Novatel OEMV Quick Reference Manual

OEMV QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE

NovAtel Format Commands

Command Syntax and Example Input(s) ID Tag Description

ADJUST1PPS adjust1pps mode [period] [offset]

adjust1pps mark continuous 240

ANTENNAPOWER antennapower flag

antennapower on

429

V123

Adjust the receiver clock or transfer time between receivers

Enable/disable the supply of electrical power from the internal power source of the receiver to the low-noise amplifier of an active antenna

Command Syntax and Example Input(s) ID Tag Description

ASSIGN assign channel [state] prn [Doppler [window]]

assign 11,28,-250,0

(SV channel 11 is acquiring satellite PRN 28 at an offset of 250 Hz only)

(PRN 1 to 32 for GPS channels, 38 to 61 for GLONASS, and 120 to 138 for SBAS)

V123

Advanced

Aids in the initial acquisition of a satellite by allowing you to override the automatic satellite/channel assignment and reacquisition processes

ASSIGNALL assignall [system] [state] prn [Doppler

[window]]

assignall gpsl1l2,28,-250,0

(In example, all L1 and L2 dedicated SV channels are trying to acquire satellite PRN 28 at -250 Hz only)

V123

Advanced

This command works the same way as ASSIGN except that it affects all SV channels

Command Syntax and Example Input(s) ID Tag Description

ASSIGNLBAND assignlband mode freq baud

assignlband cdgps 1547547 4800

assignlband omnistar 1536782 1200

AUTH auth [state] part1 part2 part3 part4 part5

model [date]

auth add 1234 5678 9abc def0 1234

729

V3_HP V13_VBS V13_ CDGPS

V123

The receiver searches for a specified L-Band satellite at a specified frequency with a specified baud rate Add or remove authorization codes from the receiver

oemvl1l2 990131

CLOCKADJUST clockadjust switch

clockadjust disable

CLOCKCALIBRATE clockcalibrate mode [period] [width] [slope]

[bandwidth]

clockcalibrate auto

CLOCKOFFSET clockoffset offset

clockoffset -15

430

596

V123

Advanced

V123

Enable/disable receiver clock steering

Adjust the control parameters of the clock steering loop

Remove a delay in the PPS output

Command Syntax and Example Input(s) ID Tag Description

COM com [port] bps [parity [databits [stopbits

[handshake [echo[break]]]]]]

com com1 57600 n 8 1 n off on

COMCONTROL comcontrol port signal control

comcontrol com2 rts togglepps

CSMOOTH csmooth L1time [L2time]

csmooth 500

431

269

V123

Advanced

Configure the receiver asynchronous serial port drivers

Control the hardware control lines of the RS232 ports

Set the amount of carrier smoothing to be performed on the code measurements

DATUM datum datum

datum csrs

DGPSEPHEMDELAY dgpsephemdelay delay

dgpsephemdelay 120

160

142

V123

V123_ DGPS

Select the geodetic datum for operation of the receiver Set the ephemeris delay when operating as a base station

Command Syntax and Example Input(s) ID Tag Description

DGPSTIMEOUT dgpstimeout delay

dgpstimeout 60

127

V123_ DGPS

Set the maximum age of pseudorange differential data to use when operating as a rover station

DGPSTXID dgpstxid type ID

dgpstxid rtcm 2

144

V123_ DGPS

Set the station ID value for the receiver when it is transmitting corrections

dgpstxid rtca d36

dgpstxid rtcmv3 2050

dgpstxid cmr 30

DYNAMICS dynamics dynamics

dynamics foot

ECUTOFF ecutoff angle

ecutoff 10.0

258

V123

Advanced

V123

Adjust the receiver dynamics to that of your environment

Set the elevation cut-off angle for tracked satellites

Command Syntax and Example Input(s) ID Tag Description

EXTERNALCLOCK externalclock clocktype [freq] [h0[h -1[h -2]]]

externalclock tcxo 5mhz

FIX fix type [param1 [param2 [param3]]]

fix height 4.567

FIXPOSDATUM fixposdatum datum [lat [lon [height]]]

fixposdatum user 51.11633810554

-114.03839550586 1048.2343

FORSCEGPSL2CODE

forcegpsl2code L2type

forcegpsl2code p

FREQUENCYOUT frequencyout [switch] [pulsewidth] [period]

frequencyout enable 2 4

230

761

796

232

V23

V123

V23_ L2C

V123

Allow the OEMV to operate with an optional external oscillator Fix various parameters of the receiver such as height or position

