1000 gauss 0 C 50 C charging 20 C 60 C non charging 40 C 80 C This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 9 71 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld e E Dae 0404203 VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt N Optional Accessories Memory Expansion from 64 MByte to 128 MByte International Wall Plug Adapter 90 240 Volt input 12V 1000 mA output Flexible Helical Antenna short range HB9CV direction finding antenna Gain 5 dB Length 33 cm middle range 6 Element Yagi antenna Gain 8 dB Length 75 cm long range 10 Element Yagi antenna Gain 11 5 dB Length 160 cm long range Coax cable length 1 m Coax cab
20. 3 Use 3D Range t gnal or Press ENTER to abort Figure 49 Selection of 2D or 3D range calculation left and screen GPS receiver is switched on right This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 43 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld i No GP E i Date 4o20 VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt Figure 50 Range Checker Display with 2D left and 3D right range information The azimuth is running from 0 to 359 like a compass rose Direction north is refers to 0 direction east is refers to 90 direction south is refers to 180 and direction west is refers to 270 Figure 51 The elevation is running from 0 to 90 An elevation of 0 means di rectly above the horizon an elevation of 90 means vertical into the sky Figure 52 North E Azimuth 150 icas N Figure 51 Azimuth angle between Handheld Terminal and Collar This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 44 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld Doc No GP HT004 y q Date ogoazo0s 2 VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt Zenith Elevation 35 Horizon Figure 52 Elevation angle between Handheld Terminal and Collar Below the azimuth an
21. 3D Nav Validated means that the GPS receiver uses 5 or more satellites to calculate the position fix Since the navigation solution needs only 4 satellites the equations are over de termined by one or more This can be used to calculate some validation on the range meas urements If this has been succeeded the fix is considered validated Consider validated is the best fix quality you can get The last text line describes the value of the DOP value Dilution Of Precision and the number of used tracked satellites Below this line are two horizontal bar graphs One on the left and one on the right side These bar graphs show the received signal strength for every tracking channel The left bar graph covers channel 1 to 6 and the right bar graph covers channel 7 to 12 When a line is shown within these bar graphs the GPS receiver receives satellite sig nals The left edge means 25 dBHz very poor signal the right edge means 50 dBHz strong signal Note The GPS receiver will only be in off state if you switch it off manu ally or when the Handheld Terminal will be switched off The re ceiver will not be switched off when you leave the GPS menu 5 3 3 Start GPS Receiver in LLA Mode F3 GPS On LLA To start the receiver with Latitude Longitude and Altitude coordinates press the key F3 in the GPS menu Immediately after you pressed the key F3 the message of Figure 78 will appear The receiver is now searching GPS satellite signals When the GP
22. 404203 VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt 7 10 V 1 1 0 November 02 2002 Double check of erased area on MMC changes in subroutine interrupt UART_RX_vect void RX_Interrupt void changes in subroutine void ERASE_FLASHCARD unsigned char card changes in subroutine void DELETE_COLLAR unsigned int actioncollar changes in subroutine void USB_INTERPRETER void Add subroutines unsigned char TEST_GPS_SOLVED_MODE unsigned char gpsmode and unsigned char TEST_GPS_DIFFERENTIAL_MODE unsigned char gpsmode Future implementation of further GPS receiver is now much more easier ADD two new GPS collar receiver Mode 3 10 11 and 32 7 11 V 1 1 1 January 03 2003 In range checker mode add 2D range gt 2D and 3D range is alternating every three sec onds 7 12 V 1 2 0 April 04 2003 Add an additional Collar GPS receiver to database Add implementation to switch on the collar GPS receiver via radio link Add implementation of the transmission of short GPS datasets without channel informa tions to reduce the overhead add new menu in range checker mode to select 2D or 3D range information This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 7 1 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc
23. 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld tees Dae 0404203 WECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt 5 1 4 All Collars UHF Beacon On If you want to activate only the UHF beacon transmitter for all collars in communication range press the key F9 SHIFT F4 in collar communication menu The Terminal transmits now 40 seconds wakeup code Figure 68 and then the beacon activation code After that the message of Figure 69 will appear Press the key ENTER to go back to the collar communica tion menu The UHF beacon transmitter of all collars in communication range is then activated according the settings of the collars UHF beacon on time and UHF beacon period Figure 54 During beacon mode it is not possible to have wireless access to the collar After the beacon mode is finished you have further two minutes wireless access to the collar Remember these two minutes will be reset again to two minutes every time you send a command to the collar Figure 68 Display during transmitting Wakeup Code ENTER gt Go Back Figure 69 All Collars Beacon On This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 5 4 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld Fi No GP j s Date moa VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt 5 2 Collar Registration F2 Collar Reg To avoid that other people except the owner of the collar have wir
24. A 40 Figure 42 Request for Telemetry siias a casas E E shes asyesueesbeatagusyebewense tice 40 Figure 43 Bit errors Curing transnmisSion sorisa saei a E a A E EE EEEa 4 Figure 443 No contact With COUGH i sisz sigs sotsagscuth stbss Pessed sabbs sadsishn stenngth E E steels eb piccteeesbe daguspbustenesiec 4 Figure 45 First Display Page of the Collar Telemetry Set cccccsccsssseseceseceecnseeeeeseeeseeeseeseeeeeeeaecnseceaecnaeeaaeeas 4 Figure 46 Second Display Page of the Collar Telemetry S t ccccccccsccesscesecesecseenseeeeeseesaceseeeseeseeeeeeeeeeeaecnaeens 42 Figure 47 Third Display Page of the Collar Telemetry Set cccscccscssssseesseesseeseerseeseeeseesaeeeseeseeeseenseceaeceaeesaeens 42 Figure 48 Last Display Page with or without valid GPS information ccccccsccesecetecnseenseeeeesecesecnsecnsecnaeenaeens 43 Figure 49 Selection of 2D or 3D range calculation left and screen GPS receiver is switched on right 43 Figure 50 Range Checker Display with 2D left and 3D right range information osooso 44 Figure 51 Azimuth angle between Handheld Terminal and Collar cccccccescsessseesceseecnseeneeeeeeeeensscnsecnaesnaesnseens 44 Figure 52 Elevation angle between Handheld Terminal and Collar cc cccesccescesscessceseceseeeneeeseeeneeeeeesaesnseeneeeas 45 Figure 53 Transmitting beacon command 0 1cesceee este eseeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeecesecsecuaecsaecacecaeeeseeeseeeeeeeseeeeaeensesnaesnaeeaeea
25. GPS receiver In contrast to the magnetic compass the GPS compass can calculate the True North direction Press the key F2 from the compass menu to start the GPS compass After some seconds the screen of Figure 78 will appear Conditional on the technology the compass will only work outside with an open ac cess to the sky After the GPS receiver has a navigation solution the screen of Figure 83 will appear The GPS compass calculates the direction with the assistance of the velocity When the velocity is to slow lower than 0 3m s the screen of Figure 84 instead of Figure 83 will appear True North GPS Azimuth 200 Figure 84 GPS Compass velocity to low Press the key ENTER to go back to the compass menu This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 64 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld a No GP A Fe pate 0404203 VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt 5 4 3 Calibrate Magnetic Compass F10 Calibrate Compass The calibration method is described in section 4 5 4 Compass Calibration After you have pressed the key F10 SHIFT F5 from the compass menu the screen of Figure 85 will ap pear Figure 85 GPS Compass calibration information This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 65 7 1
