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POSITIONING SYSTEMS
HiPer II
Operator’s Manual
Part Number 7010-0982
Rev C
December, 2010
All contents in this manual are copyrighted by Topcon. All rights reserved.
The information contained herein may not be used, accessed, copied, stored,
displayed, sold, modified, published, distributed, or otherwise reproduced
without express written consent from Topcon.
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TOC
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Table of Contents
Preface .................................................................. ii-v
Chapter 1
Introduction .......................................................... 1-1
Principles of Operation .................................................... 1-2
GNSS Overview ........................................................ 1-2
Calculating Absolute Positions ........................... 1-3
Calculating Differential Positions ...................... 1-3
Essential Components for Quality Surveying .... 1-5
Conclusion .......................................................... 1-6
HiPer II Receiver ....................................................... 1-7
HiPer II Features ....................................................... 1-9
Battery ....................................................................... 1-10
Inserting and Removing the Battery ................... 1-11
Charging the Battery ........................................... 1-13
LED Display Panel .................................................... 1-16
Audible Annunciator ................................................. 1-21
Data and Power Ports ................................................ 1-22
External Radio Antenna Connector .......................... 1-23
Connector .................................................................. 1-24
SD/SDHC and SIM Card Slots ................................. 1-24
Serial Cable ............................................................... 1-27
Other Accessories ...................................................... 1-28
Optional Accessories ................................................. 1-28
Option Authorization File (OAF) .................................... 1-29
Chapter 2
Pre-survey Preparation ........................................ 2-1
Installing Topcon Software .............................................. 2-2
Installing TRU ........................................................... 2-2
Install the Optional
SD/SDHC and SIM Cards ............................................ 2-3
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Connecting to the Receiver using TRU ............................ 2-3
Establishing a Serial Cable Connection ..................... 2-4
Establishing a Wireless Connection .......................... 2-5
Collecting Almanacs and Ephemerides ............................ 2-7
POWERUP Script ............................................................ 2-8
Example ............................................................... 2-9
POWERUP Script Requirements .............................. 2-9
Installing the POWERUP Script ................................ 2-9
Uninstall the POWERUP script ................................. 2-10
Editing the POWERUP Script ................................... 2-10
Enabling the POWERUP Script ................................ 2-10
Disable POWERUP script function ........................... 2-11
Chapter 3
HiPer II Configuration .......................................... 3-1
Managing the Radio Modem ............................................ 3-2
Connecting with the Radio Modem ........................... 3-2
Configuring a Digital UHF Radio Modem ............... 3-4
Configuring the Receiver ................................................. 3-7
Chapter 4
HiPer II Receiver Setup ....................................... 4-1
Receiver Setup .................................................................. 4-1
Step 1: Set up the Receivers ...................................... 4-1
Step 2: Measure Antenna Height ............................... 4-4
Static Surveying for Base Stations ................................... 4-6
Chapter 5
Receiver and File Maintenance .......................... 5-1
Downloading Files to a Computer ................................... 5-1
Downloading Files via TRU ...................................... 5-1
Deleting Files from the Receiver Using TRU .................. 5-3
Using the Power Button to Deleting Files ........................ 5-4
Managing Receiver Memory ............................................ 5-4
Managing Receiver Options ............................................. 5-4
Checking the Receiver’s OAF ................................... 5-5
Loading an OAF ........................................................ 5-5
Loading New Firmware ................................................... 5-7
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Clearing the NVRAM ...................................................... 5-8
Using TRU to Clear the NVRAM ............................. 5-9
Chapter 6
Troubleshooting ................................................... 6-1
Check This First! ............................................................. 6-1
Troubleshooting Quick List ............................................. 6-2
Powering Problems .......................................................... 6-2
Receiver Problems ........................................................... 6-4
Bluetooth Problems ......................................................... 6-8
TRU Problems ................................................................. 6-10
Obtaining Technical Support ........................................... 6-12
Phone ......................................................................... 6-12
Email ......................................................................... 6-12
Website ...................................................................... 6-13
Appendix A
Specifications ....................................................... A-1
Receiver Specifications ................................................... A-1
General Details .......................................................... A-1
GPS Board Details .................................................... A-5
Bluetooth Module Details ......................................... A-7
Internal Topcon UHF Modem General
Specification Details .............................................. A-7
Internal UHF Satel Modem Details ........................... A-8
Optional GSM/GPRS Module Details ...................... A-9
Battery (BDC58) Specifications ............................... A-10
Charger (CDC68) Specifications .............................. A-10
Connector Specifications ................................................. A-11
UHF Radio Modem Connector ................................. A-11
Power Connector ....................................................... A-12
Serial RS232 Connector ............................................ A-13
Appendix B
Safety Warnings ................................................... B-1
General Warnings .......................................................... B-1
Battery Pack Warnings .................................................. B-2
Usage Warnings ...................................................... B-3
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Appendix C
Regulatory Information ....................................... C-1
UHF Radio Usage ............................................................ C-1
FCC Compliance .............................................................. C-2
Federal Communication Commission
Declaration of Conformity (DoC) Statement ... C-3
Canadian Emission Labeling Requirements .................... C-3
IC RF Radiation Exposure Statement ................. C-4
IC Additional statement with
Detachable Antennas ....................................... C-4
Community of Europe Compliance .................................. C-5
European Community Declaration of Conformity
with R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC .................. C-5
Declaration of Conformity with Regard to the
R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC ....................................... C-6
WEEE Directive ............................................................... C-8
Appendix D
Warranty Terms ................................................... D-1
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Preface
Thank you for purchasing this Topcon product. The materials
available in this Manual (the “Manual”) have been prepared by
Topcon for owners of Topcon products, and are designed to assist
owners with the use of the receiver and its use is subject to these
terms and conditions (the “Terms and Conditions”).
