Trimble base files and how to?

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Hi @jcarignan,

Did you get a chance to make more test flights?

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Hey Andrew,
Yes I was able to get 3 more test flights in.
All of which have left me with unusable data.

I leave my drone in an open elevated area, not an obstruction, nor tree in any direction for over 1 km.
The drone will sit for over an hour and is unable to obtain more than a single green bar if im lucky.

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@jcarignan can you share your raw test logs from each flight and setup photos, please?

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That is a link to my drop box.
As for a set up image, All im doing is allowing the drone with the reach unit in it, to sit idle on the ground for 1 hour.
I have a Trimble base station that is fixed to a location, because it is used daily for site survey.
But I did included a screen shot from google earth showing my approx set up location in our of our tailings fields.

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Can you post the raw-files (so from before they are made into .obs files)?

I think the your problem is 2-fold:

  • Your rover reception quality is quite poor. You need to improve the antenna.
  • RTKlib doesnā€™t see SNR on the Base obs file, so something must be a little funky here.

You might also want to observe more systems than just GPS, but experiment with the ā€œmore systems vs more resolutionā€-question, when you get the antenna improved.

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Okay check drop box now.
The zip is my raw drone files
the TO2 file is my trimble net R9 Base station.

I read on these forums that since im not using a Reach base station, that GPS was the only system i should use.

And when you say improve antenna, what does that mean?
Everything was preset up by Event38.
For the $10k I spent on this thing, you would figure the antenna would be good quality?
Ive also included the spec sheet that came with the drone in my drop box

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Event 38 is now offering a L1/L2 piski-multi GNSS upgrade, only $5000 bahahaha.

A piski stand alone receiver is only $695. Hmmm.

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Oh wow!

My Phantom 4 Pro came in today.
It sucks having to lay out GCPs, but at least it works.

Unfortunately I still havenā€™t been able to get a reply from event.
In mining, time is moneyā€¦ a lot of money.
The longer this thing sits idle the more money lost.
Hopefully I get a reply this week

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Any idea what my acceleration should be set at using Reach on my fixed wing?>

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From posting my files in another thread i was told my Antenna had a weak solution.

I was wondering if I need to adjust my max acceleration on my rovers reach?
I am using a trimble net r9 base and a emlid reach for my fixed wing drone, hoping to do PPK.
For the past week I have not received a response from the supplier of the fixed wing, so im hoping someone here could provide an answer.

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Hi @jcarignan,

Iā€™d like to clarify your workflow steps if you donā€™t mind?

  • You have static Trimble R9 Base. Turn it on and start writing log.
    Do you know exact coordinates of it?
  • Get your Event38 wing drone and go to the field.
  • Turn drone on and start waiting for good satellite signal (green bars) and single solution status.
    At this point, if I understand right, you usually have satellites, but no green bars?
  • Launch your drone and wait for the end of the mission.
  • Turn off drone and base.
  • Download RAW logs from them on your PC.
  • Post-process logs.
    In RTKPOST what Base Station type do you use in Options-Positions tab?
  • Get 100% single solution result.

Is it right? Please correct me if your steps differ.

Iā€™ve processed your last logs from Dropbox with the final result you can see below.

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Although it looking good, Iā€™ve used settings in RTKPOST which are not common. In most cases, default settings are the best.
So, Iā€™ve changed Elevation Mask to 25 and turn off SNR Mask. Then I got this result from the screenshot above.

Iā€™ve also made a few tests with different Elevation Mask values, but the smaller the value, the lower percent of fix I got.

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Iā€™ve also got your 100% single solution result using default setting with SNR Mask on.

As a conclusion, I can assume that thereā€™s a problem with rover reception quality as @wizprod mentioned before. Maybe your drone antenna placed the wrong way. Also, it can be affected with a noise from some drone part. All in all, as itā€™s likely hardware problem, itā€™s better to check with Event38 support about it.

Thanks,
Andrew.

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@jcarignan, try to turn on more systems during your next test.

No, you donā€™t need to do this.

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Correct, your work flow is bang on.
Yes the coordinate for my base station is

N 5447949.937
E 308576.15
Elevation 512.318

In which format do I need to enter my base position in RTKPOST?

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In all tests, Iā€™ve used Average of Single Position, but you can manually enter your coordinates there.
In drop-down Base Station type list youā€™ll see acceptable coordinate formats.

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