| [120] | 1 | "<p>"
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| 2 | "The BKG NTRIP Client (BNC) is a program for simultaneously accessing real-time"
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| 3 | "GNSS data streams from several NTRIP broadcasters like www.igs-ip.net (port 80"
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| 4 | "or 2101) or www.euref-ip.net (port 80 or 2101). "
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| 5 | "</p>"
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| 6 | "<p>"
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| 7 | "The purpose of BNC is to "
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| 8 | "</p>"
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| 9 | "<ul>"
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| 10 | "<li>Generate high-rate RINEX files to feed near real-time post-processing "
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| 11 | " applications, and</li> "
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| 12 | "<li>Output synchronize observations through an IP port to feed real-time "
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| 13 | " applications.</li> "
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| 14 | "</ul>"
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| 15 | "<p>"
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| 16 | "BNC decodes and converts streams carrying phase data coming in "
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| 17 | "</p>"
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| 18 | "<ul>"
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| 19 | "<li> RTCM 2.x format containing message types 18 and 19, </li> "
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| 20 | "<li> RTCM 3 format containing message types 1001, 1002, 1003, and 1004, "
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| 21 | " and </li>"
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| 22 | "<li> RTIGS format.</li> "
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| 23 | "</ul>"
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| 24 | "</p>"
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| 25 | "<p>"
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| 26 | "BNC is available for Windows and Linux operating systems and has been "
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| 27 | "developed under GNU GPL. The options to run BNC are "
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| 28 | "</p>"
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| 29 | "<ul>"
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| 30 | "<li> (a) Proxy host and port (in case of using the program in a proxy-protected"
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| 31 | " LAN, optional), </li> "
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| 32 | "<li> (b) ASCII output file and binary output IP port for synchronized "
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| 33 | " observations (optional), </li> "
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| 34 | "<li> (c) Path for saving the RINEX files (optional), </li> "
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| 35 | "<li> (d) Skeleton file for RINEX header (4char Station ID, optional), </li> "
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| 36 | "<li> (e) RINEX file interval (not jet implemented), </li> "
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| 37 | "<li> (f) Sample interval (not jet implemented), </li> "
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| 38 | "<li> (g) NTRIP broadcaster host and port, </li> "
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| 39 | "<li> (h) User-ID and password for access to NTRIP broadcaster. </li> "
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| 40 | "</ul>"
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| 41 | "</p>"
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| 42 | "<p>"
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| 43 | "Copy the content of archive BNC.tgz into one directory and start BNC.exe. Then"
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| 44 | "<ol>"
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| 45 | "<li> Enter parameters (a) to (d), </li> "
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| 46 | "<li> Open window 'Add Mountpoints' and enter parameters for (g) and (h), </li> "
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| 47 | "<li> Hit 'Get Table' to receive the NTRIP broadcasters sourcetable, </li> "
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| 48 | "<li> Select the stream(s) you need by mouse click (+Shift, +Strg), </li> "
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| 49 | "<li> Hit 'Ok', </li> "
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| 50 | "<li> Go through (2) to (5) again for streams from another broadcaster "
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| 51 | " installations, </li> "
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| 52 | "<li> Hit 'Get data', </li> "
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| 53 | "<li> Quit execution of BNC. </li> "
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| 54 | "</ol>"
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| 55 | "</p>"
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| 56 | "<p>"
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| 57 | "Based on a Qt Graphic User Inferface developed by Leos Mervart (TU Prague), "
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| 58 | "BNC integrates the following already existing software components: "
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| 59 | "</p>"
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| 60 | "<ul>"
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| 61 | "<li> RTCM 2.x decoder by John Sager and Carsten Becker (DLR)</li> "
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| 62 | "<li> RTCM 3 decoder by Dirk Stoecker (Euronik)</li> "
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| 63 | "<li> RTIGS decoder by Ken MacLeod (NRCan)</li> "
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| 64 | "</ul>"
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| 65 | "</p>"
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| 66 | "<p>"
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| 67 | "Note that this is a first version of BNC provided only for test and "
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| 68 | "evaluation. We are still working on the program and would very much appreciate"
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| 69 | "if you could send your comments, suggestions, or bug reports to "
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| 70 | "euref-ip@bkg.bund.de. "
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| 71 | "</p>"
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