SatLab SL600 User manual

SL600 GNSS
Receiver User’s Manual
www.satlabgps.com Satlab SL600 User’s Guide, Rev. 1.5, December 2014.
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Legal Noces
©2014 Satlab Geosoluon AB. All rights reserved.
All product and brand names menoned in this publicaon are trademarks of their respecve holders.
Satlab SL600 User’s Guide, Rev. 1.5, December 2014.
Limited Warranty
Supplier hereby warrants solely to the end user customer of the Products, subject to the exclusions and procedures set forth
herein below, that the Products sold to such end user customer shall:
(a) perform in accordance with the specicaons for such Products, and
(b) be free, under normal use and maintenance, from defects in material and workmanship for a period of 24
(twenty-four) months from the date of delivery to such end user customer.
Repairs and replacement components are warranted, subject to the exclusions and procedures set forth below, to be free,
under normal use and maintenance, from defects in material and workmanship for 90 (ninety) days from:
(a) delivery of the repaired Product or replacement component to the end user customer, or
(b) for the balance of the original warranty period, whichever is greater.
Purchaser’s Exclusive Remedy
The end user customer’s exclusive remedy under this warranty shall be limited to the repair or replacement, at the sole opon
of Supplier, of any defecve Products or components thereof. The Dealer shall nofy Supplier immediately of any claimed
defect. Repairs shall be made through a Supplier-approved service center only.
To obtain warranty service, the buyer must return the Product, postage-paid, with proof of the date of original purchase and
the buyer’s return address to the Supplier or an authorized service center. The Supplier will not be responsible for any loss or
damage to the product incurred while it is in transit or is being shipped for repair. It is the buyer’s responsibility to arrange for
insurance, if the buyer so desires.
Exclusions
Supplier does not warrant:
(a) damage occurring in transit or due to misuse, abuse, improper installaon, neglect, lightning (or other electrical
discharge) or fresh/salt water immersion of Products;
(b) claims asserted aer the end of the warranty period;
Repair, modicaon or service of Products by any party other than a Supplier-approved service center shall render this
warranty null and void.
Supplier does not guarantee the precision or accuracy of posions obtained when using Products. The potenal accuracy
of Products as stated in Supplier literature and/or Product specicaons serves to provide only an esmate of achievable
accuracy based on:
• Specicaons provided by the US Department of Defense for GPS Posioning,
• GNSS OEM Receiver specicaons of the appropriate manufacturer, and
• DGPS service provider performance specicaons.
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IN THE AGGREGATE, THE COST OF CORRECTING THE DEFECT IN THE PRODUCT OR, AT SUPPLIER’S OPTION, THE COST OF
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1. Introducon
Thank you very much for choosing Satlab SL600, state of the art, ulmate on the pole GNSS System with 6G
tracking.
Within this user guide, you will be given the physical and operaonal consideraons as well as step by step eld
operaons in detail.
SatLab SL600 is built on a LINUX based operang system which controls all hardware and communicaons for an
error free and easy to support soluon.
Just listen to SatLab SL600, its voice prompts will advise you of any issues together with a soluon.
It always remembers what it has performed before. Once you set up its operang parameters, forget about
seng them up again, just power up the receiver and it is ready to measure.
SL600 ulizes the latest in GNSS technology; 6G!
The unit is capable of tracking 6 dierent satellite constellaons, namely GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, GALILEO, QZSS
and SBAS.
Stac, VRS RTK, UHF RTK, all surveying modes are available to meet any type of surveying applicaon.
A mulband 3G modem covers all types of data services available in the world, making sure that SatLab SL600
can connect to any NTRIP Network. Moreover, the 2 W internal UHF modem is compable to work with any
standardized radio protocol, ensuring your SatLab SL600 will work with any available base or rover staon.
Equipped with two high capacity hot-swappable Li-Ion baery packs, that together provide up to 24 hours of
uninterrupted operaon.
In addion to its 1GB of internal memory, SL600 is equipped with a Micro SD card slot for storing large les like
long stac observaons in high precision applicaons.
NOTICE:
1. SATLAB SL600 HAS DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS WITH DIFFERENT PART NUMBERS. FOR THE BEST
CONFIGURATION, PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE.
2. BEFORE THE FIRST USAGE, WE SUGGEST CHECKING THE PACKAGE IS NOT DAMAGED. OPEN THE BOX
CAREFULLY AND CHECK WHETHER INNER ITEMS MATCH UP WITH THE SUPPLIED ORDER LIST. INCASE OF ANY
MISSING ITEM OR ANY DAMAGE ON ANY ITEMS, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL DISTRIBUTOR OR SATLAB
GEOSOLUTIONS AB IMMEDIATELY.
3. PLEASE READ THIS INSTRUCTION MANUAL CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE SYSTEM!
1. Introducon


