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GRX1 Utility Manual - 1
GRX1 Utility Manual - 1
2EFERENCE -ANUAL
GRX Utility
Reference Manual
December, 2009
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TOC
Table of Contents
Preface .................................................................... v
Terms and Conditions .......................................................... v
Manual Conventions ............................................................ viii
Chapter 1
Getting Started ....................................................... 1-1
Starting GRX Utility ............................................................ 1-1
Main Window ...................................................................... 1-2
The Menu Bar ............................................................... 1-2
The Tool Bar ................................................................. 1-3
The Status Bar ............................................................... 1-3
Application Modes ............................................................... 1-3
About GRX Utility .............................................................. 1-4
Setup .................................................................................... 1-6
General Settings ............................................................ 1-7
Modems Detection ........................................................ 1-7
Exiting the Program ............................................................. 1-8
Chapter 2
Connection .............................................................. 2-1
Connection Parameters ........................................................ 2-2
Detecting Hardware ............................................................. 2-4
Disconnecting Auto Detection ............................................. 2-5
Chapter 3
Simple Terminal ...................................................... 3-1
Terminal ............................................................................... 3-2
Firmware .............................................................................. 3-5
Chapter 4
Receiver Managing ................................................. 4-1
Terminal ............................................................................... 4-3
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Chapter 5
Modem Managing ................................................... 5-1
Terminal .............................................................................. 5-2
Settings ................................................................................ 5-2
General Information ...................................................... 5-2
Modem Settings ............................................................ 5-3
Modem Functions ......................................................... 5-3
Preface
Thank you for purchasing this Sokkia product. The materials
available in this Manual (the “Manual”) have been prepared by
Sokkia for owners of Sokkia products, and are designed to assist
owners with the use of the receiver and its use is subject to these
terms and conditions (the “Terms and Conditions”).
P/N 7010-0980 v
Preface
Manual Conventions
This manual uses the following conventions:
Example Description
Getting Started
GRX Utility (the Application) is a hardware configuration software
for Sokkia GRX receivers available for installation on desktop
computers and hand-held controllers.
This manual describes Mobile version 2.0 of the software.
The Application is primarily designed for advanced users who need
to configure the GRX receiver hardware, or peripheral devices
(internal, and external modems, Bluetooth boards, etc.).
The Application currently has three modes, Terminal, Receiver
Managing and Modem Managing.
Main Window
The GRX Utility main window consists of a menu bar, tool area, and
a status bar.
Application Modes
GRX Utility has three main modes:
• Simple Terminal – In this mode, the Application is used only as a
terminal. This mode is also used for firmware updating of
inoperative receivers. For details on this mode, see “Simple
Terminal” on page 3-1.
Setup
To change general-purpose parameters, select DeviceSetup from
the main menu.
The Setup dialog box contains two tabs, General and Modems.
General Settings
The General tab allows you to toggle between geodetic and Cartesian
coordinate systems (Figure 1-5).
Modems Detection
The Modems tab allows selecting mode to detect the modem.
After one of the methods above is used to begin closing the program,
GRX Utility will verify exiting. Tap Yes to exit the Application. Tap
No to return to the program.
Connection
To establish a connection to the device, select DeviceConnect
from the main menu (Figure 2-1).
Connection Parameters
The Connection Parameters dialog box displays different
parameters, depending on the current application mode (Figure 2-2).
• Port name – shows physical and friendly name for the port. The
Application remembers the last used transport, and the last
successful port/device name for every transport, so it is easy to
connect to the same device.
If there is a friendly name for the port/device, you will see both
the friendly and physical name. Otherwise, only the physical
name is displayed. Press the list button to choose a port from the
Select a Port dialog (Figure 2-3).
• Receiver Port – selects the port to perform connection through an
external receiver.
• Connect – press to choose a port. The Select a Port dialog box
displays.
The Select a Port dialog box also displays both friendly and
physical names (if available).
On the Select a Port dialog box, click and hold on either a Friendly or
Port name to either select that port or get device information
(Figure 2-4 on page 2-4) on that port.
Use the context menu to refresh the contents of the Select a Port
dialog box, and open the Device Info dialog box to view information
about the selected serial port or Bluetooth device.
The Device Info dialog box shows both the physical and friendly
names of the serial port or Bluetooth device. The Class of Device for
Bluetooth devices also displays.
Detecting Hardware
Pressing the Connect button on the Connection Parameters dialog
box (see Figure 2-2 on page 2-2) establishes a connection to the
device you selected.
When the Application is in Simple Terminal mode, it just opens the
port. The Application won’t either try to detect the hardware
connected to the port, or change the port settings.
When the Application is in Receiver Managing mode, it will attempt
to detect the device connected to the port.