Set the position by referencing parameters through a specified datum

Force the receiver to track L2 P-code or L2C code Set the output pulse train available on the VARF pin (variable frequency)

(To generate a 50% duty cycle 10 MHz square wave)

Command Syntax and Example Input(s) ID Tag Description

FRESET freset [target]

freset command

GGAQUALITY ggaquality [#entries] [pos type1] [qual1] [pos

type2] [qual2]...

ggaquality 2 waas 2 narrow_float

691

V123

V123_ NMEA

Clear data which is stored in non-volatile memory Customize the NMEA GPGGA GPS quality indicator

GLOECUTOFF gloecutoff angle

gloecutoff 15.0

GLOCSMOOTH glocsmooth L1time [L2time]

glocsmooth 200

HPSEED hpseed reset lat lon hgt latσ lonσ hgtσ datum

undulation

735

830

782

V23_G

V3_HP

Set the elevation cut-off angle for tracked GLONASS satellites

Carrier smoothing for GLONASS channels

Specify the initial position for OmniSTAR HP/XP

hpseed restore

(To use the stored HP/XP position initially)

Command Syntax and Example Input(s) ID Tag Description

HPSTATICINIT hpstaticinit switch

hpstaticinit enable

780

V3_HP

Static initialization of OmniSTAR HP/XP

(If the OmniSTAR HP/XP process detects that the receiver is stationary, it can converge more quickly)

V123

INTERFACEMODE interfacemode [port] rxtype txtype

[responses]

interfacemode com1 rtca novatel on

LOCKOUT lockout prn

lockout 8

(PRN 1 to 32 for GPS channels, 38 to 61 for

137

V123

Specify what type of data a particular port on the receiver can transmit and receive

Prevent the receiver from using a satellite by deweighting its range in the solution

GLONASS, and 120 to 138 for SBAS)

Command Syntax and Example Input(s) ID Tag Description

V123

LOG log [port] message [trigger [period[offset

[hold]]]]

log com1 bestposa ontime 7 2.5

Log data using several different methods of triggering the log events

hold

MAGVAR magvar type [correction [stddev]]

magvar correction 15 0

MARKCONTROL markcontrol signal switch [polarity] [timebias

[timeguard]]

markcontrol mark1 enable negative

180

614

V123

Navigate in agreement with magnetic compass bearings

Control the processing of the mark 1 (MK1I) and mark 2 (MK2I) inputs

50 100

MODEL model model

model rt2w

V123

Switch the receiver between models previously added with the AUTH command

Command Syntax and Example Input(s) ID Tag Description

MOVINGBASESTATION

movingbasestation switch

movingbasestation enable

763

V123_RT20 V23_RT2

Enable/disable a receiver from transmitting corrections without a fixed position

NVMRESTORE nvmrestore

nvmrestore

PASS TOPASSMODE passtopassmode switch [measmth] [corsmth]

[deweight] [scale]

passtopassmode enable on off

197

601

V123

V123_ DGPS V13_VBS

Advanced

Restore non-volatile memory (NVM)

Enable/disable different solution smoothing modes when using DGPS or OmniSTAR VBS corrections

POSAVE posave [state] maxt [maxhstd [maxvstd]]

posave 24 1 2

POSTIMEOUT postimeout sec

postimeout 1200

173

612

V123_ DGPS

V123

Implement position averaging for base stations

Set the time out value for the position calculation (s)

Command Syntax and Example Input(s) ID Tag Description

PPSCONTROL ppscontrol switch [polarity] [rate]

ppscontrol enable positive 0.5

PSRDIFFSOURCE psrdiffsource type ID

rtksource rtcm any psrdiffsource rtcm any

613

493

V123

V123_ DGPS

Control the polarity and rate of the PPS output on the OEMV Identify from which base station to accept differential corrections

sbascontrol enable auto

(To enable RTK and PSRDIFF from RTCM, with an SBAS fall-back)

