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Position output format, Led indicator – Ag Leader GPS 5100 User Guide User Manual

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2 Overview

8 GPS 5100 Receiver User Guide

Position output format

The GPS 5100 receiver outputs positions in Degrees, Minutes, and
Decimal Minutes (DDD°MM.m'). This is the NMEA standard format
and is commonly used worldwide for data transfer between electronic
equipment.

2.5

LED Indicator

The GPS 5100 receiver has an LED light that shows the status of the
receiver. The following tables describe the light sequences for each
positioning method.

Note – WAAS/EGNOS and OmniSTAR VBS use the Satellite
Differential GPS positioning method.

Table 2.1

LED sequences with Satellite Differential GPS or Autonomous positioning

LED color LED flash

Status

Off

Off

No power

Green

Solid

Normal operation: computing DGPS positions

Green

Slow

No DGPS corrections: computing DGPS positions using old
corrections

Green

Fast

No DGPS corrections approaching DGPS age limit: computing
DGPS positions using old corrections

Yellow

Solid

DGPS corrections being received but DGPS positions not yet being
computed: computing autonomous GPS positions

Yellow

Slow

No DGPS corrections: computing autonomous GPS positions

Yellow

Fast

Not enough GPS signals: not tracking enough satellites to compute
position