SEPTENTRIO AsteRx-U Manuale utente

AsteRx-U

User Manual

User Manual Version 1.6

Applicable to version 4.2.2 of the AsteRx-U Firmware

July 27, 2017

Thank you for choosing the AsteRx-U! This user manual provides detailed instructions

on how to use AsteRx-U and we recommend that you read it carefully before you start using

the device.

Please note that this manual provides descriptions of all functionalities of the AsteRx-U

product family however, the particular AsteRx-U you purchased may not support functions

speciﬁc to certain variants.

While we try to keep the manual as complete and up-to-date as possible, it may be

that future features, functionality or other product speciﬁcations change without prior

notice or obligation. The information contained in this manual is subject to change without

notice.

Septentrio

Greenhill Campus, Interleuvenlaan 15i

B-3001 Leuven, Belgium

http://www.septentrio.com

support septentrio.com

Phone: +32 16 300 800

Fax: +32 16 221 640

Septentrio

CONTENTS

Contents

1Introduction 5

1.1 USER NOTICES ............................................................................... 5

1.1.1 CE Notice ........................................................................... 5

1.1.2 ROHS/WEEE Notice................................................................ 5

1.1.3 Safety information ................................................................ 5

1.1.4 Support ............................................................................. 6

2 AsteRx-U overview 7

2.1 ASTERX-U KEY FEATURES ................................................................... 7

2.1.1 GNSS ................................................................................ 7

2.1.2 Physical and Environmental ..................................................... 9

2.2 ASTERX-U VARIANTS ........................................................................ 9

2.3 ASTERX-U DESIGN .......................................................................... 10

2.3.1 Front panel......................................................................... 10

2.3.2 LED description.................................................................... 11

2.3.3 Rear panel.......................................................................... 12

2.3.4 SIM card slot ....................................................................... 12

2.3.5 Mounting brackets ................................................................ 13

2.3.6 Internal memory .................................................................. 13

2.4 SHIPPING CASE CONTENTS ................................................................. 14

2.4.1 Supplied as standard ............................................................. 14

2.4.2 Optional items ..................................................................... 15

3 Quick start 16

3.1 POWERING THE ASTERX-U ................................................................. 16

3.2 CONNECTING AN ANTENNA ................................................................ 17

3.3 CONNECTING TO THE ASTERX-U VIA THE WEB INTERFACE .............................. 17

3.3.1 Using the USB cable .............................................................. 17

3.3.2 Using the Ethernet cable ......................................................... 19

3.3.3 Over WiFi ........................................................................... 20

3.4 HOW TO CONFIGURE SBF AND NMEA OUTPUT .......................................... 21

3.4.1 Output over a serial COM connection . ... .... .. .. . .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. . 21

3.4.2 Output over Ethernet............................................................. 25

3.4.3 Output over bluetooth ........................................................... 28

4 Rover operation 32

4.1 HOW TO CONFIGURE THE ASTERX-U FOR RTK ........................................... 32

4.1.1 How to conﬁgure the AsteRx-U in RTK rover mode using the UHF radio . . 32

4.1.2 How to conﬁgure the AsteRx-U in RTK rover mode using the cellular

modem and NTRIP................................................................ 35

4.1.3 How to conﬁgure the AsteRx-U in RTK rover mode using TCP/IP in a

closed network .................................................................... 39