26. LED is switched red In the full charge state the Charge LED is switched green and the accumulator charges at a constant voltage When the charging current drops below 100mA or if the full charge timer expires 9 hours the state machine enters the top off state In the top off state the accumulator continues to be charged at a constant voltage until the top off timer expires 4 5 hours when it enters the done state In the done state charging stops and the Charge LED is switched off until the battery voltage drops below the recharge voltage threshold when it enters the reset state to start the charging process again Warning Do not charge the Li Ion accumulator below 0 C or above 50 C Charging the Li Ion accumulator outside the charging temperature range 0 C to 50 C will destroy your Handheld Terminal Table 1 Charge LED function of the Handheld Terminal LED CHARGE Function State Only in use with Yellow Fast charge 0 80 external power Green Full charge 80 100 Red Malfunction Off Accumulator fully charged This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 15 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld e E Doc No GP HT004 ai T Er oases WECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt 4 3 Connecting the Handheld Terminal to a PC via SCI To exchange data between the Handheld Terminal and the PC or Laptop via
27. RONIC Aerospace 4 gt 5 1 2 1 3 Upload GPS Schedule from Handheld Terminal to Collar F7 Tx GPS Sched To upload a GPS schedule from the Handheld Terminal to the Collar you need first to upload the schedule from the PC via the serial or the USB interface into the Handheld Terminal see GPS PLUS software manual Once you have uploaded a schedule into the terminal for a col lar ID this schedule is valid until you erased the collar data in the Handheld Terminal or until you overwrite this schedule The schedule will not be erased after a successful upload to the collar To start the GPS schedule upload process press the key F7 SHIFT F2 When no valid schedule is stored inside the Handheld Terminal for the specified collar the screen of Figure 34 will appear Collar 01033 No valid Schedule is available Press Key ENTER Figure 34 No valid GPS schedule available When a valid schedule for this collar ID is stored inside the Handheld Terminal the upload process starts automatically The GPS schedule will be transmitted in four packets When a bit error during transmission will occur the data will be sent again several times When no suc cessful communication was possible the screen like in Figure 33 will appear During upload of the four data packets the screens of Figure 35 will appear in succession After the transmis sion was successfully finished the screen of Figure 36 will be shown and the collar will calcu late the next GP
28. S menu and the Real time Clock the Position and the ephemeris of the satellites will be erased Immediately after you pressed the key F4 the message of Figure 78 will appear The receiver is now in coldstart mode for some seconds and starts searching GPS satellite signals When the GPS receiver receives at least one satellite the display will change like in Figure 79 To abort or to go back to the GPS menu press the key ENTER until the screen will change This can take up to some seconds dependent on the receiving conditions When you start the re ceiver indoor and it is not possible to receive GPS satellite signals you need to press the key ENTER several seconds until the screen will change if you have open access to the sky it should take max 1 second Note The GPS receiver will only be in off state if you switch it off manu ally or when the Handheld Terminal will be switched off The re ceiver will not be switched off when you leave the GPS menu 5 3 5 Start GPS Receiver in Coldstart LLA Mode F5 GPS Cold LLA When the GPS receiver is not able to track any satellite after several minutes it is sometimes useful to perform a reset or coldstart To do this press the key F4 LLA mode in the GPS menu and the Real time Clock the Position and the ephemeris of the satellites will be erased Immediately after you pressed the key F4 the message of Figure 78 will appear The receiver is now in coldstart mode for some seconds and starts searching GP
29. S fix time When you press the key ENTER the Handheld Terminal will go back to the Upload Menu This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 36 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld e E Dae 0404203 VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt Collar 01033 Collar 01033 Transmitting Transmitting 0 25 25 5 0 Collar 01033 Collar 01033 Transmitting Transmitting 50 75 75 100 Figure 35 Upload GPS schedule Collar 01033 Figure 36 Acknowledgement of successful GPS schedule transmission This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 37 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Pj Project GPS Plus Handheld fmt Doc No GP HT004 fi T Date 04 04 2003 VECTRONIC Aerospace 4p 5 1 2 1 4 Upload UHF Beacon Schedule from Handheld Terminal to Collar F8 Tx UHF Beacon Schedule To upload a UHF beacon schedule from the Handheld Terminal to the Collar you need first to upload the schedule from the PC via the serial or the USB interface into the Handheld Ter minal see GPS PLUS software manual Once you have uploaded a schedule into the termi nal for a collar ID this schedule is valid until you erased the collar data in the Handheld Ter minal or until you overwrite this schedule The schedule will no
30. S receiver gets data from at least one satellite the display will change like in Figure 80 To abort or to go back to the GPS menu press the key ENTER until the screen will change This can take up to some seconds dependent on the receiving conditions When you start the receiver indoor and it is not possi ble to receive GPS satellite signals you need to press the key ENTER several seconds until the screen will change if you have open access to the sky it should take max 1 second Figure 80 GPS Receiver in LLA Mode This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 61 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld ee Doc No GP HT004 ej gt Date 04 04 2008 VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt The screen is the same like in section 5 3 2 Start GPS Receiver in ECEF Mode F2 GPS On ECEF explained except the position will be shown as latitude longitude and altitude infor mation Note The GPS receiver will only be in off state if you switch it off manu ally or when the Handheld Terminal will be switched off The re ceiver will not be switched off when you leave the GPS menu 5 3 4 Start GPS Receiver in Coldstart ECEF Mode F4 GPS Cold ECEF When the GPS receiver is not able to track any satellite after several minutes it is sometimes useful to perform a reset or coldstart To do this press the key F4 ECEF mode in the GP
31. S satellite signals When the GPS receiver receives at least one satellite the display will change like in Figure 80 To abort or to go back to the GPS menu press the key ENTER until the screen will change This can take up to some seconds dependent on the receiving situations When you start the re ceiver indoor and it is not possible to receive GPS satellite signals you need to press the key ENTER several seconds until the screen will change if you have open access to the sky it should take max 1 second Note The GPS receiver will only be in off state if you switch it off manu ally or when the Handheld Terminal will be switched off The re ceiver will not be switched off when you leave the GPS menu This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 62 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld e E Date 0404203 VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt 5 4 Compass Module F4 Compass The Handheld Terminal is equipped with an electronic compass and with a GPS compass You can use the information of this compass to work with it in the field or to navigate Press key F4 to go to the Compass Menu from main menu Figure 81 F 1 Mag Compa Informat GPS Comp Informat a Figure 81 Compass Menu 5 4 1 Magnetic Compass F1 Mag Compass Information To read out the direction to Magnetic North press the key FI from th