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Table of Contents
1. Introducon
2. Receiver Physical Appearance
2.1. Introducon
2.2. Transport Case
2.2.1. Items of Transport Case
2.3. Housing
2.3.1. Boom Housing
2.3.1.1. Baery
2.3.1.2. SIM Card
2.3.1.3. Memory Card
2.3.2. Control Panel
2.4. Communicaon
2.4.1. Communicaon Ports
2.4.1.1. COM1
2.4.1.2. COM2
2.4.1.3. Bluetooth
3. Operaon
3.1. Introducon
3.2. Soware Tools
3.2.1. Satlab GNSS Management Soware
3.2.2. Satlab UHF Radio Management Soware
3.3. Field Operaons
3.3.1. Network Rover
3.3.2. UHF Base/Rover
3.3.3. Stac Data Collecon

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Table of Contents
4. Satlab SurvCE Guide
4.1. Creang A Job
4.2. Network Rover Sengs
4.3. UHF Base Sengs
4.4. UHF Rover Sengs
4.5. Recording Points
4.6. Oset
4.7. Auto Recording
4.8. Stake Out
4.9. Download/Upload Points
4.10. DXF-DWG Export/Import
4.11. Post Processing Raw Data Session
4.12. Using Internal GPS in SL55
5. Specicaons
5.1. Technical Specicaons
5.2. NGS Antenna Parameters
6. Trouble Shoong

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2. Receiver Physical Appearance
2.1. Introducon
In the default conguraon, Satlab SL600 is available as a complete kit including Satlab SL600 receiver,
its transport case and corresponding accessories which are given in the following secon
Note: Items in the standard conguraon may dier depending on the applicaon or geographical
condions.
Figure2.1 Transport Case
2.2. Transport Case
Satlab SL600 is stored in a protecve transport case which is durable against harsh environmental
condions.
It has a specially cut rubber insert to accommodate Satlab SL600 and its accessories.

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2. Receiver Physical Appearance
SL600
SL55
Pole Holder
Tape Measure
Baery
Baery
Y Cable
Charger
Charger
Extension Pole*
UHF Antenna *
GNSS Receiver
Field Controller
for SL600
for SL55
for SL600
for SL55
Picture
1 pc
1 pc
1 pc
1 pc
2 pcs
2 pcs
1 pc
1 pc
1 pc
1 pc
1 pc
Table. 2.1
Item Descripon Quanty
2.2.1. Items of Transport Case
Satlab SL600 standard kit consists of following items inside the transport case
* Available only with UHF conguraon (P/N 0201010269)

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2.3. Housing
Satlab SL600 housing is made of General Electric Xenoy 5220U polymer resin to withstand severe and
harsh environment condions.
Housing consists of two main parts, namely top part, covering the GNSS antenna and boom part,
accomodang electronics, ports and compartments.
A rubber band around top and boom parts protects housing and inner electronics from impacts.
Following gures show how housing looks from front and back side.
Figure 2.1 Satlab SL600 housing front view
Figure 2.2 Satlab SL600 housing back view
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2.3.1. Boom Housing
The boom part of the housing accommodates all the inside electronics, I/O ports, baery
compartments, SIM/Memory card slots. This secon gives informaon about the boom part with its
components.
In two sides, there are two covers with waterght locking mechanism to host two hot swappable
baeries as well as SIM and Memory cards.
Three connectors for communicaon and UHF radio are also available in the boom part in the above
gure. Please refer to communicaon secon for detailed informaon.
IF YOU ARE NOT USING THE 5-PIN PORT, 8-PIN PORT OR RADIO ANTENNA PORT, PLEASE PUT THE
PLASTIC PROTECTIVE PLUGS ON TO PROTECT CONNECTORS FROM BEING DAMAGED.
COMMUNICATION MODULE
According to dierent requirements, SL600 receiver can be equipped with UHF radio opons with
dierent parameters. Consult your local dealer to dene the correct UHF Radio Modem Opons.
Figure 2.3 shows the components of boom part.
Speaker
SIM Card Slot
Baery Compartments
MicroSD Card Slot
UHF Antenna
8- PIN prot and protecon plug
5- PIN port and protecon plug
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2.3.1.1. Baery
Satlab SL600 uses two hot swappable Li-Ion baeries 7.4V, 5000 mAh. When the receiver is powered
on, it acvates one of the baeries. It acvates to second one in case of any power loss in the rst
baery without interrupng the operaon.
In the standard package, there are two baeries included in the kit. Two baeries would provide a
connuous operaon of 16 to 24 hours depending on the operaon mode.
On each baery, there are four recesses, making sure that baery is placed correctly in the
compartment and also proving a locking mechanism so baery does not drop even if the baery cover
is open.
Placing baery in the receiver is depicted in the gure 2.5. Recesses on the baery guide to place and
lock the baery in the compartment.
Figure 2.4 Satlab SL600 baery.
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Figure 2.5 Placing baery in Satlab SL600

