AKTRONIX BT GPS User manual
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BT GPS
User Manual
Rev 1.1a
Contents:
Sections:
1. Overview of BT GPS Receiver
a. Contents of Product.
b. Overview of GPS Receiver.
c. What the LEDs Mean.
d. Using your Receiver for the First Time.
2. Bluetooth Installation
a. Pocket PC
3. Testing Software Installation
a. VisualGPSCE (Pocket PC)
b. VisualGPS (PC)
4. Support
a. Finding your COM port
b. Contacting Support
c. Logging NMEA
5. Contacting Us
6. FAQ
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Section 1: Overview of BT GPS Receiver
a. Contents of Product:
Your product should come with the following items:
•GPS Receiver
•Li-Polymer Battery
•Charge Cable (USB to Power Jack)
•Cigarette adapter
•Power mains charger
•Power Adaptor
•Installation CD
b. Overview of the GPS Receiver
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c. What the LEDs Mean
LED Color Description
1 Red Static Red, GPS tracking has commenced
Red Flashing Red once a second, GPS Fix established
Orange Static Orange, Indicates that the unit is being charged
Green(1) Flashing Green, Low Battery
Green(2) Static Green, Fully Charged Battery
2 Blue(1) Flashing Blue, Signals Pairing
Blue(2) Flashing Blue once a second, Device Paired
Successfully
Blue(3) Flashing Blue once every 3 seconds, Device Failed
d. Using your Receiver for the First Time
After taking out your receiver from the packaging, please adhere to the following
procedures:
1. Install the battery in the receiver; this can be done by removing the back pane of
the receiver and inserting the battery correctly.
2. Ensure you fully charge the battery before prolonged use. This can be done by
charging the unit with the supplied power adaptor for 8 hours. To ensure that it is
charging, please check that LED1 is flashing orange. When charge is complete,
the LED then turns to a static green.
3. Turn on the unit by pressing the power button for 2 seconds.
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Section 2: Bluetooth Installation
a. Pocket PC 2002
In this manual, we will only demonstrate a Bluetooth installation on a Pocket PC 2002.
There are many different versions of the Bluetooth manager for pocket PC, however,
installation procedure differ slightly.
Note: This version of installation does not require pairing of the GPS unit, however if
need be, the PIN for this GPS unit is 0000.
Step 1: Step 2:
After turning on your pocket pc, if you
PDA is enabled with Bluetooth, you
should see the blue icon at the bottom.
Click the icon.
After doing so, a menu will pop up and
you should select Bluetooth Manager
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Step 3: Step 4:
When the manager opens, click search
as this will search for new Bluetooth
devices.
After finding it, you should tick the new
device and press save.
Step 5: Step 6:
After you have clicked on saved, you
can assign the device to any group you
would like.
After adding the device, your Bluetooth
unit should show up on the list. From
here, click on the device.
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Step 7: Step 8:
The manager would then read all the
functionality of the unit. After this, click
on actions at the bottom of the screen.
After this click ‘connect to SPP Slave’.
As mentioned earlier, you do not need to
pair the devices for the unit to function.
After this, you should see this screen
confirming that you GPS unit has been
successfully connected to your PDA.
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Section 3: Testing Software Installation
a. VisualGPSCE
Step 1: Step 2:
After synchronization with you PC, MS
Activesync should pop up as such on
your screen. From here click, File and
then click, Explore.
When the Explorer window has opened,
“copy and paste” the VisualGPSce from
the cd to your designated folder in your
window.
Step 3: Step 4:
Open up File explorer in your Pocket
PC and execute the file you have just
copied into.
The first screen you should see in the
one on the top. You should then click on
‘Connect’.
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Step 5: Step 6:
This menu should show, and then press
the Serial Port option. A screen should appear, fill in the
appropriate Port number. The baud rate
should be 9600bps. After you have done
this, press okay.
After you have done this, and you are in an open area, the program would start
communicating with your GPS receiver. If all is well, your GPS receiver is ready to
function!
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These are the four different tabs within the program.
