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Using the Starter Kit
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FirstGPS Starter Kit User Guide
2.1
Touring the Sample Application
This section provides a brief overview of the FirstGPS Starter Kit and
Monitor program.
The Monitor program is a graphical user interface (GUI) application,
which exercises the Trimble FirstGPS software library to generate
position, time, and velocity information in a user-friendly visual
Windows environment. The program allows performance evaluation
of the FirstGPS platform running on the Microsoft
Windows 95, 98,
NT or 2000 operating environment.
2.2
Running the FirstGPS Starter Kit for the First Time
This section describes how to set up the FirstGPS Starter Kit.
(The FirstGPS Monitor program is referred to as the GUI.)
To set up the FirstGPS Starter Kit:
1. Connect the motherboard to a 9–32 VDC power supply.
2. Attach the antenna cable to the connector on the motherboard
and place the antenna where over half the sky is visible.
Note – Windows with reflective glass or wire mesh can
sometimes block the GPS signal.
3. Use an RS-232 cable to connect Port 1 on the motherboard to a
serial COM port on your PC.
4. Run the GUI.
The FirstGPS Starter Kit CD installs the GUI to your
C:\Program Files\Trimble\FirstGPS folder.