CONTENTS
5 Configuring Altus NR3 as a Base station 41
5.1 SETTING THE BASE STATION POSITION .................................................... 41
5.2 CONNECTING THE BASE STATION RECEIVER TO THE ROVER .............................. 43
5.2.1 Connecting via Data Call ......................................................... 43
5.2.2 Connecting via Mobile Internet.................................................. 46
5.2.3 Connecting via WiFi ............................................................... 49
6 Other receiver operations 53
6.1 LOGGING SBF AND NMEA DATA .......................................................... 53
6.1.1 Basic logging configurations..................................................... 53
6.1.2 Advanced Settings for Logging .................................................. 54
6.2 DOWNLOADING LOGGED DATA FROM THE RECEIVER ..................................... 55
6.2.1 Using the Web Interface.......................................................... 55
6.2.2 Using the USB connection ....................................................... 56
6.3 CONFIGURATIONS ........................................................................... 59
6.3.1 Saving the configuration ......................................................... 60
6.3.2 Managing configurations......................................................... 61
6.4 HOW TO CONFIGURE DYNAMICDNS ...................................................... 62
6.5 RESETTING THE ALTUS NR3................................................................ 63
6.6 UPGRADING THE FIRMWARE ............................................................... 64
6.7 HOW TO MANAGE ACCESS TO THE ALTUS NR3 ........................................... 65
6.7.1 SSH key authentication........................................................... 67
6.8 USING THE EXPERT CONSOLE .............................................................. 68
6.9 THE ‘ABOUT’MENU ......................................................................... 69
7 GIS Collection with PinPoint-GIS or other applications 70
7.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................. 70
7.2 USING THE ALTUS NR3 ON-BOARD SIMPLE DATA COLLECTOR .......................... 72
7.2.1 Designing a collection project ................................................... 72
7.2.2 Performing a collection........................................................... 74
7.2.3 Downloading collected data ..................................................... 75
7.3 CREATING A MAP ............................................................................ 76
7.4 CONNECTING TO THE INTERNET ........................................................... 78
7.5 USING PINPOINT-GIS WEB ................................................................ 79
7.5.1 Optional: Auto filling of GNSS attributes....................................... 81
7.6 USING THE PINPOINT-GIS APP ............................................................ 84
7.7 USING ESRICOLLECTOR WITH THE ALTUS NR3 .......................................... 87
Appendix A Status icons and front-panel LEDs 90
A.1 STATUS ICONS ON THE WEB INTERFACE .................................................. 90
A.2 FRONT PANEL LEDS........................................................................ 91
Appendix B Batteries 92
B.1 CHARGING ................................................................................... 92
B.1.1 Using the external battery charger ............................................. 92
B.1.2 Using the AC adapter ............................................................. 92
B.1.3 Using the USB adapter ........................................................... 93
B.2 HOT SWAPPING THE BATTERIES AND CHARGING ......................................... 93
Appendix C Point-to-Point connections 94
Appendix D Connecting to the web Interface in Client WiFi mode 95
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