SEPTENTRIO PolaRx5 User manual

PolaRx5 - PolaRx5e
User Manual

User Manual Version 2.1
Applicable to version 5.3.2 of the PolaRx5 Firmware
January 13, 2020
Thank you for choosing the PolaRx5. This user manual provides detailed instructions
on how to use PolaRx5 and we recommend that you read it carefully before you start using
the device.
Please note that this manual provides descriptions of all functionalities of the PolaRx5
product family. However, the particular PolaRx5 you purchased may not support functions
specific to certain variants.
While we try to keep the manual as complete and up-to-date as possible, it may be
that certain features, functionality or other product specifications change without prior
notice or obligation. The information contained in this manual is subject to change without
notice.
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Greenhill Campus, Interleuvenlaan 15i
B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
http://www.septentrio.com
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Septentrio
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LIST OF CONTENTS
List of Contents
1 Introduction 6
1.1 USER NOTICES ............................................................................... 6
1.1.1 CENotice ........................................................................... 6
1.1.2 ROHS/WEEE Notice................................................................ 6
1.1.3 Safety information ................................................................ 7
1.1.4 Support............................................................................. 8
2 PolaRx5 overview 9
2.1 HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS ............................................................... 9
2.1.1 Power Consumption .............................................................. 9
2.1.2 Physical and Environmental ..................................................... 10
2.1.3 Performance ....................................................................... 10
2.2 POLARX5DESIGN ........................................................................... 11
2.2.1 Front panel ......................................................................... 11
2.2.2 Rear panel.......................................................................... 11
2.2.3 Powering the Receiver ............................................................ 12
2.2.4 Power Button ...................................................................... 12
2.2.5 WiFi Button......................................................................... 12
2.2.6 Internal memory .................................................................. 12
2.2.7 External memory .................................................................. 13
3 Getting started with the PolaRx5 14
3.1 POWERING THE POLARX5.................................................................. 14
3.2 CONNECTING AN ANTENNA ................................................................ 14
3.3 CONNECTING TO THE POLARX5VIA THE WEB INTERFACE ............................... 15
3.3.1 Using the USB cable .............................................................. 15
3.3.2 OverWiFi ........................................................................... 17
3.3.3 Using the Ethernet cable ......................................................... 19
4 Reference station operation 20
4.1 HOW TO CONFIGURE THE POLARX5AS AN RTK BASE STATION ......................... 20
4.2 CONFIGURING THE POLARX5 NTRIP CASTER ............................................ 25
4.3 USING PPP CORRECTION DATA WITH THE POLARX5..................................... 28
4.4 HOW TO OUTPUT A PPS (PULSE-PER-SECOND)SIGNAL .................................. 32
4.5 HOW TO ENABLE THE NTP SERVER ........................................................ 33
4.6 HOW TO LOG DATA .......................................................................... 34
4.6.1 Internal logging .................................................................... 34
4.6.2 Logging to an external USB memory device ................................... 37
4.6.3 How to FTP push logged data to a remote location .......................... 38
4.7 HOW TO ACCESS LOGGED DATA ............................................................ 39
4.7.1 Downloading data using the web interface.................................... 39
4.7.2 Downloading data using the on-board FTP server............................ 40
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4.8 PRESERVE ONEVENT LOGGING (POEL) ................................................... 42
4.8.1 Introduction .. ...................................................................... 42
4.8.2 Using Preserve on Event Logging in combination with AutoDelete and
Delete Oldest ...................................................................... 43
4.9 POINT-TO-POINT PROTOCOL (P2PP) ...................................................... 44
4.9.1 How to configure P2P Protocol .................................................. 44
4.10 CLOUDIT..................................................................................... 46
5 Receiver monitoring 47
5.1 BASIC OPERATIONAL MONITORING ........................................................ 47
5.2 AIM+: DETECTING AND MITIGATING INTERFERENCE ..................................... 49
5.2.1 Narrowband interference mitigation ........................................... 50
5.2.2 Wideband interference mitigation .............................................. 51
5.3 HOW TO LOG DATA FOR PROBLEM DIAGNOSIS............................................ 53
5.3.1 Support SBF file.................................................................... 53