Terms and Conditions
USE This product is designed to be used by a professional. The user
should have a good knowledge of the safe use of the product and
implement the types of safety procedures recommended by the local
government protection agency for both private use and commercial
job sites.
COPYRIGHT All information contained in this Manual is the
intellectual property of, and copyrighted material of Topcon. All
rights are reserved. Do not use, access, copy, store, display, create
derivative works of, sell, modify, publish, distribute, or allow any
third party access to, any graphics, content, information or data in this
Manual without Topcon’s express written consent and may only use
such information for the care and operation of the receiver. The
information and data in this Manual are a valuable asset of Topcon
and are developed by the expenditure of considerable work, time and
money, and are the result of original selection, coordination and
arrangement by Topcon.
NOTICE
Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully.
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TRADEMARKS HiPer II™, TRU™, Topcon Tools™, Topcon
Link™, and FC2500™ are trademarks or registered trademarks of
Topcon. Windows® is a registered trademark of Microsoft
Corporation. The Bluetooth® word mark and logos are owned by
Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by Topcon is used
under license. Other product and company names mentioned herein
may be trademarks of their respective owners.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY EXCEPT FOR ANY
WARRANTIES IN AN APPENDIX OR A WARRANTY CARD
ACCOMPANYING THE PRODUCT, THIS MANUAL AND THE
RECEIVER ARE PROVIDED “AS-IS.” THERE ARE NO OTHER
WARRANTIES. TOPCON DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED
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DISTRIBUTORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR TECHNICAL OR
EDITORIAL ERRORS OR OMISSIONS CONTAINED HEREIN;
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RESULTING FROM THE FURNISHING, PERFORMANCE OR
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INCURRED IN CONNECTION WITH OBTAINING
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OTHERS, INCONVENIENCE, OR ANY OTHER COSTS. IN ANY
EVENT, TOPCON SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR
DAMAGES OR OTHERWISE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER
PERSON OR ENTITY IN EXCESS OF THE PURCHASE PRICE
FOR THE RECEIVER.
LICENSE AGREEMENT Use of any computer programs or software
supplied by Topcon or downloaded from a Topcon website (the
“Software”) in connection with the receiver constitutes acceptance of
these Terms and Conditions in this Manual and an agreement to abide
by these Terms and Conditions. The user is granted a personal, non-
exclusive, non-transferable license to use such Software under the
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terms stated herein and in any case only with a single receiver or
single computer. You may not assign or transfer the Software or this
license without the express written consent of Topcon. This license is
effective until terminated. You may terminate the license at any time
by destroying the Software and Manual. Topcon may terminate the
license if you fail to comply with any of the Terms or Conditions.
You agree to destroy the Software and manual upon termination of
your use of the receiver. All ownership, copyright and other
intellectual property rights in and to the Software belong to Topcon.
If these license terms are not acceptable, return any unused software
and manual.
CONFIDENTIALITY This Manual, its contents and the Software
(collectively, the “Confidential Information”) are the confidential and
proprietary information of Topcon. You agree to treat Topcon’s
Confidential Information with a degree of care no less stringent that the
degree of care you would use in safeguarding your own most valuable
trade secrets. Nothing in this paragraph shall restrict you from
disclosing Confidential Information to your employees as may be
necessary or appropriate to operate or care for the receiver. Such
employees must also keep the Confidentiality Information confidential.
In the event you become legally compelled to disclose any of the
Confidential Information, you shall give Topcon immediate notice so
that it may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy.
