Reach RS2 and Carlson SurvPC

Reach RS2 / RS2+ Hardware integration
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I’ve been using my Emlid Reach RS2 with Carlson SurvPC with no problems. Recently, I wanted to change the elevation mask to help with getting a fixed solution and was stumped as to where to do it. As the antenna is a defined as a user defined antenna type, there doesn’t seem to be an option in order to change the elevation mask. Does anyone have any experience with this?

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You would change it in the Reachview App not in SurvPC

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Hi Phil, be careful changing the elevation mask. This affects overall PDOP of the sats, higher PDOP (overall geometry) will result in lower accuracy and false “fixes” from my experience.

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Hi Phil,

I agree with @jp-drain-sol and @EBE111057.

Reach outputs the calculated position to the app. Therefore, GNSS settings can be modified in the ReachView 3 app only.

What environment do you work in? I guess raising the receiver higher can help in your case.

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Hi all

Thanks for the responses. I don’t usually use the ReachView 3 app, as I’m mainly using SurvPC with my Panasonic Toughpad tablet. But good to know now hot to change it for future reference.

In trying to improve my solution, I believe my main problem was with the 4g signal in the area I was working, as I was hot-spotting with my phone. On returning to the same area the next day, I had changed to a sim inserted in the tablet and it gave me a much better result. Maybe, having the sim in the Emlid would be even better results, but yet to test that out and compare.

Changing the sat elevation mask is something I had done with other equipment in the past, but not necessarily something I make a habit of doing. It was wanting to see if it made a difference.

The environment I was working in was in a rural setting, with some tree cover, but mostly with clear open skies.

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Hi Phil,

Make sure that you have 3G networks in your area. Reach RS2 works with 3G only when it’s used with the SIM card installed.

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Hi Andrew, thanks for that. Yes, the area I’m working has 3g networks.

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Phil, no problem!

How is it going? Did you have time to test RS2 with the SIM card installed?

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