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Chapter 2 SPAN Installation
2.3 Hardware Set Up
The following examples show the connections for a SPAN-IGM.
Figure 3: Typical SPAN-IGM Set Up – Serial Port
1. Mount the GNSS antenna, as described in Mount the Antenna on page 18.
2. Mount the SPAN-IGM, as described in Mount the SPAN-IGM on page 18.
3. Connect the GNSS antenna to the SPAN-IGM, as described in Connect the Antenna to the
SPAN-IGM on page 19.
4. Connect power to the SPAN-IGM, as described in Connect Power on page 19.
5. Connect a serial port on your computer to the SPAN-IGM, as described in Connect a Computer to
the SPAN-IGM on page 20.
6. Connect the serial port on the user supplied radio device (optional for real time differential operation)
to COM3 on the AUX port on the SPAN-IGM.
7. Connect the I/O strobe signals (optional), as described in Connect I/O Strobe Signals on page 21.
NovAtel interface cables have more connections than are shown in the diagram. Additional
connections were removed for clarity.
Radio
(optional for Real
Time Differential
operation)