MAX-7 / NEO-7 - Hardware Integration Manual
UBX-13003704 - R09 Production Information Design
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Figure 23: Module design with active antenna, external supply
3.4.3.3 Antenna supervision open circuit detection (OCD) (MAX-7W)
The open circuit detection circuit uses the current flow to detect an open circuit in the antenna. Calculate the
threshold current using Equation 1.
Figure 24: Schematic of open circuit detection
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Equation 1: Calculation of threshold current for open circuit detection
Antenna open circuit detection (OCD) is not activated by default. It can be enabled by the UBX-CFG-ANT
message. This configuration can be sent to the receiver at every startup or can be saved permanently in flash.
MAX-7W does not have a dedicated AADET_N pin. The AADET_N pin can be made available on the EXINT pin.
To do so, the following command must be sent once and stored permanently to the receiver:
“B5 62 06 41 0C 00 00 00 03 1F 06 5F 8B B1 FF F6 B7 FF C1 D7”.
To enable the OCD feature, the following command must be sent to the receiver at every startup:
“B5 62 06 13 04 00 1F 00 F0 B5 E1 DE”.
The AADET_N pin then has High = "ANTSTATUS=OPEN", Low = "ANTSTATUS=OK",.