I/O Configuration – Port Summary

This page provides a summary of input and output ports available to the receiver.

Select I/O Configuration / Port Summary.

 

To edit the settings, click on the port type. The I/O Configuration screen opens and you can edit the configuration settings for that port.

Type – Indicates what types of inputs/outputs are available.

  • TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) – A connection over an IP network.

  • UDP (User Datagram Protocol) – A connection over an IP network.

  • IBSS/NTRIP Client 1, 2, 3 – A connection to IBSS or an NTRIP Caster for receiving correction data.

  • IBSS/NTRIP Server 1, 2, 3 – A connection to IBSS or an NTRIP Caster for sending correction data.

  • NTRIP Caster 1, 2, 3 – Allows up to ten users (NTRIP Clients) per port to request single-base correction data.

  • Serial – An RS-232 connection.

  • Bluetooth – A short-range wireless connection.

  • USB (Universal Serial Bus) – A connection over USB.

NOTE – NTRIP is Networked Transport of RTCM via Internet Protocol. IBSS is Internet Base Station Service.

Port – Which port the input/output is being transferred on.

  • TCP/IP or UDP – The port number will be displayed.

  • IBSS/NTRIP Client – The type of the service and the name of the base station or Mountpoint it is connected to.

  • IBSS/NTRIP Server – The type of the service and the name of the base station or Mountpoint being sent to the NTRIP Caster.

  • Serial – Serial ports will indicate the receiver connector, baud rate, data bits, parity, and stop bits settings of the port.

  • Bluetooth – The Bluetooth port number will be displayed.

  • USB – No port will be displayed.

Input – The type of input that is received on the port. The correction stream input currently being used in the position solution will be shown in bold text.

Output – The type of output that is sent on the port.

Connection Colors – The color of the connection provides additional status information.

  • Green – Indicates an active connection from another device on that port.

  • Yellow – Indicates a connection is having problems or is not functioning properly.

  • Red – Indicates no connection from another device on that port.

  • No highlight – The serial port connections are not highlighted since it is not possible to distinguish if there is a connection from another device.

  • Bold – Indicates that this correction stream input is currently being used for the position solution.