Geneq F90 User manual

GENEQ F90 GNSS Receiver
GENEQ F90 GNSS Receiver
User Manual

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5.2.3 Satellites...................................................................................................................................................................23
5.2.4 Information ..............................................................................................................................................................23
5.3 Settings ................................................................................................................................................................................24
5.3.1 Working mode .......................................................................................................................................................24
5.3.2 Satellites setting....................................................................................................................................................28
5.3.3 Device conguration............................................................................................................................................28
5.3.4 NMEA message.....................................................................................................................................................29
5.3.5 View logs and conguration set......................................................................................................................30
5.4 Download data ..................................................................................................................................................................31
5.4.1 Raw data..................................................................................................................................................................31
5.4.2 Backup data............................................................................................................................................................32
5.5 Management ......................................................................................................................................................................32
6 Frequently Use Functions....................................................................................... 33
6.1 Device registration............................................................................................................................................................33
6.2 Download static data and Rinex change .................................................................................................................34
6.3 Upgrade rmware ............................................................................................................................................................34
6.4 Restore factory settings .................................................................................................................................................35
7 Technical Parameters............................................................................................... 36
Contents
1 Introduction ............................................................................................................... 4
1.1 Company Introduction.................................................................................................................................................... 4
1.2 Outstanding Features of CY F90................................................................................................................................ 4
2 General Information.................................................................................................. 6
2.1 Outlook of F90 ...................................................................................................................................................................6
2.2 Basic Operation.................................................................................................................................................................7
2.2.1 Turn on/off ...............................................................................................................................................................7
2.2.2 Self check.................................................................................................................................................................7
3 Equipment List ............................................................................................................ 8
3.1 Packing List of Base.......................................................................................................................................................... 8
3.2 Packing List of Rover......................................................................................................................................................10
4 Setting Up .................................................................................................................. 12
4.1 Setting Up Base Station.................................................................................................................................................12
4.1.1 Choose a suitable place......................................................................................................................................12
4.1.2 Set up instrument .................................................................................................................................................12
4.1.3 Measure antenna height.....................................................................................................................................14
4.1.4 Transmit signal through external radio..........................................................................................................15
4.1.5 Transmit signal through internal radio...........................................................................................................15
4.1.6 Transmit signal through network ....................................................................................................................15
4.2 Setting Up Rover Station ...............................................................................................................................................16
4.2.1 Connect controller with rover ...........................................................................................................................16
4.2.2 Rover internal radio..............................................................................................................................................16
4.2.3 Rover network mode ...........................................................................................................................................17
4.2.4 Rover controller network....................................................................................................................................17
4.2.5 Download backup data.......................................................................................................................................17
4.3 Static Surveying ................................................................................................................................................................17
4.3.1 Baseline network design....................................................................................................................................17
4.3.2 Outdoor surveying................................................................................................................................................19
4.3.3 Download data ......................................................................................................................................................20
5 WEB UI Control ........................................................................................................ 21
5.1 Connect and register WEB UI......................................................................................................................................21
5.2 Status....................................................................................................................................................................................21
5.2.1 Position.....................................................................................................................................................................21
5.2.2 Datalink.....................................................................................................................................................................22

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(5) Tilt Survey
Inserted with high-sensitive E-bubble and brand-new tilt survey algorithm. F90 is calibration-free.
Immune to magnetic disturbance and free from limitation of tilt angles. F90 can measure points
where a vertical placement of the pole is not possible such as house corner.
(6) Dual Batteries
Inserted with 2 smart hot swappable Lithium batteries, F90 can work maximum of 10hours with-
out stopping. Battery level can be viewed at the press of one button on battery. The battery is
also same as controller.
(7) Alarm System
In UHF model, when base is moved, with low power or no satellites, Rover will alarm immediately.
All of these innovations will increase your productivity and taking your performance to a new
level.
1- Introduction
1.1 Company Introduction
GENEQ is a company professional in surveying and mapping industry. Advanced and high-qual-
ity products are our top priority. We try our best to offer prompt and good service to all our cus-
tomers. Rich experience and abundant knowledge in this eld guarantee that every decision we
made is on the basis of scientic test. We strive to provide great products and service with rea-
sonable price and believe it’s the key to have more clients and gain more cooperation.
1.2 Outstanding Features of F90
Purchasing the right tools for a professional job is essential in today’s competitive business en-
vironment. As the latest GNSS receiver, F90 distinguishes itself from other GNSS products. It is
more compact and lightweight but integrating more advanced technology. Even still equipped
with magnesium alloy fuselage, the dimension is only 140x157x76mm and the weight is just
1KG. Many revolutionary technology in F90 makes your survey work more quickly and efciently.
Some innovation features can be summarized as below :
(1) Board and L-Band
F90 is compatible with 3 kinds of GNSS board--Trimble BD990, NOVATEL 729, Hemisphere
P328, makes it capable to track GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BEIDOU and can maximize the track-
ing to observe all visible GNSS satellites signal, thereby providing maximum performance of
accuracy and real-time measurements. F90 also supports L-Band function, can get centimeter
accuracy just with one receiver. L-Band is not standard conguration, need to pay for activation.
(2) Multi-Connectivity
F90 provides two connecting methods for receiver and controller---Bluetooth connection and
Wi-Fi connection. Data transmission proves to be more stable with these new connection ways.
Besides, F90 supports “fast connection”, put your controller close to the receiver, click ”fast con-
nection” and it will search and connect the receiver automatically via Bluetooth when power on.
(3) WEB UI control
The second generation WEB UI control is fully compatible with all devices and all browsers. It’s
more convenient with WEB UI control.
(4) 4G Network
F90 has advanced 4G module, guarantee 4G network can transmit world-widely. It enables more
convenient and stable network communication.