The Application then closes the established connection and makes the
tool area inactive. The Application will not try to reconnect to the
device. You must choose an appropriate application mode and
Simple Terminal
In Simple Terminal mode, GRX Utility does not:
• detect a device
• adjust port settings
• send any data to the port
This mode is intended for advanced users. Everything is decided by
the user in this pure manual mode.
Simple Manual mode can be used for the following:
• when you want to connect to a device that GRX Utility doesn’t
support.
• when you need to export firmware files to an inoperative receiver
that cannot even be detected (e.g., if the previous firmware
update has not been completed, and the receiver cannot be
detected in Receiver Managing mode).
If you choose Simple Terminal mode, you will see the following
icons on the desktop (Figure 3-1):
Button Description
Terminal
Click the Terminal icon to open the Terminal dialog box
(Figure 3-2).
Main
View
Status
Bar
• Port Settings – opens the Port Settings dialog box to adjust port
settings (see Figure 3-5 on page 3-4).
Firmware
Normally firmware updating is performed in Receiver Managing
mode. However, if a receiver becomes inoperative, e.g., the previous
receiver firmware updating was not successful; only the Simple
Terminal mode will be available for use.
The firmware updating process in Simple Terminal mode is similar to
that described in Chapter 4, “Receiver Managing” on page 4-1. There
is only one difference: when in Simple Terminal mode, only the
Power ON capture method is available.
GRX Utility allows uploading firmware files to the GRX receiver
(GMSX board), internal modem and power board.
Receiver Managing
Receiver Managing mode is intended for configuring GRX receivers
and updating firmware of GRX1 receiver boards, internal modems,
power, and Bluetooth modules.
When in Receiver Managing mode, the Application tries to detect a
receiver at the time of connection. If there is no receiver, or if it
doesn’t respond, a connection cannot be established.
In Receiver Managing mode, you will see the following icons in the
tools area (Figure 4-1):
Icon Description
Updates firmware.
Configures a receiver.
Terminal
Click on the Terminal icon to use the same terminal dialog as
that shown in Simple Terminal mode (see Figure 3-2 on page 3-2).
There is only one difference between Simple Terminal and Receiver
Managing modes. While in Simple Terminal mode you have to
manually adjust port settings (for a serial cable connection). In
Receiver Managing mode the Application itself adjusts the port
settings automatically.
Information
Click on the Information icon to view receiver information. The
Receiver Info dialog box displays basic information about the
currently connected receiver (hardware and firmware versions, RAM
size, batteries condition, etc.):
Options
Click on the Options icon to manage receiver options. The Receiver
Options dialog box displays (Figure 4-3) that allows you to view the
current authorization options and upload new ones.
Upload OAF
After pressing the Upload OAF button from the Receiver Options
dialog box, you will be asked to enter the full path name of a file that
contains new authorization options for the receiver. select a desired
file and press OK on the Open dialog.
Then Upload OAF dialog displays information about the selected
OAF file (Figure 4-5 on page 4-6). Press the Folder icon to
select another OAF if needed.
GRX Utility initially checks to see if the file you selected is
compatible with the currently connected receiver. Press the Upload
the File to the Receiver button to start loading the file.
If you chose a file not intended for this receiver, the Application
displays an error icon next to the Receiver ID and disables the
Upload the File to the Receiver button (Figure 4-6).
After you press the Upload the File to the Receiver button, the
contents of the dialog box will change. It will show the options that
have been installed with the new OAF, and the progress bar
(Figure 4-7 on page 4-7).
Firmware
To upload firmware files to GRX receiver, press the Firmware icon.
The Upload Firmware dialog box displays (Figure 4-9 on page 4-9).
This dialog allows you to upload firmware files to the receiver that is
connected to the controller and has the following parameters:
Tools
The Tools icon opens the Send Command dialog box that allows you
to reset the receiver and to clear the NVRAM.
Receiver Settings
The Receiver Settings icon opens a submenu, which contains a set of
tools for receiver configuration.
Icon Description
Icon Description
Tracking
The Tracking icon opens the Tracking Options dialog, which
consists of three tabs: Antenna, Observation and Advanced.
The Antenna tab allows changing the following parameters (see
Figure 4-13 on page 4-15).
• Antenna – selects the antenna type used with the connected
receiver, either Internal, External, or Auto.
• Current Input – shows the antenna type currently used with the
connected receiver: either Internal or External.
Positioning
The Positioning icon opens the Positioning dialog, which consists of
two tabs: General and SBAS.
The General tab allows changing positioning mode, and enabling
solutions (see Figure 4-16 on page 4-17).
• Positioning Mode – selects a positioning mode for the receiver.
• Enable Solutions – selects the type of solution to use for Rover
receivers.
