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14 General Operation
118 5700/5800 GPS Receiver User Guide
5800 GPS Receiver Operation
Note – If a column shows “N/A”, that specific LED may or may not be on,
but it is not relevant to that particular mode.
14.3Starting and Stopping the Receiver
To turn on the receiver, press [P].
To turn off the receiver, hold down
[P] for two seconds.
14.4Logging Data
You can log data internally or to a Trimble controller.
144.1 Logging internally
The 5800 receiver logs GPS data internally on 2 Mb of internal memory.
You can then use the Trimble Data Transfer utility to transfer logged
data files to the office computer. The transferred files are in Trimble
DAT (.dat) format.
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WARNING – The 5800 allows for a maximum of 512 files on the internal
memory. The filenames must be in 8.3 format, otherwise files copied to
the internal memory may cause data corruption or loss of data when
logging.
Data is logged using the current logging settings configured in the
receiver. Data files logged internally are named automatically.
To begin internal logging, you must use a Trimble controller, or the GPS
Configurator utility. The 5800 receiver does not have an internal clock,
so you cannot conduct timed sessions.
Note – When the internal memory is full, the receiver stops logging data,
and the Logging/Memory LED switches off. Existing data files are not
overwritten.