32. andheld Info To get information from the Handheld Terminal about soft and hardware version you need to press the key F6 SHIFT F1 from the main menu The screen like in Figure 87 will appear You will get information about the serial number software version and the software built date In addition you can read information about the hardware version and the production date To go back to the main menu press the key ENTER 04 Key ENTER Figure 87 Handheld Terminal Information 5 7 Shut Down Handheld Terminal F10 Power Down To switch off the power of your Handheld Terminal you need to press the key F10 SHIFT F5 from the main menu The Terminal will shut down instantly This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 67 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld e E Dae gt 0404203 VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt 6 Short instruction Register your collars with the assistance of GPS PLUS EXE section 5 2 Select or remove your collar ID s section 5 2 2 remember when you remove your collar ID all data belong to it will be also erased Upload GPS schedule and or UHF schedule and or VHF schedule to the Terminal with GPS PLUS only if needed Search for selected collars section 5 1 1 UP Download data section 5 1 2 Read out data from the Handheld Terminal to the PC with GPS PLUS EXE Erase data wit
33. ass will only work outside with an open access to the sky The GPS compass calculates the direction with the assistance of the velocity For this reason it is necessary to move the Handheld Terminal faster than 0 3 m s or 1 km h This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 26 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld e E No GQP e Date 4o20 VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt 5 Software Description After Power Up press Key START the company information is shown for some seconds Figure 17 After that the internal non volatile memory will be checked Dependent on the memory option the Handheld Terminal is equipped with one or two memory banks During memory test the screen of Figure 18 is shown on the display the result of the memory test is shown Figure 19 VECTRONIC Ae Ca D r 0 ace r che Str 12 12489Berlin Germany www vectronic aerospace com Figure 17 Start Up Display Testing Memory Testing Memory Bank 1 Bank 2 Figure 18 Testing Memory Display Bank1 left and Bank2 right This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 27 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld i No GQP e Fe Date moa VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt Figure 19 Result of Testi
34. bited VECTRONIC Aerospace 49 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld ur edoazoet WECTRONIC Aerospace automatical Press any ae cance Press Key ENTER Figure 62 No valid communication Collar 01033 All data are Saved Press Key ENTER Figure 63 All activity and temperature data are stored This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 5 0 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld Fi Doc No GP HT004 e gt Date 04 04 2008 VECTRONIC Aerospace 4p 5 1 2 2 6 Download GPS Data from Collar to Handheld Terminal F9 Rec GPS Data When you are in the download menu press key F9 SHIFT F4 to download the GPS infor mation from the collar After you have pressed the key F9 SHIFT F4 the screen of Figure 64 will appear You have now the choice to download data with or without channel information of the GPS receiver Channel Info means information about e Number of used satellites e Used Satellite ID for each channel e Carrier to noise ratio for the used satellites for each channel A GPS data set one GPS position has a size of 33 Bytes with channel information in solved mode The same position information can be transmitted without channel information and has then a size of 21 Bytes In other words the data download from the collar to the Handheld Terminal will be 4
35. ct is to rotate the reading by 45 scale the major axis to change the ellipse to a circle and then rotate the reading back by 45 This will result in the desired circular output response shown in Figure 10 Most ferrous material in vehicles tends to have hard iron characteristics The This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 23 71 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld Date ofoa2003 MECTRONIC Aerospace best approach is to eliminate any soft iron materials near the compass and deal with the hard iron effects directly It is also recommended to degauss the platform near the compass prior to any hard soft iron compensation 4 5 4 Compass Calibration To compensate the previous described errors the built in compass should be recalibrated from time to time Switch on the Handheld Terminal and press the Key F4 to go to the Compass Menu Put the Handheld Terminal vertical on iron free subsoil e g table The UHF antenna should be on the top Figure 15 Press now the Key F10 without moving the Handheld Ter minal Rotate the Handheld Terminal slowly two times around the vertical axis within 30 sec onds and wait until the calibration process is finished Figure 16 The calibration data are stored in a non volatile memory and will be available after power up again The built in compass is only able to sample
36. d Terminal to the PC with a standard USB cable Figure 6 Start the GPS_PLUS EXE software on the connected PC and chose the USB port to up load or download data Reprogramming of new firmware for the Handheld Terminal is not possible via USB interface Use the serial interface to update new firmware USB USB Si m Dim Oi es a Handheld Terminal PC or Laptop Figure 6 USB connection between Handheld Terminal and the PC Laptop This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 17 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc a Project GPS Plus Handheld e E No GP 4 Date o4oazors VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt 4 5 Electronic Magnetic Compass An electronic compass module inside the Handheld Terminal is used to determine the mag netic north direction and to find the direction to the collar in Range Checker Mode The compass will only work properly when the Handheld Terminal will be hold vertical Vertical means antenna to the sky base cap to the bottom Any angle out of the vertical axis will in duced an error pitch error 4 5 1 Introduction Earth s magnetic field The earth s magnetic field intensity is about 0 5 to 0 6 gauss and has a component parallel to the earth s surface that always point toward magnetic north This is the basis for all magnetic compa
37. d elevation information are two bar graphs The first bar graph shows the direction to the collar with the assistance of the magnetic compass This system is refer enced to magnetic north The second bar graph shows the direction to the collar with the assis tance of the GPS receiver This system is referenced to true north The magnetic compass works well when the compass errors are not so relevant declination error etc see section 4 5 Electronic Magnetic Compass When you turn the Handheld around the vertical axis the direction finder marker will change the position too This is not the case when you work with the GPS based compass The GPS based compass uses the velocity of the Handheld Terminal velocity of the person or car The overall velocity must be at least 0 3 m s As higher your velocity as higher the precision of the GPS based compass When you don t move the direction finder will go to the middle of the bar graph because the velocity is to low and it is not possible to calculate a direction based on the velocity The GPS compass works well when you are able to walk fast and when you receive satellite signals To find the way to your collar try to move the direction finder marker in the middle of the bar graph The bar graph has a resolution of 180 When the marker is in the middle go straight ahead When the marker is left to the middle turn to the left if the marker is right to the middle turn to the right When the marker
38. duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 3 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld e E Dae 0404203 VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt Table of Contents Wa UCU I sas sasccecssseved acca cedencteuiceceie se ceutaseuaieatb ined vadectdeuusbdeiusddeticcasiveadesadecedoeadeustendanncecanteceunieds 8 L Specifications i osisccsssssssesessscansscecesaseunsecanesecuecsensesuas testeo vusnesssuesdveonesdnenasusceuesinnceecaeenstensenes 9 2 Optional AGCESSOPICS oisicccccscacsscnescaisvanieivvetescesncitscdersanseioaeneictereecei anion earnne eee 10 3 Controls amp COmMeCtOrs siseccessscseccseassesscasceosconcaensteaseusenssossnensenesgncnenscessnesessseusesosensssocenestess 11 3 1 Removing OE the base CAP act esi ts iussione ineine Es 13 A gt Operations E E E ranean manemennen 14 4 1 Extending Battery Lifetime sensacii nenon e a E 14 4 2 Battery char tin case las cd esoieroii eni arai t aA ia E a RSE 15 4 3 Connecting the Handheld Terminal to a PC via SCl esssessseseessesesseeessresssrsseseseee 16 4 4 Connecting to USB irsiciassinscioesiina eaii iiiaae sai ansa iiair 17 4 5 Electronic Magnetic COmpass s cccsacssasenssonesangeatseaneseardpandeaadeansearavarennentnsneeeeeate 18 4 5 1 Introduction Earth s magnetic field nnnsneenneeeseseeesseeessresssesseeessesssressersseesses 18 452 PIC SIC cis sasnzechscsesyaavisteseniadsevensasaaeceiaannveniaspaeas aaaednavaahacedsasonpansiagiovasdaieooes
39. e collar for a period of 24 seconds Figure 22 During these 24 seconds each collar which is online transmits its own ID in a predefined timeslot back to the Terminal This will happen when you press FI in the collar communication menu Note Do not press any other key than ENTER when you are in the collar communication menu or submenus without a connected 50 Ohm an tenna Transmitting without a 50 Ohm antenna can destroy the power amplifier This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 29 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld i pate 0404203 VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt V r a 24 seconds Figure 22 Display during transmitting Wakeup Code and following reception of collar ID s After the reception of the collar ID s is complete the received collar ID s are shown in the next Select Collar display Figure 23 gt y z O2 O O O O O OO A ayroeeeoeoer me eee O O on wee OOO Ow DDD DOD W DW W MN O O O O O O O odovodoDdad Dd aca TO DODO OD Oe oovododDdaDdad aca NDDD OD W YW gt lt m V Figure 23 Received Collar ID s after transmitting wakeup command 5 1 2 Select Collar F2 All received collars which were registered before with the GPS PLUS software see sec tion 5 2 are now shown on the display To select the desired collar you can nav
40. e compass menu The compass information Figure 82 is only valid when the Handheld Terminal will be held ver tical Each angle Pitch which is out of the vertical axis will induce a heading error seen section 4 5 Electronic Magnetic Compass Magnetic North Azimuth BS oy Figure 82 Magnetic Compass information The azimuth is running from 0 to 359 like a compass rose Direction north is 0 direction east is 90 direction south is 180 and direction west is 270 like in Figure 51 Below the text line with the azimuth information an additional bar graph shows the azimuth information This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 63 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Pj Project GPS Plus Handheld Doc No GP HT004 e w Date 04 04 2003 VECTRONIC Aerospace i gt as a graphic The left edge of the graphic is 180 South the next vertical line is 270 West the middle line is 0 North 360 the next vertical line to the right is 90 East and the right edge is 180 South again When you turn the Handheld Terminal around the vertical axis you will see how the marker is running from one edge to the other 5 4 2 GPS Based True North Compass F2 GPS Compass Information In addition to the magnetic compass module the Handheld Terminal has the possibility to cal culate the direction with the built in 12 channel
41. ecbaress 20 4 5 3 Nearby Ferrous Materials 2 25 tssis snetantesvantensontnadnsnsasnantarustesentesianneavanedesenveedang 20 4 54 Compass Calibration sssini nai E E E E eee 24 4 6 True North GPS Compass ssseesseessenseeeeseeessseesseesseesseresseesseesseesseeeseeesseeessresseessee 26 5 Software Description sicissssvcisersvicsssesssecsccossvesssdeineacis essere nwa aaneninnnsnes 27 5 1 Collar Communication F1 Collar COMM ccccccccsssssceeeeseseeeeesesneeeesssseeeeseesaas 29 5 1 1 Search for Collar F1 0 ccccccssssscccecececeessseseeeccceesesesssaeceseccesenessseseeeeeeesenees 29 5 1 2 S lect Collar F2 irssi eia a E N EEE 30 51 241 PL Upload Dat enone EE E 32 5 11 22 F2 Download D ta csser neaei iaaa anae E aaaeei 40 5 1 3 Update Collat F3 crnaca aa a E A E 53 5 1 4 All Collars UHF Beacon Onieeisciccisscssscsisccsctiasdaccesasteceadeatvesesdsndcentanheosssaseeowssasbanes 54 5 2 Collar Registration F2 Collar Reg eeeeseseeeseesesrsesesressrssrssressrssrssressreeresrensersresees 55 5 2 1 Show the List of the Used Collar ID s F1 Show Collar ID eee 56 B22 Selects Remove Collars 1s vicenssicscesasrcintenaannseatusiatenteareicneneneucuuaean 57 5 3 GPS On Board Module F3 GPS Module cccccsessccecececeesessssaeeeeeeeeseeesenaees 59 5 3 1 Switch Off GPS Receiver F1 GPS Power Off ccccccsscecsssececeesseeeeeeesaeeeeees 59 5 3 2 Start GPS Receiver in ECEF Mode F2 GPS On ECEP
42. ecesaecaasesaeeseeeneenees 57 Erasing CONPITINGTON tessssctsesveessonioanscoteene sseaceesienscosnaeeiensed leevoneamsescossiessnesvabaceavedetes EEEE EN E Eih 58 Erosin MCSSAGE erinnere a E E EEE EEE EE E EE E ER 58 GEPS MCN e sis areca TE ea Sage E aden peewen es A E sats HELA pe baresaote A 59 Switch Off GES RECOV ET oe an crete gel sade obs shang E ois SEEPS lead ec abs E E dis apes E EA 59 GPS Receiver waits for satellite signal ccccccesccescesecesecssecnseeseeeseeeseeseeeeeeeseeseeesecesecesecnaecnaesnaesnaeens 60 GPS R cewerin ECEF M Ode iisiaicr sii cies sites tigen LA as cde A E E ESA 60 GPS R ceiver in LEA Modernoen E a eects sds adds fe Lae wanna ene 61 COMPASS Meniko siar E ace ta sag E EEG adalat ag eed A aaa eee 63 Magnetic Compass information iscrpio sae ges passe GS E EEEE EEE a aS EES 63 GPS COMPASS mjormatl om ssiri cina e E E E ER A E E EA 64 GPS Compass velocity 10 LOW esses ii iacis eavisasessvencdaaseecstesssccctetsdinctivetisczetediusddtaseestiveadecboteviaceevodiessabeseeed 64 GPS Compass calibration information ccccccscccsceesceecseesceesceeeceseccnsecaeeeseeeseesseeeeeeseceseceeenseenaesnaeesaeens 65 Handheld Terminal status information cccccccecccesscesecesecssecnsecsseeseeeseeeeeeeceseceseceaeecseeeaeeeaseeseneensees 66 Handheld Terminal nfOrmation ccccccccccccecceesceesseeseesccesecesecusecusecacecaceeseeeaeeneeesaecesecsaessaeeeeeeeeeeeenees 67 List of Tables Table 1 Charge LED func
43. ecker Implement GPS compass true north 7 3 V 0 9 1 April 16 2002 Disable all interrupts during EEPROM write to avoid time outs This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 69 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld Doc No GP HT004 Po T pate 0404203 VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt 7 4 V 0 9 2 April 24 2002 e Replace Tilt gt Activity e Replace UTC GMT special customer version e Replace telemetry diagnostics special customer version 7 5 V 0 9 3 April 24 2002 e Replace Scheduler gt Schedule 7 6 V 0 9 4 May 02 2002 e Replace Beacon gt UHF Beacon e Replace Register Collar ID s gt Select Collar ID s 7 7 V 1 0 0 August 14 2002 e Add GPS Mode 16 17 and 18 and final release e Add Update collar routine to the communication menu e Add routines for remote control 7 8 V 1 0 1 October 01 2002 e Small changes Not exactly known 7 9 V 1 0 2 October 22 2002 e Remove the subroutine void TX_l100PAGES_MMC2USB e Add subroutine unsigned char READ_CHECKED_SINGLE_BLOCK_MMC unsigned long int sector unsigned char card to verify the CRC before continue This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 70 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld e E Dae 0
44. eless access to the collars the collar ID s must be registered in the Handheld Terminal Each collar is delivered with a unique key file for registering In the same way you need to register your collar for your PC software GPS PLUS EXE register your collars for the Handheld Terminal see GPS PLUS software manual Up to 64 Collars can be registered with the assistance of GPS PLUS EXE in the Handheld Terminal Selected Collar Table From these maximum 64 collars the user can use maximum 16 or 32 collar ID s for data up and download dependent on the memory capacity of the Handheld Terminal 64 128 Mbyte see Figure 70 Max 64 Collars registered by GPS PLUS EXE Selected Collar Table Collar Xn 0 Collar Xn 1 Collar Xn 2 Collar Xn 3 Collar Xn 4 Collar Xn 5 Max 16 32 Collars used by the User of the Handheld Terminal Used Collar Table 6 6 e Collar Yn 10 26 Collar Yn 11 27 Collar Yn 12 28 Collar Yn 13 29 Collar Yn 14 30 Collar Yn 15 31 Figure 70 Collar management of the Handheld Terminal This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 55 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld e E pate 0404203 VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt Press key F2 from the main menu to go to the collar registration menu Figure 71 In the col lar registration menu you have the possibility to take
