CHC i80 GNSS Operator's manual

CHC® i80 GNSS Receiver
Quick Tour with SurvCE
(External Radio Base Mode)

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1.Prerequisites
Hardware: CHC i80 Base with internal radio
Kit, Controller Kit,Extension pole, Tribrach
with optical plummet, Auxiliary H.I. Tool, H.I.
Tape,Tribrach adaptor,tripod,Data link,Data
link cable,vehicle battery,whip antenna
Software: SurvCE version beyond 4.90.26
2.Steps to set i80 working as base
in external radio mode with
Survce
2.1 Base and data-link installation
1. Set up base on known point or unknown
point.
2. Set up the data link and whip antenna
nearby (around 3~5 meters).
3. Connect receiver and data link.
There are 3 slots on CHC Data link, connect
these 3 slots to Antenna (with 5 meter cable),
Battery (with Power Cable)and Base (with
GPS to Data link Cable) separately. And the
connection order should follow the figure
The red arrow first: Fix the Antenna to
Antenna slot
The blue arrow second: Fix the I/O cable
The yellow arrow at last: Fix the power cable
(Do not power on the data link now.)
4. Connect the data link to vehicle battery.
Note: the red cable to positive, the black
cable to negative.
5. Check all the connection is done then
power on the data link.
2.2 Base setting in SurvCE
1. Power on the receiver
Long press the i80 power button until the
green and blue LED lights are on.
2. Click on [start] and then SurvCE

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3. Click [Select New/Existing job]
4. Enter a job name and select a projection
5. Click on [Equip]→[2 GPS Base]
6. Click [Current] tab →select
[Manufacturer] in CHC→select [Model] in i80
7. Click [Comms] tab→select [Type] in
Bluetooth→select [BT Type] in Windows
Mobile and then click the icon

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8. After click the icon the follow
interface will show and click [Find Device] to
search BT device around
9. Click on the device that matches your
device serial number, then click the icon
10. Click on the icon to build up the
Bluetooth connection
11. Click [Receiver] tab to set the antenna
height info

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Note: if you want to measured the slant
height of i80,please refer to the follow
figure.
12. Click [RTK] tab and set device to [Cable
or Generic Device] and set the message type
then click icon
14. Click the icon to finish the work
mode set
15. Then the base coordinates need to be
set and there is two ways to set the
coordinates
A:From known position

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Users can use the former located points as
their base coordinates or input the known
points coordinates
B:From new position
Users can start base station at unknown point
by selecting [Read From GPS]
Set the points number need to be collected
then click the icon
After collecting,the interface will appear and
click [Yes] to start base
16. After start the base, the base file can be
saved or not

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17. Please check the green LED of i80
whether is flashing.
If so, it means the base configuration is
successfully.
2.3 Parameters setting in data link
Normally, we can do the Datalink Setting by
pressing the [up], [down] and [Output Switch]
button. [up] and [down] are used to select
frequency channels. Output switch button is
used to set output power, blue indicates Low,
red indicates high.
Up and Down button to set channel, Output
Switch Button to set transmitting power as
project need.
Note: P&F information is the most important,
the bigger the power, the longer distance it
will send, and do remember to record the
frequency channel you set here as it will be
used later when Rover setting.
Changel
up
down
Output switch
Transmission indicator