– Standalone: for a Rover receiver run in differential mode,
reports the current standalone position if a DGPS (or RTK)
position is unavailable in the current epoch.
– Code Differential (DGPS): for a Rover receiver run in RTK
Float or RTK Fixed mode unable to obtain an RTK solution
at the current epoch, outputs the current code differential
position. If enabled and Code Differential solution cannot be
obtained, enable Standalone to have the receiver output
single-point positions for the unavailable differential
positions. This mode requires the Base (Reference) receiver
to broadcast Code Differential (not RTK) messages and the
Rover receiver to receive these messages. If either of these
requirements is not met, enabling Code Differential will have
no effect.
NMEA Satellite
System Name USI
ID
Artemis 124 37
IOR-W 126 39
IOR-E 131 44
MTSAT-2 137 50
Ports
The Ports icon opens the Ports dialog, which includes the Serial tab.
The Serial tab allows changing parameters for configuring serial
ports available on the receiver (Figure 4-18).
• Port Name: selects specifies data the receiver’s serial ports (A, B,
C, and D) will transmit/receive.
• Input Mode: specifies the type of data to input on the selected
port.
– none: the port will reject any incoming data.
– cmd: the port is in command mode and will recognize user-
sent commands.
– echo: the port is in echo mode and will redirect all incoming
data to an output stream, either another port or the current log
file.
– rtcm: the receiver recognizes and decodes RTCM version
2.1, 2.2, and 2.3 messages accepted on the corresponding
port.
– rtcm3: the receiver recognizes and decodes RTCM version
3.0 messages accepted on the corresponding port.
– cmr: the port recognizes and decodes accepted CMR/CMR+
messages.
• Baud Rate, Stop Bits, Parity, Byte Size: set serial port parameters
for communication with an external device connected to this port.
– RTS/CTS: enables/disables hardware handshaking for the
port (if enabled, the external device must support this mode).
Power
The Power icon opens the Power dialog, which sets power output on
internal slots (see Figure 4-20 on page 4-22).
• Slots: governs power output to the receiver’s internal slots (the
slot name is shown below).
– y: when the receiver is on, the internal slot will receive power.
If the receiver is turned off, no power will be sent to the slots.
– n: the internal slot will not be powered, even if the receiver is
turned on.
– always: the internal slot will be powered even if the receiver
is turned off.
• Miscellaneous:
– Enable power up script: when selected, enables powering up
the receiver by a script file loaded into the receiver.
Auto Seed
The Auto Seed icon opens the Auto Seed dialog, which enables the
Auto-Seed functionality for the base receiver.
Auto-seed feature will provide users the ability to quickly setup and
begin RTK operations without using an external interface to localize
the base receiver. The user will simply set up over a mark and power
up. The base receiver will automatically select a new position
gathered by autonomous averaging and save it for later re-occupation.
If the point has been previously occupied and the receiver position
falls within proper tolerance, it will select a point from positions
stored in memory.
• Enable Auto Seed: when selected, enables the Auto-Seed
functionality.
• Maximum distance: tolerance for the distance from the previously
occupied point.
Point List
The Auto Seed, Point List contains information about all occupations
which stored in the receiver memory: names, date and time,
coordinates of phase center and/or antenna reference point, whether
the point was auto determined and protected from deleting.
Hold your stylus on a highlighted point line in the list to open a
context menu (Figure 4-22). This menu allows you to perform
various operations on the point list:
• Add New Point: opens a dialog to add a new point.
• Edit Point: opens a dialog to edit information on a point.
• Delete the point from the list: erases the selected point in the list if
it is not protected.
• Delete all the points: deletes all points except protected.
• Export the point list: opens a dialog to select a XML file to which
to export the point list.
• Import the point list: opens a dialog to select a XML file from
which to import a point list.
Volume Control
The Volume Control icon opens the Volume Control dialog, which
allows you adjust the volume level of the sounds on various receiver
operations.
Hold your stylus on the slider and drag it in the bar to the left or to the
right to turn the sound low or loud, respectively (Figure 4-25).
Bluetooth
The Bluetooth icon opens the Bluetooth dialog that allows changing
parameters of the receiver Bluetooth module and accessibility options
(Figure 4-26 on page 4-27):
• Name: editable user-friendly name of the receiver.
• PIN: editable PIN code of the receiver.
• Permanent Address and Firmware.
• Bluetooth Power: when selected, turns on the Bluetooth module
power.
Status
The Status icon opens the Status screen, which contains seven tabs:
Position, Data Link, SVs List, Sky Plot, Scatter Plot, Position in Time,
and Logging.
Position
The Position tab displays the following information:
• The current GPS date and time.
• Solution type (Standalone, DGPS, RTK Float, or RTK Fixed).
• WGS84 measured position of the antenna.