45. h GPS PLUS EXE only if really necessary e g after you erased the data inside the collar too This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 68 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld a Doc No GP HT004 j A Date moa VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt 7 Software Revision List 7 1 V 0 8 0 March 2002 First working version 7 2 V 0 9 0 April 13 2002 require collar firmware 1 0 6 or higher Seconds of real time clock are now incr every second previous versions incr of 8 every 8s LED of LCD display will be switched off after 30 seconds after key was pressed Automatic power down mode after 900 seconds implemented Additional information on the LCD display about maximum number of datasets during receiving activity or GPS datasets Optimise the RF sensitive Time and date of collar can now be adjusted via wireless link All changes for additional GPS mode 2 8 and 9 implemented Support an optimised mode for the collars for a wireless wakeup Support now 1200 2400 3600 and 4800 Bit s downlink and autobauding on the wire less link For 4800 baud and above the internal 60 kHz IF filter will be used not the external 455 kHz filter Add additional general beacon command for all collars Add upload of small GPS scheduler Add upload of UHF beacon scheduler Add upload of VHF beacon scheduler Implement Range Ch
46. he Handheld Terminal switch on the built in GPS receiver and the screen shown in Figure 49 left will appear You can now select if the Handheld Ter minal shall calculate the distance range as 2D or 3D value After the selection press F2 or F3 the screen shown in Figure 49 right will appear When the GPS receiver receives enough satellites the display will switch automatically to the range checker screen Figure 50 The Handheld will now calculate the current distance and direction to the last valid collar position The ATime means the time difference between the last valid position of the collar and the current time of the Handheld Terminal The format is hhh mm ss The distance to the collar will be calculated according the earth centre earth fix coordinates and is called Range on the display The resolution is one meter Depending on your previous selection the display shows the two dimensional calculation of the range 2D or the three dimensional calculation of the range 3D The direction is calculated in two axes according the horizon system The horizontal direction is calculated as azimuth and the vertical direction is calculated as elevation The resolution of both values is one degree Note Range Checker Mode and GPS Mode will only work outside buildings and with a clear view to the sky The GPS receiver will not work until it receives enough satellites Collar 01033 GPS Receiver is switched on F2 Use 2D Range Waiting for F
47. he message of Figure 61 will appear When no further data transmission is possible the message of Figure 62 will appear Press the key ENTER to go back to the download menu The error free received data are stored inside the Handheld Terminal After the reception of all data the message of Figure 56 will appear Press the key ENTER to go back to the download menu Note Previous downloaded activity and temperature data of this collar ID will NOT be overwritten Only new received data will be added to the stored data This saves transmission power because only not stored data must be transmitted When you have ERASED the data inside your collar you must also ERASE the data inside the Handheld Terminal Collar 01033 Request for Activity Data Figure 57 Request for Activity and Temperature Data This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 48 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld ur oases WECTRONIC Aerospace Collar 01033 Datasets from 001408 001495 0 Figure 58 Download of Activity and Temperature Data Collar 01033 USER INTERRUPT Press Key ENTER Figure 59 User interrupt automatical Press any key cancel Figure 60 Bit errors in received data This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohi
48. ian lines found on maps At different locations around the globe mag netic north and true north can differ by 25 degrees or more as shown in Figure 8 This dif ference is called the declination angle and can be determined from a lookup table based on the geographic location Figure 8 Declination Angle To Correct For True North The key to find an accurate compass heading or azimuth is a two step process 1 determine the horizontal components of the earth s magnetic field and 2 add or subtract the proper dec lination angle to correct for true north The correction Step 2 is not implemented into the Handheld Terminal to maintain compatibility with a standard compass This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 19 71 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld a No GP e Date moa VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 a 4 5 2 Pitch error Pitch error out of vertical axis will result in the heading calculations as shown in Figure 9 10 U EXE WANS A Heading degree Heading Error degree cn Figure 9 Heading errors due to pitch without tilt compensation Dip Angle 40 4 5 3 Nearby Ferrous Materials Another consideration for heading accuracy is the effects of nearby ferrous materials on the earth s magnetic field Since heading is based on the direction of the earth s horizontal field
49. igate with the keys SHIFT 8 or 8 SHIFT 2 or 2 SHIFT 6 or 6 and SHIFT 4 or 4 The Up and Down arrow above and below the bar graph will appear when previous or following collar ID s are available The small marker inside the bar graph indicates the scrolling position of the two markers left and right arrow in the collar list To select a collar for communication move the two markers with the cursor keys to the desired collar ID and press ENTER The selected collar is now valid for 2 minutes After every successful data transfer the time will be reset to 2 minutes again The collar will switch off the radio automatically when no further command is received within a period of 2 minutes When the interval between two wireless commands was longer than 2 minutes the Terminal shows a message like in Figure 24 after trying to have access to the collar To get new access to the collar you need to This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 30 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld a No GP E s Dae 0404203 VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt wake up the collar again see section 5 1 1 Search for Collar F1 You will then go back by pressing the key ENTER several times until you are in the Collar Communication Menu When you have selected the collar ID 00000 the display shown in Figure 25 will appear Co S C no
50. ion to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project Doc No Date 7 4 7 5 7 6 7 7 7 8 7 9 7 10 7 11 7 12 GPS Plus Handheld osoazvea WECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt 2 aoe canara ates ee E ERR 70 WS Atl 24 202 saisianssizsscasuseuanearubiule aeintaiannbtedsad eidevaawiyihintadudeeduisnlasasamuessmmunddinn 70 V094 May 2 DOOD scccccinetcukciothecantnsiivelaubiih dusts E EE AE 70 V L00 August 14 2002 scorrette rens naarn Ea En E Aaa Eaa Eiai 70 VOL October O12002 srini eT te S 70 V102 O tob r 22 2002 isis cars sr bicdratanianeespiznsadseaieactanguisintstaniadaoadhsnuaseaeaiaaieles 70 V 1 1 0 November 02 2002 o ceccccccccccccsssssssscccccccsseessssssceccecsesesseesscecsesseesuueusgceseeees 71 Vei January 03 2003 sesan e E oeeeseewetedess wee 71 V L2 0Apil 04 2003 sieer tetesan r aa E n a etaa a Eai aoai 71 This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 5 71 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project ur aoa2003 WECTRONIC Aerospace GPS Plus Handheld List of figures Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 6 Figure 7 Figure 8 Figure 9 Figure 10 Figure 11 Figure 12 Figure 13 Figure 14 Figure 15 Figure 16 Figure 17 Figure 18 GPS PLUS Handheld terminal vise sesteocs sticks big ev sacbig ss weadaas tras Hac ts i ee peice
