Trimble R10 - Parts of the R10 receiver; Front panel; Lower housing

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PartsoftheR10receiver
Alloperatingcontrolsarelocatedonthefrontpanel.Serialportsandconnectorsarelocatedonthe
bottomoftheunit.
Frontpanel
ThefollowingfigureshowsafrontviewoftheR10receiver.Thefrontpanelcontainsthefour
indicatorLEDsandthePowerbutton.
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ThePowerbuttoncontrolsthereceiver’spoweronorofffunctions.SeePowerbuttonoperations.
TheindicatorLEDsshowthestatusofpower,satellitetracking,andradio
reception.SeeLED
behavior.
Lowerhousing
ThefollowingfigureshowsthelowerhousingoftheR10receiver.Thehousingcontainsthetwo
serialports,oneTNCradioantennaconnector,theremovablebatterycompartment,andthe5/8‐
11threadedinsert.
Eachportorconnectorismarkedwithanicontoindicateitsmainfunction,asshowninthe
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followingtable:
Receiverports
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Icon Name Connections
 Port1 Device,computer,externalradio,powerin
 Port2 Device,computer,externalradio
 RADIO Radiocommunicationsantenna
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Port1isa7‐pin0‐shellLemoconnectorthatsupportsRS‐232communicationsandexternalpower
input.Port1hasnopoweroutputs.
Port2isaDB‐9maleconnectorthatallowsforfull9‐pinRS‐232communications.Port2doesnot
supportpowerinorout.
Formoreinformationondefaultportsettings,seeDefaultreceiver
settings.
TheTNCportconnectorisforconnectingaradioantennatothereceiverinternalradio.Awhip
“rubberduck”antennaissuppliedwiththesystemforunitswithinternalUHFor900MHzradios.
Thisconnectorisnot
usedifyouareusinganexternalrad ioreceiver.Forlongerrangeoperation(to
providehighergainandtoraisetheantennahigherabovetheground),youcanuseacableto
connectanexternalradioantennatotheTNCport.Formoreinformation,seeConnectingthe
receivertoexternaldevices
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