5.3.2 Diagnostic Report ................................................................. 55
5.4 ACTIVITY LOGGING .......................................................................... 56
5.5 HOW TO USE THE MONITORING FEATURE TO CONFIGURE THE RECEIVER TO POWER
DOWN ON LOW VOLTAGE ................................................................... 57
5.5.1 Configuring the monitoring feature ............................................ 57
5.6 SCHEDULED SLEEP .......................................................................... 59
5.6.1 Configuring scheduled sleep .................................................... 59
5.6.2 Combining the Monitoring and Scheduling features ......................... 62
6 Security 64
6.1 HOW TO MANAGE ACCESS TO THE POLARX5.............................................. 64
6.1.1 SSH key authentication ........................................................... 66
6.2 HOW TO CONTROL ACCESS USING THE POLARX5 FIREWALL ............................ 68
7 Receiver administration operations 69
7.1 HOW TO CHANGE IP SETTINGS OF THE POLARX5........................................ 69
7.2 HOW TO CONFIGURE DYNAMIC DNS ...................................................... 70
7.3 HOW TO UPGRADE THE FIRMWARE OR UPLOAD A NEW PERMISSION FILE .............. 71
7.4 HOW TO SET THE POLARX5TO ITS DEFAULT CONFIGURATION .......................... 73
7.5 HOW TO RESET THE POLARX5............................................................. 73
7.6 HOW TO COPY THE CONFIGURATION FROM ONE RECEIVER TO ANOTHER .............. 74
Appendix A Front-panel port descriptions 76
A.1 COM1 ........................................................................................ 76
A.2 COM2 ........................................................................................ 77
A.3 COM3-4/USB ............................................................................... 77
A.4 ETHERNET .................................................................................... 78
A.5 OUT .......................................................................................... 78
A.6 IN ............................................................................................ 79
A.7 USB HOST ................................................................................... 79
A.8 PWR ......................................................................................... 79
Appendix B Rear-panel connectors 80
B.1 MAIN (TNC) ................................................................................ 80
B.2 PPS OUT (BNC) ............................................................................ 80
B.3 REF IN (BNC) ............................................................................... 80
B.4 REF OUT (BNC)............................................................................. 80
B.5 WIFI(SMA).................................................................................. 81
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Appendix C PolaRx5e variant 82
C.1 POWER CONSUMPTION ..................................................................... 82
C.2 PHYSICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL .......................................................... 83
C.3 POLARX5E DESIGN .......................................................................... 84
C.3.1 Front panel ......................................................................... 84
C.3.2 Rearpanel.......................................................................... 84
C.4 POWERING THE POLARX5E................................................................. 85
C.4.1 Power Button ...................................................................... 85
C.5 POLARX5E BATTERY CHARGING ............................................................ 86
Appendix D Cables 87
Appendix E LED behaviour 88
Appendix F RxTools 90
F.1 INSTALLING RXTOOLS ...................................................................... 90
Appendix G Connecting to the PolaRx5 using RxControl 91
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1 Introduction
1.1 User Notices
1.1.1 CE Notice
PolaRx5 receivers carry the CE mark and are as such compliant with the
2004/108/EC - EMC Directive and amendments, 2006/95/EC - Low Voltage
Directive, both amended by the CE-marking directive 93/68/EC.
With regards to EMC, these devices are declared as class B, suitable for
residential or business environment.
1.1.2 ROHS/WEEE Notice
PolaRx5 receivers are compliant with the latest WEEE,
RoHS and REACH directives. For more information see
www.septentrio.com/en/environmental-compliance.
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1.1. USER NOTICES
1.1.3 Safety information
Statement 1: The power supply provided by Septentrio (if any) should not
be replaced by another. If you are using the receiver with your own power
supply, it must have a double isolated construction and must match the
specifications of the provided power supply.
Statement 2: Ultimate disposal of this product should be handled
according to all national laws and regulations.
Statement 3: The equipment and all the accessories included with this
product may only be used according to the specifications in the delivered
release note, manual or other documents delivered with the receiver.
Statement 4 (Only applicable to the PolaRx5e): In order to ensure safe
operation of the receiver, a lightning arrestor should be installed between
the receiver and the GNSS antenna. A lightning arrestor with following
specs should be appropriate for use:
•Minimum Frequency: 800MHz
•Maximum Frequency: 2.5GHz
•Minimum input power: > 2W
•Directional lmpedance: 50Ohm, 20kA
The installer is responsible to make sure the lightning arrestor is
compatible with GNSS systems.