RESET reset [delay]

reset 120

RTKBASELINE rtkbaseline type [par1 par2 par3 [2sigma]]

rtkbaseline ecef_baseline 7.54

3.28 2.02 0.25

182

V123

V23_RT2

Perform a hardware reset

Set the initial baseline information for the base station and rover

Command Syntax and Example Input(s) ID Tag Description

RTKCOMMAND rtkcommand action

rtkcommand use_defaults

RTKDYNAMICS rtkdynamics mode

rtkdynamics dynamic

183

V123_RT20 V23_RT2

Reset the RTK filter and clear any set RTK parameters Specify how the receiver looks at the data: STATIC, AUTO, or DYNAMIC

RTKELEVMASK rtkelevmask type [angle]

rtkelevmask user 10.5

RTKSOLUTION rtksolution type

rtksolution l1_float

RTKSOURCE rtksource type ID

rtksource rtcm any

184

494

V123_RT20 V23_RT2

V123_RT20 V23_RT2 V3_HP

Set the mask angle below which satellites are not included

Set what type of carrier phase ambiguity (fixed, float or disable) to use Identify from which base station to accept RTK corrections

Command Syntax and Example Input(s) ID Tag Description

V123_RT20

RTKSVENTRIES rtksventries number

rtksventries 7

(This command only works with RTCAOBS)

SAVECONFIG saveconfig

(In GPSolution, ensure that you have all windows other than the Console window closed

V23_RT2 V3_HP

V123

Set the number of satellites to be transmitted in the RTK corrections from a base station receiver save the present configuration in nonvolatile memory

before using this command)

SBASCONTROL sbascontrol keyword [system] [prn]

[testmode]

sbascontrol enable waas 0

652

SBAS

Set how the receiver handles SBAS corrections

V123_

zerototwo

SEND send port data

send com1 “log com1 rtcaobs ontime 5”

177

V123

Send ASCII printable data from any of the COM or USB ports to a specified port

Command Syntax and Example Input(s) ID Tag Description

SENDHEX sendhex port length data

sendhex com1 6 143ab5910d0a

SETAPPROXPOS setapproxpos lat lon height

setapproxpos 51.116 -114.038 0

SETAPPROXTIME setapproxtime week sec 102

178

377

V123

Send non-printable characters expressed as hexadecimal pairs Set an approximate latitude, longitude, and height in the receiver

Set an approximate time in the receiver

SETNAV setnav from-lat from-lon to-lat to-lon track

offset from-point to-point

162

V123

Enter a set of navigation waypoints

setnav 51.1516 -114.16263

51.16263

-114.1516 -125.23 start finish

SETRTCM16 setrtcm16 text

setrtcm16 “base station will shut

131

V123_ DGPS

Transfer ACCII text from a base to a rover

down in 1 hour”

Command Syntax and Example Input(s) ID Tag Description

STATUSCONFIG statusconfig type word mask

statusconfig set status 0028a51d

UNASSIGN unassign channel

unassign 11

UNASSIGNALL unassignall [system]

unassignall gpsl1

V123

Configure status mask fields in the RXSTATUSEVENT log Cancel a previously issued ASSIGN command

Cancel all previously issued ASSIGN commands for all SV channels

V123

UNDULATION undulation option [separation]

undulation user -5.599999905

undulation table

214

Enter a specific geoidal undulation value or use the internal table of geoidal undulations

Command Syntax and Example Input(s) ID Tag Description

UNLOCKOUT unlockout prn

unlockout 8

138

V123

Reinstate a previously locked out satellite

(PRN 1 to 32 for GPS channels, 38 to 61 for GLONASS, and 120 to 138 for SBAS)

