The Solar Trader A10FN User manual

Bluetooth GPS Receiver
A10FN
Users Manual

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Contents
Caution------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2
0. Quick Start----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2
0.1. Inside the package------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2
0.2. Connect to your PC/PDA---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2
1. Introduction---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3
2. Features and Functions--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3
3. Technical Specification---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4
3.1. General------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4
3.2. Acquisition Time (Average)------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4
3.3.Precision/Accuracy------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4
3.4. Dynamic Condition----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4
3.5. Power Management-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------4
3.6. Protocol & Interface---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4
3.7. Dimension /Specification---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5
4. Start to Use----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6
5. Software/Hardware Usage----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7
5.1. Hardware description -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7
5.2. Configuration setup with PC connection ----------------------------------------------- ---------- 8
5.3. Configuration setup with PDA connection-------------------------------------------------------11
5.4. Software Install/Usage Guide----------------------------------------------------------------------13
6. Warranty------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 15
7. Trouble Shooting---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15
7.1. Problem of Setup-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15
7.2. Concerning of Poor GPS Signal------------------------------------------------------------------- 16

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Caution
Read before you start to use:
?Global Position System (GPS) is obtained by American Ministry of National Defense, and they
have got the full responsibility about the preciseness and the maintenance. Any changes may
cause the capacity and preciseness of GPS to differ.
?If you use this device inside buildings, tunnels, or with any huge objects beside you, the GPS
signals might be cut-off or disturbed. This is not a malfunction of the product.
?The receiver operating temperature is located between -10 ~70 . For the safety and lifetime
of the Li-ion battery usage, do not put this device in an overheated environment.
Quick Start
0.1 Inside the Package
Thank you for purchasing our GPS product, we wish you have the best experience when using the
product. Please open the package and check if everything in the list exists.
A. Basic package
1. Mini Solar Bluetooth GPS Receiver A10FN x1
2. High capacity rechargeable lithium-ion battery x1
3. Manual/software CD-Rom x1
4. Car charger x1
5. AC adaptor x1
0.2 Connect to your PC/PDA
A. Push the power button for 2 seconds to power on the Bluetooth GPS receiver.
B. Put the Mini Solar Bluetooth GPS Receiver in a place (open to the sky) to receive the GPS
signal.
C. Turn on the power of your PC/PDA.
D. Search for Bluetooth devices by your Bluetooth Manager on your PC/PDA. The GPS
device requires no passkey for connection, but some Bluetooth systems are forced to enter a
passkey, please use [0000] in such a case.
E. Connect to the Mini Solar Bluetooth GPS Receiver and then make sure baud rate set at
9600 bps (standard) in your application program.
F. In first use of this Mini Solar Bluetooth GPS Receiver, we strongly recommend to bring the
Bluetooth GPS receiver outdoors to get an open sky view at least 15~20 minutes.
1. Introduction
The Mini Solar Bluetooth GPS Receiver is a total solution for a GPS receiver. The high
capacity rechargeable lithium- ion battery, GPS antenna, Bluetooth transmit/receive system are all
included. It is designed with the most up to date SiRF starIII chip solution. You can use this Mini

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Solar Bluetooth GPS Receiver as a vehicle’s navigator, security system, geographic measurement,
investigations or agricultural purposes. The Mini Solar Bluetooth GPS Receiver operation
requirementsare a power supply and an open sky-view. This Bluetooth GPS Receiver can
communicate with other electronic devices by Bluetooth interface. Built-in Flash Memory can save
satellite information and do almanac refresh periodically. This will shorten Time To First Fix
(TTFF).
This is much longer than competitors’. Lithium-ion batterycan be re-charged reasonably under
nature or artificial sunlight no matter if the A10FN receiver is turned on or off. Most of the time,
you don’t need a charger!
The Mini Solar Bluetooth GPS Receiver is designed the have high position accuracy. It will
update the satellite position every second. The Mini Solar Bluetooth GPS Receiver auto-locating
feature is capable of automatically determining a navigation solution without intervention. However,
acquisition performance could be interfered and do cold start if the receiver was involved with and
of the following events:
1) First use
2) The GPS receiver is not in use for more than 3 months or transportation over distances
further than 500 kilometers.
3) Failure of the internal memory battery without system standby power.
4) Change Li-ion battery
FeaturesandFunctions
1) Total solutionin power management.
Unique Solar Cell re-charging design (patent protected).
2) Green solution in wireless GPS receiver application
Always charge your lithium-ion battery under nature or artificial sunlight. However, if you need
to, use your car charger or AC adaptor
3) Considerate LED/switch button design
Easy look, easy touch!one-touch button design keep your hand free
4) Act as WARM/HOT start with built-in battery
Shorten TTFF effectively.
5) Automatically almanac/ephemeris update in flash memory
Programmable flash utility to do refreshon satellite orbit data information every 10 minutes.
6) Smart power management solution.
GPS Device will automatically shutdown whenBluetooth is un-detected over default time.
7) Compatible with Bluetooth Serial Port Profile (SPP).
8) Easy to combine with the vehicle, voyage navigation, vehicle management, AVL, personal
navigation, tracking system and map applications.

