CHC i80 GNSS User manual

CHC® i80 GNSS Receiver
Quick Tour with LandStar 7
(UHF Rover Mode)

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1.Prerequisites
Hardware: CHC i80 Kit, Controller Kit, UHF Bar
Antenna (450-470 MHz), Lithium Battery, pole
Software: LandStar 7
2.Steps to set i80 working as
rover in Internal UHF mode with
LandStar 7
2.1 Rover installation
Fix the bar antenna onto the antenna port,
screw the rover receiver on the pole, and
put the Controller adapter in the right
place.
Note: The recommend firmware version of
i80 is 1.3.42 or higher. If not, please contact
local dealer or CHC Support for latest
firmware.
2.2 Rover setting in LandStar 7
1. Power on the receiver
Long press the i80 power button until the
green and blue LED lights are on.
2. Launch the LandStar 7 software
3. Click [Projects] icon in [Project] menu to
create or open a project.

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4. Click [New] to create a new project.
5. Please type in the project name, the
author of the project, which can be left blank,
the time zone of working region.
Then select the [Coordinate System] to
choose the coordinate system of the project.
In the CRS selection menu, please click [Add]
button to add pre-define coordinate system in
the list.
Select the Continent and Region according to
working area, then find proper Coordinate
System to use.
After select Coordinate System, please click
[Select] button to confirm.
Then selected coordinate system is available
in the pre-define list, please click [Select]
button to confirm.

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After that, user can confirm parameters of
coordinate system.
Please click [Accept] button to finish the
coordinate system selecting.
6. Click [OK] button to finish the project
setting.
7. Click [Config] tab then click [Connect]
icon to enter the connection interface.

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8. i80 receiver supports two kinds of
connection method in LandStar 7: Bluetooth
and WiFi. Please select the proper one to
connect.
Bluetooth connection
(1) Select [Manufacturer] as CHC, [Device
Type] as i80, [Connection Type] as Bluetooth,
[Antenna Type] as i80. Then click the
bluetooth icon on the right side to select the
bluetooth device.
(2) Please click [Bluetooth Manager] to
search bluetooth device around.
If there are several paired bluetooth devices ,
users can directly select them in list.
(3) Switch on the Bluetooth module by the
top switch, click [Search for devices] to search
the bluetooth device around. Then select the
target device in the list.

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(4) Please click [Pair] to connect the
bluetooth device.
(5) Then the device can be selected in the
bluetooth manager list.
(6) Click [Connect] button to build the
connection.

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WiFi connection
(1) Select [Manufacturer] as CHC, [Device
Type] as i80, [Connection Type] as WiFi,
[Antenna Type] as i80. Then click the Wireless
Lan icon on the right side to select the
hot-spot.
(2) Switch on the WiFi module by the top
switch, click refresh button to search the hot
spot around. Then select the target device in
the list.
(3) Please click [Connect] to link to the hot
spot.
If the first time connection to this hot spot,
user may type in the password and the the
default password of i80 WiFi is 12345678.

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(4) Then click the [Connect] button to build
the connection.
9. Click [Config]-[Work Mode] to create or
accept a work mode.
10. Click [New] button to create a work
mode.
11. Please select the work mode as Auto
Rover, Datalink as Radio, Datalink as Radio
then LandStar 7 will read receiver’s available
UHF parameters automatically. Set protocol as

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Transparent, Step Value as 25KHz.
Set the channel 5.
Note: Please keep base and rover in the
same protocol and frequency or rover cannot
get the correction from base.
Other radio parameters can be set according
to the work condition.
After setting, please click [Save] button to
save the work mode.
12. A name is necessary for a work mode,
user can type in the name as their wish.
13. Now, the work mode is available in the
list. Please select the work mode then click
[Accept] button.

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14. Then the green LED will flash and the
states will come into [Fix], which means the
rover is getting the correction data from base.
15. Please click the [Survey]-[Map] to start
the survey job.
16. Please click the Survey button to collect
the points.