UNLOCKOUTALL unlockoutall

unlockoutall

UNLOG unlog [port] datatype

unlog com1 bestposa

UNLOGALL unlogall [port]

unlogall com2

139

V123

Reinstate all previously locked out satellites

Remove a specific log request from the system

Disable all logs on the specified port only

Command Syntax and Example Input(s) ID Tag Description

USERDATUM userdatum semimajor flattening dx dy dz rx

ry rz scale

userdatum 6378206.400

V123

Enter customized ellipsoidal datum parameters

294.97869820000 -12.0000

147.0000 192.0000 0.0000 0.0000

0.0000 0.000000000

V123

USEREXPDATUM userexpdatum semimajor flattening dx dy dz

rx ry rz scale xvel yvel zvel xrvel yrvel zrvel scalev refdate

783

Enter customized ellipsoidal expanded datum parameters

USEREXPDATUM 6378137.000

298.25722356280 0.000000000

0.000000000 0.000000000

0.00000000 0 0.000000000

0.000000000 0.000000000

0.000000000 0.0000 00000

0.000000000 0.000000000

Command Syntax and Example Input(s) ID Tag Description

UTMZONE utmzone command parameter

utmzone set 10

VISION vision switch antenna

vision enable 702

WAASECUTOFF waasecutoff angle

waasecutoff -2

749

811

505

V123

V123_ SBAS

Set the UTM persistence, zone number or meridian

Enable/disable VISION processing

Set the elevation cut-off angle for SBAS satellites

NovAtel Format Logs

Log Description and fields that follow header ID Tag Recommended Input

ALMANAC Current GPS almanac info

V123

log almanaca onchanged

#msgs,

ωo, ω,

prn, week, seconds, ecc, ,

mo, afo, af1, n, a, inc-angle, sv config, hlth-prn, hlth-alm, antspf next prn...

Log Description and fields that follow header ID Tag Recommended Input

V123

AVEPOS Position averaging

172

log aveposa onchanged

lat, lon, ht, lat posave, ave time, samples

BESTPOS Position data

sol status, pos type, lat, lon, hgt, undulation, datum id#, lat lon

σ, hgtσ, stn id, diff_age,

sol_age, #obs, #gpsl1, #l1, #l2, rsrvd, rsrvd, rsrvd

BESTUTM Best available UTM data

sol status, pos type, z#, zletter, northing, easting, hgt, undulation, datum id#, n hgt

σ, stn id, diff_age, sol_age,

#obs, #gpsl1, #l1, #l2, rsrvd, rsrvd, rsrvd, rsrvd

σ, lonσ, hgtσ,

σ, eσ,

σ,

726

V123

log bestposa ontime 1

log bestutma ontime 1

Log Description and fields that follow header ID Tag Recommended Input

BESTVEL Velocity data

V123

log bestvela ontime 1

sol status, vel type, latency, age, hor spd, trk gnd, vert spd, rsrvd

BESTXYZ Cartesian coord pos

241

log bestxyza ontime 1

V123

p-solstat, p-type, p-x, p-y, p-z, p-x

σ, p-yσ, p-zσ, v-solstat, v-

type, v-x, v-y, v-z, v-x v-z

σ, stnid, v-latency, diff_age,

σ, v-yσ,

sol_age, #obs, #gpsl1 #l1, #l2, rsrvd, rsrvd, rsrvd, rsrvd

BSLNXYZ RTK XYZ baseline

solstat, p-type, p-x, p-y, p-z, p-x

σ, p-yσ, p-zσ, stnid, #obs,

686

V123_RT20 V23_RT2 V3_HP

log bslnxyza onchanged

#gpsl1, #l1, #l2, rsrvd, rsrvd, rsrvd, rsrvd

Log Description and fields that follow header ID Tag Recommended Input

V123

CLOCKMODEL Clock model matrices

log clockmodela ontime 1

clockstat, reject, noiset, updatet, params[1x3], covdata[3x3], rangebias, rangebiasrate, change

CLOCKSTEERING Clock steering status

source, steeringstate, period,

V123

log clocksteeringa onchanged

pulsewidth, bandwidth, slope, offset, driftrate

CMRDATADESC Base station description

cmr header, battery, memory,

389

V23_RT2

log cmrdatadesca ontime 10 5

V123_RT20

reserved, l2, reserved, epoch, motion, reserved, reclength, short id, code, id length, long id

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