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Theantennaandcablingshouldbeinstalledwheretheywillnotbecomeenergizedasaresult
offallingnearbypowerlines,norbemountedwheretheyaresubjectedtoover‐voltage
transients,particularlylightning.Suchinstallationsrequireadditionalprotectivemeansthat
aredetailedinnationaland
localelectricalcodes.
GNSSsatellitesareconstantlymoving.Becauseyoucannotmeasureataspecificlocationnow
doesnotmeanthatyouwillnotbeabletomeasuretherelater,whensatellitecoverageatthe
locationimproves.UseGNSSplanningsoftwaretoidentifythedailybestandworstsatellite
coveragetimesforyourlocationandthenchoosemeasurementtimesthatcoincidewith
optimalGNSSperformance.ThisisespeciallyimportantwhenoperatingintheworstGNSS
locations.YoucandownloadtheTrimblePlanningsoftwarefromtheTrimblewebsite
(www.trimble.com/planningsoftware_ts.asp
).
Togetafixedpositionsolutionwithcentimeteraccuracy,initializethePrecisionRTKrover
receiver.Forinitializationtotakeplace,thereceivermusttrackatleastfivesatellitesthatthe
basestationisalsotracking.Inadual‐satelliteconstellationoperation,forexample,GPSand
GLONASS,thereceivermust
trackatleastsixsatellites.
Tomaintainafixedpositionsolution,therovermustcontinuouslytrackatleastfoursatellites
thatthebasestationisalsotracking.Theradiolinkbetweenthebaseandroverreceiversmust
alsobemaintained.
Lossofthesatellitesignalsorlossofthe
radiolinkwillresultinalossofcentimeterposition
accuracy.
InAutonomousmode,theroverhaslostradiocontactwiththebasestationreceiver,andis
workingbyitselfwiththeavailableGNSSsignals
Caution–TheR10receiverisnotsuitedtoon‐vehicleoperationwhereitwill
besubjectto
heavyvibration,thatis,operationinroughungradedterrain.Useintheseconditionscan
damagethereceiver.
Connectingthereceivertoexternaldevices
Youcanconnectthereceivertothefollowingdevices:
aTrimblecontrollerrunningTrimbleSurveyControllerorTrimbleAccesssoftware
anexternalradio‐modem
ConnectingtoaTrimblecontrollerrunningtheTrimbleSurveyControlleror
TrimbleAccesssoftware
YoucanoperateanR10receiverwithanyTrimblecontroller,forexample,aTSC3oraTrimble
Tablet.Typically,thereceiverandthecontrolleroperatefromtheirownindividualpowersources.
ThereceiverandcontrollercancommunicatethroughBluetoothwirelesstechnologyandcanbe
connectedwithoutacable.However,ifa
cableisrequired,thefollowingtableliststhecables
availablefortheR10.