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2.2 Basic Operation
2.2.1 Turn on/off
Turn F90 on. This is the very rst step to use F90. When the receiver has power, keep pressing
power button for 4 seconds, then you will see the power button light up and hear beep.Turn
F90 off. With voice guide : Keep pressing power button for 4 seconds, then you will hear voice
guide “power off”, release and one press on the button again will turn the device off. Without
voice guide : Keep pressing power button for 4 seconds, release and you can see all 5 indicators
blink simultaneously, one press on the power button again will turn the device off.
2.2.2 Self check
F90 has self-checking function when you nd some malfunctions like the indicators are ab-
normal or receiver can’t work normally or the device can not connect via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi,
radio mode is not workable or can’t connect to CORS. Self-checking function covers radio mode
check, GSM mode check, Bluetooth mode check and Wi-Fi mode check. There is voice guide to
tell you whether it is OK or not.
When the receiver is turned on, keep pressing the power button for 4 seconds, then you hear
“power off”, release and keep pressing the power button again for 4 seconds. You hear “self-
check” and then following checking process and the results of each check.
2- General Information
2.1 Outlook of F90
The indicator status : dark, light or blink... It represents different status of the RTK equipment :
Power Button
Turn on/off the device. Light when device is turned on. Turn to red when with low power
Satellites Indicator
Blink when normally receive satellites signals. The times it blinks, the number of satellite
it tracks. Light without blinking indicates F90 gets xed solution
Datalink Indicator
Blink regularly with green color means correction data is transmitting or receiving
normally ; blink regularly with blue color means static data is recording
Wi-Fi Indicator Light when device used as hotspot or being connected as client
Bluetooth Indicator Light when device has been connected via Bluetooth
Figure 2-1

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Supporting
Pole
25cm FRP
supporting pole
1
Pallet
1
Base Case YPCC1
yellow, rigid
plastic carrying
case
1
CY F90 Base A Suite of Product
Carton Packing
G.W. N.W. Volume(CBM)
0*20*40CM
6.3KG 5.3KG 0.04
3- Equipment List
3.1 Packing List of Base
CY F90 BASE SET
1. Main body
Name Type Description Picture Weight QTY
Receiver main
body
F90 Mainboard :
BD990
OEM729 P328
1.2KG (with two
batteries inside) 1
2. Accessories
Name Type Description Picture QTY
Lithium
Battery BP-5S
7.2V
3400mAH
2
Charger CH-04 Battery charger
1
Charger
Adapter DSA-40CA-12 1
UHF Antenna QT440A UHF antenna 1
Connector RTK connect Tribrach
and Plummet
1
Tape MTSP4 3m tape 1

