Trimble R980

Required Equipment

Drone

Antenna

RTK-PPK Module

Coax Cable

Sentera Sensor

Sentera Ground Radio

R980 Base Station

Survey Rod

Lemo to USB Cable adapter

USB-A to USB-C cable

Internet Enabled Device*

*Used to connect to the base station wifi and access the web interface


This guide will assume that the setup steps for the Trimble R980 Base Station have already been completed:

1

Assemble Aircraft

Assemble the aircraft per manufacturer instruction.

2

Install Sensor

Install the sensor per manufacturer instruction.

Sentera Sensor Setup
3

Install Module

Install the module per the manufacturer instruction.

RTK-PPK Module Installation
4

Connect Antenna to Aircraft and Module

Install the Antenna per the manufacturer instruction

5

Setup & Power On R980 Base Station

Assemble the R980 base station per manufacturer instruction.

Determine base station fix type to use and update Reference Position:

  • Self-Survey for Relative Accuracy.

  • Known location for Global Accuracy.

Trimble R980 Base Station Operations
6

Connect Sentera Ground Radio to R980

Connect the ground radio to the R980 using the Lemo to USB-A adapter and a USB-A to USB-C cable.

7

Power Up Aircraft

Power the aircraft on per manufacturer instruction.

8

Verify Session Start & Fix Type

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.

Module Operation
9

Fly

Fly your mission.

10

Offload Data

Offload the data when data collection is complete.

11

Process Data

The images will be tagged at the time of capture with the RTK GPS information and are ready for processing.

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