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1. 4 5 Verifying Firmware Update Remove the jumper from header J2 and power cycle the unit Both LED s should blink During power on the unit sends an ID string out of the serial port at 115200 Baud by default The firmware version can also be queried by sending the IDN command Verify that the firmware version is the version that was downloaded O 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc 45 HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Jackson Labs 46 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc J a ck S on HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Labs GPSCon Utility 5 1 Description GPSCon is a program for the monitoring and control of a variety of GPS time and frequency standard receivers It communicates with the receiver using the SCPI command set This utility can be obtained directly from Real Ham Radio com at the following URL http www realhamradio com gpscon buy now htm Important note On newer faster computers running Windows 7 GPSCon may not acquire data correctly Try running GPSCon in Windows XP compatibility mode and as an administrator If you encounter problems it is recommended that you install GPSCon on a slower computer using Windows XP 5 2 Z38xx Utility If the GPSCon utility is not available you may use the Z38xx utility The Z83XX utility is a PC monitor program for GPS Disciplined References GPSR which communicate using theSCPI Standard Commands for Programmable Instrumentation Protocol It is available on the Jackson L
2. 070 01 000 3 1 000 10 05 6 03 5 04 3 00 0 DD00 32 Please note that the length of the string is fixed at 115 characters plus the two binary 0x0d Ox0a termination characters PASHR POS 0 aa bbbbbb 00 cccc ccccc d eeeee eeeee f ggsss ss hhhh ii i jjj jj kkkk KkILL mm m mn n 00 0 p pp checksum Where aa Number of Sats bbbbbb 00 Time of Day UTC cecc ccccc d Latitude S N eeee eeeee f Longitude W E ggggg gg Antenna Height in meters hhhh Four fixed symbols kkkk k Vertical Velocity in meters s 111 PDOP mm m HDOP nn n VDOP 00 0 Static number p pp Firmware version HD CSAC Low Power User Manual This command instructs the HD CSAC Low Power to send the NMEA standard string PASHR every N seconds with N in the interval 0 255 The command is disabled during the initial 2 minute HD CSAC warm up phase This command has the following format GPS PASHR lt int gt 0 255 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc HD CSAC Low Power User Manual ksony Jac son ps 3 3 12 GPS XYZSPeed This command is a 3D velocity vector output command Enabling this command will output a 3 dimensional velocity vector indicating the unit s speed in centimeters per second in the ECEF coordinate system X Y and Z speed are individually given and are independent of each other An accuracy estimate in centimeters per second is also given The velocity data is time stamped using the time of week with a resoluti
3. This query returns the number of satellites being tracked 3 3 2 GPS SATellite ViSible COUNt This query returns the number of satellites PRN that the almanac predicts should be visible given date time and position 3 3 3 NMEA Support The following four commands allow the HD CSAC Low Power to be used as an industry standard navigation GPS receiver The GPGGA GPGSV GPRMC PASHR and GPZDA NMEA commands comprise all necessary information about the antenna position height velocity direction satellite info fix info time date and other information that can be used by standard navigation applications via the HD CSAC Low Power RS 232 interface Once enabled HD CSAC Low Power will send out information on the RS 232 transmit pin automatically every N seconds All incoming RS 232 commands are still recognized by HD CSAC Low Power since the RS 232 interface transmit and receive lines are completely independent of one another Please note that the position direction and speed data is delayed by one second from when the GPS receiver internally reported these to the HD CSAC Low Power Microprocessor so the position is valid for the 1PPS pulse previous to the last 1PPS pulse at the time the data is sent one second delay The time and date are properly output with correct UTC synchronization to the 1PPS pulse immediately prior to the data being sent Once set the following two commands will be stored in NV memory and generate output i
4. 48 O 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc J a ck S on HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Labs the area below labeled Traces to be visible on the graph the box Aux 1 is checked and the label HD CSAC temp has been added Figure 5 2 Setting the communications parameters GPSCon Utility Pro GPSCon COM4 e a 0 006319 RTS CTS 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc 49 HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Ja cks on Labs Figure 5 3 Auxiliary parameters window Paths amp settings FTP Email Coms Time services Autliary Aux coms Export graphics Remote control Prefix to indicate request should be pz 5 directed to the second serial port 2nd port error request string FSYST ERR lt CR gt 7 Enable second serial port 2nd port OK prompt Iscpi lt SPC gt gt lt SPC gt Wildcard for any character type is 7 Wildcard for numeric character is Camiage retum is 2nd port error prompt E HtH gt lt SPC gt lt CR gt Linefeed is lt LF gt Aux request string meas temp lt CR gt M Log Axl or Log Max SS Aux2 request string DATAET lt CR gt T Log Aux2 or J Log Min SS Aux3 request string DATA E42 lt CR gt T Log Aux3 r Traces to be visible on the graph M EFC Label Mag Offset Hold wT M Ant CSAC templ fi fo F PU FT Aux2 023 fo a F Sas D Aue fi fo r 5 4 1 3 Other options The other tabs in the options window can be selected and yo
5. As an example if the unit is in GPS holdover and the UTC phase offset is gt 250ns then the following errors would be indicated 1 UTC phase gt 250ns Ox4 2 GPS in holdover 0x10 Oring these values together results in 0x10 I 0x4 0x14 The unit would thus indicate HEALTH STATUS 0x14 and the Green LED as well as the LOCK_OK output would go off indicating an event is pending A health status of 0x0 indicates a properly locked and warmed up unit that is completely healthy 3 6 15 SYNChronization TINTerval THReshold 50 2000 This command selects the internal oscillator 1PPS phase offset threshold as compared to UTC at which point the unit will initiate a counter reset jam sync aligning the HD CSAC generated 1PPS with the GPS generated UTC 1PPS phase The CSAC 1PPS phase is allowed to drift up to this threshold before a jam sync is initiated The HD CSAC phase is slowly and continuously adjusted toward Ons offset to UTC while the phase difference is less than the THReshold phase limit The default setting is 220ns allowing a drift of up to 220ns Reaching this selected threshold will cause a jam sync phase normalization to be initiated which will also cause an indication of the SYNC HEALTH Status of 0x200 to be indicated and the Green LED to be turned off for several minutes 3 6 16 SYNChronization 30 This query returns the results of these queries SYNChronization SOURce MODE SYNChronization SOURce STATE S
6. lt hour min sec gt Firmware revision 0 57 and later adds support for manually setting the time and date in the RTC in the event that no GPS signals are available This command allows setting the internal RTC TIME manually when operating the unit in GPS denied environments This command is compatible to the PTIME OUT ON command described in section 3 5 5 to allow automatic time and date 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc 23 HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Jackson Labs synchronization of two units to each other The internal RTC is driven by the highly stable HD CSAC 10MHz signal and thus has very high accuracy 3 3 27 GPS JAMlevel Firmware revision 0 57 and later adds support for a GPS signal jamming indicator The GPS receiver will detect and flag jamming interference with levels ranging from 0 no jamming to 255 strong jamming Any level exceeding 50 will cause a SYNC HEALTH 0x800 event to be flagged and the unit to disable the LOCK_OUT_OK signal on connector J1 3 3 28 GPS FWver This command returns the firmware version used inside the GPS receiver itself 3 3 29 GPS This query displays the configuration position speed height and other relevant data of the GPS receiver in one convenient location 3 4 GYRO SUBSYSTEM These commands are not supported in the HD CSAC GYRO MODE lt ON OFF gt GYRO TRACE lt int gt 0 255 GYRO PORT lt RS232 USB gt GYRO PORT GYRO CALibrate lt float float fl
7. 11 14 CSAC LIFEtime This query returns the accumulated number of hours that the HD CSAC has been powered on since the last factory reset of the HD CSAC Low Power board The value is stored in the external NVRAM and updated every hour when the HD CSAC is powered on 3 11 15 CSAC STeer LATch ONCE This command stores the momentary steering offset into the HD CSAC internal NVRAM This is done automatically by the firmware once every 24 hours so as not to damage the HD CSAC NVRAM which has a limited number of write cycles The user may force this value to be stored into the HD CSAC by issuing the HD CSAC STeer LATch ONCE command 3 11 16 CSAC This query displays all the HD CSAC queries defined above 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc 39 HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Jackson Labs 40 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc J a ck S on HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Labs Firmware Upgrade Instructions 4 1 Introduction The following is a short tutorial on how to upgrade the HD CSAC Low Power GPSDO firmware Please follow the instructions in order to prevent corrupting the HD CSAC Low Power GPSDO Flash which may require reflashing at the factory With some practice the entire Flash upgrade can be done in less than one minute even though the following seems like a fairly long list of instructions 4 2 ISP Flash Loader Utility Installation Jackson Labs Technologies Inc recommends using the Flash Magic utility to upgra
8. 11 SYNChronization OUTput 1PPs RESET This query returns the 1PPS output on reset setting 3 6 12 SYNChronization OUTput FiLTer lt ON OFF gt This command is not supported in the HD CSAC 3 6 13 SYNChronization OUTput FILTer This command is not supported in the HD CSAC 3 6 14 SYNChronization HEAIth The SYNChronization HEAIth query returns a hexadecimal number indicating the system s health status Error flags are encoded in a binary fashion so that each flag occupies one single bit of the binary equivalent of the hexadecimal health status flag The following system parameters are monitored and indicated through the health status indicator Individual parameters are ored together which results in a single hexadecimal value encoding the following system status information If the phase offset to UTC is gt 250ns HEALTH STATUS 0x4 If the run time is lt 300 seconds HEALTH STATUS l 0x8 If the GPS is in holdover gt 60s HEALTH STATUS l 0x10 If the Frequency Estimate is out of bounds HEALTH STATUS l 0x20 If the short term drift ADEV 100s gt 100ns HEALTH STATUS l 0x100 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc 29 HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Jackson Labs For the first 3 minutes after a phase reset HEALTH STATUS 0x200 If the HD CSAC Oscillator indicates an alarm HEALTH STATUS l 0x400 If the GPS receiver indicates a strong jamming signal HEALTH STATUS I 0x800 of gt 50 range is 0 to 255