WEBSITE; OTHER STATEMENTS No statement contained at the
Topcon website (or any other website) or in any other advertisements
or Topcon literature or made by an employee or independent
contractor of Topcon modifies these Terms and Conditions (including
the Software license, warranty and limitation of liability).
SAFETY Improper use of the receiver can lead to injury to persons or
property and/or malfunction of the product. The receiver should only
be repaired by authorized Topcon warranty service centers. Users
should review and heed the safety warnings in an Appendix.
MISCELLANEOUS The above Terms and Conditions may be
amended, modified, superseded, or canceled, at any time by Topcon.
The above Terms and Conditions will be governed by, and construed
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in accordance with, the laws of the State of California, without
reference to conflict of laws.
Manual Conventions
This manual uses the following conventions:
Example Description
FileExit Click the File menu, and click Exit.
Connection Indicates the name of a dialog box or screen.
Frequency Indicates a field on a dialog box or screen, or a tab
within a dialog box or screen.
Enter Press or click the button or key labeled Enter.
NOTE
Further information to note about the configuration,
maintenance, or setup of a system.
TIP
Supplementary information that can help to
configure, maintain, or set up a system.
NOTICE
Supplementary information that can have an affect
on system operation, system performance,
measurements, or personal safety.
CAUTION
Notification that an action has the potential to
adversely affect system operation, system
performance, data integrity, or personal health.
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WARNING
Notification that an action will result in system
damage, loss of data, loss of warranty, or personal
injury.
DANGER
Under no circumstances should this action be
performed.
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Introduction
The HiPer II receiver is a multi-frequency GNSS receiver, built to be
the most advanced and compact receiver of its kind for the surveying
and construction markets.
The HiPer II can receive and process GNSS signals on the L1 and L2
frequencies of both the GPS and GLONASS satellite navigation
systems. This multi-frequency and multi-constellation capability
improves the accuracy and reliability of the survey points and
positions that are produced by the HiPer II system, especially under
difficult jobsite conditions. The HiPer II possesses several other
features, including advanced multipath mitigation, which helps
provide reception under-canopy and in low signal strength areas. The
receiver provides the functionality, accuracy, availability, and
integrity needed for fast and easy data collection.
Figure 1-1. HiPer II Receiver
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Principles of Operation
Surveying with a professional-grade GNSS receiver can provide users
with accurate and precise positioning; a fundamental requirement for
any surveying project.
This section gives an overview of existing and proposed Global
Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) and receiver functions so that
basic operating principles can be applied.
GNSS Overview
Currently, two Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) offer
line-of-sight radio navigation, positioning, and timing services on a
global, all-weather scale to any user equipped with a GNSS tracking
receiver:
• GPS - the Global Positioning System maintained and operated by
the United States Department of Defense. For information on the
status of this system, visit the US Naval Observatory website
(http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/) or the US Coast Guard website
(http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/).
• GLONASS - the GLobal NAvigation Satellite System maintained
and operated by the Russian Federation Ministry of Defense. For
information on the status of this system, visit the Coordinational
Scientific Information Center website (http://www.glonass-
ianc.rsa.ru/).
Despite the numerous technical differences in the implementation of
these systems, both satellite positioning systems have three essential
components:
• Space - GPS and GLONASS satellites orbit approximately
12,000 nautical miles above Earth, and are equipped with an
atomic clock and a radio. These satellites broadcast ranging
signals and various digital information (ephemerides, almanacs,
time and frequency corrections, and so forth).
• Control - Ground stations located around the Earth that monitor
the satellites and upload data, including clock corrections and
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new ephemerides (satellite positions as a function of time), to
ensure the satellites transmit data properly.
• User - The community and military that use GNSS receivers to
calculate positions.
Calculating Absolute Positions
When calculating an absolute position, a stationary or moving
receiver determines its three-dimensional position with respect to the
origin of an Earth-Center Earth-Fixed coordinate system. To calculate
this position, the receiver measures the distance (called pseudo-
ranges) between it and at least four satellites. The measured pseudo-
ranges are corrected for clock differences (receiver and satellites) and
signal propagation delays due to atmospheric effects. The positions of
the satellites are computed from the ephemeris data transmitted to the
receiver in navigation messages. When using a single satellite system,
the minimum number of satellites needed to compute a position is
four. In a mixed satellite scenario (GPS and GLONASS), the receiver
must lock onto five or more satellites to account for the different time
scales used in these systems and to obtain an absolute position.