Feature 1: Feature 2:
This pane shows you the Satelittes that
the GPS receiver is communicating
with.
This pane shows the position of each
satellite in view.
Feature 3: Feature 4
This pane shows you the speed, altitude,
vertical speed and it also has a compass. This pane shows you the compiled data
for your viewing pleasure.
If you would like to see the NMEA code, there is a feature in the program under the log
section. This would log the NMEA codes to a text file, either for future reference, or for
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b. VisualGPS
Step 1 Step 2
Assuming that you’ve executed the
program, click ‘I Agree’ and press ‘Next’ Proceed with a ‘Next’
Step 3: Step 4:
Select a destination in which you want to
install VisualGPS in. Select your destination of your shortcut.
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Step 5: Step 6:
All is prepared, proceed with a ‘Next’. After installation, please click ‘Finish’.
Step 7: Step 8:
After you have executed the program, go
to ‘Settings’ and then onto
‘Communication’.
Please select the Com Port as desired.
Baud rate should be 9600bps and
conclude with ‘OK’
For more support please contact us.
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Section 4: Support
a. Finding your COM Port
In Pocket PC 2002
Step 1: Step 2:
After you have connected you GPS
receiver. You should reach this screen.
Click on ‘tools’ and the menu option
should pop up. After that, click on
‘Settings for ????’.
You should reach this screen after you
clicked the settings button. Click on the
‘Serial Port’ tab. From here you can see
the COM port. Look at the outbound
COM Port, in this case my COM port is 8.
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b. Contacting Support:
It is sometimes very hard to diagnose a GPS receiver problem. As such, before you
contact us, we want you to try a simple test (we named it the LED blink test)
LED blink test:
1. Put your GPS receiver into at least 60% sight of the sky
2. Turn on the receiver and leave it there for a while (~8mins).
3. If the red LED start to blink (lights up once every second), chances are your
receiver to working perfectly.
However, there are some problems which are harder to resolve, if your receiver failed the
LED blink test, please include a log of your NMEA code in an email. Within the email
include this:
1. Item/Order Number
2. Name
3. Model of the device you are using with the receiver
4. Description of the problem
5. Log of NMEA code in a .txt file (~5 minutes worth of data)
For those who do not know what NMEA codes are or how to log them. Please read
further on. We have included how to log NMEA codes only on our two supported
software’s. In these examples, there is ‘fix’, however the method of logging is the same
without a fix.
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c. Logging NMEA
VisualGPSce (Pocket PC)
Step 1 Step 2
At the bottom taskbar, the log function is
located there. Click the ‘Start’ function
Step 3 Step 4
Name of the file and where you would
like too save the file to, and click ‘OK’ Leave it for 5mins, rolling numbers will
indicate logging is happening.
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Step 5 Step 6
When you have logged about 5 minutes
worth of data. Click ‘stop’ from the Log
menu, and you may quit the program.
Find the newly created file and attach it in
your email!
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VisualGPS – PC Step 1
This is where you begin with. You screen should look similar to this, depending of how
you make the program look, in this case, this is a tile layout with the 4 major screens.
Step 2
At the top of the menu, you should see ‘settings’ and under ‘settings’ there should be
four options, click ‘communications’
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Step 3
When the popup appears, check the box which is next to ‘Enable Logging’ and click the
other box which is labeled ‘…’
Step 4
A save box should popup. Name the text file as well as save it in your designated/chosen
directory, after this click ‘save’, this will start logging.
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Step 5
After you have finished logging (~5mins wait), repeat steps 1 and 2. This time, uncheck
the box which is next to ‘Enable Logging’
Step 6
Find the file that you have logged into your chosen directory. Include the log in the
email! This is a sample NMEA code.
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Section 5: Contacting us
We endeavor to provide the best possible service to our customers, as such please contact
us when you have a query or a problem. We will try to return your query as soon as
possible.
For sales, re-sale, distributorship, OEM or bulk purchases –
Please contact:
For website/eshop queries/problems –
Please contact:
For technical or support queries/problems –
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