9. 17 28 10 10 UTC Receiver timeout ontil EAU mo GPS INIT POS N deg min sec W deg min sec elev Last error 5 4 3 Use of the mouse in graph mode Refer to Figure 5 5 for the following description In graph mode the span of the graph may be set using the span setting Alternatively the start and or stop time of the graph may be locked using the mouse Set the start time by left clicking on the desired start point If you wish the stop time may also be locked by right clicking the desired stop point This can all be unlocked by left double clicking anywhere on the graph Double click always causes all of the selected span data to be displayed At the next update cycle the selected span if not set to zero will be enforced However the left click and if chosen the right click always overrides the span setting To display all of the data in the file without manually setting the span to zero you should right double click in the graph This has the effect of setting the start time to zero the stop time to infinity and asserting the mouse override condition To release left double click Since this is harder to describe than to actually do here is a paraphrase of the above 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc 51 HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Jackson Labs To zoom in The mouse is used to set the left extent and the right extent of the portion of the curve that the user wants to fill the screen Click once with t
10. 3 NMEA Support We te Ate eh de bk 3 3 4 GPS PORT lt RS232 USB gt Poe aw a ead oe Pp 2k oe BE ee eo A7 3 3 5 GPS PORT Soe 3 3 6 GPSIGPGGA a oa pa Wa og a 0 6 0 410 3 3 7 GPS GGASTat a sor dta dna m koa A a a a t a 18 3 3 8 GPS GPRMC 18 3 3 9 GPSIGPZDA s s 4 e Ho ne da ma dat 418 8 3 10GPS GPGSV sos a soe 19 3 3 11GPS PASHR 4 a 040 920 4 6 dune on amp ew 19 3 3 12GPS XYZSPeed s soo a aw 20 3 3 13GPS DYNAMic MODE Sb ie ee ae 415 20 3 3 14GPS DYNAMic MODE 8 Automatic Dynamic Mode sage Ge ih ev ee ee 3 3 15GPS DYNAMic STATe De ae F222 3 3 16GPS REFerence ADELay lt float gt lt S ns gt 32767ns s 32767n6 amp 422 3 3 17GPS REFerence PULse SAWtooth 4 4 amp ate 22 3 3 18GPS RESET ONCE ya rs a 3 3 19GPS TMODe lt ON OFF RSTSURV gt po ot tw gon doe a Gide ate e G28 3 3 20GPS SURVey ONCE eo pe eR oe a AS 3 3 21GPS SURVey DURation lt sec gt 28 3 3 22GPS SURVey VARiance lt mm42 gt 23 3 3 23GPS HOLD POSition lt cm cm cm gt 28 3 3 24GPS SURVey STATus 23 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc 1 H
11. 9 10 SYSTem LCD PAGE This command is not supported in the HD CSAC 3 9 11 SYSTem COMMunicate USB BAUD lt 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 gt This command is not supported in the HD CSAC 3 9 12 SYSTem COMMunicate USB BAUD This command is not supported in the HD CSAC 3 9 13 SYSTem STATus This query returns a full page of GPS status in ASCII format The output is compatible with GPSCon 3 10 SERVO Subsystem This subsystem regroups all the commands related to the adjustment of the servo loop SERVo DACGain lt float gt 0 1 10000 SERVo EFCScale lt float gt 0 0 500 0 SERVo EFCDamping lt int gt 2 4000 SERVo TEMPCOmpensation lt float gt 4000 0 4000 0 SERVo AGINGcompensation lt float gt 10 0 10 0 SERVo PHASECOrrection lt float gt 500 0 500 0 SERVo 1PPSoffset lt int gt ns SERVo TRACe lt int gt 0 255 SERVo 3 10 1 SERVo DACGain This command is used for factory setup 34 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc J a ck S on HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Labs 3 10 2 SERVo EFCScale Controls the Proportional part of the PID loop Typical values are 0 7 to 6 0 Larger values increase the loop control at the expense of increased noise while locked Setting this value too high can cause loop instabilities This command has the following format SERVo EFCScale lt float gt 0 0 500 0 3 10 3 SERVo EFCDamping Sets the Low Pass filter effectiveness of the DAC Values from 2 0 t
12. Labs Technologies Inc 7 HD CSAC Low Power User Manual kson Jac son hi J1 7 LOCK OK OUT Indicates that no 3 3V CMOS output can drive internal events are up to 5mA series terminated pending the hardware by 33 Ohms is ok and the HD CSAC is locked to GPS J1 8 RX_232 RS 232 receive data RS 232 level J1 9 TX_232 RS 232 transmit data RS 232 level J1 10 1PPS_CMOS 1PPS output in 3 3V CMOS TTL compatible 1PPS CMOS level format output series terminated by Do not terminate use 50Ohms lt 1ns rise and fall 1M or higher input time Do not end terminate impedance signal J1 11 PPS_IN External alternate TTL 3 3V and 5V CMOS 1PPS input compatible J1 13 10MHz Output CMOS 10MHz output 3 3V CMOS level can drive Do not terminate use up to 15mA 1M or higher input series terminated by impedance 500hms lt 1ns rise and fall time Keep wires shorter than 2 inches on this signal 2 3 1 Harness Pinning PIN NAME 1 10MHz LVDS 2 10MHz LVDS 3 GND 4 1PPS LVDS 5 1PPS LVDS 6 GND 7 LOCK_OUT_OK 8 RX RS 232 9 TX RS 232 10 1PPS_CMOS 11 PPS_IN Table 2 2 is a table of the cable harness J1 pinout Table 2 2 J1 pinout O 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc ksony Jac son he HD CSAC Low Power User Manual 12 GND 13 10MHz CMOS 14 GND 15 GND 16 5V Table 2 3 Miscellaneous con
13. STATus 3 9 1 SYSTem COMMunicate SERial ECHO This command enables disables echo on RS 232 This command has the following format SYSTem COMMunicate SERial ECHO lt ON OFF gt 3 9 2 SYSTem COMMunicate SERial PROmpt This command enables disables the prompt scpi gt on the SCPI command lines The prompt must be enabled when used with the software GPSCon This command has the following format SYSTem COMMunicate SERial PROmpt lt ON OFF gt 3 9 3 SYSTem COMMunicate SERial BAUD This command sets the RS 232 serial speed The serial configuration is always 8 bit 1 stop bit no parity no HW flow control Upon Factory reset the speed is set at 115200 bauds This command has the following format SYSTem COMMunicate SERial BAUD lt 9600 19200 38400 I 57600 I 115200 gt 3 9 4 SYSTem FACToryreset ONCE This command applies the Factory Reset setting to the NVRAM All aging tempco and user parameters are overwritten with factory default values 3 9 5 SYSTem ID SN This query returns the serial number of the board 3 9 6 SYSTem ID HWrev This query return the Hardware version of the board 3 9 7 SYSTem LCD CONTrast 0 1 0 This command is not supported in the HD CSAC 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc 33 HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Jackson Labs 3 9 8 SYSTem LCD CONTrast This command is not supported in the HD CSAC 3 9 9 SYSTem LCD PAGE 0 8 This command is not supported in the HD CSAC 3
14. and workmanship for a period of 1 one year from date of delivery During the warranty period Jackson Labs Technologies Inc will at its discretion either repair or replace products that prove to be defective Jackson Labs Technologies Inc does not warrant that the operation for the software firmware or hardware shall be uninterrupted or error free even if the product is operated within its specifications For warranty service this product must be returned to Jackson Labs Technologies Inc or a service facility designated by Jackson Labs Technologies Inc Customer shall prepay shipping charges and shall pay all duties and taxes for products returned to Jackson Labs Technologies Inc for warranty service Except for products returned to Customer from another country Jackson Labs Technologies Inc shall pay for return of products to Customer If Jackson Labs Technologies Inc is unable within a reasonable time to repair or replace any product to condition as warranted the Customer shall be entitled to a refund of the purchase price upon return of the product to Jackson Labs Technologies Inc 6 1 2 Limitation of Warranty The foregoing warranty shall not apply to defects resulting from improper or inadequate maintenance by the Customer Customer supplied software or interfacing unauthorized modification or misuse opening of the instruments enclosure or removal of the instruments panels operation outside of the environmental or elec
15. the sensitive electronic components in the HD CSAC Low Power GPSDO always make sure to discharge any built up electrostatic charge to a good ground source such as power supply ground This should be done before handling the circuit board or anything connected to it i e the GPS antenna 1 3 3 Power Connections Make sure to connect the DC power to the device following the polarity indicated in Section 2 3 1 3 4 Environmental Conditions This instrument is intended for indoor use The use of a properly installed GPS Antenna Lightning Protector is required It is designed to operate at a maximum relative non condensing humidity of 95 and at altitudes of up to 50 000 meters Refer to the specifications tables for the dc and ac mains voltage requirements and ambient operating temperature range 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc 3 HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Jackson Labs 4 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc J a ck S on HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Labs Quick Start Instructions 2 1 Powering Up the Unit The HD CSAC Low Power GPSDO is powered from an external 4 85V to 5 15V 5V nominal 0 15A DC source The typical steady state power consumption of the unit is 112mA at 5V 0 56W with GPS reception and 0 45W with the GPS receiver in deep sleep mode CSAC holdover flywheel mode Please note that the GPS receiver power supply is under user control This allows the user to disable the GPS receiver for additional pow
