Ashtech Z-FX Service Manual

Z-Surveyor & Z-FXOperation and Reference ManualAshtech1170 Kifer RoadSunnyvale, CA USA 94086Phone and Fax Numbers•Main• Voice: 408-524-1400• Fax:

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List of Tables xiReliance FundamentalsList of Tables Table 1.1: Technical Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Introduction 1Reliance FundamentalsIntroduction 1IntroductionBoth the Z-Surveyor and the Z-FX represent a powerful and economic alternative to convent

2 Z-Surveyor & Z-FX Operation Manualreceiver operates stand-alone and as a base (reference) station or remote (rover) station providing real-time

Introduction 3IntroductionFunctional DescriptionThe receiver is activated when power is applied to the power connector (or internal battery has been i

4 Z-Surveyor & Z-FX Operation Manual$PASHQ,FLS,0 (for more information, refer to the Z-Family Technical Reference Manual).Technical Specifications

Introduction 5IntroductionTable 1.2 lists the technical specifications of the Z-FX/Z-FXHE. Table 1.2: Z-FX/Z-FXHE Technical SpecificationsCharacteris

6 Z-Surveyor & Z-FX Operation ManualPerformance SpecificationsOne of the most important functions of the receiver is providing real-time position

Introduction 7IntroductionIf the letter or number is displayed in the response message, the option is available. If the letter/number is not displayed

ii Z-Surveyor & Z-FX Operation ManualCopyright NoticeCopyright © 1998 Magellan Corporation. All rights reserved. No part of this publication or

8 Z-Surveyor & Z-FX Operation Manual[X] External Frequency ReferenceThe external frequency option [X] allows the user to input an external frequen

Introduction 9Introduction[K] RTK BaseThe [K] option allows the receiver to act as a real-time Z base station which will output carrier phase differen

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Equipment Description 11Equipment 2Equipment DescriptionThis chapter provides a detailed description of equipment associated with the Z-Surveyor and

12 Z-Surveyor & Z-FX Operation ManualTable 2.1 describes the front panel components of the Z-Surveyor. Table 2.1: Z-Surveyor Front Panel Descripti

Equipment Description 13Equipment Rear PanelThe rear panel of the Z-Surveyor contains all the connectors necessary to provide connection to all extern

14 Z-Surveyor & Z-FX Operation Manual3 Serial Ports•A•B•C•DEach port delivers a 12V output on pin 1 for Radio Modem Power Up. The total power deli

Equipment Description 15Equipment PinoutsPowerOne 3-pin Fischer connector provides the power input interface. Figure 2.3 shows the pin layout of the p

16 Z-Surveyor & Z-FX Operation ManualThe voltage input range is 10-28 volts, with a power rating of 10 watts.Port (Fischer) ConnectorsFigure 2.4 r

Equipment Description 17Equipment Z-FXFront PanelThe Z-FX front panel allows the user to control basic receiver options as well as perform Static, Rap

iiiDISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITYLICENSOR AND ITS THIRD-PARTY SUPPLIERS MAKE NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS, EXPRESS OR IMPLI

18 Z-Surveyor & Z-FX Operation ManualRear PanelThe rear panel of the Z-FX contains all the connectors necessary to provide connection to all exter

Equipment Description 19Equipment Figure 2.7 represents the rear panel of the Z-FXHE. Figure 2.7: Z-FXHE Rear Panel9811AEXTFREQRADIOPWR GPS121 PPSOutp

20 Z-Surveyor & Z-FX Operation ManualTable 2.6 describes all the rear panel components of the Z-FX/Z-FXHE Table 2.6: Z-FXHE Rear Panel Description

Equipment Description 21Equipment PinoutsZ-FXBecause the pinouts of this receiver and the Z-Surveyor are the same, refer to “Pinouts” on page 15.Z-FXH

22 Z-Surveyor & Z-FX Operation ManualSerial PortsFigure 2.8 represents the serial port pin layout.Table 2.8 provides the serial port pinout descri

Equipment Description 23Equipment Table 2.9 provides the serial port pinout descriptions for port 2.11 GND Signal ground12 TXDC Port C Transmit Data O

24 Z-Surveyor & Z-FX Operation ManualPCMCIA CardThis card can only be accessed by users of the Z-Surveyor (not the Z-FX or Z-FXHE) Figure 2.9 is a