51. ion to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 56 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld e E Doc No GP HT004 ai T ur ao42003 VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt 5 2 2 Select Remove Collars ID To select a collar out of the 64 entry list Figure 70 or to remove it press key F2 in the collar registration menu The screen of Figure 73 will appear All previous selected collars max 16 or 32 collars which were registered before with the GPS PLUS software max 64 collars are now shown inverted on the display white numbers on black background Not selected col lars which were registered before with the GPS PLUS software are shown non inverted black numbers on white background You can scroll down up left and right in this 64 entry list To scroll down press the keys SHIFT 2 or 2 to scroll up press the keys SHIFT 8 or 8 to scroll left press the keys SHIFT 4 or 4 and to scroll right press the keys SHIFT 6 or 6 The Up and Down arrow above and below the bar graph will appear when previous or follow ing collar ID s are available The small marker inside the bar graph indicates the scrolling position of the list Already selected collars are shown inverted not selected collars are shown non inverted To select a new collar from this max 64 collar list go to your desired non inverted collar ID with the two markers left and right arrow and press the key Immediately after you have pressed the key the collar ID
52. l be used to calculate and display azimuth and elevation direction and the distance with an accuracy of some meters to your collar The communication range is dependent on the receiver antenna gain the humidity the kind and density of the vegetation the height above the ground of both the transmitter and the re ceiving system the topography and the configuration between transmitting and receiving an tenna For that reasons the range can vary from several hundred meters to several kilometre Under normal conditions the range is several kilometres with a small handheld yagi antenna This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 8 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld Doc No GP HT004 Date 04 04 2003 1 Specifications Size Weight Keyboard Display Memory capacity Battery Charging time Operating time with charged battery External Power Supply Interface Ingress protection GPS Receiver UHF frequency range Output power Modulation Antenna impedance Compass module Resolution Range Max Exposed Field Operating temperature Storage temperature VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt 204 x 110 x 41 mm without UHF antenna connector 550 g 21 keys membrane keypad 128 x 64 Pixel Matrix display with LED background illumi nation 64 MByte standard data storage of 16 collars 1
53. le length 1 5 m Coax cable length 2 m Antenna mast length from 3 15 m USB cable LM1 Link Manager This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 10 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld Dae o4oazo0s VECTRONIC Aerospace Date 3 Controls amp Connectors UHF Antenna Hidden GPS Antenna xs Ka k F HUODDANE JEJE A iis d DoE a Base cap with power and interface connectors Figure 1 GPS PLUS Handheld terminal This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 11 71 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld BE aoa2003 WECTRONIC Aerospace Battery charge connector USB connector Serial communication connector Figure 2 GPS PLUS Handheld terminal with removed base cap This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 12 71 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld Date 04042003 MECTRONIC Aerospace 3 1 Removing of the base cap Press both snap locks at the same time and remove the base cap from the main housing see Figure 3 Figure 3 Location of the snap locks to re
54. move the base cap Behind the base caps you will find connectors to recharge the internal battery the serial communication and USB connector and a LED which indicates the charge status Warning Do not use the handheld without the base cap in humid areas Moisture can destroy the electronic components inside the hand held terminal This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 13 71 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld e E pate 0404203 VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt 4 Operations The Handheld Terminal is switched on when the key START is pressed briefly At any time you can interrupt the software by pressing the START key When nothing happens after pressing the key START the battery is completely discharge Connect a power supply of 12 Volt DC 800 mA to the Battery Charge Connector until the battery is fully charged During charging you should avoid to switch on the Handheld Termi nal because the charge current will be reduced or switched off when the Handheld Terminal is switched on To save power the LED background illumination will be switched off automatically 30 sec onds after a key has been pressed When a key is pressed the background illumination will be switched on automatically for further 30 seconds Press the key SHIFT to switch on the LED again without interrupt the program Ten minutes after the last c
55. n no successful communication was possible a screen like in Figure 33 will appear Collar 01033 Request for Telemetry Figure 42 Request for Telemetry This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 40 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld e E No GQP A a Date ganna VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt Figure 44 No contact with collar After a valid telemetry set was received the Handheld Terminal shows the information in several display pages You can continue from one page to another by pressing the key ENTER The First screen contains the UTC time and date of the collar the voltage of the main and backup battery and the current temperature of the collar Figure 45 Key ENTER Figure 45 First Display Page of the Collar Telemetry Set This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 41 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld e E pate 0404203 VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt Figure 46 Second Display Page of the Collar Telemetry Set The second screen contains information about the UHF beacon frequency and the time and date of the next GPS fix Figure 46 The third screen shows the number of stored GPS data sets and the number of stored Activity and Temperature datasets
56. nce on the heading will be a distortion of the circle shown in Figure 10 Magnetic distortions can be categorised as two types hard iron and soft iron ef fects Hard iron distortions arise from permanent magnets and magnetised iron or steel on the compass platform These distortions will remain constant and in a fixed location relative to the compass for all heading orientations Hard iron effects add a constant magnitude field component along each axes of the sensor output This appears as a shift in the origin of the circle equal to the hard iron disturbance in the Xh and Yh axis see Figure 11 The effect of the hard iron distortion on the heading is a one cycle error and is shown in Figure 12 To compensate for hard iron distortion the offset in the centre of the circle must be determined This is done by rotating the compass and Handheld Terminal in a circle and measures enough points on the circle to determine this offset Once found the X Y offset will be stored in This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 21 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld Er oloasoet VECTRONIC Aerospace memory and subtracted from every reading The net result will be to eliminate the hard iron disturbance from the heading calculation as if it were not present The soft iron distortion arises from the interaction of the earth
57. ng Memory Display Bank left and Bank1 and Bank2 right After finishing the memory test press the key ENTER to go to the main menu Figure 20 The following menu structure is straightforward and divided into several independent sub tasks Figure 20 Main Menu Display This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 28 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld e E Doc No GP HT004 ari T ur aoa2003 WECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt 5 1 Collar Communication F1 Collar Comm Press key FZ to go to the collar communication menu from main menu Figure 21 This is the Collar Communication Menu You can select Collar ID s up and download data switch on the UHF beacon transmitter on demand and upload schedules and or the collar time Fl Search for ollars F e C F 0 C F H C 5 U A U e t Figure 21 Collar Communication Menu The collar will be switched on every 32 seconds for 200 ms During this short period the Handheld Terminal must transmit a wakeup code to the collar Conditional on possible time differences between collar and Handheld Terminal the Terminal must transmit a wakeup code much longer than 200 ms 5 1 1 Search for Collar F1 To establish a radio link between Terminal and Collar the Terminal transmits 40 seconds wakeup code and receives than the collar ID s serial number of th
