POSITION REFERENCE COURSE

MDGPS SERCEL NR203 receiver

Training course
Training Schedule

NR203.
Principle.
Structure.
Functionning modes (MDGPS, KART ).
Screen and keyboard operations.
Operating softwares ( Conf203 ).
 NR203
Multi-Differential GPS Receiver
 NR203 main features
Floating power supply : 10 to 36 volts DC
Power drain : 16 watts.
Operating temperature : -10 to 55C.
1 x RS232 I/O port.
2 x RS422 I/O ports.
RS232 and RS422 input port (diff. RTCM or DSNP
messages).
External trigger input.
PPS output ( accuracy better than 1s)
External clock input.
 NR203 process
HF differential reception ( DSNP format).
MF differential reception ( IALA beacons).
UHF diffrential reception.
Num. differential reception.
4 independent DGPS solutions
Multi-diff. solution
Kinematic L1 solution.
UKOOA quality control.
Navigation modes ( Homing, bearing).
 NR203 in DGPS mode
DNAP 7

HF/MF channel 1

HF/MF channel 2
DGPS 1 Display

HF/MF channel 3
DGPS 2 Nav. PORT A
HF/MF channel 4
Diff DGPS 3 Select PORT I
Select PORT J
Port K DGPS 4
RTCM messages

Port L
DSNP or RTCM
MDGPS
 NR203 DGPS solutions
Time Updated points Propagated points

t A (priority solution) and B C and D

t + 0.6 s A (priority solution) and C B and D

t + 1.2 s A (priority solution) and D B and C

t + 1.8 s A (priority solution) and B C and D

 NR203 Multi-diff. solution

AVERAGE from 4 DGPS FIX Solutions

Weigthed by
- distance to the reference station.
- Correction age.
 NR203 UKOOA Quality Control

Based on statistic tests.

- W_TEST : used to detect outliers.
- F_TEST : Unit variance Test.
- Precision : given by a posteriory error ellipse.
- Reliability : MDE (Marginally Detectable Error)
(Power of test of 80%).
NR203 QC process for all DGSP and
MDGPS solutions

Compute Normalised Residuals

W_TEST (Outlier detection)

compute Unit Variance

MDE

Compute error ellipse (95%)

F_TEST
 NR203 in KART mode

Display

KA
Nav. PORT A
KR
NDR104
Diff KART Select PORT I
Select EDGPS
PORT J

DSNP messages

Port L
NR203 KART mode

EDGPS fix solution.

KA solution.

KR solution.
 KART solution
0s 0.6 s 1.2 s 1.8 s 2.4 s 3.0 s 3.6 s 4.2 s 4.8 s

GPS time t

transmission
2S 2S

Receiver

KR
KA
To use the keyboard
KEYS NAV AUX WPT
Pressing a function key causes a specific menu to
I DIF show up
in the lower part of the screen.
NAV AUX KEYS
Move the cursor horizontal within the menu.
MKR WPT Move the cursor to the next characters or options
allowed to update.
7 8 9 0 KEYS
Scroll through the display pages.
4 5 6

Scroll through the possible values for a character or
option.
1 2 3 KEYS numeric/alphanumeric
Direct choice within a menu.
Entry of a permitted numeral if the cursor rests on a
character field. Entry of a letter (1 of 3) within an
alphanumeric field.
 Navigation Display
July 11 2000 AUTO DGPS1
UTC 09:30:15 3D 08/09SVs Abridged status area

NAV
WGS84
51 49.05678 N
Q-9
04 43.54782 E Large-size navigation
display area
123 H 14.56 m
0.2 kt ^ 1.3 kt

1-FREEZE 2-MODE 3-GRAPHIC

Menu area
 The differential mode
Aug 27 1996 AUTO .DGPS1.
UTC 13:06:38 3D 08/10SVs

WGS84 4716.08951 N *** H 16.3m

129.48802 E 0.4KT ^ 1.4KT

DIF
Station Chl Fmt Svs Ag Kart Dgps
..........................................
0008 PORSPODER 1+2 SHF 8 10 Used
0012 LA COUBRE 3+4 SHF 9 10 Used
0822 ABERDEEN N L RTCM 8 10 Reje
0821 SCILLY N L RTCM 7 8 Avai
0014 BREST N K SUHF 8 10 Avai
1-SELECT 2-KART 3-DGPS 4-STATION 5-MSGES
 The differential mode
Viewing the status of DGSP stations. [DIF]
Pressing or displays another screen showing the status of
Differential reception on all four analog channels.
* B: Frequency band
* Frq : DGPS Station frequency
* Sn: Signal-to-Noise ratio
* Qu: Quality figure used to appreciate the reception of corrections :
- 1: station not received
- 0: carrier detected but no words detected
- 1 to 10: carrier detected and words decoded:
- 1 to 3: very poor reception
- 4 to 6: intermittent reception
- 7 to 10: good quality reception
 Selecting Differential stations.