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1.1. USER NOTICES
1.1.4 Support
For first-line support please contact your PolaRx5 dealer.
Additional documentation can be found in the following manuals:
•The PolaRx5 Reference Guide (contained inside the Firmware Package zip on our
website) includes information on the receiver operation, the full list of receiver
commands and a description of the format and contents of all SBF (Septentrio Binary
Format) blocks.
•The RxControl Manual covers the RxTools software suite, including RxControl and
RxLogger.
The Septentrio website has a dedicated Support section
(http://www.septentrio.com/support), where the User Manual, the Firmware Reference
Guide and the latest officially supported Firmware version are readily available for download.
Further information can be found on our website or by contacting Septentrio’s Technical
Support department.
In case the PolaRx5 does not behave as expected and you need to contact Septentrio’s
Technical Support department, you should attach a short SBF log file containing the support
blocks and a Diagnostic Report of the receiver (see Section 5.3).
http://www.septentrio.com
Headquarters
Septentrio NV Phone: [phone]
Greenhill Campus Fax: [phone]
Interleuvenlaan 15i, sales septentrio.com
3001 Leuven,
Belgium
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2 PolaRx5 overview
2.1 Hardware Specifications
2.1.1 Power Consumption
The power consumption of the PolaRx5 depends on its configuration. The following settings
directly influence the amount of power consumed:
•The number of enabled GNSS frequency bands. For example, a receiver configured
to track signals only in the L1 and L2 bands will consume less than a receiver
configured to track in the L1, L2 and L5 bands. Use the setSignalTracking command
to enable/disable signals. Note that a given frequency band is disabled only when all
GNSS signals in that band are disabled.
•The activation of the Ethernet interface. In power-critical applications, it is
recommended to not use Ethernet and to turn offthe associated hardware. This can
be done with the setEthernetMode command.
•The activation of the WiFi interface. Use the setWiFiMode command or press the WiFi
button to turn offor on the WiFi module.
•The REF OUT frequency reference output. In power-critical applications, REF OUT can
be turned offwith the setREFOUTMode command.
•The activation of the Wideband Interference mitigation (WBI) with the
setWBIMitigation command.
•Enabling the L-band demodulator using the setLBandSelectMode command.
The following table shows the nominal power consumption measured when 12 VDC is
supplied to the PWR connector:
Configuration Power
Consumption
GPS + GLONASS L1, tracking and PVT 1.8W
GPS + GLONASS L1/L2, tracking and PVT 2.0W
GPS L1/L2/L5, GLO L1/L2, GAL E1/E5a, SBAS L1/L5, BDS B1/B2 2.2W
All constellations and all signals
(enabling GAL E6 and/or BDS B3 increases the power by 650mW) 2.9W
Enabling Ethernet +650mW
Enabling WiFi +450mW
Enabling REFOUT +30mW
Enabling Wideband Interference Mitigation (WBI) +160mW
Enabling internal logging at 1 Hz/10 Hz +50mW/+70mW
Enabling the L-Band demodulator +100mW
The power consumption in standby mode is 0.22W
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2.1. HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS
2.1.2 Physical and Environmental
Size: 235 x 140 x 37 mm
(length includes connectors and excludes WiFi antenna)
Weight: 900 g
Temperature Range: -40 to +65 ◦C (operational)
-40 to +85 ◦C (storage)
Certification: IP65, RohS, CE FCC Class B Part 15
2.1.3 Performance
Time accuracy
1 PPS out15ns
1 PPS out rise time <2ns
Event <20ns
Time to first fix
Cold Start2<45s
Warm Start3<20s
Re-acquisition avg. 1.2s
2No information available (no almanac, no approximate position)
3Ephemeris and approximate position known
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2.2. POLARX5 DESIGN
2.2 PolaRx5 design
2.2.1 Front panel
The front-panel layout of the PolaRx5 is shown in Figure 2-1. A description of the front-panel
sockets on the PolaRx5 as well as their PIN assignments can be found in Appendix A. The
cables available for use with the PolaRx5 are listed in Appendix D and the LED behaviour is
described in Appendix E.
Figure 2-1: PolaRx5 front-panel layout
2.2.2 Rear panel
Figure 2-2 shows the layout of the rear-panel connectors on the PolaRx5. More information
on these connectors can be found in Appendix B.