16. 11 10 UTC 203 86 hrs Send serztar 18 02 47 15 1110 UTC Receiver timeout 7 serv tar T Log Status M Log sat count Translate time codes 2584 95 6348 7 66236 0 0054106 4 072305 0 00530379 M LogEFC 2414181 Options oi F TltoGPS fT1E 08 0 157483 FT Log PU fi Pic is pes Continuously read error queue Flash LED Last error t sys time 52 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc Jackson 7 Figure 5 6 Expanded Graph Display GPSCon Utility Pro GPSCon COM8 Status Time Map J Graph Export Help About HD CSAC Low Power User Manual iJ ackson Labs FireFly ll Firmware Rev 2 19 _ Life fed 02 38 51 16 1410 EFC 2 414208 ad 0m sd 0 05m I TI max ns 20 H 2 4r A 159494 Temp r Filter coeff 0 025 Stat Span mins 15000 se Hide Not Tracking l PRN El z 15 1 40 na lj AN AY VTC 1 35 45 16 Now 2010 LaT N 27 15 29 756 LON W 121 57 40 195 7 20 m MSL Sat count 69 0 ns start 17 27 41 15 11 10 UTC Send servitar y 18 02 47 15 11 10 UTC Receiver timeout z serv tar J Log Status M Log sat count T7 Translate time codes 2584 95 6348 7 66236 0 0054106 4 072305 0 00530379 Log EFC 2414209 Options scpi gt IV Tlto GPS F11E 09 0 158524 I Log PU fl in el Update now D Continuously read error queue Flash LED Last error r 5 4 4 Exporting the graphics The settings which control the mode of the Export function are contained in the Options dia
17. 24 hour time The local time is referenced to UTC time The hour minute and second is returned 3 5 3 PTIMe TIME STRing This query returns the current 24 hour time suitable for display for example 13 24 56 3 5 4 PTIMe TINTerval This query is equivalent to the command synchronization TINTerval 3 5 5 PTIME OUTput lt ON OFF gt Firmware revision 0 57 and later adds support for auto initialization of time and date between to Jackson Labs Technologies Inc GPSDO units This allows connecting two units together through the serial port with a null modem cable and having the master unit send time and date information to the slave unit The slave unit s 1PPS reference input can also be driven by the master unit s 1PPS output signal by setting the slave unit to external 1PPS sync mode using the sync sour mode ext command This allows time synchronization at the nanosecond level between two units which can be useful when operating in GPS denied environments Sending the command PTIM OUT ON will cause the unit to automatically generate GPS INIT DATE and GPS INIT TIME sentences on the serial port once per second 3 5 6 PTIMe LEAPsecond This command will return the internally applied leapsecond offset between GPS time and UTC time as stored in the EEPROM GPS Almanac not received yet or as indicated by the GPS receiver GPS Almanac is available 3 5 7 PTIME This query returns at once the result of the three following queri
18. D CSAC Low Power User Manual 3 3 25GPS INITial DATE lt yyyy mm dd gt 3 3 26GPS INITial TIME lt hour min sec gt 3 3 27 GPS JAMlevel 3 3 28GPS FWver 3 3 29GPS 3 4 GYRO SUBSYSTEM 3 5 3 4 1 GYRO MODE lt ON OFF gt 3 4 2 GYRO TRACE lt int gt 0 255 3 4 3 GYRO PORT lt RS232 USB gt 3 4 4 GYRO PORT f 3 4 5 GYRO CAL lt float float float float float float gt 3 4 6 GYRO CAL COMPUTE 3 4 7 GYRO SENS and GPS CAL RESET 3 4 8 GYRO GLOAD PTIME Subsystem 3 5 1 PTIMe DATE 3 5 2 PTIMe TIME m 3 5 3 PTIMe TIME STRing 3 5 4 PTIMe TINTerval 3 5 5 PTIME OUTput lt ON OFFS 3 5 6 PTIMe LEAPsecond 3 5 7 PTIME 3 6 SYNChronization Subsystem 3 3 7 00 3 6 1 SYNChronization HOLDover DURation i 3 6 2 SYNChronization HOLDover INITiate 3 6 3 SYNChronization HOLDover RECovery INITiate 3 6 4 SYNChronization SOURce MODE So 3 6 5 SYNChronization SOURce STATE 3 6 6 SYNChronization TINTerval 3 6 7 SYNChronization IMMEdiate 3 6 8 SYNChronization FEEstimate 3 6 9 SYNChronization LOCKed 3 6 10SYNChronization OUTput 1 PPs RESET lt ON OFFS y 3 6 11SYNChronization OUTput 1PPs RESET 3 6 12SYNChronization OUTput FILTer lt ON OFF gt 3 6 13SYNChronization OUT put FILTer 3 6 14SYNChronization HEAIth 3 6 15SYNChronization TINTerval THReshold 150 2000 3 6 16SYNChronization DIAGnostic Subsystem 3 7 1 DIAGnostic ROSCil
19. E 3 11 16CSAC 4 Firmware Upgrade Instructions 4 1 Introduction 4 2 ISP Flash Loader Utility Installation 4 3 Putting the PCB into In Circuit Programming ISP mode 4 4 Downloading the Firmware 4 4 1 Using the Flash Magic Flash Programming uty A 4 5 Verifying Firmware Update 5 GPSCon Utility 5 1 Description 5 2 Z38xx Utility 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc 44 44 41 42 42 45 47 47 47 111 HD CSAC Low Power User Manual 5 3 GPSCon Installation 5 4 Using GPSCon 5 4 1 Setting the options 5 4 1 1 Communication Parameters 5 4 1 2 Auxiliary parameters 5 4 1 3 Other options 5 4 2 Sending manual commands to the receiver 5 4 3 Use of the mouse in graph mode 5 4 4 Exporting the graphics 6 Certification and AA 6 1 Certification 6 1 1 Warranty 6 1 2 Limitation of Warranty 6 1 3 Exclusive Remedies Jackson O 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc J a ck S on HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Labs Introduction 1 1 Overview The HD CSAC Low Power GPSDO is a game changing disruptive technology culminating from decades of research sponsored by the U S Government It is a breakthrough technology that allows a Cesium Vapor Cell Atomic Reference Oscillator to be packaged in a unit several orders of magnitudes smaller than legacy products with more than an order of magnitude in power reduction and less than 2 minutes warm up to be fully op
20. H A2QSB vE gt 9 8 08 ARM Cortex LPC900 2 clock 80051 80051 KA Technical on line articles about 8051 and 4 programming www esacademy com fag docs C Expand the ARM CORTEX folder and select the appropriate processor in this case the LPC1768 44 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc J a C k S onj HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Labs Figure 4 4 Expanded device selection window File ISP Options Tools Help HiI2SBS vESD 9 R 08 LPC2101 LPC2102 LPC2103 LPC2104 LPC2105 LPC2106 LPC2109 oo LPC2114 LPC2119 oo LPC2124 SY LPC2129 LPC2131 LPC2132 8 LPC2134 as Laaman On Line training classes for microcontrollers and embedded networking and Internetworking www esacademy com fag classes D Select the Baud Rate of the Flash Magic utility to be 230 4KB or slower E Set the Oscillator MHz to 10 F Check the box marked Erase blocks used by Hex File Warning Make sure NOT to check the box marked Erase all Flash Code Rd Prot under any circumstances this may erase factory calibration data and the unit will not operate and will have to be returned to the factory Checking this box on the ISP utility will thus void the warranty G Under Step 3 Hex File browse for the hex file that you downloaded in step 4 4 H Go to Step 5 and press Start You will observe the firmware being downloaded to the HD CSAC Low Power
21. Jackson Labs Technologies Inc 31 HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Jackson Labs 3 8 MEASURE Subsystem The MEASURE subsystem regroups the queries related to parameters that are measured on board the HD CSAC Low Power 3 8 1 MEASure TEMPerature Displays the PCB temperature around the CSAC oscillator 3 8 2 MEASure VOLTage Displays the CSAC TCXO steering voltage 3 8 3 MEASure CURRent Legacy SCPI command instead of OCXO current this command displays the internal CSAC temperature 3 8 4 MEASure POWersupply Displays the power supply input voltage 3 8 5 MEASure The MEASure query returns the results of the following four queries MEASure TEMPerature MEASure VOLTage MEASure CURRent MEASure POWersupply 3 9 SYSTEM Subsystem This subsystem regroups the commands related to the general configuration of the HD CSAC Low Power The list of the commands supported for this subsystem follows SYSTem COMMunicate SERial ECHO lt ON OFF gt SYSTem COMMunicate SERial PROmpt lt ON OFF gt SYSTem COMMunicate SERial BAUD lt 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 gt SYSTem FACToryreset ONCE SYSTem ID SN SYSTem ID HWrev SYSTem LCD CONTrast 0 1 0 SYSTem LCD CONTrast 32 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc J a ck S on HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Labs SYSTem LCD PAGE 0 8 SYSTem LCD PAGE SYSTem COMMunicate USB BAUD lt 9600 19200 38400 I 57600 115200 gt SYSTem COMMunicate USB BAUD SYSTem
22. PS Red LED is blinking when satellites are being received and will indicate proper lock when the Green LED goes on Once the green LED is on the unit will output 10MHz with significantly better than 1ppb frequency accuracy Please note that the GPS receiver establishes the internal antenna gain right after power on so for proper operation the GPS antenna should always be connected prior to turning on the power supply 6 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc J a ck S on HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Labs 2 3 Major connections The major connections and features of the HD CSAC Low Power GPSDO PCB are shown in Figure 2 1 Figure 2 1 Major connections and features of the HD CSAC Low Power GPSDO HDCSAC_Ultra_Low Power 10MHz PN 1005115 FW 0 72 BOM 1 1 LOCK EVENT GPS Status LED Table 2 1 shows the functions supported on connector J1 Table 2 1 Connector J1 pinout Ref Name Function Specification J1 1 10MHz LVDS 10MHz differential 10MHz LVDS 300mV Output output terminate to 10MHz LVDS through 100 Ohms resistor J1 2 10MHz LVDS 10MHz differential 10MHz LVDS 300mV Output output terminate to 10MHz LVDS through 100 Ohms resistor J1 4 1PPS LVDS 1PPS differential 1PPS LVDS 300mV Output output terminate to 1PPS LVDS through 100 Ohms resistor J1 5 1PPS LVDS 1PPS differential 1PPS LVDS 300mV Output output terminate to 1PPS LVDS through 100 Ohms resistor 2014 Jackson
23. PSoffset SERVo TRACE 0 3 11 CSAC Subsystem The following commands are used to query the microcontroller built into the HD CSAC oscillator itself 36 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc Jackson 7 3 11 1 CSAC RS232 HD CSAC Low Power User Manual This query returns the state OK or FAIL of the serial communication between the main CPU and the HD CSAC internal microcontroller When the state is FAIL there is a communication breakdown and the unit should be power cycled to clear the communication error 3 11 2 CSAC STeer This query returns the current Frequency Adjustment in units of parts per trillion 1E 012 3 11 3 CSAC STATus This query returns the status value in 0 9 as shown below Alarm 0 QQ Un FW D O 3 11 4 CSAC ALarm Definition Locked Microwave Frequency Steering Microwave Frequency Stabilization Microwave Frequency Acquisition Laser Power Acquisition Laser Current Acquisition Microwave Power Acquisition Heater equilibration Initial warm up Asleep ULP mode only This query returns the Alarm value as shown below Alarm 0x0001 0x0002 0x0010 0x0020 0x0040 0x0080 0x0100 0x0200 O 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc Definition Signal Contrast Low Synthesizer tuning at limit DC Light level Low DC Light level High Heater Power Low Heater Power High uW Power control Low uW Power control High 37 HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Alarm 0x0400 0x0800 0