58. o Collar F9 Tx VHF Beacon Schedule To upload a VHF beacon schedule from the Handheld Terminal to the Collar you need first to upload the schedule from the PC via the serial or the USB interface into the Handheld Ter minal see GPS PLUS software manual Once you have uploaded a schedule in the terminal for a collar ID this schedule is valid until you erased the collar data into the Handheld Termi nal or until you overwrite this schedule The schedule will not be erased after a successful upload to the collar To start the VHF beacon schedule upload process press the key F9 SHIFT F4 When no valid schedule is stored inside the Handheld Terminal for the specified collar the screen of Figure 34 will appear When a valid schedule for this collar ID is stored inside the Handheld Terminal the upload process starts automatically The VHF beacon schedule will be transmitted in two packets When a bit error during transmission will occur the data will be sent again several times When no successful communication was possible the screen like in Figure 33 will appear During upload of the two data packets the screens of Figure 39 will appear in succession Af ter the transmission was successfully finished the screen of Figure 40 will be shown and the collar will calculate the next VHF beacon event When you press the key ENTER the Handheld Terminal will go back to the Upload Menu Transmitting 0 50 50 100 Figure 39 Upload VHF schedule
59. ommunication USB SCI wireless or after the last key has been pressed the Handheld Terminal displays a shutdown menu with a down counter Figure 4 After five further minutes the Handheld Terminal will be switched off automatically The Handheld Terminal can be switched off directly as well via the main menu with the key F10 SHIFT F5 After switched on the Handheld Terminal the non volatile memory will be checked The Handheld Terminal is available with 64 Mbyte Memory Bank 1 and with 128 Mbyte Mem ory Bank 1 2 on board memory Up to 16 Collars can be controlled with 64 Mbyte mem ory The memory expansion to 128 Mbyte will increase the possibility to control up to 32 collars at the same time Press the Key ENTER to reach the main menu The software will be explained in chapter 5 The Terminal will shut down in 206 seconds Press akey to abort Figure 4 Shut down display 4 1 Extending Battery Lifetime How long the battery last between charges depends largely on your operation habits The Handheld Terminal supports several ways to save power automatically and extend the life of This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 14 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld i Doc No GP HT004 e B Date 04 04 2003 VECTRONIC Aerospace i gt each charge To switch off the Handheld Terminal before i
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63. sion error during data download will occur the message of Figure 60 will appear and the data will be automatically requested again automatically When no answer from collar will be received the message of Figure 61 will appear When no further data transmission is possible the message of Figure 62 will appear Press the key ENTER to go back to the download menu The error free received data are stored inside the Handheld Ter minal After the reception of all data the message of Figure 56 will appear Press the key ENTER to go back to the download menu Note Previous downloaded GPS data of this collar ID will NOT be over written Only new received data will be added to the stored data This saves transmission power because only not stored data must be transmitted When you have ERASED the data inside your collar you must also ERASE the data inside the Handheld Terminal This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 5 1 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld e E No GQP A a Date moa WVECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt Figure 64 Select GPS data download mode Collar 01033 Request for GPS Data Figure 65 Request for GPS Data Collar 01033 Collars 01033 Datasets from Datasets from 003008 003023 003006 003011 Figure 66 Download of GPS Data left solved GPS data right differential GPS data
64. sses The key words here are parallel to the earth s surface and magnetic north Figure 7 Earth s Magnetic Field vs True North This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 18 71 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld Dats gt 04042003 VECTRONIC Aerospace E The earth s magnetic field can be approximated with the dipole model shown in Figure 7 This figure illustrates that the earth s field points down toward north in the northern hemi sphere is horizontal and pointing north at the equator and point up toward north in the south ern hemisphere In all cases the direction of the earth s field is always pointing to magnetic north The components which are parallel to the earth s surface are used to determine com pass direction The angle of the magnetic field to the surface of the earth is called the dip or inclination angle In the northern hemisphere the dip angle is roughly 70 down towards north Only the X and Y components of the earth s field are used when determining the azi muth or compass direction The vertical portion of the earth s magnetic field is ignored The term magnetic north refers to the earth s magnetic pole position and differs from true or geographic north by about 11 5 degrees True north is at the earth s rotational axis and is ref erenced by the merid
65. t be erased after a successful upload to the collar To start the UHF beacon schedule upload process press the key F8 SHIFT F3 When no valid schedule is stored inside the Handheld Terminal for the specified collar the screen of Figure 34 will appear When a valid schedule for this collar ID is stored inside the Handheld Terminal the upload process starts automatically The UHF beacon schedule will be transmitted in two packets When a bit error during transmission will occur the data will be sent again several times When no successful communication was possible the screen like in Figure 33 will appear During upload of the two data packets the screens of Figure 37 will appear in succession Af ter the transmission was successfully finished the screen of Figure 38 will be shown and the collar will calculate the next UHF beacon event When you press the key ENTER the Handheld Terminal will go back to the Upload Menu Transmitting 0 50 50 100 Figure 37 Upload UHF schedule Collar 01033 Press Key ENTER Figure 38 Acknowledgement of successful UHF schedule transmission This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 38 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Pj Project GPS Plus Handheld fis Doc No GP HT004 ti T Date 04 04 2003 VECTRONIC Aerospace 4p 5 1 2 1 5 Upload VHF Beacon Schedule from Handheld Terminal t
66. t will shut down automatically will reduced the power consumption in addition 4 2 Battery charging Connect a power supply of 12 Volt DC 800 mA to the Battery Charge Connector until the battery is fully charged During charging you should avoid to switch on the Handheld Termi nal because the charge current will be reduced or switched off when the Handheld Terminal is switched on The GPS PLUS Handheld Terminal includes a state machine that controls the charging algo rithm for the Li Ion accumulator When power is applied the state machine goes into the reset state where the timers are reset to zero to prepare for charging From the reset state it enters the prequalification state In this state 1 10 of the fast charge current charges the accumula tor and the accumulator voltage is measured If the voltage is above the under voltage thresh old it will enter the fast charge state If the accumulator voltage does not rise above the under voltage threshold before the prequalification timer expires 45 minutes the charging termi nates and the Charge LED is switched red In the fast charge state the Charge LED is switched yellow and the accumulator charges with a constant current of about 1A If the accumulator voltage reaches the voltage limit before the fast charge timer expires 9 hours the Handheld Terminal enters the full charge state If the fast charge timer expires before the voltage limit is reached charging terminates and the Charge