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Bracket B3
1
Carrying
Case YPCC2 yellow, rigid plastic carrying case
1
Pole No Logo 1
CY F90 Rover A Suite of Product(Without Pole)
Carton Packing G.W. N.W. Volume(CBM)
50*20*40CM 6.45KG 5.4KG 0.04
CY F90 Rover A Suite of Product(With Pole)
Carton Packing G.W. N.W. Volume(CBM)
50*20*40CM 8.4KG 7.4KG 0.056
3.2 Packing List of Rover
CY F90 ROVER SET
1.Main body
Name Type Description Picture Weight QTY
Receiver
main body
F90 Mainboard :
BD990
OEM729 P328
1.2KG(with two
batteries inside)
1
2.Accessories
Name Type Description Picture QTY
Lithium
Battery BP-5S
7.2V
3400mAH
2
Charger CH-04 Battery charger 1
Charger
Adapter
DSA-
40CA-12
1
UHF Antenna QT440A UHF antenna 1
Connector RTK connect Tribrach and
Plummet
1
Tape MTSP4 3m tape 1

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Figure 4-1
b. Turn the leveling screw C to move the bubble to the center of the circular vial.
Figure 4-2
(4) Precisely leveling by using the plate vial
a. Rotate the instrument horizontally by loosening the horizontal clamp screw and place the plate
vial parallel to the line connecting leveling screw A and B, and then bring the bubble to the center
of the plate vial by turning the leveling screws A and B.
Figure 4-3
Rotate the instrument 900 around its vertical axis and turn the remaining leveling screw or lev-
eling C to center the bubble once more.
Figure 4-4
4- Setting Up
4.1 Setting Up Base Station
4.1.1 Choose a suitable place
A suitable place is essential for base station to better receive the satellites and transmit the UHF
signals. A suitable position should comply with following conditions :
(1) Choose a wide open area in order to easy and better receive signal of satellites. Besides, make
sure there is no covering like roof or heavy foliage.
(2) A higher place is better for transmitting the UHF signals. If rover is far away from base, then
the enhanced antenna should be raised by tripod.
(3) Make sure there is no large area of water or objects intensely interfering the satellite signal.
(4) Check carefully that there is no high-power radio emission objects surrounded. And make sure
there is no power lines around. Need keep at least 200m far from these objects.
4.1.2 Set up instrument
Mount the instrument to the tripod. Level and center the instrument precisely to ensure the best
performance. You can set up base on random point or on given point. If you set base on random
point, you just choose a position and level the instrument. If you set base on given point, you can
follow below steps :
(1) Leveling and Centering the instrument
a.Setting up tripod
First, extend the extension legs to suitable length, make the tripod head parallel to the ground and
tighten the screws.
b.Make the center of the tripod and the occupied point approximately on the same plumb line
c.Step on the tripod to make sure if it is well stationed on the ground.
(2) Attaching the instrument on the tripod
Place the instrument carefully on the tripod head and slid the instrument by loosening the tripod
screw.
(3) Roughly leveling the instrument by using the circular vial
a. Turn the leveling screw A and B to move the bubble in the circular vial as below Figure 4-1
shown, in which case the bubble is located on a line perpendicular to a line running through the
centers of the two leveling screw being adjusted.
eling C to center the bubble once more.

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4.1.4 Transmit signal through external radio
Fix external enhanced antenna onto the tripod, and use connection cable to connect external ra-
dio with 5-pin port of receiver as shown in Figure 4-6. Plug power cable to external radio. Then
turn on radio. You can set the channel on the external radio directly. The external serial port baud
rate should be same as external radio. The baud rate for our device is 38400. If you use our radio,
you have to set the baud rate to be 38400 for your receiver to match the radio.
4.1.5 Transmit signal through internal radio
For short distance, you can use internal radio to transmit the signal. First,  x the UHF antenna on
F90 as shown in Figure 4-7. And then select internal radio mode via controller or WEB UI func-
tion. Internal radio covers distance around 5km.
4.1.6 Transmit signal through network
You can also use network (F90 has 4G module supports 4G network) to transmit signal. Insert
SIM card into the receiver. And select network datalink via controller or WEB UI function.
Figure 4-6 (Base Station with external radio)
(c) Repeat the above a&b steps for each 900 rotation of the instrument and check whether the
bubble is correctly centered in all directions.
4.1.3 Measure antenna height
The antenna height must be measured when we use F90 to collect static data or use it as base
station. It’s the “a” show in below Figure 4-5, the height from ground measured point to phase
center, only get this height can we know coordinate of the ground measured point. There are 3
measuring methods to get the antenna height :
(1) Slant height
Measure the distance from the ground measured point to the middle of mainframe scale mark. It’s
the “d” shown in Figure 4-5.
(2) Pole height
Measure the distance from bottom of device to ground directly. It’s the vertical height “b” shown
in Figure 4-5.
(3) Measuring plate
Measure the distance ground measured point to the upper edge of plate. It’s the “c” shown in
Figure 4-5.
Choose either one measuring method from above. Use measure tape measure the height you
choose. Input the height in software. Then you can get the height from ground to phase center.
The formula is as below :
a=b+L1
b=
22 kc
-b=
Figure 4-5 (Measure Antenna Height)