24. SAC Low Power User Manual Jackson Labs Figure 2 3 HD CSAC Low Power phase compensation plot Status Time Map Graph Export Help About EFC 2 409962 ad 0m sd 0 07m 3 Current TI av 1 03n sd 4 7n ss F Client mode mi 12 O 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc J a C k S O n abs HD CSAC Low Power User Manual 2 6 Performance graphs Figure 2 4 shows the typical Allan Deviation of the HD CSAC Low Power unit when locked to GPS ADEV performance approaches 1E 013 per day when locked to GPS The plot shows that at averaging intervals of 1000 seconds and more the GPS disciplining algorithm starts to improve the performance of the CSAC oscillator Figure 2 4 Typical Allan Deviation of HD CSAC Low Power GPSDO locked to GPS 10 Sep 2010 17 13 56 Symmetricom 51254 46m 23n Allan Deviation oy t 19 0 50 1 ms NEQ BW 500 Hz SS Sii DOLL t H H H H 4 HHH H H E ae ELL 10 10 gt o o o o co HERH SE E E EE H REA EI Ant 10 1 eH er O EE Fe a eme ee ee 2 HAN O II TO 10 12 TE SS Se 5 Se es ir J o St Se re ep Hei ee H ee D 4 NT 10 13 PET un BT 1 ss Se u rer neue TAE mur
25. SE NOTE THE POWER PINOUT OF THE LOW POWER HD CSAC UNIT HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM THE LEGACY 12V HD CSAC UNIT TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO THE BOARD WHEN INADVERTENTLY PLUGGING IN A LEGACY 12V POWER SUPPLY INTO THE 5V HD CSAC LOW POWER GPSDO Plug in the Ground connection to pins 14 and 15 of connector J1 RS 232 Serial TX and RX signals are available on pins 9 and 8 respectively of connector J1 DO NOT SUPPLY THE BOARD WITH A VOLTAGE OTHER THAN THE RATED 5V OPERATING VOLTAGE USING A 12V POWER SUPPLY WILL SEVERELY DAMAGE THE BOARD AND VOID THE WARRANTY Once serial communications have been established the user can try sending and experimenting with the following useful SCPI commands syst stat gps sync diag meas csac help The third party application GPSCon is recommended for monitoring and controlling the unit via the RS 232 serial port This software is available at http www realhamradio com gpscon info htm JLT also provides a freeware control program called Z38xx and this application program can be downloaded from the following website www jackson labs com index php support Z38xx provides real time monitoring of the operation of the GPSDO including status information GPS satellite information timing and control information holdover prediction reference Allan Variance and even a UTC clock with second accuracy It also displays various logs and stores all measurements on file for later analysis The unit will now lock to G
26. SET ONCE Issues a reset to the internal GPS receiver This can be helpful when changing the antenna for example since the GPS receiver measures the antenna system s C No right after reset and adjusts its internal antenna amplifier gains accordingly It takes approximately 1 minute for locking to commence after a GPS reset as indicated by the red blinking LED 3 3 19 GPS TMODe lt ON OFF RSTSURV gt This command is not supported in the HD CSAC 3 3 20 GPS SURVey ONCE This command is not supported in the HD CSAC 3 3 21 GPS SURVey DURation lt sec gt This command is not supported in the HD CSAC 3 3 22 GPS SURVey VARiance lt mm22 gt This command is not supported in the HD CSAC 3 3 23 GPS HOLD POSition lt cm cm cm gt This command is not supported in the HD CSAC 3 3 24 GPS SURVey STATus This command is not supported in the HD CSAC 3 3 25 GPS INITial DATE lt yyyy mm dd gt Firmware revision 0 57 and later adds support for manually setting the time and date in the RTC in the event that no GPS signals are available This command allows setting the internal RTC DATE manually when operating the unit in GPS denied environments This command is compatible to the PTIME OUT ON command described in section 3 5 5 to allow automatic time and date synchronization of two units to each other The internal RTC is driven by the highly stable HD CSAC 10MHz signal and thus has very high accuracy 3 3 26 GPS INITial TIME
27. YNChronization OUTput 1PPS RESET SYNChronization LOCKed SYNChronization HOLDover STATe SYNChronization HOLDover DURation SYNChronization FEEstimate O 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc J a ck S on HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Labs SYNChronization TINTerval SYNChronization TINTerval THReshold SYNChronization OUTput FILTer SYNChronization HEAIth 3 7 DIAGnostic Subsystem This subsystem regroups the queries related to the diagnostic of the HD CSAC The list of the commands supported for this subsystem is as follows DIAGnostic ROSCillator EFControl RELative DIAGnostic ROSCillator EFControl ABSolute DIAGnostic LIFetime COUNt 3 7 1 DIAGnostic ROSCillator EFControl RELative This query returns the Electronic Frequency Control EFC output value of the internal reference oscillator It returns a percentage value between 100 to 100 3 7 2 DIAGnostic ROSCillator EFControl ABSolute This query returns the Electronic Frequency Control EFC steering value of the HD CSAC oscillator in parts per trillion 1E 012 3 7 3 DIAGnostic LlFetime COUNt This query returns the time since power on of the CSAC oscillator in hours 3 7 4 DIAGnostic Sending the command diag returns the following Relative oscillator setting Absolute oscillator setting Time since power on in hours lifetime An example of the syntax scpi gt diag EFControl Relative 0 025000 EFControl Absolute 5 Lifetime 871 O 2014
28. abs Technologies Inc website under the Support tab http www jackson labs com assets uploads main Z38X X_download zip The program provides real time monitoring of the operation of the GPSR including status information GPS satellite information timing and control information holdover prediction reference Allan Variance and even a UTC clock with second accuracy It also displays various logs and stores all measurements on file for later analysis 5 3 GPSCon Installation Follow the directions that come with GPSCon for installing the utility on your computer 5 4 Using GPSCon The GPSCon utility has a help file that should be consulted in order to get the full functionality of this utility Only a few of the features and commands are mentioned in this chapter for convenience 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc 47 HD CSAC Low Power User Manual 5 4 1 Setting the options To set up the options for your GPSCon session press the Options button below the display area The window shown in Figure 5 1 will appear You can select from the tabs which options you wish to set Figure 5 1 Options window Jackson ES GPSCon Utility Pro GPSCon COMA ae sae Time Ma p Graph Export Help About r Logging and graph Max kB 0 unlimited Tr Interval 30 secs r Local HTML and image files Blit from display bitmap Pixels 317 HTML file c program files amp 86 g
29. ack pedestrian settings Automotive Vehicular velocity applications 20 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc J a ck S on HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Labs 4 Sea Used on Ships where altitude is expected to be constant 5 Airborne lt 1g Airborne applications with less than 1g acceleration 6 Airborne lt 2g Airborne applications with less than 2g acceleration 7 Airborne lt 4g Airborne applications with less than 4g acceleration 8 Automatic Mode Select one of the above states 0 7 based on the actual velocity of the vehicle 3 3 1 The current dynamic state being applied to the GPS receiver can be queried with the command GPS DYNAMIC STATE 4 GPS DYNAMic MODE 8 Automatic Dynamic Mode Automatic Dynamic Mode allows the HD CSAC Low Power firmware to automatically configure the GPS receiver Kalman filter parameters based on actual mission velocities and motion profiles The unit will try to set the GPS receiver to the optimal settting for any given velocity The unit is able to set 7 different modes as shown in section 3 3 13 The following table shows the Dynamic mode the unit will program into the GPS receiver when Automatic Mode is selected Dynamic Mode 8 Velocity Threshold Selected Dynamic Model Fallback to lower setting 0 2 knots Stationary none gt 2 knots Pedestrian lt 1 knots gt 10 knots Automotive lt 8 knots gt 60 knots and gt 400 Feet min Airborn
30. bs Technologies Inc J a ck S on HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Labs 2 5 Loop parameter adjustment All loop parameters can be controlled via the serial ports Loop parameters are optimized for the Atomic Oscillator on the board and changing the factory settings may cause the unit s performance to deteriorate The commands to control the loop parameters are part of the servo command See also the SERVO Subsystem section below The individual commands are EFC Scale this is the proportional gain of the PID loop Higher values will give quicker convergence and faster locking of the GPS time lower loop time constant lower values give less noise Values between 0 7 and 6 0 are typical EFC Damping overall IIR filter time constant higher values increase loop time constant Jackson Labs Technologies Inc typically uses values between 10 to 50 Setting this value too high may cause loop instability Phase compensation this is the Integral part of the PID loop This corrects phase offsets between the HD CSAC Low Power GPSDO 1PPS signal and the UTC 1PPS signal as generated by the GPS receiver Set higher values for tighter phase following at the expense of frequency stability Typical values range from 1 30 Setting this value too high may cause loop instability A well compensated unit will show performance similar to the plot in Figure 2 3 when experiencing small perturbations 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc 11 HD C
31. command sets the HD CSAC Low Power 1PPS signal s offset to UTC in 100ns steps Using the SERV 1PPS command results in immediate phase change of the 1PPS output signal This command has the following format SERVo 1PPSoffset lt int gt ns 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc 35 HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Jackson Labs 3 10 8 SERVo TRACe This command sets the period in seconds for the debug trace Debug trace data can be used with Ulrich Bangert s Plotter utility to show UTC tracking versus time etc This command has the following format SERVo TRACe lt int gt 0 255 An example output is described here 08 07 31 373815 60685 32 08 2 22E 11 14 10 6 0x54 date 1PPS Count Fine DAC UTC offset ns Frequency Error Estimate Sats Visible Sats Tracked Lock State Health Status Please see the SYNChronization HEAIth command for detailed information on how to decode the health status indicator values The Lock State variable indicates one of the following states Value State 0 HD CSAC warmup 1 Holdover 2 Locking HD CSAC training 4 Value not defined 5 Holdover but still phase locked stays in this state for about 100s after GPS lock is lost 6 Locked and GPS active 3 10 9 SERVo This command returns the result of the following queries SERVo DACGain SERVo EFCScale SERVo EFCDamping SERVo TEMPCOmpensation SERVo AGINGcompensation SERVo PHASECOrrection SERVo 1P