Equipment Description 25Equipment The PC card can be used inside the receiver without restrictions, for the receiver’s full operating and non-operatin

26 Z-Surveyor & Z-FX Operation ManualThis battery has a push button on the top which indicates percent of power remaining. Table 2.11 represents p

Equipment Description 27Equipment Unless conditioning is performed, the power remaining percentages given through the front panel and through the seri

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28 Z-Surveyor & Z-FX Operation ManualFigure 2.11 is a depiction of an internal battery placed in the battery charger.ChargingCharging of an intern

Getting Started 29Getting Started 3Getting StartedThis chapter describes receiver operations available through the front panel.Memory CardThis section

30 Z-Surveyor & Z-FX Operation Manual4. Grasp the PCMCIA card by the sides with thumb and forefinger while holding memory bay door open.5. Slide t

Getting Started 31Getting Started7. Close and seal the memory bay door on the front of the Z-Surveyor.RemovalPerform the following steps to remove the

32 Z-Surveyor & Z-FX Operation Manual4. Depress the PCMCIA ejection lever (the one pointed towards the LED display) to eject the card from its slo

Getting Started 33Getting Started2. Open the battery bay door on the front of the Z-Surveyor.3. Orient the battery so the connector is on the right si

34 Z-Surveyor & Z-FX Operation Manual5. Slide battery into battery slot until battery retention clip on the inside of battery bay activates, locki

Getting Started 35Getting Started7. Seal the battery bay door.Avoid a deep discharge of the battery below 9V as permanent damage to the battery can re

36 Z-Surveyor & Z-FX Operation Manual2. Open the battery bay door on the front of the Z-Surveyor (receiver is on its back).3. Slide the battery pu

Getting Started 37Getting Started4. While depressing the battery retention clip with your right forefinger, grasp and pull the battery pull-lever with

Table of Contents vReliance FundamentalsTable of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

38 Z-Surveyor & Z-FX Operation Manual5. Once the battery has cleared the battery retention clip, grasp the battery and remove it from the receiver

Getting Started 39Getting Started6. Close the battery bay door.Hardware SetupThis section applies to both receivers.Perform the following steps before

40 Z-Surveyor & Z-FX Operation ManualFront Panel You can reset the receiver one of two ways:• With the receiver powered off, hold down the ↑+↓ but

Getting Started 41Getting StartedThe receiver provides the capability of monitoring activity while data collection is occurring. The following is a st

42 Z-Surveyor & Z-FX Operation Manual3. Within the SYSINFO submenu, press ↑< 2 seconds repeatedly until MEM:xxx% appears on the screen.Remainin

Getting Started 43Getting StartedRemaining PowerThe following command will return information amount of power remaining in the internal battery:$PASHQ

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Operations 45Operations 4OperationsLED Display InterfaceGeneralThe LED interface allows you to monitor, query, and control several receiver surveying

46 Z-Surveyor & Z-FX Operation ManualMenusFigure 4.1 depicts the menu tree for the front panel display.Table 4.2 describes the five main menus. Fi

Operations 47OperationsThe following sections describe each available menu. The text within the parentheses matches the text on the display.System Inf

vi Z-Surveyor & Z-FX Operation ManualMemory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

48 Z-Surveyor & Z-FX Operation ManualSTATIC• SITE (SITE:****)Sets the four character SITE name.• Antenna Height (ANT HT:**.****m)Sets the height o

Operations 49Operationsepoch counter value (at the rate of the recording interval set in the SURVCONF menu).• Incremented SITE (Site:****?)Once the lo

50 Z-Surveyor & Z-FX Operation Manual• Base Position (BASE POS) (submenu)The base position is associated with the following information:• Latitude

Operations 51OperationsSTATIC• Recording Interval (REC INT:***.*s)Table 4.5 list the values for which you can set the second and subsecond recording i

52 Z-Surveyor & Z-FX Operation ManualKINEMATIC• Epoch Counter (EPOCH COUNTER:***)Number of epochs to record on each point.• Minimum SV required (M

Operations 53OperationsData Recording (Sessions)This menu allows the user to control data recording sessions.• Stop Session Closes the session and sto

54 Z-Surveyor & Z-FX Operation ManualMiscellaneous Parameter (Settings)These are receiver settings that you are able to set.•Memory ResetResets in

Operations 55OperationsIf some warning were generated before changing the language, they will remain in the original language even after the language

56 Z-Surveyor & Z-FX Operation ManualLow Ext. Battery : < 30 minExternal battery remaining life is < 30 mn, the battery needs to be changed.

