Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product GR-230 Holux
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Bluetooth GPS Receiver Aug. 01, 2003 HOLUX T echnology Inc. 8F-1 1, No. 26, T ai-Y uen St., Chu-Pie City , Hsin-chu, T aiwan TEL: 03-5526268 FAX: 03-5526108 E-Mail: info@holux.
HOLUX GR-230 Bluetooth G PS Receiver Manual 2 T able of Contents T ABLE OF CONTENTS .............................................................................................................. 2 1. OVER VIEW .........................................
HOLUX GR-230 Bluetooth G PS Receiver Manual 3 1. Overview (Fig.1) The HOLUX GR-230 Smart wire-less Bluet ooth GPS Receiver (Fig. 1) is a total solution GPS receiver with Bluetooth, UART interface and built-in rechargeable battery for high sensitivity to tracking signal.
HOLUX GR-230 Bluetooth G PS Receiver Manual 4 2. Packing List Congratulations on your purchase of t he GR-230 GPS Receiver . We hope it will be useful to you for a long time. Before you begi n, make sure that your package includes the following items.
HOLUX GR-230 Bluetooth G PS Receiver Manual 5 3. Main functions GR-230 provides a series of functions. It is well suited to system integration and users who use PDA, Notebook PC with Bluetooth device .
HOLUX GR-230 Bluetooth G PS Receiver Manual 6 4. T echnical Specification 4.1. Basic Specification Chipset ： SiRF Star IIe/LP chipset . Channels ： 12 parallel satellite-tracking channels. Frequency ： 1575.42 MHZ. Receiver ： L1, C/A code.
HOLUX GR-230 Bluetooth G PS Receiver Manual 7 4.6. Output and Interface Output I. Output protocol Baud Rate ： 9600 bps Data bit ： 8 Parity ： No Stop bit ： 1 II. Format. NMEA0183 V2.2 ： GPGGA (1time/1 sec), GP GSA (1 time/1 sec.), GPGSV (1time /5 sec.
HOLUX GR-230 Bluetooth G PS Receiver Manual 8 5. Getting Started STEP 1. Charge Battery Please charge battery till LED off for the first time. Power cable plug in Power cable connect to power socket ↓ Charge Battery Note: Power too low ----- Red LED Normal -------------- Green LED Full ------------------- LED off Mini USB power socket STEP 2.
HOLUX GR-230 Bluetooth G PS Receiver Manual 9 5.1. Hardware Description 1). GR-230 Body description see Fig. 2: (Fig.2) 2). LED status : 3). Power Switch : 1 : P o w e r o n 0 : P o w e r o f f SYMBOL.
HOLUX GR-230 Bluetooth G PS Receiver Manual 10 4). Optional accessories, and connector description, see Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 。 (Fig.3) USB Cable (GR230-A2) (Fig.4) USB Cable (GR230-A2) RS232 Cable (GR230-A1) Mini USB 1. Connect to Cigarette iP AQ 38xx Cable (CA-IP AQ38xx) PDA 2.
HOLUX GR-230 Bluetooth G PS Receiver Manual 11 3) External active antenna connector , see Fig. 5 。 Connector type: MCX. Active power voltage: 3.0V (Fig.5) 4) Power Jack & Data Port, see Fig. 6 。 Jack type: Mating face of 5 pin Mini USB T ype B female 。 Pin definition see table 1 。 (Fig.
HOLUX GR-230 Bluetooth G PS Receiver Manual 12 5.2. Software Installation The following is the steps of software installation to setup on PDA, DELL AXIM with Bluetooth Manager . For other PDA, t he steps may be a little different. ( Bluetooth Manger is one of popular program used for Bluetooth device) 1.
HOLUX GR-230 Bluetooth G PS Receiver Manual 13 5.3. Installation of testing program (GPSV iewer .exe is compatible with Micros oft Pocket PC or other operation system alike.) 1). Install Microsoft ActiveSync to your PC, refer to your Pocket PC manual for installation procedure, as Fig.
HOLUX GR-230 Bluetooth G PS Receiver Manual 14 (Fig. 9) 5) The following window is show afte r executing GPSViewer, as Fig. 10. (Fig. 10) 6) Setup Baud rate: 9600, then push “Scan” bottom to scan your COM Port (Example theIPAQ 3970 is the output por t COM8).
HOLUX GR-230 Bluetooth G PS Receiver Manual 15 7) Select “GPS Status” to show the sa tellite diagram like below, as Fig. 14. (Fig. 14) 6. Optional accessories GR-230 has many accessories to satisfy cu stomers’ requirement see table 2. After using GR-230 with the following accessories, it can transmit message with PDA, Note Book easily .
HOLUX GR-230 Bluetooth G PS Receiver Manual 16 7. Driver Installation Y ou can use any GR230 accessories data c able withou t installing driver except GR230-A2 USB cable. The fo llowing is the steps of installation GR230-A2 USB cable. 7.1 System Requirement CPU: IBM, Pentium, or other compatible PC.
HOLUX GR-230 Bluetooth G PS Receiver Manual 17 9. T rouble Shooting Problems Reasons Methods Weak or no GPS signal can be received at the place of GR-230 Connect an external antenna, which locate as a open space to your GR-230 and then run GPSViewer Cold start function.
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