32. cted Dynamic model mode for two reasons if the dynamic mode is set to 8 Automatic mode the state will reflect the dynamic model being applied to the GPS receiver depending on actual vehicle dynamics 3 3 16 GPS REFerence ADELay lt float gt lt s ns gt 32767ns 32767ns The ADELay command allows bi directional shifting of the 1PPS output in relation to the UTC 1PPS reference in one nanosecond steps This allows antenna cable delay compensation as well as retarding or advancing the 1PPS pulse arbitrarily Typical antenna delays for a 30 foot antenna cable with 1 5ns per foot propagation delay would be compensated with the following command GPS REF ADEL 45ns This command can be used to fine tune different units to have co incident 1PPS pulse outputs Please note that during normal operation the 1PPS pulse may wander around the UTC 1PPS pulse while the unit is tracking the GPS signals The present offset between the 1PPS output and the UTC 1PPS signal can be queried with the command SYNC TINT and this offset should be taken into account when calibrating two unit s 1PPS outputs to each other since the lock algorithms will try to steer the HD CSAC for a 0 0ns offset to the UTC 1PPS time pulse 3 3 17 GPS REFerence PULse SAWtooth This command returns the momentary sawtooth correction factor that the GPS receiver indicated 22 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc J a ck S on HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Labs 3 3 18 GPS RE
33. de the contents of Flash memory on the HD CSAC Low Power It is available for download on the Flash Magic website http www flashmagictool com Follow the directions given on the website for installing the utility on your computer Note The Philips LPC2000 utility that is used on other Jackson Labs Technologies Inc products will not support the newer LPC1768 low power Cortex processor used on the HD CSAC Low Power GPSDO 4 3 Putting the PCB into In Circuit Programming ISP mode Momentarily short out pins 1 and 2 of header J2 using a jumper or other conductive material during power on See Figure 4 1 Both LED s should remain off indicating the unit is properly placed into ISP mode If the LED s light up after power on the unit is not in ISP mode 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc 41 HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Jackson Labs Figure 4 1 Location of header J2 ef Sl TTL Serial Port HDCSAC_Ultra Low Power 10MHz PN 1005115 FW 0 72 BOM 1 1 LOCK EVENT GPS Status LED 4 4 Downloading the Firmware Download the latest version of HD CSAC Low Power GPSDO firmware from the Jackson Labs Technologies Inc support website and store it in a place that will be remembered The firmware executable file for the HD CSAC Low Power GPSDO and the HD CSAC boards are NOT identical because the two boards use different processors The file is in hex format The unit needs to be connected to the computer s RS 232 serial port prio
34. e 1g lt 50 knots climb descent gt 150 knots Airborne 2g lt 130 knots gt 240 knots Airborne 4g lt 210 knots In this Automatic mode the unit will configure the GPS based on the actual vehicle velocity Please note that in order to switch from the Automotive mode into the first Airborne 1g mode both a vehicle velocity greater than 60 knots as well as a climb descent rate greater than 400 feet per minute are required Alternatively a vehicle velocity of greater than 100 Knots will also initiate a switch into airborne 1g mode Without an appropriate climb descent the unit will remain in Automotive mode The following command returns the setting of the GPS dynamic model 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc 21 HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Jackson Labs GPS DYNAMic MODE The actual state chosen by the firmware for the GPS based on vehicle velocity can be obtained with the command GPS DYNAMic STATe A value between 0 and 7 is then returned depending on vehicle dynamics Settings will be applied immediately to the GPS receiver and are stored in Non Volatile memory 3 3 15 GPS DYNAMic STATe This query returns the actual state of the dynamic model chosen by the firmware to be applied to the GPS receiver depending on vehicle velocity It returns a value between 0 and 7 which correspond to one of the dynamic models defined in the Table in section 3 3 14 This state can be different from the user sele
35. er savings when running in CSAC holdover flywheel mode without GPS In order to disable the GPS receiver and its power supply as well as the GPS antenna 3 3V power output the unit will need to be set into external 1PPS locking mode with the following SCPI serial command SYNC SOUR MODE EXT Sending this command once will turn off the units GPS power supply and put the unit into external 1PPS locking mode The user does not need to supply an external 1PPS pulse and can leave the 1PPS input un connected but if supplied the unit will now lock to the external 1PPS reference on pin 11 of connector J1 To turn the power supply for the GPS receiver and the GPS antenna back on please send the following command on one of the two serial interfaces SYNC SOUR MODE GPS The GPS receiver will now be powered up again The GPS receiver is powered on by default when the unit is shipped from the factory These two commands are stored in NVRAM on the board and the user thus only needs to send them once to the unit Power consumption is reduced by about 100mW or more when the GPS receiver is turned off representing an almost 20 overall power savings when in CSAC holdover mode O 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc 5 HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Jackson Labs 2 2 Operating the unit from the RS 232 port 1 Connect a 3 3V compatible GPS antenna to connector J4 2 Plug in a clean DC power source of 5V to the power pin 16 of connector J1 PLEA
36. erational while out performing many industry standard Atomic Oscillators The HD CSAC Low Power GPSDO consumes as little as 450mW using a 5V power supply The unit is available with a temperature range of 40 C to 85 C and greater than 100 000 hours MTBF and provides a socket for the CSAC Oscillator for easy upgrade or exchange of the CSAC Oscillator The HD CSAC Low Power GPSDO oscillator provides very high frequency accuracy long term stability and fast lock with low power consumption Through hardware and firmware support the Jackson Labs Technologies Inc HD CSAC Low Power GPSDO is based on the Jackson Labs Technologies Inc HD CSAC platform but optimizes size weight and power SWAP by using new ultra low loss power supplies a new processor architecture and updated firmware The HD CSAC Low Power GPSDO provides one RS 232 serial port and one TTL serial port for command and control and operates from a 5V power supply It includes one 3 3V CMOS and one LVDS 10MHz output one LVDS 1PPS and one 3 3V CMOS 1PPS output It is function compatible to the FireFly IIA board and shares a similar IO connector while drastically reducing power consumption and improving performance The HD CSAC Low Power GPSDO supports a mobile mode GPS receiver with 50 channels and SBAS WAAS EGNOS MSAS support For long term Stratum 1 frequency accuracy and constant calibration the HD CSAC Low Power GPSDO includes an extremely high performance GPS receiver tha
37. es PTIME DATE PTIME TIME PTIME TINTerval PTIME OUTput PTIME LEAPsecond 26 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc J a ck S on HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Labs 3 6 SYNChronization Subsystem This subsystem regroups the commands related to the synchronization of the HD CSAC Low Power with the GPS receiver The list of the commands supported for this subsystem is the following SYNChronization HOLDover DURation SYNChronization HOLDover INITiate SYNChronization HOLDover RECovery INITiate SYNChronization SOURce MODE lt GPS EXTernal AUTO gt SYNChronization SOURce STATE SYNChronization TINTerval SYNChronization IMMEdiate SYNChronization FEEstimate SYNChronization LOCKed SYNChronization OUTput 1PPS RESET lt ON OFF gt SYNChronization OUTput 1PPs RESET SYNChronization OUTput FILTer lt ON OFF gt SYNChronization OUTput FILTer SYNChronization HOLDover STATe SYNChronization TINTerval THReshold 50 2000 SYNChronization 3 6 1 SYNChronization HOLDover DURation This query returns the duration of the present or most recent period of operation in the holdover and holdover processes This is the length of time the reference oscillator was not locked to GPS and thus coasting The time units are seconds The first number in the response is the holdover duration The duration units are seconds and the resolution is 1 second If the Receiver is in holdover the response quantifies the current holdover du
38. h of the unit s HD CSAC performance GGASTat shows height in MSL Meters this is different from traditional GPS receivers that display height in GPS Meters The difference between MSL and GPS height can be significant 35m or more are common 3 3 8 GPS GPRMC This command instructs the HD CSAC Low Power to send the NMEA standard string GPRMC every N seconds with N in the interval 0 255 The command is disabled during the initial 2 minute HD CSAC warm up phase This command has the following format GPS GPRMC lt int gt 0 255 3 3 9 GPS GPZDA This command instructs the HD CSAC Low Power to send the NMEA standard string GPZDA every N seconds with N in the interval 0 255 The command is disabled during the initial 2 minute HD CSAC warm up phase This command has the following format GPS GPZDA lt int gt 0 255 18 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc Jackson 7 3 3 10 GPS GPGSV This command instructs the HD CSAC Low Power to send the NMEA standard string GPGSV every N seconds with N in the interval 0 255 The command is disabled until the GPS receiver achieves a first fix GPS GPGSV lt int gt 0 255 3 3 11 GPS PASHR The PASHR command alongside the GPZDA command will give all relevant parameters such as time date position velocity direction altitude quality of fix and more As an example the String has the following data format PASHR POS 0 7 202939 00 37 16 28369 N 12157 43457 W 00087 40
39. he left mouse button on the point that marks the left side of what you want to be the magnified curve Immediately that point becomes the left end of the curve Then similarly click the right mouse button on the curve at the time you wish to be the right most portion of the magnified curve and it immediately becomes the end point on the right side And finally to return to the zoomed out fit to window view left double click on the curve Remember in order to see all the data in the log file you must either set the span control to zero or right double click in the graph When you have locked the start and stop time using the mouse you can scroll left or right through the data without changing the span To scroll to a later time use Shift Left click To scroll to an earlier time use Shift Right click Double left click to release everything The time span indication at the lower right of the graph will turn red to signify that mouse override is in effect Figure 5 5 Graph display GPSCon Utility Pro GPSCon COM8 x Ss iJ ackson Labs FireFly ll Firmware Rev 2 19 Life 440 EFC 2 414181 ad 0m sd 0 04m J TI max ns 20 emp Fiter coeff 0 025 stat Jr Stop Span mins 15000 o Hide Not Tracking 0 PRN El z TI av 0 03n sd 11n 2 41396 0 13560 93 0 ns ed hia aii A lk i LON W 11 57 40 127 VTC 2 36 25 16 Now 010 Lat N 27 15 39 756 6 50 m MSL 77 0 ns 0 start 14 45 02 07