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2. Receiver Physical Appearance
Figure 2.7 Baery Charger.
Aer placing and locking the baery, it is necessary to make sure that baery cover is closed and
locked properly for water ghtness by moving latch from Unlock symbol to Lock symbol.
Baeries are parally charged before being shipped. Depending on the storage period, they can be
fully discharged. Therefore, baeries need to be fully charged before being used in Satlab SL600.
Figure 2.6 Baery cover

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Baery charger consists of three parts. Charging staon, power adapter and power cord. Charging
staon has two slots to place baeries with quite advanced electronics for a safe and quick charging.
Power adapter is a switching mode power converter which ts any local electricity network ranging
from 100 V AC to 240 V AC @ 50 or 60 Hz. Power cord has opons for regional requirement on electric
outlets. Please consult to your local dealer for suitable power cords.
Baery charger has LED indicators. The LED in the middle glows RED showing the system is ON and
ready to charge. The LEDs on the sides have dual color.
O: No baery or baery has not been idened.
Red: Charging is in progress.
Green: Charging has been completed.
2.3.1.2. SIM Card
SatLab SL600 is equipped with a 3.5G mul band cellular modem providing mobile data connecon to
perform internet based RTK. In order to operate the internal modem, a SIM card with internet access is
necessary.
SIM Slot is located in one of the baery compartment.
Figure 2.8 SIM slot.
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2. Receiver Physical Appearance
To insert/remove SIM card:
1. Turn o the device.
2. Remove baery cover by pushing the slide buon towards the “open lock” symbol. The cover
will parally eject.
3. Remove the baery by pushing it towards the “open” direcon if there is any.
4. Insert the SIM card into the SIM card slot with the contacts facing down. In order to remove
the SIM card, gently slide the SIM card out of the slot.
TIPS:
Before using SIM card,
- disable PIN code
- make sure that internet is available in the subscripon.
- GPS correcons require very small bandwidth due to very small amount of data per second
(<20kbs) but connuous connecon. Consequently, it is advisable to try to nd a stable internet
connecon instead of fast connecon
- There are four SIM card size namely, full size, mini, micro and nano as it is seen in the
following gure. Mini SIM which has been standard size for any industrial systems. Mini is the correct
size. Avoid using micro or nano with adapters to t into Mini SIM slot.
Figure 2.9 SIM Size
Full Size Mini Size Micro Size Nano Size

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2.3.1.3. Memory Card
In addion to its 1GB internal storage SL600 is equipped with a microSD card slot. SatLab SL600
supports all microSD cards with up to 64 GB capacity which provides months of data storage for stac
observaons.
To insert MicroSD card:
1. Turn o the device.
2. Remove baery cover by pushing the slide buon towards the “open lock” symbol. The cover
will parally eject.
3. Remove the baery by pushing it towards the “open” direcon if there is any.
4. Push the lid in the “OPEN” direcon and then gently pull it up.
5. Insert microSD card with contacts down as shown in following gure
6. Fold the lid down and push it in the “CLOSE” direcon
To remove MicroSD card:
1. Follow steps 1 to 4 above.
2. Gently slide the card out of the slot.
3. Fold the lid down and push it in the “CLOSE” direcon
Figure 2.10 Steps to place/remove memory card.
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2.3.2. Control Panel
Satlab SL600 receiver can be controlled by front panel buons, SurvCE or Satlab Field Tools soware.
For the operaon by SurvCE or Satlab Filed Tools soware, please refer to corresponding chapters.
Here, operaon by front panel will be explained.
Control panel is in the middle part of the receiver. It contains the F1 key (funcon key 1), F2 key
(funcon key 2) and the power buon, 3 indicator LED’s which are respecvely Satellite LED, Status LED
and the Power LED. The three funcon buons allows seng up dierent SL600 receiver modes and
funcons.
Figure 2.11 Satlab SL600 front panel.
SL600 has three funcon, test and control keys in the GNSS receiver. These are oen used to reset the
measure without using any GNSS control unit.
ON/OFF Power Key:
Allows seng
conrmaon, voice
switches and other help
funcons.
Table 2.2 Buons
F1
Allows sengs of
working mode, UHF
radio transming power,
satellite elevaon angle,
sengs for automac
base staon, reseng
receiver and also
features a self-test.
F2
Allows seng of data
link, UHF radio channels,
collecon interval and
the opon to restore the
unit to factory sengs.