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same as base. On controller, Channel 8 is able to edit. While channel 1~7 can not be edited.
4.2.3 Rover network mode
Insert SIM card on rover, then select network mode on controller or via WEB UI function. Input the
CORS account and password, set APN and upload GGA..
4.2.4 Rover controller network
This method means the SIM card is inserted in controller. The controller gets the correction data
and send to device via Bluetooth. It’s less stable compare with device network.
4.2.5 Download backup data
Once  nish surveying, you can download the backup data via WEB UI as shown in Figure 4-8.
The backup data format is “.RTK”
Figure 4-8
4.3 Static Surveying
Static surveying requests at least 2 receivers put on 2 points on a baseline. Keep these receivers
in the same position and track at least 4 satellites then get relative distance of these 2 points.
Static surveying provides the highest accuracy achievable and requires the longest observation
times, from less than an hour to  ve hours or longer.
The static surveying function in F90 including outdoor surveying and indoor data post processing.
4.3.1 Baseline network design
(1) Synchronous pattern
As we know, static surveying uses at least two or more than two receivers track same satellites
during same period. And then we can get data of these points. The pattern that formed by these
points called synchronizing pattern. If use three or more than three receivers, the pattern formed
by these points called synchronizing pattern cycle. As show in Figure 4-9.
Figure 4-7 (Base station with internal radio)
4.2 Setting Up Rover Station
Rover station can receive data through different datalink methods--internal radio, rover network
and controller network.
4.2.1 Connect controller with rover
Attached the controller bracket to the pole. If use internal 4G, you need to insert the SIM card in
controller. If use internal radio, then  x UHF antenna. You can connect the controller with rover
through Wi-Fi or Bluetooth as you prefer.
(1) Via Wi-Fi
F90 can be used as a hotspot, use controller to search the Wi-Fi signal of F90, the Serial NO. of
F90 will show on controller, then select it to  nish connect.
(2) Via Bluetooth
Use controller to search the Bluetooth signal of F90, once found, the Serial NO. of F90 will show
on controller, then select it to  nish connect.
4.2.2 Rover internal radio
Fix UHF antenna on rover, then select internal radio mode on controller or via WEB UI function.
You can select radio channel and radio protocol, but make sure the channel and radio protocol are

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4.3.2 Outdoor surveying
(1) Choose suitable points
Suitable points is essential to make sure whole surveying work goes smoothly and ef ciently.
The points should be  xed only after you well analyze and collect full information of the surveying
area. Choose these points best suits your accuracy and surveying purpose. When choose the
point in static surveying, you should pay attention to below :
a. The points should comply with your surveying purpose.
b. The points should also be easy-to-use for other surveying methods.
c. Convenient transportation. So it’s easy for you to set up device.
d. Away from high power radio emission objects, make sure no magnetic  eld
infl uence nearby.
e. Away from large water area or mirror building, reduce the multi-path interface.
f. Good ground foundation, so the point can be saved enduringly.
g. Make marks after choose the points, including its position info and sketch for surroundings.
(2) Setting up devices
After choose the points, you set up the device on these points. Power on the device, then you can
set “Static Mode” via controller software or WEB UI. As shown in below Figure 4-11.
Figure 4-11
You can de ne the point name and set interval frequency and input the antenna height and
others. Once working, you can observe the satellite signal status and record the satellite data in
device or in controller.
Figure 4-9(synchronous pattern)
(2) Asynchronous patter
If there are too many points in one baseline network, you should connect these synchronous cycle
together and form the asynchronous pattern.
Asynchronous pattern can be connected via three ways as shown in Figure 4-10 :
(a) point connecting. Point connecting network is de ned as a  gure by connecting two adjacent
shapes by only one common point. The advantage of this type is high ef ciency, fast extending.
But it can not con rm the high precision surveying. Therefore, it is not recommended in precise
working.
(b) side connecting. Side connecting network is de ned as a  gure by connecting two adjacent
shapes by their same side. It is widely used in the surveying  eld due to its high precision.
(c) point and side connecting. Because every type of network has its own advantage and disad-
vantage, we can combine these types to achieve higher ef ciency but lower investment in time.
Mixed connecting network is common in surveying work.
Figure 4-10(asynchronous pattern)