40. is capable of generating standard navigation messages see GPS GPGGA GPS GPZDA GPS GPGSV GPS PASHR and GPS GPRMC serial commands that are compatible with most GPS based navigation software The GPS receiver generates a 1PPS time signal that is phase synchronized to UTC This 1PPS signal is used to frequency lock the 1OMHz Sine Wave output of the HD CSAC Low Power GPSDO to UTC thus disciplining the unit s Atomic Clock 1OMHz frequency output to the US Naval master clock for very high frequency accuracy typically better than 10 digits of frequency accuracy when locked to GPS Using a high performance Timing GPS receiver allows operation with a phase stability error of typically less than 15 nanoseconds anywhere in the world 2 4 Mechanical Drawing Figure 2 2 HD CSAC Low Power GPSDO Mechanical Drawing 10 DO 500 Cr 1 400 L 910 500 300 Lor U5 TTL SERIAL PORT D o reno LEE D o 2 EE a a E of Es 4 Lis LOCK OK GPS FIX pS om mM om im RESET 0000001 a ne Y Eo gt om C37 Ma R5 E 3011 _ e E Joga n MI EE po tie ARS IL Lu oe E 7 R53 AS LIL E ai 5 EH 1 c106 J1 D3 R7 R58 D1 ANT Heeeeeeo 2 0000000 cs DR an 38 a cos Om TH 2 1 mnt LP re L20 mE cC i oo ci Mme pa po i WO O OO HON O 2014 Jackson La
41. ksony Jac son HD CSAC Low Power GPSDO User Manual cument 80200521 HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Copyright 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc J a ck S on HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Labs 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview 1 2 Operating Principles 1 3 General Safety Precautions 1 3 1 Use an approved Antenna Lightning Protector 1 3 2 Grounding 1 3 3 Power Connections 1 3 4 Environmental Conditions CG D NN D 2 Quick Start Instructions 5 2 1 Powering Up the Unit 5 2 2 Operating the unit from the RS 232 por Bed eh RU Ee alee a6 2 3 Major connections Siege Ae te ee Ae RE Se a a 2 3 1 Harness Pinning 8 2 3 2 Harness Connectors J1 and J5 9 2 3 3 Connecting the GPS Antenna 9 2 4 Mechanical Drawing RR ir dr nt en ue ee ae LU 2 5 Loop parameter adjustment oe Ra owe D Roe Bee Bd Fad Ge eo amp 2 2 6 Performance graphs 19 3 SCPI Control Quick Start Instructions 15 3 1 Introduction SR Uk dk me ER be RE SAS ee TD 3 2 General SCPI Commands Cleon eh et em ee ee ao Ge ed e 216 321 IDN erpii Lima Le ee ee oe A LAVER RU De 16 3 2 2 HELP 4 4 e a 4 a ee de kw E a he mb 4 2 16 3 3 GPS Subsystem ni at Roe amp ta Ru ee a 616 3 3 1 GPS SATellite TRAcking COUNt eee ee UNS a ee ee d a e 3 3 2 GPS SATellite VISible COUNt 17 3 3
42. lator EFControl RELative 3 7 2 DIAGnostic ROSCillator EFControl ABSolute 3 7 3 DIAGnostic LlFetime COUNt 3 7 4 DIAGnostic MEASURE Subsystem oye 3 8 1 MEASure TEMPerature 3 8 2 MEASure VOLTage 3 8 3 MEASure CURRent 3 8 4 MEASure A 3 8 5 MEASure 3 9 SYSTEM Subsystem 3 9 1 SYSTem COMMunicate SERial ECHO 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc ksony Jac son he 3 9 2 SYSTem COMMunicate SERial PROmpt 3 9 3 SYSTem COMMunicate SERial BAUD 3 9 4 SYSTem eral ONCE 3 9 5 SYSTem ID SN 3 9 6 SYSTem ID HWrev 3 9 7 SYSTem LCD CONTrast 0 1 0 3 9 8 SYSTem LCD CONTrast 3 9 9 SYSTem LCD PAGE 0 8 3 9 10SYSTem LCD PAGE HD CSAC Low Power User Manual 3 9 11SYSTem COMMunicate USB BAUD lt 9600 1 19200 o 38400 a 57600 ol 115200 gt 34 3 9 12SYSTem COMMunicate USB BAUD 3 9 13SYSTem STATus 3 10SERVO Subsystem 3 10 1SERVo DACGain 3 10 2SERVo EFCScale 3 10 3SERVo EFCDamping 3 10 4SERVo TEMPCOmpensation 3 10 5SERVo AGINGcompensation 3 10 6SERVo PHASECOrrection 3 10 7SERVo 1PPSoffset 3 10 8SERVo TRACe 3 10 9SERVo 3 11CSAC Subsystem 3 11 1CSAC RS232 3 11 2CSAC STeer 3 11 3CSAC STATus 3 11 4CSAC ALarm 3 11 5CSAC MODE 3 11 6CSAC CONTrast 3 11 7CSAC LASer 3 11 8CSAC TCXO 3 11 9CSAC SIGnal f 3 11 10CSAC HEATpackage 3 11 11CSAC TEMP 3 11 12CSAC FWrev 3 11 13CSAC SN 3 11 14CSAC LIFEtime 3 11 15CSAC STeer LATch ONC
43. log Export allows you to create an image file of either the graph or the satellite map You select which you want using the radio buttons If you select Graph you have the option to export only that which is currently visible or to export the graph which is a plot of the entire logfile contents Use the checkbox All to make this choice You may nominate a size in X and Y The file format may be BMP JPG GIF or PNG Your settings will be stored and will be the default next time you open this dialog If you choose to export the graph you might want to override the TI max setting in force on the screen display You may do this by entering a non zero value into the Override TI control A value of zero causes the export to take the same setting if any as the screen display The export may be done automatically on a timed basis Simply enter a non zero value in seconds to choose an export time interval To manually export in accordance with the settings press the Export button O 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc 53 HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Jackson Labs 54 O 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc J a ck S on HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Labs Certification and Warranty 6 1 Certification Jackson Labs Technologies Inc certifies that this product met its published specifications at time of shipment 6 1 1 Warranty This Jackson Labs Technologies Inc hardware product is warranted against defects in material
44. mal GPS locking operation after this command has been sent 3 6 4 SYNChronization SOURce MODE The Source Mode command allows an optional external 3 3V CMOS 5V CMOS or TTL level 1PPS input to be connected to the HD CSAC Low Power GPSDO board on connector harness J1 This command also controls the power supply of the GPS receiver for additional power savings in holdover flywheel mode The internal GPS receiver and the 3 3V GPS antenna power supply voltage are automatically disabled when setting the unit to EXTERNAL 1PPS Mode using the sync sour mode ext command The GPS receiver and GPS antenna power supply are turned on again when the unit is set to GPS disciplining mode using the sync sour mode gps command This allows for optimal power savings when the GPS receiver is not needed The unit can use this external 1PPS input instead of the internal GPS generated 1PPS Switching to the external 1PPS is either done manually with the EXT command option or automatically with the AUTO command option in case the GPS receiver goes into holdover mode for any reason The command has the following format SYNChronization SOURce MODE lt GPS EXTernal AUTO gt 3 6 5 SYNChronization SOURce STATE This query shows the state of the external 1PPS synchronization option The GPS receiver power supply is shut off when in EXTERNAL disciplining mode 3 6 6 SYNChronization TINTerval This query returns the difference or timing shift between the HD CSAC Lo
45. meter horizontal accuracy typically and full WAAS EGNOS MSAS SBAS support The unit can be set up to stream NMEA or other data to either one of the serial interfaces which leaves the other serial interface free to be used as a SCPI control or query command port 1 2 Operating Principles A Cesium Vapor Cell is excited from a VCEL Laser source The VCSEL is modulated at 4 6 GHz to produce a complementary pair of sidebands separated by the cesium ground state hyperfine frequency of 9 2 GHz As Cesium supply depletion is not a lifetime limiting factor in the HD CSAC the HD CSAC Low Power implementation allows operational lifetimes that potentially exceed those of Cesium beam standards by far The Hyperfine transition frequency of the Cesium Vapor cell is affected by adverse environmental influences and long term frequency and phase errors are thus present in the HD CSAC Low Power GPSDO To calibrate these errors out and achieve phase lock to USNO UTC the HD CSAC Low Power GPSDO uses a GPS receiver to generate a highly accurate though unstable 1PPS signal and this 1PPS signal is compared with a 1PPS signal generated by the CSAC 10MHz VCXO The VCEL is digitally tuned to shift the frequency up or down slightly and very slowly to keep the CSAC 1PPS reference in phase lock with the GPS generated 1PPS signal This allows a very close tracking of the U S USNO UTC 1PPS signal to within tens of nanoseconds anywhere in the world out performing even the bes
46. ndent query and control commands One port on connector J1 uses RS 232 levels and the second port on connector J5 uses TTL levels only By default the terminal settings are 115200 8N1 The serial interface can send out standard NMEA messages while simultanteously accepting SCPI commands from the user There are a number of commands that can be used as listed below Most of these are identical or similar to Symmetricom 58503A commands To get a listing of the available commands send the HELP query This will return a list of all the available commands for the HD CSAC Low Power GPSDO Additional information regarding the SCPI protocol syntax can be found on the following web site http www scpiconsortium org Please refer to the document SCPI 99 pdf for details regarding individual SCPI command definitions A basic familiarity with the SCPI protocol is recommended when reading this chapter As a Quick Start the user may want to try sending the following commands to one of the serial interfaces help syst stat help gps sync diag 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc 15 HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Jackson Labs 3 2 General SCPI Commands 3 2 1 IDN This query outputs an identifying string The response will show the following information lt company name gt lt model number gt lt serial number gt lt firmware revision gt 3 2 2 HELP This query returns a list of the commands available for the HD CSAC Lo