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The buons in the front panel are assigned to perform predened tasks by the rmware. These tasks
are listed and explained here. Should you have a task which is not explained in the guide, you probably
have applicaon specic task which would be explained in an applicaon note. Please for more
informaon, get in contact with your local dealer.
Operaon Mode:
Satlab SL600 receiver can be set to Stac mode to record raw data, RTK base staon to stream
correcons to a UHF Radio or an internet RTK Server, or RTK Rover staon by UHF or Internet.
In order to change the mode, double click on F1 so Voice help responds the acve mode among Base,
Rover or Stac. Please use push F1 once again to change. Finally press Power buon to conrm the
change. Conrmaon needs to be done in 10 seconds or it returns back to previous seng.
Telemetry Mode:
In order to deliver correcons from/to Satlab SL600 in corresponding Operaon Mode of Base or
Rover, there are three opons, namely External, GSM and UHF.
In external mode, for delivery of correcons, COM2 serial port @ 19200 bps rate is used. For cable
opons of COM2, please consult to your local dealer.
GSM opon is used for correcons over internet by using internal modem in the receiver in either base
or rover mode.
UHF opon has the similar way as GSM opon but correcons over UHF radio if the device is equipped
with radio.
In order to change the mode, double click on F2 so Voice help responds the acve mode among
External, GSM or UHF. Please use push F2 once again to change. Finally press Power buon to conrm
the change. Conrmaon needs to be done in 10 seconds or it returns back to previous seng.
Reset:
In order to reset the receiver F1 and F2 buons can be used depending on the desired level of reset.
Pressing F1 for more than 6 seconds will acvate the opons of reseng GNSS board and Self Test.
Aer these opons are acvated, pressing F1 will start Self Test and F2 will reset the GNSS receiver.
In the same way, pressing F2 for more than 6 seconds will acvate the opon of geng back to the
original sengs. Aer opon is acvated, pressing F2 will perform the operaon of Geng Back to the
Original Sengs.
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Power LED Yellow
Power LED Red
Power LED Red
Status LED Green
Status LED Green
Status LED Green
Status LED Orange
Satellite LED Green
Satellite LED Green
On
On
Flashing
O
On
Flashing
Flashing
On
Flashing
Power level = Good
Power level = Medium
Power Level = Low
In external data link, UHF mode, and
stac mode
Ntrip/Server connecon successful
Internet connecon is successful
1. geng correcon stream
2. collecon stac data in stac
mode
Tracking enough number of satellites
and posion has been calculated
Not enough number of satellites
being tracked to calculate posion
2.4. Communicaon
2.4.1. Communicaon Ports
Satlab SL600 is equipped with Bluetooth and two sealed ports called COM1 and COM2 for external
power supply and communicaons with external computer terminals.
Figure 2.x Communicaon ports
Table 2.3 LED Indicators
LED Status Meaning

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2.4.1.1. COM1
COM1 or communicaon port number 1 is an industry level sealed push-pull 8 pin connector providing
RS232 serial, USB communicaons as well as power supply.
Table 2.x COM1 pinouts
Figure 2.x COM1 Y cable
1 RXD Data input
2 USB D-
3 USB D+
4 USB V+
5 Vin Power input
6 Cable Detecon
7 TXD data output
8 GND earth
In the standard package, set includes a Y cable to communicate with COM1. For other cable
conguraons, please consult to your local dealer.
COM1
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