Figure 2-2: PolaRx5 rear-panel layout
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2.2.3 Powering the Receiver
The receiver can be powered through either:
•The PWR connector (9-30 VDC)
•The Ethernet connector (Power over Ethernet - PoE, 37-57 VDC). Please note that only
mode A, as specified in the 802.3af standard, is supported.
If power is provided through both the Ethernet and the PWR connectors, Ethernet power
takes precedence. This allows the connection of a back-up battery to the ODU PWR
connector. The battery will only be used in case of an outage of the power over Ethernet.
The current power source (PWR or Ethernet connector), and the voltage at the PWR
connector are reported in the PowerStatus SBF bock.
2.2.4 Power Button
When power is initially applied to the PWR or Ethernet connector, or after a power outage,
the receiver always starts up without the need to press the power button.
In case the receiver is only powered through PoE, pressing the power button resets the
receiver. After a few seconds, the receiver will restart.
In case the receiver is powered through the PWR connector or through both PWR and PoE,
pressing the power button turns the receiver off. Pressing the button again switches the
receiver back on.
In all cases, the state of the power button is not retained across a power outage. If the
receiver was offbefore the power outage, it will restart when power is restored.
2.2.5 WiFi Button
The WiFi button toggles the WiFi modem on and off.
When the receiver starts up, WiFi is enabled or disabled according to the settings of the
setWiFiMode command stored in the boot configuration file. When the receiver is operating,
pressing the WiFi button turns WiFi on and offin turn. The red WiFi LED next to the WiFi
button lights when WiFi is enabled.
2.2.6 Internal memory
The PolaRx5 has a 16 GB Memory for internal data logging. Data can be logged in SBF, RINEX,
BINEX, NMEA or RTCM-MSM format and may be retrieved via the ’Logging’menu of the web
interface.
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2.2. POLARX5 DESIGN
2.2.7 External memory
The PolaRx5 can log data to an external memory device. More information on the
recommended external device specifications can be found in Section 4.6.2.
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3 Getting started with the PolaRx5
This section details how to power-up, connect to and communicate with the PolaRx5. The
PolaRx5 has an on-board web interface which you can connect to in three ways: Ethernet,
USB or WiFi. The PolaRx5 is fully configurable using the web interface. Please note that older
versions of certain browsers may not properly display the web interface.
3.1 Powering the PolaRx5
You can power the PolaRx5 by connecting the power adapter that is supplied as standard
to the front-panel power socket as indicated in Figure 3-1. The receiver will start up
automatically without pressing the power button.
Figure 3-1: Front-panel power socket
The PolaRx5 can also be powered over Ethernet (PoE) as described in Section 2.2.3 or by
supplying 9 to 30 V via PIN 1 of the open-ended power cable (CBLe_PWR_OE) as detailed in
Appendix A.8.
3.2 Connecting an antenna
The rear panel of the PolaRx5 has a TNC connector labelled MAIN to connect a GNSS
antenna. Connect an antenna to the PolaRx5 using an antenna cable as shown in Figure 3-2.
The connector can provide 5V DC and up to 200 mA to power an antenna (see Appendix B.1
for more information).
Figure 3-2: Rear-panel antenna connector
Before connecting an antenna, the orange front-panel tracking LED will be blinking fast
indicating that the receiver is searching for satellites. After connecting an antenna that has a
clear view of the sky, the PolaRx5 will start to track satellites and the tracking LED will start to
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3.3. CONNECTING TO THE POLARX5 VIA THE WEB INTERFACE
blink more slowly. The number of blinks between pauses indicates the number of satellites
being tracked as described in Appendix E.
3.3 Connecting to the PolaRx5 via the Web
Interface
You can connect to the receiver on any device that supports a web browser using the
receiver’s on-board Web Interface. The connection can be made over USB, Ethernet or WiFi.
The following sections describe each of the connection methods.
3.3.1 Using the USB cable
Connect the USB cable (CBLe_USB) to the socket labelled COM3-4/USB on the front panel of
the PolaRx5 as indicated in Figure 3-3.
Figure 3-3: Connecting to the front-panel USB socket
The first time that the USB cable is connected to your pc, you may be prompted to allow
installation of drivers which can take several minutes. When the drivers have been installed,
it is recommended to unplug then re-plug in the USB cable on your device to fully activate
the drivers.
If the USB drivers do not install automatically, they can be installed manually by double
clicking on the executable installer file found in the folder ‘driver’as shown in Figure 3-4.
