Summary of MGL-30
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User ’s manual to mgl-30 -compact gps receiver /data logger.
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_____________ taiwan falcon aerospace corporation ________________ 2 user ’s manual to mgl-30 about this document this document is the user’s manual for mgl-30. Revision: 1.5 date: mar. 4,2003 document no.: tfac0023 contact infor mation taiwan falcon aerospace corporation 5f, 131,nanjing e.Rd., sec ...
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_____________ taiwan falcon aerospace corporation ________________ 3 contents 1. Introduction .................................................................................. 4 1.1 technical specification .......................................................................5 2. Installation guid...
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_____________ taiwan falcon aerospace corporation ________________ 4 1. Intr oduction the tfac’s mgl-30 compact gps receiver/data logger is about the half size of a computer mouse. Based on the sirf star ii tm chip set manufactured by sirf technology, inc., mgl-30 supports all features, and maintain...
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_____________ taiwan falcon aerospace corporation ________________ 5 1.1 technical specification gener al mg-30r /mgl-30r mg-30u/mgl-30u gps receiver 12 channel “all-in-view” tracking 12 channel “all-in-view” tracking cable connections terminated db-9 and ps/2 serial connector terminated usb serial ...
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_____________ taiwan falcon aerospace corporation ________________ 6 2. Installation guide 2.1 connecting mg-30 (for mg-30r/mgl-30r, ps/2 type) step 1. Plug rs-232 to com port of your notebook pc or handheld pc. Step 2. Plug ps2 connector in the ps2 mouse outlet of your notebook pc or handheld pc. I...
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_____________ taiwan falcon aerospace corporation ________________ 7 terminal program of windows 95/98/me, please setup the com port connected with mg-30r (mgl-30r) to: baud r ate : 4800 data bit : 8 par ity : none stop bit : 1 flow contr ol : none 2.2 connecting mg-30 (for mg-30u/mgl-30u, usb type)...
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_____________ taiwan falcon aerospace corporation ________________ 8 step 4. Specify location of the driver . Enter [next] to continue. C:\pl2303x\win98_me.
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_____________ taiwan falcon aerospace corporation ________________ 9 step 5. [next] to continue installation step 6. [finish] to end the installation. Importan t: in windows xp/2000 environment, there might be warning dialog box pop-up. In this case, just select continue to execute installation. Ste...
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_____________ taiwan falcon aerospace corporation ________________ 10 important: if users can not setup the right com port (some mapping software can only support for "com1" to "com4" and gps device may be assigned to use "com5"), you may need to : * uninstall driver first. * disable or remove one o...
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_____________ taiwan falcon aerospace corporation ________________ 11 (1) uninstallation: run the program "dremover98_2k.Exe" to uninstall the dirvers.Unzip tfac supplied driver program "usbdrv.Exe". You will find the "serwpl.Inf" file in the \pl-2303 directory. (2) if user would like to receive nme...
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_____________ taiwan falcon aerospace corporation ________________ 12 step 4. Choose correct com port, press “start” icon, then nmea output sentences and general navigation information is shown. Step 5. If necessary, users can log nmea data into pc by pressing “start log” icon. Then the logged data ...
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_____________ taiwan falcon aerospace corporation ________________ 13 step 6. If no fixed navigation information is shown during long time period, users can try to press “cold start” icon to force cf-30 to restart its tracking/searching satellite algorithm, then normal navigation solution can be sho...
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_____________ taiwan falcon aerospace corporation ________________ 14 3 data logger demo pr ogr am (for mgl-30r/u) as we mentioned in the previous sections, mgl-30 can be used as an ordinary real-time gps locator (to output general nmea messages), and in the mean time it also logs (stores) the gps d...
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_____________ taiwan falcon aerospace corporation ________________ 15 fig 1 logining device.
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_____________ taiwan falcon aerospace corporation ________________ 16 fig 2 device connected.
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_____________ taiwan falcon aerospace corporation ________________ 17 3.2 uploading data use “data sync” speed button to upload record. Users need to specify a file to save the uploaded data. A blue bar will display to indicate the upload progressing. Use “erase” speed button to clear logged data. A...
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_____________ taiwan falcon aerospace corporation ________________ 18 3.3 setup device use “setup” button to configure the device. (see fig 4) fig 4 device setup 3.4 set passwor d fig 5 set password use “password” speed button to set new password(see fig 5) .The password function is used to protecte...
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_____________ taiwan falcon aerospace corporation ________________ 19 3.5 data review use “analysis” speed button to read back and display recorded data. (see fig 6) some summary data is shown in the message area. The diameter of the yellow circle is 20 meters. The diameter of the green circle is 10...
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_____________ taiwan falcon aerospace corporation ________________ 20 use “load map” button to load a map file (must be in bmp format) as a background map. (see fig 7) the loaded map file will automatically fit into the current display range. Fig 7 background map loaded.
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_____________ taiwan falcon aerospace corporation ________________ 21 users can use “adj. Map” button to set the correct map range in wgs84 (see fig 8) use “clear map”button to remove the background map. Use “zoom in” “zoom out” buttons to change view range. Fig 8 adjust the map range 3.6 fir mwar e...
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_____________ taiwan falcon aerospace corporation ________________ 22 3.7 file for mat of upload data there are two file formats used for the uploaded data: binary and nmea formats. Data uploaded is saved to two separated files in different formats. Users only need to specify the binary file name (f...
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_____________ taiwan falcon aerospace corporation ________________ 23 4 tr ouble shooting problem possible reason solution test fail (no serial port output ) 1.Poor connection 2.Demo software is set at wrong configuration. 1.Check the rs-232 and ps/2 connector (mg-30r/mgl-30r) or usb connector (mg-3...