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9. The CONFIG Key

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It is important that the local time, date
and initial position are approximately
correct in order for the Receiver to
quickly locate and track satellites.

Check that the Local Time is ap-
proximately correct. This will be
updated every time GPS satellites are
tracked. Check also the Time Zone
for your current location and Local
Date
.

Then check your local position. If you

9.6 General - Start-Up

Defines the screen that will be dis-
played when the Receiver is switched
on

and the behaviour after power

failure.

Panel - Select the screen you wish to
be displayed upon switching the
Receiver on.

AutoOn - PowerFail should be
selected for system restarts after an
abrupt power failure like a short circuit
or unplugging batteries by mistake.
ExtPowerLow/PowerFail should
only be selected when the system is
powered by an external main AC/DC
as is the case with reference stations
power supply but not by batteries.

have a local Coordinate System
defined, this will be available in grid
coordinates as well as WGS84
Geodetic and WGS84 Cartesian. Use
the COORD (F2) key to switch
between coordinate systems.

The NAV (F6) key enables you to
activate or deactivate the navigated
height solution. For most applications
this will be deactivated as it enables a
navigated position calculation with
only 3 satellites.

Certain aerial applications may need
to switch this to NO, thereby activat-
ing the navigated height solution.

9.5 General - Time and Initial Position

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