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NEW important GNSS Firmware and SRU version

for Sokkia and Topcon

Please see the attached SIB (Service Informational Bulletin) for the latest release of GNSS firmware and SRU/TRU for connecting to the all models of GNSS.

Models supported by this update:

Systems • Topcon NET-G5, HiPer HR, HiPer VR, MR-2, GR-5 1 , AGM-1, AGS-2 2 , GR-i33 • Sokkia GNR5, GRX3, GCX3 OEM • Topcon B111, B111A, B125, B210

To access all new features and improved functionality available in GNSS Firmware 5.5 the following Topcon software versions (or later) are recommended:

SRU/TRU v3.6.1 o MAGNET v7.3.1 • BLE Firmware v1.8 (HiPer VR, GRX3)

Features and Changes Signal tracking
General
o Improved initiation of signal tracking process for receiver configurations without backup battery
• BeiDou o BDS B1C signal support including tracking, raw measurement generation, raw data output, positioning, correction messages (GCX3)
o Extended BDS B1C & B2A correction message support (BINEX, RTCM3)
o New BDS-3 B2b signal support including tracking, raw measurement generation, raw data output, positioning, correction messages
o Add BDS support for PRNs 59 – 63 including tracking, measurement generation, raw data output, standalone positioning
• GALILEO o Output of GAL I/NAV and F/NAV signals
• GPS/QZSS o GPS L1C signal support including tracking, raw measurement generation, raw data output, positioning, correction messages (GCX3, B111, B111A)
• QZSS o QZSS L1C signal support including tracking, raw measurement generation, raw data output, positioning, correction messages (GCX3, B111, B111A)
o QZSS L1C/B signal support including tracking, measurement generation, raw data output, standalone positioning, correction messages
o Enable tracking of all QZSS PRNs by default o QZSS L6 signal tracking improvements o Improvements for handling unhealthy QZSS satellites
• GLONASS o GLONASS L3 signal support including tracking, measurement generation, raw data output, standalone positioning, correction messages (GR-5)
o Option added to control GLONASS L3 signal tracking (OAF)
• SBAS o Improved acquisition time for WAAS satellites
o Update to identify QZSS -SAIF satellites under SBAS type (previously GPS)
• General o Improved signal acquisition after receiver cold start o Extended Automatic Gain Control (AGC) implementation to support ‘in-field’ calibration4
o Autonomous GNSS signal tracking for better SNR & positioning performance in moderate levels of interference
• Positioning • Galileo only positioning mode (NET-G5, HiPer HR, HiPer VR, MR-2, GR-5, GNR5, GRX3, B125, B210)
• Improve RTK performance & stability after correction type change
• New mode that reduces probability of RTK position outliers which is beneficial when working with longer baselines (enabled automatically for baselines > 100 km)
• New feature for detecting and alerting users to base station movement
• StarPoint NTRIP correction services support (GCX3, B111 OEM, B111A OEM)
• New Baseline Seeding feature for Skybridge PPP that improves convergence and position quality
• Extended PPP configuration settings for improved performance
• DGNSS positioning improvements Data rates
• 100 Hz GPS + GLONASS dual frequency RTK positioning (B210)
• 20 Hz GPS + GLONASS + Galileo + BeiDou dual frequency RTK positioning
• Improved 100 Hz raw data logging to SD card when using CSD profiles (Net-G5 with def2 data set)

And much, much, more features and benefits (please read the attached)

Smile for the camera!

Here at MTS happy customers with great gear is high on our list of favorite things. Recognizing the amazing work our customers do every day with the great gear we sell and support to them is on this list too. We want to bring these two things together in a photo contest.

In a nutshell the rules are pretty simple- submit a photo of you and your colleagues in the field getting it done. During the last week of each month our staff of photography critics here at MTS will sort through the thousands of submitted photos and select a clear and obvious (to them) winner. The winner will be gifted a $50.00 Visa Gift Card for their mad photog skills and we will run it on our LinkedIn page with full recognition for the world to adore. Next January we will sort through the monthly winners and award a $100 Visa Card as the Grand Prize. So get clicking- your odds of winning $50 in the photo contest is better than Power-ball and it don’t cost a dime to enter! See below for the rules spelled out all legal like.

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Smartnet BROADCAST coordinates updates

SmartNet Broadcast Coordinate Updates – January 6, 2020

On September 17, 2019, NGS released its new ITRF2014 and NAD83(NA2011) Epoch 2010 Multi-Year CORS Solution 2 (MYCS2) coordinates, along with GEOID18. Unfortunately, this release occurred far too late to incorporate the changes into our Fall Adjustment.  Now with the Fall Adjustment behind us, activities are underway to move to these new reference frames and realizations in the US to assure consistency between NGS products, the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS) and SmartNet North America.  In addition to the changes in the US, we will also be take this opportunity to adopt the current NRCAN coordinate solutions for all stations in Canada.

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Macors IP Change

NEW SERVER IP: 66.128.64.251

MaCORS needed to perform some unscheduled maintenance on MaCORS servers.  .

Kindly note that the IP address to the MaCORS RTK server has been changed. The IP address to all mount points to access corrections is now  66.128.64.251.

Please note that you will need to make the necessary IP configuration changes in each of your Rover units to gain access to the MACORS network.

We apologize for any inconveniences encountered regarding this last minute notification.

News Alert – GPS Week Rollover April 2019

On April 6, 2019, the transmitted GPS week number in the navigation message will rollover from 1023 to 0. Leica Geosystems receivers will continue to increment the week number from 2047 to 2048 and will not roll back to 0 or 1024.

Note that the required minimum firmware versions have been released years ago and that they had to be loaded already to e.g. support the leap second introduction in December 2016. Therefore it is expected that not many receivers are running incompatible firmware but this News Alert’s purpose is to make everyone aware of this potential issue.

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NYSNet – Outage / Server Switchover Thursday October 4 at 12pm

Server outage/switchover has been scheduled for Thursday, October 4 at 12 PM. The network will be unavailable starting at 12:00PM EDT and will remain down for  afternoon.

If successful, websites will be reconfigured to point to new servers and users will have to re-register before using again on Friday.

Any further delays, issues, changes or progress will be posted at https://twitter.com/nysnet

Kind Regards
Your NYSNet Team”

Please see attached documentation to setup NYSNet new accounts and configure your rover settings.

   NYSDOT Reset – Leica & Carlson

 

SmartNet Deprecation of RTCM 2.x and CMR Corrections

Tyler C.
Monday at 22:01

SmartNet NA has officially deprecated our RTCM 2.x and CMR/CMR+ correction services (except for DGNSS / DGPS applications). This was done to remove support of legacy correction formats that limit customers to GPS only corrections. By removing support of the legacy correction formats, SmartNet hopes to reduce the confusion customers typically experience when non-GPS satellites begin to drop out of their RTK solutions when connecting to non-GNSS correction streams.

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Quick Step by Step Guide for Leica GS16 using CS20 Data Collector

Author: Bob LeMoine – Technical Support Specialist

Bob has develop this quick step  guide to help users power on GS16 with CS 20 Data Collector using Captivate software. It a step by step procedures to check communication between GS16 and DC.  Verify internet status and getting RTK corrections.

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