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Technical Specification
3.1. General
Core Module: Built- in high performance SiRF starIII chipset.
Satellite channel number: all- in- view 20 parallel satellites;
GPS frequency: 1575.42 MHz
Receiver: L1, C/A code.
Antenna type: Built in passive patch antenna
External connector: MMCX (standard)
3.2. Acquisition Time
Refresh: 0.1 sec
Cold start: 41 sec (average, normally occurred in first use of GPS receiver life)
Warm start: 37 sec (average)
Hot start: 1 sec (average)
Position information update period: 1 sec (average)
3.3. Precision/ Accuracy
Position accuracy: <10M (2D RMS) or <7M(WAAS enabled)
Velocity: 0.1 m/sec, without SA
Time: 1ms synchronized to GPS time
3.4. Power management
A) Applied External Voltage: 5V DC +/- 5% (via charge cable)
B) Power system:
Main battery: Rechargeable Lithium- ion3.7V battery, as main power.
3.5. Protocol &Interface
A) Output format
NMEA 0183 V3.01, ASCII (default GGA GSV GSA RMC VTG)
Baud rate: 9600 bps (standard)
Data bit: 8
Parity: None
Stop bit: 1
B) NMEA code support:
GGA (1/sec)
GSV (5/sec)
GSA (1/sec)
RMC (1/sec)
VTG (1/sec)
C) Compatible with Bluetooth devices with Serial Port Profile (SPP)

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Bluetooth version 1.1 compliant
Bluetooth Class 2 operation (up to 10 meter range)
Frequency : 2.400 to 2.480 GHz
Modulation: FHSS / GFSK
RF channels: 79
Input Sensitivity: -80dBm
Output Level: 4dBm
3.6. Dimension/Environment Specification:
Dimension size: 52(W) ×82(L) × 21(H) mm
Weight: < 70g(battery excluded)
Operation temperature: -10oC to + 70oC
Storage temperature: -40oC to + 85oC
Operation humidity: 5%R.H. to 95%R.H. no compressed

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Start to Use
Step 1: Charge the battery
Please fully-charge the battery with at least 4 hours before you use the GPS receiver first.
Connect the
charge cable to the power plug at the
bottomand start charging
Power Indicator:
(1)Green LED blinking
àPower low/charging (see below detail described)
Bluetooth
indicator
Power
indicator
Charge plug
(2) Green LED stop blinking & lightsup
àCharge completed (LED will vanish when cable away)
Step 2: Power on, connect with Bluetooth
Push the power switch 1~2 seconds to Power
on
Bluetoothindicator:
(1) Bluetooth host searching:
à3 pulses per second
(2) Bluetooth host connected:
à1 pulse per second
Bluetooth indicator
PowerON/OFF switch
Note: Some PDAsneed to restart the Bluetooth function if you need to re-connect.
Step 3: GPS function test
In the first use of this Receiver, we strongly recommend to bring your Bluetooth GPS Receiver
outdoorsto view anopen sky at least 15~20 minutes for almanac update.
Power on the A10FN Bluetooth GPS
Receiver
GPS Acquisition Fix Indicator
(1) Red LED lights up continuously:
Inquiring
GPS Acquisition &
Power indicator
(2) Red LED blinks (1 pulse/3 sec):
Position fixed

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Software/Hardware Usage
5.1. Hardware description
1). Mini Solar Bluetooth GPS Receiver device function description is shown as below:
Mini Solar Panel
Bluetooth indicator
External Antenna
Charge plug MMCX Plug
Power/GPS LED Power ON/OFF
switch
2). LED display description
Symbol Color Behavior Description
Blinking in 3 pulses/sec Searching for Bluetooth host
Blue tooth Indicator Blue Blinking in 1 pulse/sec Connected with host&
communicating
Green Blinking with 3 sec
interval
Battery low
Green Blinking with 2 sec
interval
Charging
Green Light up Charge completed
(LED off when cable away)
Red Light up continuously Positioning
Power/GPS
Acquisition LED
(Red/Green combined)
Red Blink in 1pulse/ 3secs Position fixed
3).Power ON/OFF
Push power switch 1~2 seconds to switch on/off the power.
Passive antenna
inside (face to open
sky)

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5.2. Configuration setup with PC connection
Here is a sample to show you how to connect the Bluetooth GPS Receiver with your PC, how
to install the software and basic functionality test.
1) First, select a PC with a Bluetooth interface. Or you can purchase Bluetoothadapter for your PC.
(A39FH, A40FH A70FF)
2) Check your Bluetooth manager if there is any configuration of Bluetooth Serial Port Profile like
this:
Note: this sample is for your reference only. The screen may vary between different models of
Bluetooth Manager software.
3) If not found, please create a Bluetoothserial port yourself. The configuration should be like this:
4) If there is already one, please check the content. Some Bluetooth device will enable the secure
connection. Please refer to the configuration as above to uncheck it.
5) Power on your GPS Receiver. If the battery is ready, you should see 2 LEDslight up: the blue
LED blink 3 times/sec means Bluetooth is activated and waiting for connection. Another static
red LED shows the GPS module is started and is inquiring position information.
Please uncheck the
secure connection
Name it as
you wish

