CHC i80 GNSS Quick Tour With Survce

CHC® i80 GNSS Receiver
Quick Tour with SurvCE

(Internal UHF Base Mode)

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1.Prerequisites

Hardware: CHC i80 Base with internal radio

Kit, Controller Kit,UHF Bar Antenna (450-470

MHz), Lithium Battery,Extension pole,

Tribrach with optical plummet, Auxiliary H.I.

Tool, H.I. Tape,Tribrach adaptor,tripod

Software: SurvCE version beyond 4.90.26

2.Steps to set i80 working as base

in internal UHF mode with SurvCE

2.1 Base installation

Set up base on known point or unknown

point as shown in follow figure and screw bar

antenna on base receiver.

Note: If the PN on the back of base receiver

is end with “2231”, it means this receiver has

internal CHC radio inside and it can only be

used with CHC protocol. If the PN on the

back of base receiver is end with “1121”, it

means this receiver has internal Satel radio

inside and it can only be used with Satel

protocols.

2.2 Base setting in SurvCE

1. Power on the receiver

Long press the i80 power button until the

green and blue LED lights are on.

2. Click on [start] and then SurvCE

3. Click [Select New/Existing job]

4. Enter a job name and select a projection

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5. Click on [Equip]→[2 GPS Base]

6. Click [Current] tab →select

[Manufacturer] in CHC→select [Model] in i80

7. Click [Comms] tab→select [Type] in

Bluetooth→select [BT Type] in Windows

Mobile and then click the icon

8. After click the icon the follow

interface will show and click [Find Device] to

search BT device around

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9. Click on the device that matches your

device serial number, then click the icon

10. Click on the icon to build up the

Bluetooth connection

11. Click [Receiver] tab to set the antenna

height info

Note: if you want to measured the slant

height of i80,please refer to the follow

figure.

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12. Click [RTK] tab and set device to

[Internal UHF] and set the message type then

click icon

13. Set the parameters of Internal UHF

including protocol, power, channel, sensitivity

and over the air baud then click the icon

Note: the protocol and the frequency must

be the same between Base and Rover;the

base sensitivity should be low; remember to

tick Forward Error Correction.

14. Click the icon to finish the work

mode set

15. Then the base coordinates need to be

set and there is two ways to set the

coordinates

A:From known position

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Users can use the former located points as

their base coordinates or input the known

points coordinates

B:From new position

Users can start base station at unknown point

by selecting [Read From GPS]

Set the points number need to be collected

then click the icon

After collecting,the interface will appear and

click [Yes] to start base

16. After start the base, the base file can be

saved or not

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17. Please check the green LED of i80

whether is flashing.

If so, it means the base configuration is

successfully.

i80 GNSS Receiver Quick Tour with SurvCE (Internal UHF Base)