67. the SCI interface do the following steps 1 Switch on the Handheld Terminal by pressing the key START When nothing is dis played on the LCD screen recharge first the battery 2 Connect the Link Manager to the PC with a standard RS 232 cable between the RS 232 connector of the Link manager and one of the PC s COM ports Figure 5 3 Connect the Handheld Terminal with the special link cable to the Collar interface con nector of the Link Manager Figure 5 4 Start the GPS_PLUS EXE software on the connected PC and chose the correct com port to upload or download data or to reprogram new firmware f LM1 Link SCI Manager JL A e J 1 oo i Pacer o O on r Handheld External Power Terminal optional PC or Laptop Figure 5 SCI connection between Handheld Terminal and the PC Laptop This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 16 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld tees Date 0404203 WECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt 4 4 Connecting to USB To exchange data between the Handheld Terminal and the PC or Laptop via the USB inter face do the following steps 1 Switch on the Handheld Terminal by pressing the key START When nothing is displayed on the LCD screen recharge first the battery 2 Connect the Handhel
68. the horizontal field components For that reason there will be an uncompensated heading error with tilt The hard and soft iron distortions can vary from location to location within the same Handheld Terminal It is possible to use a compass without any calibration if the need is only for repeatability and not accuracy eee i Figure 15 Place the Handheld Terminal on an iron free table during compass calibration This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 24 71 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld Doc No GP HT Date 04042003 WECTRONIC Aerospace Figure 16 Rotate the Handheld Terminal slowly to calibrate the compass This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 25 71 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld e E Date 0404203 VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt 4 6 True North GPS Compass In addition to the magnetic compass module the Handheld Terminal has the possibility to cal culate the direction with the built in 12 channel GPS receiver In contrast to the magnetic compass the GPS compass can calculate the True North direction Switch on the Handheld Terminal and press the Key F4 to go to the Compass Menu and F2 to start the GPS compass Conditional on the technology the comp
69. the magnetic sensor must be able to measure this field without influence from other nearby magnetic sources or disturbances The amount of disturbance depends on the material content of the platform and connectors as well as ferrous objects moving near the compass When a ferrous object is placed in a uniform magnetic field it will create disturbances This object could be a steel bolt or bracket near the compass or an iron door latch close to the compass The net result is a characteristic distortion or anomaly to the earth s magnetic field that is unique to the shape of the object Before looking at the effects of nearby magnetic distur bances it is beneficial to observe an ideal output curve with no disturbances When a two axis magnetic sensor is rotated in the horizontal plane the output plot will form a circle centred at This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 20 71 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld i No GP E Date moa VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt J the 0 0 origin see Figure 10 If a heading is calculated at each point on the circle the result will be a linear sweep from 0 to 360 Yh Magnetic Field mgauss Xh Magnetic Field mgauss Figure 10 Magnetic sensor outputs X Y rotated horizontally in the earth s field with no distur bances The effect of a magnetic disturba
70. tion of the Handheld Terminal cccecccsscesseesseesseeseesecesecesecesecnsecnsecaeeasecaeeeseeessennees 15 This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 7 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld e E Doc No GP HT004 ai T Dae 0404203 VECTRONIC Aerospace 4 gt Introduction The GPS Plus Handheld Terminal provides the wireless radio interface between a PC and the GPS Plus collar It is used to download GPS datasets from the GPS PLUS collar standard or differential datasets download high resolution activity and temperature datasets from the GPS PLUS collar download mortality datasets from the GPS PLUS collar download telemetry status information from the GPS PLUS collar upload UTC time and date to the GPS PLUS collar upload new GPS scheduler to the GPS PLUS collar upload new UHF beacon scheduler to the GPS PLUS collar upload new VHF beacon scheduler to the GPS PLUS collar activate the powerful UHF beacon in the field A built in 12 channel GPS receiver gives you important information about your position in the field With the assistance of an integrated electronic compass and the internal GPS receiver it is now very easy to find the tracked animal The Range Checker Mode opens unbeatable support in finding the direction and distance to the collar The GPS and compass information wil
71. uplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 46 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Pj Project GPS Plus Handheld ee Doc No GP HT004 ej gt Date 04 04 2008 VECTRONIC Aerospace 4p 5 1 2 2 4 Download Mortality Data from Collar to Handheld Terminal F7 Rec Mortality When you are in the download menu press key F7 SHIFT F2 to download the mortality information from the collar Downloading of mortality is always possible even when this option is not enabled When the data is downloaded from the Handheld Terminal to the PC the PC software GPS PLUS will check if you have access to this data After you have pressed the key F7 SHIFT F2 the screen of Figure 55 will appear When no errors occur during data transmission the screen of Figure 56 will then shown When transmission errors were detected the message of Figure 43 will appear and when the Hand held Terminal receives no data the message of Figure 44 will appear In both cases the Hand held Terminal will automatically request new data from the collar When several attempts to get data were failed the message of Figure 33 will appear Previous downloaded mortality data of this collar will be overwritten inside the Handheld Terminal It is not necessary to de lete the data before downloading it from the collar Finally press the key ENTER to go back to the download menu Collar 01033 Request for Mortality Data Figure 55 Request for Mortalit
72. y Data Collar 01033 All data are Saved Press Key ENTER Figure 56 All mortality data are stored This design is the property of VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH Unauthorised duplication or distribution to a third party is prohibited VECTRONIC Aerospace 47 7 1 GPS Plus Handheld V1_3 doc Project GPS Plus Handheld ee Doc No GP HT004 ej gt Date 04 04 2008 VECTRONIC Aerospace 4p 5 1 2 2 5 Download Activity and Temperature Data from Collar to Handheld Terminal F8 Rec Act Data When you are in the download menu press key F8 SHIFT F3 to download the activity and temperature information from the collar Downloading of activity and temperature is always possible even when this option is not enabled When the data is downloaded from the Hand held Terminal to the PC the PC software GPS PLUS will check if you have access to this data After you have pressed the key F8 SHIFT F3 the screen of Figure 57 will appear The Handheld Terminal receives first telemetry data to calculate how much datasets will be re ceived After that the download process of activity and temperature data starts automatically Figure 58 You can interrupt this process when you press a key not the SHIFT key until the message of Figure 59 will appear When a transmission error during data download will occur the message of Figure 60 will appear and the data will be automatically requested again automatically When no answer from collar will be received t
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