User manual EMTAC GPS RECEIVER CARD

GPS Receiver Card D152N / D157N User Guide FCC INFORMATION The Federal Communication Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement includes the following paragraph: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital Device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction, may cause harmful interference to radio communication. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of following measures: Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. Connect the equipment into and outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. 1 The user should not modify or change this equipment without written approval from EMTAC TECHNOLOGY CORP. Modification could void authority to use this equipment. Notice User must make a fully charge to the LITHIUM Battery by keeping the card operation for over 15 hours. The information in this document is subject to change in order to improve reliability, design, or function without prior notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of EMTAC. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of EMTAC. The measurement functions of this GPS card are stated in the specification that is not intended for use in professional or industrial precision measurements. Values produced by these GPS cards should be considered as reasonable accurate representations only. 2 Trademark Acknowledgments SiRF and SiRFstarII are registered trademarks of SiRF Technology, Inc. Microsoft Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp. IBM and Thinkpad are a registered trademark s of International Business Machines Corp. All other product names or trademarks are property of their respective owners. Product and cooperate names mention in this publication are used for identification purpose only. I. Package Contents The package should contain following items: 1. CRUXII GPS Card, PCMCIA (D152N) or CF (D157N) Type. 3 2. External Antenna 3. The driver CD II. Installation Guide for Win98/WinME Step1 ­ Turn on the Notebook/Desktop PC, and boot-up with Win98/ME. Step2 ­ Insert the PCMCIA\CF GPS card into one of the Notebook/Desktop PC build-in PAMCIA slots. Note: For CF type GPS card, The card must be connected to a CFtype II ­to-PCMCIA adapter before inserted into the PCMCIA slot. 4 Step3 ­ The Win98/WinME will show as follows to indicate that there is a new device found. Step4 ­ Press button to go to next screen. Step5 ­ Chooses the first one to make Win98/WinME searching for the best driver. 5 Step6 ­ Press button to go to next screen. Step7 ­ Insert the Driver CD-ROM into the CD-ROM driver. Step8 ­ Key in "D:\" in the field of "Specify a location", and choose it. Step9 ­ Press button to go to next screen. It will show there is a driver- `GPS9X.inf"found in drive D. 6 Step10 ­ Press button to go to next screen. Step11 ­ Wait for a moment, Win98/WinME will show that it has finished the installation of CF\PCMCIA GPS card as show below. Step12 ­ To make sure the PCMCIA/CF GPS card work, go to the Win98/WinME control panel and double click on the "System" icon. Step13 ­ Clicks on the "Device Manager". Step14 ­ Double click on the icon of "global positioning devices", it shall show a sub-icon "CRUX II CF(PC) GPS Card (COM5)", as below. But remember, it is not always COM5, it may be COM4 or COM6 depend on you system. And when you install your map software program, you should be aware of which COM your Card is using. 7 Step15 ­ Double click on the icon of "CRUXII CF(PC) GPS Card (COM5)", it will show the message as below to indicate the card work properly. 8 III. Installation Guide for Win NT4.0 Step1 ­ Insert the GPS PCMCIA card into one of the Notebook/Desktop PC build-in PAMCIA slots before turn-on the power. Step2 ­ Turn on the Notebook/Desktop PC, and boot-up with Win NT4.0 . Step3 ­ After the Win NT4.0 boot-up, go to `My Computer' >'Control Panel'. The screen will show as follows. 9 Step4 ­ Click the `PC Card' icon. Step5 ­ The Screen shows as follows. Select `EMTAC CRUX II GPS Card...' then click ` Properties'. 10 Step6 ­ The properties information shows that which Com-port number that the card had occupied, for following example it is `Com1'. Note ­ Remember, it is not always Com1, it may be Com2 to Com4 depend on you system. And when you install your own digital map program, you should be aware of which COM your CRUX GPS Card is using. 11 I. Installation Guide for Win 2k Step1 ­ Turn on the Notebook/Desktop PC, and boot-up with Win2k. Step2 ­ Insert the GPS PCMCIA card into one of the Notebook/Desktop PC build-in PAMCIA slots. Step3 ­ Win 2k will show you a message that it found new hardware, then you should make it search a suitable driver. And show it where the driver is, usually, put our driver disk into A:\, and key in "A:\". 12 Step4 ­ Then win 2k will find the correct information file of CRUX card, and install it. Step5 ­ After CRUX card is installed, you can check you Win2k setting to see if CRUX works fine. In "Control Panel"->"System">"Hardware"->"Device Manager"->"Ports", you can see the following. 