CONTENTS

4.2 USING L-BAND PPP CORRECTION DATA WITH THE ASTERX-U........................... 42

4.3 HOW TO CONFIGURE THE ASTERX-U FOR

ATTITUDE ................................................................................... 48

4.4 HOW TO OUTPUT A PPS SIGNAL ........................................................... 51

4.4.1 Time synchronisation using the PPS signal . .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. 52

5 Base station operation 53

5.1 HOW TO CONFIGURE THE ASTERX-U AS AN RTK BASE STATION USING THE UHF

RADIO........................................................................................ 53

5.2 CONFIGURING THE ASTERX-U NTRIP CASTER ........................................... 57

6 Receiver Monitoring 60

6.1 BASIC OPERATIONAL MONITORING ........................................................ 60

6.2 AIM+: USING THE SPECTRUM ANALYSER TO

DETECT AND MITIGATE INTERFERENCE .................................................... 62

6.2.1 Narrowband interference mitigation .. ... .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. . 63

6.2.2 Wideband interference mitigation.............................................. 64

6.3 HOW TO LOG DATA FOR PROBLEM DIAGNOSIS............................................ 66

6.4 ACTIVITY LOGGING .......................................................................... 68

7 Receiver Administration Operations 69

7.1 HOW TO CHANGE IPSETTINGS OF THE ASTERX-U ....................................... 69

7.2 HOW TO CONFIGURE DYNAMICDNS ...................................................... 70

7.3 HOW TO CONTROL ACCESS USING THE ASTERX-U FIREWALL ............................ 71

7.4 HOW TO UPGRADE THE FIRMWARE OR UPLOAD A NEW PERMISSION FILE .............. 72

7.5 HOW TO SET THE ASTERX-U TO ITS DEFAULT CONFIGURATION ......................... 74

7.6 HOW TO RESET THE ASTERX-U ............................................................. 74

7.7 HOW TO COPY THE CONFIGURATION FROM ONE RECEIVER TO ANOTHER .............. 75

8 Security 77

8.1 DEFAULT ACCESS TO THE ASTERX-U ....................................................... 77

8.2 DEFINING USER ACCESS TO THE ASTERX-U ............................................... 77

8.3 USER ACCESS:AN EXAMPLE ................................................................ 78

8.3.1 Using SSH key authentication ................................................... 79

9 Appendix 80

9.1 REAR-PANEL PORT DESCRIPTIONS ......................................................... 80

9.1.1 PWR ................................................................................. 80

9.1.2 PPS/GPO............................................................................ 80

9.1.3 Event/GP1 .......................................................................... 81

9.1.4 COM2 ............................................................................... 81

9.1.5 COM1/COM3/Host USB........................................................... 82

9.1.6 Ethernet/USB ...................................................................... 83

9.2 UHF RADIO BAUD RATES ................................................................... 84

1Introduction

1.1 User Notices

1.1.1 CE Notice

AsteRx-U receivers carry the CE mark and are as such compliant with the

2004/108/EC - EMC Directive and amendments, 2006/95/EC - Low Voltage

Directive, both amended by the CE-marking directive 93/68/EC.

With regards to EMC, these devices are declared as class B, suitable for

residential or business environment.

1.1.2 ROHS/WEEE Notice

AsteRx-U receivers comply with European Union (EU) Directive 2002/95/EC

on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical

and electronic equipment (RoHS Directive).

AsteRx-U receivers comply with the European Union (EU) Directive

2002/96/EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). The

purpose of this Directive is the prevention of waste electrical and electronic

equipment (WEEE), and in addition, the reuse, recycling and other forms of

recovery of such wastes so as to reduce the disposal of waste. If purchased

in the European Union, please return the receiver at the end of its life to

the supplier from which it was purchased.

1.1.3 Safety information

Statement 1: The power supply provided by Septentrio (if any) should not

be replaced by another. If you are using the receiver with your own power

supply, it must have a double isolated construction and must match the

speciﬁcations of the provided power supply.

Statement 2: Ultimate disposal of this product should be handled

according to all national laws and regulations.

Statement 3: The equipment and all the accessories included with this

product may only be used according to the speciﬁcations in the delivered

release note, manual or other documents delivered with the receiver.

1.1. USER NOTICES

1.1.4 Support

For ﬁrst-line support please contact your AsteRx-U dealer. Further information can be found

on our website or by contacting Septentrio Technical Support.

http://www.septentrio.com

support septentrio.com

Europe

Septentrio NV Phone: +32 16 300 800

Greenhill Campus Fax: +32 16 221 640

Interleuvenlaan 15i, sales septentrio.com

3001 Leuven,

Belgium

North and South America

Septentrio Inc. Phone: +1 310 541 8139

23848 Hawthorne Blvd. sales septentrio.com

Suite 200,

Torrance, CA 90505

USA

Asia-Paciﬁc

Septentrio Phone: +852 9095 5066

Unit 1901, Hua Fu Commercial Building sales septentrio.com

111 Queen’s Road West,

Sheung Wan,

Hong Kong

2 AsteRx-U overview

The AsteRx-U provides multi-frequency, multi-constellation GNSS positioning capability

together with GNSS Heading, L-Band positioning and wireless communications within a

rugged IP67 housing for the broadest range of applications. Use any smartphone, tablet or

computer to operate the AsteRx-U without any special conﬁguration software via the built-in

webserver accessible via WiFi, Ethernet or USB connection.

