Emlid Reach RS2

Required Equipment

Drone

RTK-PPK Module

Coax Cable

Sentera Sensor

Reach RS2 Base Station

Survey Rod

iOS/Android Device*

Optional Hotspot Device**

*An iOS or Android device is required to run the Emlid Flow Application

**A hotspot device is required if you are using the base station's built in NTRIP for Global Accuracy.

This guide will assume that the following setup steps have already been completed:

Assemble the aircraft per manufacturer instruction.

Install the sensor per manufacturer instruction.

Install the module per the manufacturer instruction.

Assemble the RS2 base station per manufacturer instruction.

Verify base station fix type being used:

*hotspot required

Verify the RS2 is logging position data.

Power the aircraft on per manufacturer instruction.

Wait for the sensor to boot and start a session. The session start on the sensor is indicated by the LEDs on the sensor being solid green.

Verify the GPS fix type using either external LED on the module or the sensor webpage via the hand controller.

Fly your mission.

Ensure the time of launch and landing is documented as it maybe required for collecting the correct CORs files.

Collect/download the base data from the RS2 for the appropriate time period that the flight took place.

Offload the data and PPK files from the sensor.

Use a PPK processing software to merge the data from the module/sensor with the base data and generate a PPK solution.

Use the PPK software to update the imagery tags and then process the data for stitching.

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