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3.3. CONNECTING TO THE POLARX5 VIA THE WEB INTERFACE
Figure 3-4: Manually installing the USB drivers
Again, when the drivers have been installed, it is recommended to unplug then re-plug in the
USB cable on your device to fully activate the drivers.
The USB connection on the PolaRx5 functions as network adapter and the DHCP server
running on the receiver will always assign the PolaRx5 the IP address 192.168.3.1.
To connect to the PolaRx5, you can then simply open a web browser using the IP address
192.168.3.1 as shown in Figure 3-5.
Figure 3-5: Connect to the Web Interface of the PolaRx5 over USB using the IP
address 192.168.3.1 on any web browser
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3.3. CONNECTING TO THE POLARX5 VIA THE WEB INTERFACE
3.3.2 Over WiFi
The Web Interface can also be accessed over a WiFi connection. You can turn on the WiFi
modem of the PolaRx5 by pressing firmly on the WiFi button as shown in Figure 3-6.
Figure 3-6: Press firmly on the front-panel WiFi button to turn on the WiFi modem.
When active, the red WiFi led will be lit.
On your PC or tablet, search for visible WiFi signals: the PolaRx5 identifies itself as a wireless
access point named ’PolaRx5-serial number’. The serial number of the PolaRx5 can be found
on an identification sticker on the receiver housing. Select and connect to the PolaRx5 as
shown in Figure 3-7.
Figure 3-7: Select the PolaRx5 from the list of detected wireless signals and
connect
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3.3. CONNECTING TO THE POLARX5 VIA THE WEB INTERFACE
When your PC has connected to the PolaRx5 WiFi signal, you can open a web browser using
the IP address 192.168.20.1 as shown in Figure 3-8.
Figure 3-8: Connect to the Web Interface of the PolaRx5 over WiFi using the IP
address 192.168.20.1 on any web browser
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3.3. CONNECTING TO THE POLARX5 VIA THE WEB INTERFACE
3.3.3 Using the Ethernet cable
Connect the Ethernet cable (CBLe_ETH_MS) to the socket labelled ETH on the front panel of
the PolaRx5 as shown in Figure 3-9.
Figure 3-9: Connecting to the front-panel Ethernet socket
For the most straightforward setup, the RJ45 socket of the Ethernet cable should be
connected to a network running a DHCP server. The IP address assigned to the receiver
will be associated with the hostname ‘PolaRx5-xxxxxxx’, where xxxxxxx are the 7 digits of the
serial number of the GNSS Receiver Board (GRB) inside the PolaRx5. This number can also be
found on an identification sticker on the receiver housing. You can then make a connection
to the receiver using the web address http://PolaRx5-xxxxxxx.
Figure 3-10 shows a screenshot of an Ethernet connection to a PolaRx5 receiver with serial
number 3013369 using ‘http://polarx5-3013369/’.
Figure 3-10: Connecting to the Web Interface over Ethernet
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4 Reference station operation
4.1 How to configure the PolaRx5 as an RTK
base station
The PolaRx5 can be configured to work as a base station and provide differential correction
data to one or more rover receivers. The steps below describe how to configure the position
of the reference station and output differential corrections over an Ethernet connection.
Connecting to the PolaRx5 over Ethernet is described in Section 3.3.3.
Step 1: Configuring the PolaRx5 base station position
Set the position as static
To work as a base station, the position of the PolaRx5 should be set to static. If not, the
PolaRx5 will still work as a base station however the position of the rover may show more
variation. The ‘Static’position mode can be selected in the ‘Position’window of the ‘Station’
menu as shown in Figure 4-1.
Figure 4-1: Setting the PolaRx5 base station position to static
Set the correct position
An accurate position of the antenna that is connected to the PolaRx5 should also be set. The
default setting of ‘auto’can be used for demonstrations however, for most other purposes,
a properly surveyed position is advisable. In the example shown in Figure 4-2, the position
stored under ‘Geodetic1’is used. The antenna position can be entered in either Geodetic or
Cartesian coordinates.
Select the Datum of the antenna position
In the Datum field, you can select the datum to which the antenna coordinates refer.
The selected value is stored in the Datum field of position-related SBF blocks (e.g.
PVTCartesian) and also in any output differential corrections. Please note that the Datum
setting does not apply any datum transformation to the antenna position coordinates.
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