Determining Your Position
Note: This topic only applies to stationary applications, i.e. the GNSS receiver
mode is not set to Mobile.
In case your geographic antenna position is not already known, there are several ways to
determine it e.g., using a GPS-enabled device, such as a smart phone. Google Maps™ is
another option, described below.
R e a s o n s f o r m a n u a l l y e n t e r i n g y o u r p o s i t i o n
Manually entering your position may not only reduce the time to “first fix” during initial installation, it
may also enable the unit to synchronize to satellite timing signals if your GNSS reception is poor.
After manually entering the position data, SecureSync will automatically check the status of the
GNSS receiver:
Should the GNSS survey be completed at this time, and a first fix was obtained by SecureSync, the
manually entered position data will be replaced with the more precise GNSS-based position data.
If no GNSS-based position data is available (yet), SecureSync will provide the GNSS receiver with
the manually entered position.
To determine your GNSS position, using Google Maps™:
1. On your computer, open Google Maps.
2.
In Google Maps, locate your building, and the location of your antenna.
3.
Right-click on the location. Select What's here? At the bottom, you will see a card with
the coordinates.
4.
Take note of your decimal position (e.g., 43.083191, -77.589718).
Note: Should you prefer to determine your position in a different way,
and as a result, have your latitude & longitude data in degrees/minutes/
seconds, you need to convert this data to the decimal format e.g., by using
a conversion tool, such as Earth Point www.earthpoint.us , or
https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/dms-decimal:
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