Polaris S100 User manual

S100 Radio Quick Guide

S100 Radio Interface Overview
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1. Connect to S100 RTK Receiver
2. Connect to Power Bank (5V Power Input)
3. Radio Mode Select
4. Radio Configuration Port
5. SMA Connector for Radio Antenna
6. SD Card (Base Image or Rover Image)

S100 Radio Hook Up
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1. SD Card Should Already Be In the SD Card Slot
2. Jumper to Transceiver Mode (Connect Right 2 Pins)
3. Connect to S100 RTK Receiver
4. Connect to Power Bank
5. Connect to Radio Antenna
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Base Radio comes with SD Card pre-
loaded with Raspberry Pi Zero
image for base radio.
Rover Radio comes with SD Card
pre-loaded with Raspberry Pi Zero
image for rover radio.

Polaris Connect App Setup
Base Radio Setup
Rover Radio Setup
After Polaris Connect
App has been setup for
both base radio and
rover radio, the S100
rover will be able to
receive S100 base data
transmitted over radio.
Polaris Connect App
will exist after setting
up the Base Radio.
Polaris Connect App
stays after setting up
the Rover Radio. One
can keep Polaris
Connect App running in
background and use 3rd
party GIS App.
If want to log base
RTCM data for PPP
processing, do page-8
procedures before
above #3 Press Start.
Setup Base Position:
Go Base page,
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Set Position by
survey duration
Or Set Position by
entering coordinates
manually
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Press Start,
start to broadcast
If Base position is set by
Automatic Survey, one can
check coordinates on the
S100 Rover on the Rover
page

Radio Configuration ( Advanced, No Need &
Not to Do This on First Time Use !!! )
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1. Jumper to Radio Configuration Mode (Connect Left 2 Pins)
2. Connect to Windows PC
3. Go to Radio Configuration Tool (see next page)
The shipped base radio and rover radio
pair is plug-and-play, no need for any
radio configuration.
This Advanced radio configuration
information is provided only for
situation such as if another user has a
pair of radio operating nearby causing
interference, and needing to change to
a different radio channel (net ID) from
default.

Radio Configuration (Advanced, No Need &
Not to Do This on First Time Use !!! )
Download Link:
https://www.ebyte.com/en/pdf-down.aspx?id=201
Connect Radio to Windows PC then Open the Configuration Tool:

Multiple Rover Application
In this case, Only needs One Base to broadcast RTCM data, sending
RTCM data to One or More Rover.
1. Setup all S100 Radio with same net ID (see page-5 & 6)
2. Setup Base (see page-3 & 4)
3. Setup Rover (see page-3 & 4)
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Rover
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Rover
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Rover
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Base Radio
Rover Radio

Logging Base RTCM Data
To Download file, see page-9.

Download RTCM Data
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When Wi-Fi connection
made, Polaris Connect
App will download the
log file from S100
automatically.
When download completed,
log file will be saved to
/storage/emulated/0/PolarisGNSS
on the phone.

Usage Notice
•When detaching USB cable from
the radio, please pull the USB
cable connector horizontally,
avoid bending/tilting upward at
the same time.