Phoenix Stonex S900 - Other Preferred Data Collector Settings

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5. If the Rover is FLOAT, but never fixes, there could be high multipath or canopy at the base or rover.
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6. Is the Latency less than 4 seconds? If the Latency builds up to values larger than 5 seconds there is probably
someone else on the same UHF radio frequency or the UHF radio signal is not strong enough to reach the rover
dependably.
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7. Check the ‘SATView’ under ‘Monitor/Skyplot’. A satellite distribution in all 4 quadrants is good and the receiver
should FIX within 30 seconds if in open sky. Hower, a skyplot where all of the satellites are in one quadrant, or the
satellite count is very low, just won’t be sufficient to get a Fixed solution
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6 Other Preferred Data Collector Settings
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Your data collector is connected to the RTK head by Bluetooth. When/if the data collector goes into Standby, this                  
communication link is shutdown.
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When the data collector is brought out of Standby by briefly pressing the power key, it is supposed to automatically                   
reconnect to the head. Depending on the state of communication before the data collector disconnects, it may not                 
be possible to reconnect to the head without doing a full power cycle on the head.
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6.1 Manually Reconnecting
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If the automatic reconnect does not work, you can manually ask SurvCE to reconnect to the RTK head. This is very                    
useful after changing the battery mid-day. From the main SurvCE menu click on the ‘Hard Hat’ in the upper left                   
corner, then click on ‘Reconnect’. SurvCE will re-initialize the Bluetooth communication link between the data              
collector and the RTK head.
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6.2 Set to NEVER Standby
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The best solution to this problem is to NOT ALLOW the data collector to enter standby. Turning off the backlight is                    
okay, but you should configure the data collector to NEVER enter standby.
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Here is How:
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1. On the S4II Data Collector, click on “Start” (windows flag), click on “Settings”, then “Power”, and then at the top right                    
click on “Advanced”