2.1 AsteRx-U key features

•544 channels for tracking all known and future signals from GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO,

BEIDOU, IRNSS, QZSS and SBAS on both antennas

•Precise and robust heading calculation

•cm-level (RTK) and sub dm-level (PPP) position accuracy

•Dual L-Band channel robust against INMARSAT uplink interference

•Septentrio GNSS+algorithms for robust industrial performance

•Integrated cellular modem, Bluetooth, WiFi and optional UHF radio

2.1.1 GNSS

•544 hardware channels for simultaneous tracking of all visible satellite signals

•Supported signals: GPS (L1, L2, L5), GLONASS (L1, L2, L3), GALILEO (E5ab, AltBoc,

E6), BEIDOU (B1, B2, B3), IRNSS (L5), QZSS (L1, L2, L5) (Galileo, Beidou and IRNSS are

optional features)

•All-in-view SBAS (EGNOS, WAAS, GAGAN, MSAS, SDCM) (incl. L5 tracking)

•100 Hz Raw data output (code, carrier, navigation data) (optional feature)

•50 Hz SBAS, DGNSS, PPP and RTK positioning

•A Posteriori Multipath Estimator Technique (APME+), including code and phase

multipath mitigation

•AIM+ interference unit mitigates against wide and narrow-band interference

•IONO+ Advanced scintillation mitigation

•RAIM

•Diﬀerential GNSS (base station and rover)

•Real Time Kinematic (base and rover) (base is an optional feature)

•TerraStar and VERIPOS services (optional feature, activation required)

•Moving base positioning (optional feature)

•8 GB Internal Memory

2.1. ASTERX-U KEY FEATURES

GNSS positioning accuracy

Horizontal Vertical

Standalone 1.2 m 1.9 m

SBAS 0.6 m 0.8 m

DGPS 0.3 m 0.7 m

TerraStar-D 6 cm 9 cm

TerraStar-C 4 cm 6 cm

APEX 6 cm 9 cm

ULTRA 6 cm 9 cm

RTK performance

Horizontal accuracy 0.6 cm +0.5 ppm

Vertical accuracy 1 cm +1 ppm

Average time to ﬁx 7 s

Velocity accuracy

0.03 m/s

Attitude accuracy

antenna separation Heading Pitch\Roll

1 m 0.15◦0.25◦

10 m 0.03◦0.05◦

Connectivity

•3 hi-speed serial ports (RS232)

•Ethernet port (TCP/IP and UDP)

•Full speed USB (host and device)

•2 Event markers

•xPPS output (max. 100 Hz)

•Integrated Bluetooth (2.1 + EDR/4.0)

•Integrated Quadband Cellular Modem (EDGE, 2G, 3G, 3.5G)

•Integrated WiFi (802.11 b/g/n)

•Integrated UHF (406-470 MHz) (AsteRx-U UHF and MARINE variants only)

•Connector for separate L-Band antenna (AsteRx-U MARINE variant only)

2.2. ASTERX-U VARIANTS

2.1.2 Physical and Environmental

Size: 164 x 157 x 54 mm

Weight: 1.5 kg

Input voltage: 9-36 V DC

Power consumption: 7 W typical

Temperature Range: -30 to +65 ◦C (operational)

-40 to +75 ◦C (storage)

Ingress Protection: IP67

Humidity MIL-STD810G, Method 507.5, Procedure I

Dust MIL-STD-810G, Method 510.5, Procedure I

Shock MIL-STD-810G, Method 516.6, Procedure I/II

Vibration MIL-STD-810G, Method 514.6, Procedure I

2.2 AsteRx-U variants

The AsteRx-U is available in three variants:

Variant Main features

(Part number)

AsteRx-U

(410121)

•Integrated cellular modem

•Integrated WiFi modem

•Integrated Bluetooth modem

AsteRx-U UHF

(410119)

•Integrated cellular modem

•Integrated WiFi modem

•Integrated Bluetooth modem

•Integrated UHF radio with front-panel connector

AsteRx-U MARINE

(410120)

•Integrated cellular modem

•Integrated WiFi modem

•Integrated Bluetooth modem

•Integrated UHF radio with front-panel connector

•Rear-panel connector for dedicated L-Band antenna

•Dedicated L-Band antenna connector robust against

Inmarsat and Iridium uplink interference

2.3. ASTERX-U DESIGN

2.3 AsteRx-U design

2.3.1 Front panel

The front-panel layout of the AsteRx-U with attached Bluetooth/WiFi and Cellular antennas

is shown in Figure 2-1.

Figure 2-1: AsteRx-U front-panel layout

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