Calculating Differential Positions
DGPS, or Differential GPS, is a relative positioning technique where
the measurements from two or more remote receivers are combined
and processed using sophisticated algorithms to calculate the
receivers' relative coordinates with high accuracy. DGPS
accommodates various implementation techniques that can be
classified according to the following criteria:
• The type of GNSS measurements used, either code-phase
differential measurements or carrier-phase differential
measurements
• If real-time or post-mission results required. Real-time
applications can be further divided according to the source of
differential data and communication link used.
With DGPS in its most traditional approach, one receiver is placed at
a known surveyed location and is referred to as the reference receiver
or base station. Another receiver is placed at an unknown location and
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is referred to as the remote receiver or rover. The reference station
collects the code-phase and carrier-phase measurements from each
GNSS satellite in view.
• For real-time applications, these satellite measurements and the
reference station coordinates are then combined to form industry
standard RTCM1messages that are broadcast to the remote
receiver(s) using a data communication link. The remote receiver
applies the transmitted measurement information to its observed
measurements of the same satellites.
• For post-mission applications, the simultaneous measurements
from reference and rover stations are recorded to the receiver's
memory card (not sent over a communication link). Later, the
data is downloaded to a computer, combined, and processed.
Using this post-processing technique, the spatially correlated
errors - such as satellite orbital errors, ionospheric errors and
tropospheric errors - can be significantly reduced, thus improving
the position solution accuracy. This is particularly true when the
remote receiver is stationary.
Other differential positioning methods and systems also exist,
including, maritime radio beacons, commercial geostationary
satellites (as with the OmniSTAR service) and satellite based
augmentation systems (WAAS, EGNOS, MSAS). For use of these
other systems additional hardware and/or subscription fees may be
required that are separate from the HiPer II system.
The Real-time Kinematic (RTK) method is the most common method
of precision real-time surveying. RTK operation requires at least two
receivers collecting simultaneous GNSS data and a reliable low-
latency communication link between the receivers. As with DGPS
1. [RTCM FOOTNOTE] The Radio Technical Commission for Maritime
Services (RTCM) defines global standards for communication
messages and protocols that are used in the GNSS positioning industry.
In support of this standards-based approach, Topcon recommends use
of the latest RTCM message formats (v3 or greater) for all RTK
and DGPS communication needs. Several legacy correction message
formats are also provided by Topcon GNSS products in order to support
interoperability with older GNSS systems, but their use is now
deprecated.
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described earlier, one of the receivers is usually at a known location
(Base) and the other is at an unknown location (Rover). The Base
receiver collects precise carrier phase measurements, generates RTK
corrections and transmits this data to the Rover receiver. The Rover
processes this transmitted data with its own carrier phase
observations to compute its relative position with high accuracy, thus
achieving an RTK accuracy of up to 10mm horizontal and 15mm
vertical.
Essential Components for Quality Surveying
Achieving quality positioning results from the HiPer II requires an
understanding of the following elements:
• Accuracy - The accuracy of a position that is delivered by a
GNSS receiver primarily depends upon the observed satellite
geometry (Geometric Dilution of Precision, or GDOP) and the
measurement (ranging) errors.
– Differential positioning techniques (DGPS and RTK) can be
used to almost completely remove all major GNSS error
sources, such as atmospheric and orbital errors.
– The more satellites that are in view, the stronger the signal,
the lower the GDOP number will be, leading to the highest
positioning accuracy. For DGPS and RTK operations, it is
important to consider that the GDOP is dependent on the
number of common satellites in view at both the Base and the
Remote receivers.
– The quality of observed measurements can also affect
accuracy, and for this reason Topcon GNSS products use
sophisticated and patented techniques to produce highly
precise measurements. However, these measurements can
still be adversely affected by nearby natural and man-made
objects that block, interrupt, reflect, or partially obscure
satellite signals.
• Availability - While a low number of satellites may adversely
affect accuracy, if very few satellites are visible this may result in
no position being available at all. A minimum of 4 GPS or 4
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GLONASS, or 5 GPS+GLONASS (mixed) satellites must be
visible at all times.
• Integrity - Fault tolerance and redundancy allow a position
solution to have greater integrity, increasing its reliability for the
user. Several factors combine to provide fault tolerance,
including:
– Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (RAIM) detects
faulty GNSS satellites and removes them from the position
calculation. This is a built-in and valuable feature of the
HiPer II receiver.
– Five or more visible satellites for only GPS or only
GLONASS; six or more satellites for a mixed scenario. As
the total number of satellites increases, so does the
measurement redundancy and the inherent reliability of the
position.
– Satellite Based Augmentation Systems (WAAS, EGNOS,
and so on) creates and transmit, along with DGPS
corrections, data integrity information (for example, satellite
health warnings).
– Current ephemerides and almanacs.
Conclusion
This overview simply outlines the basics of satellite positioning. For
more detailed information, visit the Topcon website.
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