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13 <h3>Magnavox MX4200 GPS Receiver
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16 Address:
127.127.9.
<i>u
</i><br>
17 Reference ID:
<tt>GPS
</tt><br>
18 Driver ID:
<tt>GPS_MX4200
</tt><br>
19 Serial Port:
<tt>/dev/gps
<i>u
</i></tt>;
4800 baud,
8-bits, no parity
<br>
20 Features:
<tt>ppsclock
</tt> (required)
22 <p>This driver supports the Magnavox MX4200 Navigation Receiver adapted to precision timing applications. It requires the
<tt>ppsclock
</tt> line discipline or streams module described in the
<a href=
"../ldisc.html">Line Disciplines and Streams Modules
</a> page. It also requires a level converter such as described in the
<a href=
"../pps.html">Pulse-per-second (PPS) Signal Interfacing
</a> page.
</p>
23 <p>This driver supports all compatible receivers such as the
6-channel MX4200, MX4200D, and the
12-channel MX9212, MX9012R, MX9112.
</p>
24 <p><a href=
"http://www.leica-gps.com/"></a> <a href=
"http://www.leica-gps.com/">Leica Geosystems
</a> acquired the Magnavox commercial GPS technology business in February of
1994. They now market and support former Magnavox GPS products such as the MX4200 and its successors.
</p>
26 <p>Leica MX9400N Navigator.
</p>
27 <h4>Operating Modes
</h4>
28 <p>This driver supports two modes of operation, static and mobile, controlled by clock flag
2.
</p>
29 <p>In static mode (the default) the driver assumes that the GPS antenna is in a fixed location. The receiver is initially placed in a
"Static,
3D Nav
" mode, where latitude, longitude, elevation and time are calculated for a fixed station. An average position is calculated from this data. After
24 hours, the receiver is placed into a
"Known Position
" mode, initialized with the calculated position, and then solves only for time.
</p>
30 <p>In mobile mode, the driver assumes the GPS antenna is mounted on a moving platform such as a car, ship, or aircraft. The receiver is placed in
"Dynamic,
3D Nav
" mode and solves for position, altitude and time while moving. No position averaging is performed.
</p>
32 <p>The driver writes each timecode as received to the
<tt>clockstats
</tt> file. Documentation for the
<cite>NMEA-
0183</cite> proprietary sentences produced by the MX4200 can be found in
<a href=
"../mx4200data.html">MX4200 Receiver Data Format
</a>.
</p>
33 <h4>Fudge Factors
</h4>
35 <dt><tt>time1
<i>time
</i></tt>
36 <dd>Specifies the time offset calibration factor, in seconds and fraction, with default
0.0.
37 <dt><tt>time2
<i>time
</i></tt>
38 <dd>Not used by this driver.
39 <dt><tt>stratum
<i>number
</i></tt>
40 <dd>Specifies the driver stratum, in decimal from
0 to
15, with default
0.
41 <dt><tt>refid
<i>string
</i></tt>
42 <dd>Specifies the driver reference identifier, an ASCII string from one to four characters, with default
<tt>GPS
</tt>.
43 <dt><tt>flag1
0 |
1</tt>
44 <dd>Not used by this driver.
45 <dt><tt>flag2
0 |
1</tt>
46 <dd>Assume GPS receiver is on a mobile platform if set.
47 <dt><tt>flag3
0 |
1</tt>
48 <dd>Not used by this driver.
49 <dt><tt>flag4
0 |
1</tt>
50 <dd>Not used by this driver.
52 <h4>Additional Information
</h4>
53 <p><a href=
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