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6) Open your Bluetooth places; you should see nothing while using firstly.
7) Click the [View devices in range] and you should find a [Bluetooth GPS] show as below:
8) Right click on the icon, select the [Discover Available Services]:
9) You should find the service SPP slave, right click and select [Connect to Bluetooth Serial Port]:

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10) The follow message will show:
11) And the connection successful message:
12) Back to the Bluetooth service view, you should see the icon changed to [Connected]:
13) If you wish to use the connection more easily next time, you can create a shortcut for this:

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14) You will see the shortcut you just created:
5.3. Configuration setup with PDA connection
Following will show how to configure the Bluetooth connection on PDA. It may be different
from other PDA models.
1) Power on your PDA and the Bluetooth host.
2) Power on the GPS Receiver. If the battery is ready, you should see 2 LEDs indication: the blue
for Bluetooth blinks 3 times/sec. It means the Bluetooth module is activated and waiting for
connection. The red LED for GPS, means the GPS module is activated and is inquiring GPS
signal.
Red LED
Blue LED blinks 3 times/sec

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3) See the screen, click Bluetoothmark at bottom, and [Bluetooth Manager] as below:
4) If this is your first time to use BluetoothGPS, click the Bluetoothmark at the bottom as below:
5) Then the Bluetooth connection wizard will show up, select [Explore a Bluetooth device] and
click [Next]. In the next page, click the box to search for Bluetooth devices. Your PDA will find
the BluetoothGPS and show it in the window. Click the icon to search for service.

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6) Back to the [Explore a Bluetoothdevice] as below. Click [Next] to list service on Bluetooth GPS.
[SPP slave] should appear in the service list box, click it and click [Next] to finish shortcut
creation. Don’t forget to uncheck the secure connection box.
7) Back to the main screen of [Bluetooth manager] as below. Please double-click the icon to
connect the Bluetooth GPS Receiver . If connection successful, a green arrow will show as below
at right.
8) You may start to use any map/navigation software and use the GPS function now.
5.4. Software Install/Usage Guide
1) Please make sure your PDA is connected properly with your PC using Microsoft ActiveSync. If
you have not installed ActiveSync yet, you can install the copy from the bounded CD-Rom,
version 4.2. Please connect your PDA with your PC by the cable/cradle for your PDA, it should
be found in your PDA accessory pack.

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2)Insert the CD-Rom into your CD drive. If your auto-run function works, you will see the
welcome screen as below:
3)Click the [Tools and Software] at the left:

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Trouble Shooting
7.1 Problem of Setup
Error/Problem Cause Trouble shooting
Can not find the GPS
device through
Bluetoothinterface
Not installed correct or battery low Check if Solar BluetoothGPS
Receiver is installed properly, and
confirm the battery level is suitable
(green LED blinks or no LED)
Unable toconnect
through Bluetooth
Configuration incorrect Please refer section 5.2 to re-install.
Or refer to your PDA’s user manual
for configuration.
Fail to open COM
Port
Bluetooth Manager is not configured
properly, or the COM port is adopted
by another software.
Please check your BluetoothM
anager
settings, close the software may use
COM ports and try again. Or check if
there is any password protection.
No NMEA code
(GPS data flow)
(1) Some PC/PDA will enter the
power saving mode if you stop
input for a few minutes. Bluetooth
interface will be reset in such case.
(2) Wrong baud rate or com port
setting
(1) Disable the power saving mode,
try to connect GPS receiver again.
(2) Correct with right baud rate &
com port
Unstable GPS signal
(1) degrade by anti-
sunlight film
with receiver placed inside car
(2) some cases described in sec7.2
Plug External antenna and place on
car roof
Poor GPS signal (1) 2.5SR Storm effect
(2) Atmosphere turbulences
(3) SA ON by USA military.
NA
7.2 Concerning of Poor GPS Signal
It is possible unable to receive GPS signal or signal low in these places:
ØInside the tunnel, GPS signal is blocked.

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ØCovers above, GPS signal is blocked.
ØInside buildings, GPS signal is blocked.
ØBeside some buildings, GPS signal is disturbed.
ØInside forests, or too many covers, GPS signal is disturbed.
nIf you use the Bluetooth GPS Receiver inside the car, some anti-sunlight windscreen film
will make the GPS signal degraded or signal blank.
nGPS satellite is owned by America military, sometimes they will tune-down the accuracy by
some reason. In such cases, the GPS position may not fixed exactly.