Operations 57Operations†Corrupted FAT File Allocation Table on PCMCIA card has been corrupted and could not be recovered by the receiver.Format the ca

Table of Contents viiPerforming a Kinematic Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64System Setup . . . . . . . . .

58 Z-Surveyor & Z-FX Operation ManualAntenna Overload Antenna installation problems, i.e. the set-up is drawing more than 150 milliamps (short on

Operations 59OperationsStatic SurveyingThe static method utilizes long occupation times to solve the carrier phase ambiguities. During an extended sur

60 Z-Surveyor & Z-FX Operation ManualOne of the primary error sources encountered when performing any type of GPS survey is incorrectly measured o

Operations 61Operationsd. Press ↓ <2 seconds to place receiver in edit mode.e. Press ↑ or ↓ <2 seconds to scroll through possible characters for

62 Z-Surveyor & Z-FX Operation Manuald. Press ↓ <2 seconds to place receiver in edit mode.e. Press ↑ or ↓ <2 seconds to scroll through possi

Operations 63Operationsoccupation. Each operator follows this point and time schedule throughout the day, assuming all other operators are doing the s

64 Z-Surveyor & Z-FX Operation ManualKinematic Initialization RequirementsA unique procedure to kinematic surveying is the initialization of the s

Operations 65OperationsAt this stage, a known baseline exists, from which the kinematic survey can be initialized. This section will step you through

66 Z-Surveyor & Z-FX Operation Manualf. Press ↑+↓ <2 seconds to accept the parameter setting (pressing ↑+↓ >2 seconds cancels the parameter

Operations 67OperationsKinematic methods require receiver power remain on continuously throughout the survey.By default, the SITE parameter is set to

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68 Z-Surveyor & Z-FX Operation Manuale. Enter 6 in the EPOCH COUNTER submenu and press ↑+↓ <2 seconds to accept the parameter setting (or ↑+↓ &

Operations 69Operations7. Set up the rover system over the first unknown point. Enter a SITE for this point. In this example, use PT01. Enter PT01 in

70 Z-Surveyor & Z-FX Operation Manualambiguities; it is a type of redundancy. The data processor will be made aware if a discrepancy is found poin

Operations 71Operationssystem, often referred to as the base, remains centered over a known point while the other system(s), often referred to as rove

72 Z-Surveyor & Z-FX Operation Manual5. Enter SITE Identification.Enter SITE into receiver via SURVEY:STATIC submenu (refer to Figure 4.1).a. From

Operations 73Operationsa. From the main menu press ↑ < 2 seconds until SURVCONF is selected.b. With SURVCONF selected, press ↓ >2 seconds to ent

74 Z-Surveyor & Z-FX Operation ManualBase System SetupYou must have RTK Base option [K] installed on the receiver and if RTCM 18/19 is to be used,

Operations 75Operationsi. Press ↑ <2 seconds to select longitude.j. Repeat steps e. to h. for the longitude and step i. to select altitude.k. Repea

76 Z-Surveyor & Z-FX Operation ManualDo not remove power by disconnecting the external battery, or taking the internal battery out. Instead press

Operations 77OperationsFile TypesThe receiver is capable of creating a number of different files that cover a wide variety of information. Primarily,

List of Figures ixReliance FundamentalsList of Figures Figure 1.1: Z-Surveyor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

78 Z-Surveyor & Z-FX Operation Manualconvention. The one exception are almanac files that are named ALMyy.ddd where yy are the last two digits of

Operations 79Operationscan only be changed using the serial port command $PASHS,RNG. Table 4.11 describes these modes. The default is 0.Downloading th

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Index Index-1IndexIndexAaccuracyantenna height, 60receiver, 6surveykinematic, 63rapid static, 70RTK, 73static, 59almanacdata, 3antennacurrent, 15measu

Index-2 Z-Surveyor & Z-FX Operation ManualPPC card standardATA, 24IDE, 24PCMCIA, 1, 12, 24, 29, 30, 76PCMCIA card, 24Point occupation time, 70Post