User manual AKTRONIX BT GPS

[. . . ] Overview of the GPS Receiver ©Aktronix Technologies 3 c. What the LEDs Mean LED 1 Color Red Red Orange Green(1) Green(2) Blue(1) Blue(2) Blue(3) Description Static Red, GPS tracking has commenced Flashing Red once a second, GPS Fix established Static Orange, Indicates that the unit is being charged Flashing Green, Low Battery Static Green, Fully Charged Battery Flashing Blue, Signals Pairing Flashing Blue once a second, Device Paired Successfully Flashing Blue once every 3 seconds, Device Failed 2 d. Using your Receiver for the First Time After taking out your receiver from the packaging, please adhere to the following procedures: 1. Install the battery in the receiver; this can be done by removing the back pane of the receiver and inserting the battery correctly. [. . . ] This would log the NMEA codes to a text file, either for future reference, or for simulation purposes. VisualGPS Step 1 Step 2 Assuming that you've executed the program, click `I Agree' and press `Next' Proceed with a `Next' Step 3: Step 4: Select a destination in which you want to install VisualGPS in. Select your destination of your shortcut. ©Aktronix Technologies 11 Step 5: Step 6: All is prepared, proceed with a `Next'. After installation, please click `Finish'. Step 7: Step 8: After you have executed the program, go to `Settings' and then onto `Communication'. For more support please contact us. Please select the Com Port as desired. Baud rate should be 9600bps and conclude with `OK' ©Aktronix Technologies 12 Section 4: Support a. Finding your COM Port In Pocket PC 2002 Step 1: Step 2: After you have connected you GPS receiver. After that, click on `Settings for ????'. You should reach this screen after you clicked the settings button. Look at the outbound COM Port, in this case my COM port is 8. ©Aktronix Technologies 13 b. Contacting Support: It is sometimes very hard to diagnose a GPS receiver problem. As such, before you contact us, we want you to try a simple test (we named it the LED blink test) LED blink test: 1. If the red LED start to blink (lights up once every second), chances are your receiver to working perfectly. However, there are some problems which are harder to resolve, if your receiver failed the LED blink test, please include a log of your NMEA code in an email. Log of NMEA code in a . txt file (~5 minutes worth of data) Please include this and sent it to support@aktronix. com For those who do not know what NMEA codes are or how to log them. We have included how to log NMEA codes only on our two supported software's. In these examples, there is `fix', however the method of logging is the same without a fix. ©Aktronix Technologies 14 c. Logging NMEA VisualGPSce (Pocket PC) Step 1 Step 2 At the bottom taskbar, the log function is located there. Click the `Start' function Step 3 Step 4 Name of the file and where you would Leave it for 5mins, rolling numbers will like too save the file to, and click `OK' indicate logging is happening. ©Aktronix Technologies 15 Step 5 Step 6 When you have logged about 5 minutes worth of data. Click `stop' from the Log menu, and you may quit the program. Find the newly created file and attach it in your email! ©Aktronix Technologies 16 VisualGPS ­ PC Step 1 This is where you begin with. You screen should look similar to this, depending of how you make the program look, in this case, this is a tile layout with the 4 major screens. Step 2 At the top of the menu, you should see `settings' and under `settings' there should be four options, click `communications' ©Aktronix Technologies 17 Step 3 When the popup appears, check the box which is next to `Enable Logging' and click the other box which is labeled `. . . ' Step 4 A save box should popup. Name the text file as well as save it in your designated/chosen directory, after this click `save', this will start logging. ©Aktronix Technologies 18 Step 5 After you have finished logging (~5mins wait), repeat steps 1 and 2. This time, uncheck the box which is next to `Enable Logging' Step 6 Find the file that you have logged into your chosen directory. [. . . ] You have to set the unit as "NMEA 0183v2 Bluetooth" in the program. ©Aktronix Technologies 21 Q: 16 Channels?A: Our GPS unit supports 16 channels; however we were unable to find any commercial/shareware/free GPS programs that would support 16 channels. The GPS unit, is compatible is most GPS software which have Bluetooth functionality. A: Currently we see no incompatibility with those models; however we have not provided the software for testing. [. . . ]