13 If you don't see any exclamation sign in front of CRUX card, then it means that the card is working correctly. And also, you can see which com port our CRUX card is. II. Installation Guide for WinCE As long as the e-Map/Navigator software programs running on WinCE supports NMEA input from CF COM port, there is no extra driver is needed. In above case, just inserts the CRUX card, executes that e-Map/Navigator program and there must have a setting in your e-Map/Navigator software program to choose the NMEA input. Just choose the NMEA input from "PCMCIA(COM2)" then it will activate CRUX card. 14 IV. FAQ: 1. Q: I install the CRUX card and the system allocates the card to `COM5' but my digital-map only accepts the NMEA source from one of COM1-COM4. What should I do? A: Remove the CRUX card, Disable one of system on-board COM ports (COM1 or IR port) that are not in used. Then reinsert the card for Win98, or restart the computer for Win NT4.0. Q: Why the reception performance degrades while putting my Notebook-PC with CRUX card on the metal plate top (i.e. roof top of a car)? A: Because the built-in antenna design on CRUX card is for hand held operation and assume that there should be NO wide area of metal plate on its bottom back. Q: Which mapping software has your card been tried with? A: Basically CRUX Card can be used with any E-Map that supports NMEA Protocol and allows user to select input source com port number. Please do disable IR at first and make sure which com port the CRUX Card is in the PC and modify the right position under the E-Map software. **Some of the E-map software do not support Com5 and over assignment. 2. 3. 15 4. Q: Why the CRUX Card can not be detected after insert to the notebook? A: Win98 takes longer time to detect 'Hot' insertion 3.3V CRUX Card. If Win98 still not detect the card for a long time, it could be caused by IO address / IRQ conflict in the Win98. Then, go 'My Computer' => 'Control Panel' => 'System' => 'Device Manager' => click 'GPS' => double click 'EMTAC GPS Card' => click 'Resources' => de-select 'use Automatic setting' => select one of 'Basic Configuration XXX' to appropriate COM resources. And it should be work then. Q: Can power be switched on/off via software such as by a proprietary NMEA sentence? A: When you open PCMCIA COM Port with Win98, the power will be switched on. On the other hand, when you close PCMCIA COM Port, the power will be switched off. Q: Why the CRUX unable to download any information from satellites after it is defected by notebook? A: We would suggest customer to insert another card in the notebook to see if the original one is defected or not. If it's the same problem, means the original card if okay. Then, please try the following steps to test, a) For a better software compatibility, disable on board COM2 device (UART or IRDA) from the BIOS, then reboot the Windows. After insert the CRUX Card, the card should occupy COM2 addressing (I/O: 2F-2FFh, 16 5. 6. IRQ3). b) The application can then open the COM2 via Serial.vxd or Serial.dll. or just use the HyperTerm, which comes from Windows to check it. c) The ASCII streams from the port should be 4800, N, 8, 1 NMEA commend set. 7. Q: Can autolocating cold start be forced, and with what command? Are SiRF & NMEA commands supported? A: Yes, SiRF & NMEA does. Q: Recommend notebooks & PDAs for on-board GPS Antenna: A: IBM 240X, 380, 560X & 570, Toshiba Portege 7020CT & S2180, COMPAQ iPAQ. 8. 17 V. Specification: : CRUX II GPS PCMCIA Receiver Card : D152N-5 Product Name Model No. Specification: General: L1, 1575.42 MHz. 1.023 MHz chip rate 12 Channel all-in-view tracking. Differential GPS (DGPS) Build in WAAS channel Antenna: One active antenna via MCX connector and an optional built-in on board Patch. Frequency: C/A: Channels: Accuracy: Position: Velocity: Time: Datum: Dynamic Conditions: Altitude: Velocity: Acceleration: H/W: S/W: Baud Rate: Protocol: Voltage: Current: 25 meters CEP without SA 0.1 meters/second, without SA 1 microsecond synchronized to GPS time WGS-84 18,000m(60,000 feet) max 515 meters/second(1000 knots) max 4g., max PCMCIA Type II Emulated COM-port (COM1-4; Auto select) 4800 bps, N, 8,1 NMEA(v2.0)- GGA,GSA,GSV,RMC 5.0V ±5% 160mA Max. in continuous mode 0°C to + 70°C 5% to 95%, non-condensing. Interface: Power: Environmental: Operating Temperature: Relative Humidity: * The specifications are subject to be changed without notice.* 18 Product Name Model No. Specification: General: : CRUX II CF GPS Receiver Card : D157N-5 L1, 1575.42 MHz. 1.023 MHz chip rate 12 Channel all-in-view tracking. Differential GPS (DGPS) Build in WAAS channel Antenna: One active antenna via MCX connector and an optional built-in on board Patch. Frequency: C/A: Channels: Accuracy: Position: Velocity: Time: Datum: Dynamic Conditions: Altitude: Velocity: Acceleration: H/W: S/W: Baud Rate: Protocol: Voltage: Current: 25 meters CEP without SA 0.1 meters/second, without SA 1 microsecond synchronized to GPS time WGS-84 18,000m(60,000 feet) max 515 meters/second(1000 knots) max 4g., max CF Type II Emulated COM-port (COM1-4; Auto select) 4800 bps, N, 8,1 NMEA(v2.0)- GGA,GSA,GSV,RMC 3.3V ±5% 160mA Max. in continuous mode 0°C to + 70°C 5% to 95%, non-condensing. Interface: Power: Environmental: Operating Temperature: Relative Humidity: * The specifications are subject to be changed without notice.* 19