• PDOP value, a factor that depends solely upon satellite geometry,
and is proportional to the estimated position uncertainty.
• HRMS and VRMS values, the RMS (the square root of the trace
of position error covariance matrix) values of the horizontal and
vertical coordinates, respectively.
• The numbers of tracked satellites for each satellite system. Each
satellite system is marked in a certain color:
– GPS in green
– GLONASS in red
– SBAS in violet
Data Link
The Data Link page displays information about communication link
for receiving data from a reference station by the receiver (see
Figure 4-28).
SVs List
The SVs page displays the list of the satellites with satellites
parameters:
Sky Plot
The Sky Plot tab displays the graphic position of satellites on the sky.
Scatter Plot
The Scatter tab displays the receiver's trajectory/position in real time.
Use tool buttons in the lower part of the screen to customize the
graphic view. Table 4-5 explains these tool buttons.
Table 4-5. Tool Buttons of Scatter Plot
Button Description
Position in Time
The Position in Time tab displays graphs of the receiver's position in
real time.
Button Description
Logging
The Logging tab allows creating new log files and saving them in the
controller (Figure 4-36).
• File Path: full path to the file in which data will be logged. Use
the button to navigate.
• Raw Measurement, Elevation Mask: defines the minimum angle
at which the receiver will track satellites.
Logging Messages
The Logging Messages screen allows editing a list of messages being
logged into the file, and also parameters of a selected message. You
can add or remove messages or modify their scheduling parameters.
The receiver will keep the customized message set in the NVRAM
for further usage. Press and hold the left mouse button on the message
line. The pop-up menu appears that has the following options:
Flag Description
Out If the flag is selected, the first of the messages invoked by the
corresponding command will be output at the epoch closest to the
command execution time (whatever the specified "period" option).
Change If the flag is selected, the corresponding message will be output
only if the message data have changed.
Out On Add If this flag is set, then the (first) message will be output immediately
after executing the corresponding em or out command.
Notena The receiver uses this flag in order not to output the file header
every time you change the "period" value when recording data into
the log file.
Fix Per If these flags are selected, this disables the user to change the option
Fix Ph values (Period, Phase, Count, and Flags).
Fix Cnt
Fix Fl
5. Refresh: renews the list output messages with the last made
changes.
Site Configuration
The Site Configuration dialog allows editing site and antenna
parameters for data logging purposes.
• Site Name: the name of the jobsite.
• Description: additional information about the site.
• Antenna Parameters:
– Antenna Type: the type of antenna.
– Antenna Height, m: the height of the antenna in meters
measured from the survey marker to the measuring mark on
the antenna (either ARP or SHMM).
– Slant: if selected, indicates that the height of the antenna was
measured at a slant (to the slant height measurement mark -
SHMM).
When not selected, indicates a vertical measurement (to the
antenna reference point - ARP).
– Dynamics: select either Static or Dynamic to set the status of
the antenna; either fixed or moving, respectively.
File Explorer
The File Explorer icon opens the File Explorer screen, which
contains four tabs:
1. Files - to manage files (see “Files” on page 4-40).
2. Logs - to log current files (see “Logs” on page 4-43).
Files
The Files tab displays the list of raw data files stored in the receiver
memory. Along with the file names, this list contains the file sizes in
bytes, and date and time the files were recorded (Figure 4-41).
The Files tab allows managing files. Press and hold the left mouse
button on the file line. The pop-up menu will appear.
Logs
The Logs tab allows logging a current file (Figure 4-47):
• /cur/file/a: enter the name to assign it to the current log file.
• Pressing Start begins recording data into the file.
• Logging Messages: displays the list of messages outputting into
the current log files. For details, see “Logging” on page 4-35.
Modem Managing
Modem Managing mode is intended for configuring internal modems.
When in Modem Managing mode, the Application tries to detect a
modem at the time of connection. If there is no modem, or if it doesn't
respond, a connection cannot be established. In Modem Managing
mode, you will see the following icons in the tools area (Figure 5-1):
Icon Description
Terminal
The same terminal dialog displays as that shown in Simple Terminal
mode (see Figure 3-2 on page 3-2).
There is only one difference between Simple Terminal and Modem
Managing modes. While in Simple Terminal mode you have to
manually adjust port settings (for a serial cable connection). In
Modem Managing mode the Application itself adjusts the port
settings automatically.
Settings
The Settings icon opens the Settings property sheet, which consists of
three pages: General, Settings, and Functions.
A list of settings and functions depends upon the type of the modem
used.
General Information
The General page shows the modem model, and the product
identification information.
Modem Settings
The Settings page shows a list of settings of the modem (Figure 5-3
on page 5-3). Pressing the Refresh button renews the list.
Modem Functions
The Functions page allows invoking modem's functions.