[DIF] [1]
Analog channels
(Chl) channel 1 to 4 Enter to activate and press or to scroll through
the station list and enter to confirm.

Digital ports K (RS232), L (RS 422)

You can select UHF stations from the station list or select a RTCM
station and enter the station number
 Selecting Differential stations

Kart processing [DIF] [2]

DGPS processing [DIF] [3]
Viewing/updating the station library [DIF] [4]
Displaying DGPS messages [DIF] [5]
Auxiliary functions [AUX]

1-STATUS 2-ANOMALY 3-QC

4-ABOUT 5-INIT 6-UNAVAILABLE
7-SCREEN 8-FIXMODE 9-INP/OUTP
 [AUX] STATUS

AUX STATUS
Master Oscill. SA Received SVs
INT 0.00E+00 OFF 0
-------------------DGPS-----------------
Fx Station USV Q Dop Lpme Delta
D1 0013 DSNP 6 1 1.5 14.12 0.00
D2
D3
D4
MD MULTI DGPS 6 1 1.5 14.12 0.00
 [AUX] STATUS

Another screenful is accessible by pressing the or arrow key,

showing the status of the GPS constellation.

AUX STATUS
Ch Sv St Sn Elv Azi Ch Sv St Sn Elv Azi
................... ....................
01 03 u 43 ^39 133 09 27 u 49 v38 171
02 02 r 28 ^02 040 10 28 u 46 ^12 210
03 21 u 42 ^36 052 11
04 23 r 30 ^02 040 12
05 15 u 47 v49 271 13
06 14
07 31 u 47 v78 155 15
08 14 u 36 ^17 208
 [AUX] 2-Anomaly

message
AUX ANOMALY Additional
POSIT No fix computation 0 error code
Begin Aug 19 14:04:15 End 14:13:46
........................................
identification DIFF CPU-DIFF overflow 5
Begin Aug 19 14:04:19 End 14:17:20

= SCANNING =ACKNOWLEDGE
End time (or
current time
Beginning day if persisting)
and time
 [AUX] 3-QC.

AUX QC Status

Fx Station FTest DRMS Sv MDEmax

D1 0022 PORSPODE OK 0.42 11 0.76
D2 0016 BREST NOK 6.38 6 27.19
D3 0017 XXXXXX OK 0.36 12 0.65
D4 0002 YYYYY 0K 0.53 10 0.34
MD 0K 0.47
 [AUX] 4-About.

AUX ABOUT
GPS203 V3.0 12/09/1997 CPU board
GPS03 C2 187367 ID F0
STANDARD CONFIGURATION Configuration
R203_MT V3.0 07/08/1997
PWES1 V3.0 12/09/1997 I/O and Power board
PWES1 ID F0
Differential
DIF03 V3.0 12/09/1997
processing board
DIF03 ID F0
NDR104 V3.1 24/10/1996 Differential UHF
receiver option
 [AUX] 5-Init.

1-DATE-TIME 2-POSITION 3-SVs

4-GEO-PROJ 5-FILTER 6-UNITS
7-ALTMODE 8-DIFF
[AUX] 8-FIX MODE

AUX FIXMODE
In progress : AUTOMATIC
Commutation GDOP: 10

1-AUTOMATIC 2- 2D 3- 3D
4-AIDED 5-1DZ 6-STATION
7-MONITOR
 [AUX] 9-Inp/Outp

AUX INP/OUT OUTPUT

1-MESSAGES 2-RAWDATA
 [AUX] 9-Inp/Outp 1-Messages

AUX INP/OUT OUTPUT MESSAGE

Msg Port Status Mode Period(s)

1 A OFF TIME 1.0

= SCANNING =UPDATE
 [AUX] 9-Inp/Outp 2-RawData

AUX INP/OUT OUTPUT RAWDATA

No Po Gdat Dgps Gmea Mode Period Tau

1 A CDAT DGPS CMEA SYNC 25.0 1

= SCANNING =UPDATE
 NR203 Configurations

CONF203 Software (DOS application).

* GPS configuration.
User s display and output messages.
* Diff configuration.
UHF, HF or IALA radio beacons preparation
* Geodesies.
Local co-ordinates transformations.
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