47. nectors Ref Name Function Specification Pinning J2 ISP RESET ISP RESET jumper GND pin 1or 3 to activate J2 1 ISP J2 2 GND J2 3 RST J4 Antenna GPS Antenna 3 3V Amplified Antenna Center RF Input Shield GND MMCxX connector J5 1 RXD TTL TTL Serial Input into 3 3V or 5V CMOS or TTL J5 1 Input into HD CSAC board the board level J5 2 GND serial port groung GND J5 2 GND J5 3 TXD TTL TTL Serial Output 3 3V CMOS output J5 3 Output from HD CSAC from the board board 2 3 2 Harness Connectors J1 and J5 The manufacturer for connector J1 is Hirose A mating housing part number for this connector is available from Digikey and crimp pins are also available from Digikey for different wire sizes http search digikey com scripts DkSearch dksus dll Detail amp name H2025 ND Hirose PN DF11 16DP 2DS52 2 3 3 Connecting the GPS Antenna Connect the GPS antenna to connector J4 using the BNC to MMCX cable adapter Caution use a Lightning Arrestor on your Antenna setup Use an amplified GPS antenna that is 3 3V LNA compatible The HD CSAC Low Power GPS receiver is a 50 channel high sensitivity GPS receiver with very fast lock time 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc The part number of the connectors soldered onto the HD CSAC Low Power PCB is The manufacturer for the TTL serial port connector J5 is Molex and the connector J5 has Molex PN 22 11 2032 HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Jackson Es The HD CSAC Low Power
48. nformation even after power to the unit has been cycled 3 3 4 GPS PORT lt RS232 USB gt This command is not supported in the HD CSAC 3 3 5 GPS PORT This command is not supported in the HD CSAC O 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc 17 HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Jackson Labs 3 3 6 GPS GPGGA This command instructs the HD CSAC Low Power to send the NMEA standard string GPGGA every N seconds with N in the interval 0 255 The command is disabled during the initial 2 minute HD CSAC warm up phase This command has the following format GPS GPGGA lt int gt 0 255 GPGGA shows height in MSL Meters this is different from traditional GPS receivers that display height in GPS Meters The difference between MSL and GPS height can be significant 35m or more are common 3 3 7 GPS GGASTat This command instructs the HD CSAC Low Power to send a modified version of the NMEA standard string GPGGA every N seconds with N in the interval 0 255 The command is disabled during the initial 2 minute HD CSAC warm up phase This command has the following format GPS GGASTat lt int gt 0 255 This command replaces the regular NMEA GGA validity flag with a decimal number indicating the lock state of the unit Please see section SERVo TRACe for a detailed description of the lock state variable The command allows capture of the position and other information available in the GGA command as well as tracking the lock state and healt
49. o 50 are typically used Larger values result in less noise at the expense of phase delay This command has the following format SERVo EFCDamping lt int gt 2 4000 3 10 4 SERVo TEMPCOmpensation This parameter is a coefficient that reflects the correlation between the temperature of the HD CSAC versus the required frequency steering Monitoring the tempco and aging parameters provides a mechanism to track the health of the HD CSAC oscillator Excessively high values that appear from one day to the next could be an indicator of failure on the board This coefficient is automatically computed and adjusted over time by the Jackson Labs Technologies Inc firmware This command has the following format SERVo TEMPCOmpensation lt float gt 4000 0 4000 0 3 10 5 SERVo AGINGcompensation This parameter is a coefficient that represents the drift of the EFC needed to compensate the natural drift in frequency of the HD CSAC due to aging This coefficient is automatically computed and adjusted over time by the Jackson Labs Technologies Inc firmware This command has the following format SERVo AGINGcompensation lt float gt 10 0 10 0 3 10 6 SERVo PHASECOrrection This parameter sets the Integral part of the PID loop Loop instability will result if the parameter is set too high Typical values are 10 0 to 30 0 This command has the following format SERVo PHASECOrrection lt float gt 500 0 500 0 3 10 7 SERVo 1PPSoffset This
50. oat float float float gt GYRO CALibrate COMPute GYRO CALibrate RESET GYRO SENSitivity lt float float float gt GYRO GLOAD 3 4 1 GYRO MODE lt ON OFF gt This command is not supported in the HD CSAC 3 4 2 GYRO TRACE lt int gt 0 255 This command is not supported in the HD CSAC 24 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc J a ck S on HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Labs 3 4 3 GYRO PORT lt RS232 USB gt This command is not supported in the HD CSAC 3 4 4 GYRO PORT This command is not supported in the HD CSAC 3 4 5 GYRO CAL lt float float float float float float gt This command is not supported in the HD CSAC 3 4 6 GYRO CAL COMPUTE This command is not supported in the HD CSAC 3 4 7 GYRO SENS and GPS CAL RESET This command is not supported in the HD CSAC 3 4 8 GYRO GLOAD This command is not supported in the HD CSAC 3 5 PTIME Subsystem The PTIME subsystem regroups all the commands related to the management of the time The list of the commands supported is the following PTIMe DATE PTIMe TIME PTIMe TIME STRing PTIMe TINTerval PTIME OUT put lt onloff gt PTIMe LEAPsecond PTIME O 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc 25 HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Jackson Labs 3 5 1 PTIMe DATE This query returns the current calendar date The local calendar date is referenced to UTC time The year month and day are returned 3 5 2 PTIMe TIME This query returns the current
51. on of milliseconds Additionally the number of accrued Leapseconds is indicated in this message which allows proper calculation of GPS time from UTC time as indicated by other messages as well as proper handling of Leapsecond events Use the following format to generate the velocity vector every N seconds with N in the interval 0 255 GPS XYZSPeed lt int gt 0 255 3 3 13 GPS DYNAMic MODE This command allows the user to select the dynamic motion model being applied to the Kalman filters in the GPS receiver This allows for larger amounts of filtering for lower velocity applications effectively reducing noise and multipath interference Applications with high acceleration can now be used with fast filter settings to allow for the most accurate GPS coordinates to be provided in high dynamic applications such as Jet aircraft Doppler tracking is enabled in all airborne modes as Carrier Phase tracking is very difficult to achieve in high velocity applications The GPS will perform Carrier Phase tracking for non airborne modes The command has the following syntax GPS DYNAMic MODE lt int gt 0 8 Sending the following command to the HD CSAC Low Power will select a stationary GPS dynamic model for example gps dynam mode 1 The following table lists all available modes Value Model Application Portable Recommended as a default setting Stationary Used in stationary applications Pedestrian Used in man p
52. pscon gpsstat htm Browse HTML update interval 30 Res secs Satellite tracking history file Max kB 0 unlimited 1512 Span 2020 ect mins Track file c program files amp 86 gpscon gpsdmp bin Browse 5 4 1 1 Communication Parameters Paths amp settings FTP Email Coms Time services Auvdliary Aux coms Export graphics Remote control IV Log Status M Log EFC IV Log sat count M Tito GPS F Log PU M Translate time codes 7 Continuously read error queue I Flash LED M Use bitmap M Statistics M Show best fit to EFC T ANSI font in status FF Timax g ns Filter coeff 0 025 Before you can use GPSCon you must set the communication parameters for your system Open the dialog box by pressing the Options button Then select the Coms tab You will see the window shown in Figure 5 2 Select the correct COM port for your computer and set the baud rate to 115200 parity to None Data Bits to 8 and Stop Bits to 1 Set Flow Control to None Once you have configured the communication parameters press the OK button to close the window 5 4 1 2 Auxiliary parameters After pressing the Options button you can select Auxiliary and set other options or measurements See Figure 5 3 for an example of an auxiliary measurement You will notice that the Aux 1 request string has been set to meas temp lt CR gt and the Log Aux1 box is checked In
53. r to firmware download Connect a DB 9 serial connector to the HD CSAC Low Power GPSDO as indicated in Section 2 3 4 4 1 Using the Flash Magic Flash Programming Utility A Open the Flash Magic utility Set the COM port in the Flash Magic application as needed on your PC Set Interface to None ISP 42 O 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc J a C k S O n abs HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Figure 4 2 Flash Magic programming utility luiaasvE gt vaD Lf Step 1 Communications Select Device LPC2138 Erase block 0 Ox000000 0x000FFF a Erase block 1 0 001000 0 001 FFF COM Port COM 4 Erase block 2 0x002000 0 002FFF Erase block 3 0x003000 0x003FFF Baud Rate SADO Erase block 4 0x004000 0x004FFF Interface Erase block 5 0x005000 0x005FFF 10 Erase all Flash Code Ad Prot Oscillator MHz V1 Erase blocks used by Hex File Step 3 Hex File Hex File FireFly lA_2 19 hex Modified Unknown more info Verify after programming Fill unused Flash Gen block checksums Execute Your Training or Consulting Partner Embedded Systems Academy www esacademy com il B Press the Select Device button and the window shown in Figure 4 3 will appear 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc 43 HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Ja cks on Labs Figure 4 3 Device selection window Flash Magic NON PRODUCTION USE ONLY File ISP Options Tools Hep 7
54. ration If the Receiver is not in holdover the response quantifies the previous holdover The second number in the response identifies the holdover state A value of 0 indicates the Receiver is not in holdover a value of 1 indicates the Receiver is in holdover 3 6 2 SYNChronization HOLDover INITiate The SYNC HOLD INIT and SYNC HOLD REC INIT commands allow the user to manually enter and exit the holdover state even while GPS signals are still being properly received This forced holdover allows the unit to effectively disable GPS locking while still keeping track of the state of the 1PPS output in relation to the UTC 1PPS signal as generated by the GPS receiver When the unit is placed into forced holdover with this command the unit will indicate the time interval difference between the 1PPS output and the GPS UTC 1PPS signal by using the SYNC TINT command This allows the user to see the HD CSAC drift when not locked to GPS for testing purposes or to prevent the GPS receiver from being spoofed and affecting the HD CSAC frequency 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc 27 HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Jackson Labs accuracy All other frequency disciplining functions of the unit will behave as if the GPS antenna was disconnected from the unit while in this forced holdover state 3 6 3 SYNChronization HOLDover RECovery INITiate This command will disable the forced holdover state see the SYNC HOLD INIT command The unit will resume nor
