User manual TRIMBLE GPS PATHFINDER PROXRT RECEIVER 4.15 RELEASE NOTES REV B

[. . . ] RELEASE NOTES GPS Pathfinder® ProXRT Receiver Firmware Introduction New Features and Changes Known issues Upgrading to the 4. 15 firmware version Documentation Version 4. 15 Revision B October 2010 F Trimble Navigation Limited 10355 Westmoor Drive Suite #100 Westminster, CO 80021 USA www. trimble. com Legal Notices For a complete list of all relevant legal notices regarding this product, please refer to the GPS Pathfinder ProXRT Receiver User Guide. Trimble, the Globe & Triangle logo, and GPS Pathfinder are trademarks of Trimble Navigation Limited, registered in the United States and in other countries. [. . . ] In this environment, firmware 4. 15 performs better than version 3. 72. ­ ­ To download and install the new firmware version, see Upgrading to the 4. 15 firmware version below. NMEA The following changes are available to customers who have also purchased the NMEA option: · NMEA GGA output now uses a Beacon Reference Station ID. The Reference Station ID is available in all the RTCM message headers. GPS Pathfinder ProXRT Receiver Firmware Release Notes 3 The ProXRT firmware used the Station ID in the NMEA GGA message, which referred to the Beacon site. It now uses the Reference Station ID, which refers to the GPS receiver generating the corrections. · Reference Station ID has been added below the Station Name in the web interface. An issue which occasionally caused a NMEA GGA output to contain the wrong Quality Indicator when it was generating an OmniSTAR HP position solution has been fixed. Part of the fix was contained in the HP 5. 14 firmware, which is included in this update. · OmniSTAR · This release includes the following OmniSTAR library versions: ­ ­ HP/XP Firmware Version is HP 5. 14 VBS Firmware Version is VBS 2. 09a · A greater margin has been added to prevent the position solution switching between OmniSTAR HP and VBS and back again. Known issues · When activating an OmniSTAR subscription on the GPS Pathfinder ProXRT receiver series using the Terrasync software (Setup / Real-time Settings / Integrated OmniSTAR), Trimble normally recommends that you set the Service to the service you are trying to activate, for example HP+G2. Currently, for the HP service only, Trimble recommends that you set this to Auto for OmniSTAR subscription activation. Upgrading to the 4. 15 firmware version This section describes how to upgrade your GPS Pathfinder ProXRT receiver to the 4. 15 firmware version. Go to the Support page of the Trimble website (www. trimble. com/support. shtml). Click v4. 15 - GPS Pathfinder ProXRT Series, GPS Firmware to download the upgrade file. Click Save to save the upgrade file to your desktop. 4 GPS Pathfinder ProXRT Receiver Firmware Release Notes 2. Connect the receiver to an office computer: a. Connect the ProXRT receiver to the power supply provided with the receiver. Using the yellow Lemo cable provided with the receiver, connect the DE-9 connector to the COM port on the office computer and the Lemo connector to the ProXRT receiver. 3. Upgrade the firmware: a. On the office computer, browse to the location where you saved the WinFlash file, and double-click to install the utility. [. . . ] The Trimble website has FAQs and support notes covering technical issues. To view or download these documents, visit the Trimble website at www. trimble. com/pathfinderproxrt. shtml and click the Support link. 8 GPS Pathfinder ProXRT Receiver Firmware Release Notes [. . . ]