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LED Functions

Timepulse (yellow)

Flashes at 1Hz 50% duty cycle when the GPS receiver has a lock, the falling edge of the output is precisely synchronised with the second boundaries of GPS time. I.E. the LED is lit for the second half of each second.

Trigger (blue)

When the trigger LED is on the triggered output is active

SBAS (yellow)

Indicates the SBAS correction status of the GPS solution. Not currently implemented.

Error (red)

Flashes to indicate different error conditions. The error conditions corresponding to the number of flashes are given in the table below. More than one error can be present at one time, for example a series of 3 flashes followed by 4 flashes would signify both error conditions 3 and 4 are present.

Error Code
(Number of Flashes)

Error Condition

1

GPS module 1 failure

2

GPS module 2 failure

3

GPS antenna 1 short circuit

4

GPS antenna 2 short circuit

6

Internal IMU failure

7

External IMU not detected (SPEEDBOX-INS only)

8

External IMU calibration checksum fail (SPEEDBOX-INS only)

9

RS232 input buffer overflow

10

The hardware does not support the currently installed firmware version


Power (red)

On when power is applied to the unit. It then briefly flashes off at 1Hz whilst the firmware is running. If it remains continuously on then power is applied but the firmware is not running.

Status (green)

The meaning of the status LED varies depending on the type of SPEEDBOX and the firmware version installed. The table below shows the status light meanings for each hardware and firmware combination.

Hardware/Firmware
Combination

Status LED Indication

Off

Short flashes

Long flashes

Continuously on

SPEEDBOX <= v3.4.x

No GPS lock

GPS position and/or doppler lock

GPS carrier lock

Not used

SPEEDBOX-RTK <= v3.4.x

No GPS lock

GPS position and/or doppler lock

GPS carrier lock

RTK lock

SPEEDBOX >= v3.5.0

No GPS lock

GPS position only

GPS doppler lock

GPS carrier lock

SPEEDBOX-RTK >= v3.5.0

No GPS lock

GPS position and/or dopper lock

GPS carrier lock

RTK lock

SPEEDBOX-INS >= v3.5.0

No lock

GPS lock

RTK lock

INS lock


GPS Status 1 (green)

Continuously on when GPS receiver 1 has a lock.

GPS Status 2 (green)

Continuously on when GPS receiver 2 has a lock (RTK and dual-antenna INS versions only).

Page last modified on January 27, 2012, at 04:09 PM