55. t can acquire and track up to 50 GPS signals down to a state of the art 160dBm a very low power Cortex 32 bit processor that runs a Real Time OS one 1OMHz CMOS output one 1OMHz LVDS output one 1PPS UTC synchronized LVDS and one CMOS 1PPS output an RS 232 control interface and one serial TTL port for simultaneous output of NMEA SCPI data on the two serial ports The HD CSAC Low Power GPSDO also includes a high performance hardware time interval counter that can measure the internally generated 1PPS signal from the GPS receiver or an externally supplied 1PPS reference signal with a resolution of 20 picoseconds The CSAC oscillator is phase locked to either of these two 1PPS signals with better than 0 3ns average phase accuracy typically and uses a proprietary Jackson Labs Technologies Inc loop algorithm Software compensation measures residual aging errors of the CSAC oscillator and applies electronic compensation to reduce these residual errors 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc 1 HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Jackson Labs This error compensation can improve performance especially in GPS denied environments and allows monitoring of the CSAC health and detection of performance abnormalities in the system Generic NMEA and SCPI GPIB commands on the serial interfaces allow for very fast integration into legacy applications and by using the NMEA serial strings the unit can behave like a standard GPS receiver albeit with better than 1
56. t free running Atomic References in the long run With this software PLL system the short term instability of the GPS receiver is filtered by the HD CSAC Low Power GPSDO while the CSAC s long term drift is removed by the GPS receiver resulting in both a very good short term as well as USNO phase locked long term performance The HD CSAC Low Power GPSDO uses a Jackson Labs Technologies Inc designed loop algorithm and capture hardware that far outperforms the Microsemi Symmetricom CSAC internal factory loop algorithm and time capture hardware and at the same time provides better control of the loop parameters for fine tuning to different application scenarios by the user 1 3 General Safety Precautions The following general safety precautions must be observed during all phases of operation of this instrument Failure to comply with these precautions or with specific warnings elsewhere in this manual violates safety standards of design manufacture and intended use of the instrument Jackson Labs Technologies Inc assumes no liability for the customer s failure to comply with these requirements 1 3 1 Use an approved Antenna Lightning Protector The use of an approved and properly grounded antenna lightning protector on the GPS antenna is required to prevent damage injury or death in case of a lightning strike 2 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc J a ck S on HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Labs 1 3 2 Grounding To avoid damaging
57. trical specifications for the product or improper site preparation and maintenance JACKSON LABS TECHNOLOGIES INC SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc 55 HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Jackson Labs PURPOSE No license express or implied by estoppel or otherwise to any intellectual property rights is granted by this document Jackson Labs Technologies Inc products are not intended for use in medical life saving or life sustaining applications 6 1 3 Exclusive Remedies THE REMEDIES PROVIDED HEREIN ARE THE CUSTOMER S SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES JACKSON LABS TECHNOLOGIES INC SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT TORT OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY 56 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc
58. u can set whatever options you need such as paths for logging or exporting graphics 50 O 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc J a ck S on HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Labs 5 4 2 Sending manual commands to the receiver You can send SCPI commands manually by using the drop down box under the display window as shown in Figure 5 4 Care must be taken when sending these commands so be sure that the command that you select is supported by the HD CSAC Low Power Once you ve selected the command you can press Send to send it to the HD CSAC Low Power Figure 5 4 Sending manual commands Status Time Map Graph Export Help About VdmLabs Firmware Rev 2 19 A Life F1 Not Tracking 3 5 T PRN El Az Eee 15 2 147 Stop 18 7 261 26 4 118 Hide UTC 22 56 52 28 Oct 2016 LAT N 37 16 52 397 LON W 121 59 15 645 74 16 m HSL 0OCXO Current OK EFC OK GPS Receiver Status 3D Fix 1PPS SOURCE MODE GPS GPSDO Status Locked Send 22 39 10 28 10 10 UTC Receiver timeout 3 LOG 3 22 33 20 28 10 10 UTC Receiver timeout Mite DIAG TOG READ L 22 39 29 28 10 10 UTC Receiver timeout ML DIAG ROSC EFC ABS 22 39 39 28 10 10 UTC Receiver timeout O DIAG ROSCEFC REL 22 39 48 28 10 10 UTC Receiver timeout F TitolDIAGTEMP 5 22 39 58 28 10 10 UTC Receiver timeout DIAG TEST RES 22 40 07 28 10 10 UTC Receiver timeout M Log F J 22 40 23 28 10 10 UTC Receiver timeout I Conti EPS INIT DATE lo mo day 22 42
59. ur dr a as Se we ee HA A SS AE 4 1 1 LL A O A T 10 14 2 S E E E E E E S E E LL O 810 0101 c A 10 15 I LE LUN LE LDH 10 1 10 10 102 108 104 105 106 Averaging Time t seconds Input 10 0 MHz 13 dBm Reference IN REF 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc 13 HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Jackson Labs Figure 2 5 shows that the Allan Deviation of the free running unit GPS holdover no GPS antenna is attached is quite good approaching 5E 012 over 100 000 seconds in this typical plot Figure 2 5 Typical Allan Deviation of free running HD CSAC Low Power GPSDO 03 Jul 2010 21 24 41 Symmetricom51254 4d 3h Allan Deviation oy t To 1 ms NEQ BW 500 Hz 10 8 10 10 10 11 10 12 10 13 10 14 10 15 10 16 10 3 10 2 10 10 101 102 103 104 105 106 Averaging Time t seconds Input 10 0 MHz 13 dBm Reference IN REF 14 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc J a ck S on HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Labs SCPI Control Quick Start Instructions 3 1 Introduction The HD CSAC Low Power GPSDO has two serial ports that can be used for accessing the SCPI Standard Commands for Programmable Instrumentation subsystem by using a host system terminal program such as TeraTerm or Hyperterminal These ports operate simultaneously to each other and can be set up to have pushed NMEA and other output sentences sent to either power while the other port can be used for indepe
60. w Power 1PPS and the GPS 1PPS signals The resolution is 1E 10 seconds 3 6 7 SYNChronization IMMEdiate This command initiates a near instantaneous alignment of the GPS 1PPS and Receiver output 1PPS To be effective this command has to be issued while not in holdover 3 6 8 SYNChronization FEEstimate This query returns the Frequency Error Estimate similar to the Allan Variance using a 1000s measurement interval and comparing the internal 1PPS to GPS 1PPS offset 28 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc J a ck S on HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Labs Values less than 1E 012 are below the noise floor and are not significant 3 6 9 SYNChronization LOCKed This query returns the lock state O OFF 1 ON of the PLL controlling the HD CSAC 3 6 10 SYNChronization 0UTput 1PPs RESET lt ON OFF gt This command allows the generation of the 1PPS pulse upon power on without an external GPS antenna being connected to the unit By default the unit does not generate a 1PPS pulse until the GPS receiver has locked onto the Satellites With the command SYNC OUT 1PPS RESET ON the unit can now be configured to generate an asynchronous 1PPS output after power on even if a GPS antenna is not connected to the unit Once the GPS receiver locks the 1PPS pulse will align itself to UTC by stepping in 10 equally spaced steps toward UTC alignment The default setting is OFF which means the 1PPS pulse is disabled until proper GPS lock is achieved 3 6
61. w Power GPSDO 3 3 GPS Subsystem Note Please note that HD CSAC Low Power displays antenna height in MSL Meters rather than in GPS Meters on all commands that return antenna height the legacy Fury GPSDO uses GPS height The NMEA position fixes are in the WGS84 coordinate system while the X Y and Z velocity vectors are given in the ECEF coordinate system The GPS subsystem regroups all the commands related to the control and status of the GPS receiver The list of the commands supported is the following GPS SATellite TRAcking COUNt GPS SAtTellite VISible COUNt GPS PORT lt RS232 USB gt GPS PORT GPS GPGGA lt int gt 0 255 GPS GGASTat lt int gt 0 255 GPS GPRMC lt int gt 0 255 GPS GPZDA lt int gt 0 255 GPS GPGSV lt int gt 0 255 GPS PASHR lt int gt 0 255 GPS XYZSPeed GPS DYNAMic MODE lt int gt 0 7 GPS DYNAMic MODE 8 Automatic Dynamic Mode GPS DYNAMic MODE GPS DYNAMic STATe GPS REFerence ADELay lt float gt lt s ns gt 32767ns 32767ns GPS REFerence PULse SAWtooth GPS RESET ONCE GPS TMODE lt ON OFF RSTSURV gt GPS SURVey ONCE GPS SURVey DURation lt sec gt 16 O 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc J a ck S on HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Labs GPS SURVey VARiance lt mm 2 gt GPS HOLD POSition lt cm cm cm gt GPS SURVey STATus GPS INITial DATE lt yyyy mm dd gt GPS INITial TIME lt hour min sec gt GPS JAMlevel GPS FWver GPS 3 3 1 GPS SATellite TRAcking COUNt
62. x1000 0x2000 0x4000 3 11 5 CSAC MODE This query returns the HD CSAC mode as shown below 3 11 6 CSAC CONTrast 38 0x0001 0x0002 0x0004 0x0008 0x0010 0x0020 0x0040 0x0080 ksony Jac son h Definition TCXO control voltage Low TCXO control voltage High Laser current Low Laser current High Stack overflow firmware error Analog tuning enable Reserved Reserved 1 PPS auto sync enable Discipline enable Ultra low power mode enable Reserved Reserved This query returns the indication of signal level typically 4000 when locked and 0 when unlocked 3 11 7 CSAC LASer This query returns the current in mA driving the laser 3 11 8 CSAC TCXO This query returns the TCXO Tuning Voltage 0 2 5 VDC tuning range 10 ppm 3 11 9 CSAC SIGnal This query returns the indication of signal level 3 11 10 CSAC HEATpackage This query returns the Physics package heater power typically 15mW under NOC 2014 Jackson Labs Technologies Inc J a ck S on HD CSAC Low Power User Manual Labs 3 11 11 CSAC TEMP This query returns the Temperature measured by the HD CSAC unit in C absolute accuracy is 2 C 3 11 12 CSAC FWrev This query returns the Firmware version of the HD CSAC unit 3 11 13 CSAC SN This query returns the Serial Number of the HD CSAC in the form YYMMCSNNNNN where YYMM is the year and month of production and NNNNN is the serialized unit of that month 3

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