Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product GR-231 Holux
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Bluetooth GPS Receiver Aug. 10, 2004 HOLUX T echnology Inc. 8F-1 1, No. 26, T ai-Y uen S t., Chu-Pie City , Hsin-chu, T aiwan TEL: 03-5526268 FAX: 03-5526108 E-Mail: info@holux.
HOLUX GR-231 Bluetooth G PS Receiver Manual 2 T able of Content s T ABLE OF CONTENTS .............................................................................................................. 2 1. OVER VIEW ........................................
HOLUX GR-231 Bluetooth G PS Receiver Manual 3 1. Overview (Fig.1) The HOLUX GR-231 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-231 Bluetooth G PS Receiver Manual 4 With low power consumption, the GR-231 tracks up to 12 satellites at a time, re-acquires satellite signals in 100 ms and updates positio n data every second.
HOLUX GR-231 Bluetooth G PS Receiver Manual 5 3. Main functions GR-231 provides a series of functions. It is well suited to system integration and users who use PDA, Notebook PC with Bluetooth device. Built in SiRF S tar IIe/LP Low power consumption chip set.
HOLUX GR-231 Bluetooth G PS Receiver Manual 6 4. T echnical S pecification 4.1. Basic Specification Chip set ： SiRF S t ar IIe/LP chip set . Channels ： 12 parallel satellite-tracking channels. Frequency ： 1575.42 MHZ. Receiver ： L1, C/A code.
HOLUX GR-231 Bluetooth G PS Receiver Manual 7 over-temperature condition --50 occurs. 4.6. Output and Interface Output I. Output protocol Baud Rate ： 38400 bps Data bit ： 8 Parity ： No S top bit ： 1 II. Format. NMEA0183 V2.2 ： GPGGA (1time/1 sec), GP GSA (1 time/1 sec.
HOLUX GR-231 Bluetooth G PS Receiver Manual 8 5. Getting S t arted STEP 1. Charge Battery Please charge battery till LED off for the first time. Power cable plug in Power cable connect to power socket.
HOLUX GR-231 Bluetooth G PS Receiver Manual 9 5.1. Hardware Description 1). GR-231 Body description see Fig. 2: (Fig.2) 2). LED st atus : 3). Power Switch : Push one second to power on / two seconds to power of f, with automatic shut off system power af ter ten minutes no connecting to any Bluetooth device.
HOLUX GR-231 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 (GR231-A2) RS232 Cable (GR231-A1) Mini USB 1. Connect to Cigarette iP AQ 38xx Cable (CA-IP AQ38xx) PDA 2.
HOLUX GR-231 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-231 Bluetooth G PS Receiver Manual 12 5.2. Software Installation The following is the steps of sof tware in stallation to setup on PDA, DELL AXIM with Bluetooth Manager . For other PDA, t he steps may be a little dif ferent. ( Bluetooth Manger is one of popular program used for Bluetooth device) 1.
HOLUX GR-231 Bluetooth G PS Receiver Manual 13 5.3. Installation of testing program (GPSV iewer .exe is c omp atible with Micros oft Pocket PC or other operation system alike.) 1). Install Microsoft ActiveSync to your PC, refer to your Pocket PC manual fo r installation procedure, as Fig.
HOLUX GR-231 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: 38400, then push “Scan” bottom to scan your COM Port (Example theIPAQ 3970 is the output port COM8).
HOLUX GR-231 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-231 has many accessories to satisfy cu stomers’ requirement see table 2. After using GR-231 with the following accessories, it can transmit message with PDA, Note Book easily .
HOLUX GR-231 Bluetooth G PS Receiver Manual 16 7. Driver Inst allation Y ou can us e any GR231 accessories data cable without installi ng driver except GR230-A2 USB cable. The following is the steps of inst allation GR230-A2 USB cable. 7.1 System Requirement CPU: IBM, Pentium, or other compatible PC.
HOLUX GR-231 Bluetooth G PS Receiver Manual 17 ˙ GR-231 has built Li-battery inside, please avoid closing high temperature environment or sun shine directly for a long time. ˙ User has to return GR-231 to HOLUX if the inner Li battery has to be replaced.
HOLUX GR-231 Bluetooth G PS Receiver Manual 18 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) S tatement 15.21 Y ou are cautioned that changes or modifications not expressly approved by the part responsible for compliance could void the user ’ s authority to operate the equipment.
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