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r8039 r8042 1 1 .. index:: BNC software settings 2 2 3 .. 3 .. 4 4 for latex 5 6 .. |G:CWPX_?| replace:: G:CWPX\_\? 5 6 .. |G:CWPX_?| replace:: G:CWPX\_\? 7 7 .. |CWPX_?| replace:: CWPX\_\? 8 8 .. |R:PCX_?| replace:: R:PCX\_\? … … 10 10 11 11 .. 12 for html 13 12 for html 13 14 14 .. |G:CWPX_?| replace:: `G:CWPX_?` 15 15 .. |CWPX_?| replace:: `CWPX_?` … … 19 19 BNC software settings 20 20 ********************* 21 The general documentation approach is to create a separate chapter for each processing option in a sequence which follows the layout of BNC's Graphical User Interface (GUI). The advantage is that searching for help by means of the document's Table of Contents (TOC) is quite convenient. 22 23 The following chapters describe how to set BNC program options. They explain the 'Top Menu Bar', the 'Settings Canvas' with the processing options, the content of the 'Streams Canvas' and 'Logging Canvas', and the 'Bottom Menu Bar'. 21 The general documentation approach is to create a separate chapter for each processing option in a sequence which follows the layout of BNC's Graphical User Interface (GUI). The advantage is that searching for help by means of the document's Table of Contents (TOC) is quite convenient. 22 23 The following chapters describe how to set BNC program options. They explain the 'Top Menu Bar', the 'Settings Canvas' with the processing options, the content of the 'Streams Canvas' and 'Logging Canvas', and the 'Bottom Menu Bar'. 24 24 25 25 .. index:: Top Menu Bar … … 28 28 ============ 29 29 30 The top menu bar allows selecting a font for the BNC windows, save configured options, or quit the program execution. It also provides access to the program's documentation. 31 30 The top menu bar allows selecting a font for the BNC windows, save configured options, or quit the program execution. It also provides access to the program's documentation. 31 32 32 File 33 33 ---- 34 The 'File' button lets you 35 36 * Select an appropriate font. Use smaller font size if the BNC main window exceeds the size of your screen. 37 * Reread and save selected options in configuration file. When using 'Reread \& Save Configuration' while BNC is already processing data, some configuration options become immediately effective on-the-fly without interrupting uninvolved threads while all of them are saved on disk. See section 'Reread Configuration' for a list of on-the-fly changeable configuration options. 38 * Quit the BNC program. 34 The 'File' button lets you 35 36 * Select an appropriate font. Use smaller font size if the BNC main window exceeds the size of your screen. 37 * Reread and save selected options in configuration file. When using 'Reread \& Save Configuration' while BNC is already processing data, some configuration options become immediately effective on-the-fly without interrupting uninvolved threads while all of them are saved on disk. See section 'Reread Configuration' for a list of on-the-fly changeable configuration options. 38 * Quit the BNC program. 39 39 40 40 Help 41 41 ---- 42 The 'Help' button provides access to 43 44 * Help contents. You may keep the 'Help Contents' window open while configuring BNC. 45 * A 'Flow Chart' showing BNC linked to a real-time GNSS network engine such as RTNET. 46 * General information about BNC. Close the 'About BNC' window to continue working with BNC. 42 The 'Help' button provides access to 43 44 * Help contents. You may keep the 'Help Contents' window open while configuring BNC. 45 * A 'Flow Chart' showing BNC linked to a real-time GNSS network engine such as RTNET. 46 * General information about BNC. Close the 'About BNC' window to continue working with BNC. 47 47 48 48 .. index:: Network … … 51 51 ======= 52 52 53 You may need to specify a proxy when running BNC in a protected network. You may also like to use the Transport Layer Security (TLS) and its predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) cryptographic protocols for secure Ntrip communication over the Internet. 53 You may need to specify a proxy when running BNC in a protected network. You may also like to use the Transport Layer Security (TLS) and its predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) cryptographic protocols for secure Ntrip communication over the Internet. 54 54 55 55 .. index:: Proxy … … 60 60 If you are running BNC within a protected Local Area Network (LAN), you might need to use a proxy server to access the Internet. Enter your proxy server IP and port number in case one is operated in front of BNC. If you do not know the IP and port of your proxy server, check the proxy server settings in your Internet browser or ask your network administrator. 61 61 62 Note that IP streaming is often not allowed in a LAN. In this case you need to ask your network administrator for an appropriate modification of the local security policy or for the installation of a TCP relay to the Ntrip Broadcaster you need to access. If this is not possible, you might need to run BNC outside your LAN on a host that has unobstructed connection to the Internet. 62 Note that IP streaming is often not allowed in a LAN. In this case you need to ask your network administrator for an appropriate modification of the local security policy or for the installation of a TCP relay to the Ntrip Broadcaster you need to access. If this is not possible, you might need to run BNC outside your LAN on a host that has unobstructed connection to the Internet. 63 63 64 64 .. index:: SSL … … 66 66 SSL - Transport Layer Security 67 67 ------------------------------ 68 Communication with an Ntrip Broadcaster over Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) as well as the download of RINEX skeleton files when available from HTTPS websites requires the exchange of client and/or server certificates. Specify the path to a directory where you save certificates on your system. You may like to check out http://software.rtcm-ntrip.org/wiki/Certificates for a list of known Ntrip Server certificates. You may also just try communication via SSL to check out whether this is supported by the involved Ntrip Broadcaster. 68 Communication with an Ntrip Broadcaster over Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) as well as the download of RINEX skeleton files when available from HTTPS websites requires the exchange of client and/or server certificates. Specify the path to a directory where you save certificates on your system. You may like to check out http://software.rtcm-ntrip.org/wiki/Certificates for a list of known Ntrip Server certificates. You may also just try communication via SSL to check out whether this is supported by the involved Ntrip Broadcaster. 69 69 70 70 SSL communication may involve queries coming from the Ntrip Broadcaster or from a HTTPS website hosting RINEX skeletons. Such a query could show up under BNC's 'Log' tab especially when self-signed SSL certificates are used. Example:: 71 71 72 72 SSL Error 73 73 Server Certificate Issued by: … … 80 80 No certificates could be verified 81 81 82 Queries should not be received by a client when a server uses official SSL certificates. 83 84 Tick 'Ignore SSL authorization errors' if you generally trust the server and do not want to be bothered with this. Note that SSL communication is usually done over port 443 :numref:`(Fig. %s) <fig_7>`. 82 Queries should not be received by a client when a server uses official SSL certificates. 83 84 Tick 'Ignore SSL authorization errors' if you generally trust the server and do not want to be bothered with this. Note that SSL communication is usually done over port 443 :numref:`(Fig. %s) <fig_7>`. 85 85 86 86 .. _fig_7: … … 108 108 ------------------ 109 109 110 Records of BNC's activities are shown in the 'Log' tab on the bottom of the main window. These logs can be saved into a file when a valid path is specified in the 'Logfile (full path)' field. The logfile name will automatically be extended by a string '\_YYMMDD' for the current date. This leads to series of daily logfiles when running BNC continuously. Message logs cover the communication status between BNC and the Ntrip Broadcaster as well as problems that may occur in the communication link, stream availability, stream delay, stream conversion etc. All times are given in UTC. The default value for 'Logfile (full path)' is an empty option field, meaning that BNC logs will not be saved into a file. 110 Records of BNC's activities are shown in the 'Log' tab on the bottom of the main window. These logs can be saved into a file when a valid path is specified in the 'Logfile (full path)' field. The logfile name will automatically be extended by a string '\_YYMMDD' for the current date. This leads to series of daily logfiles when running BNC continuously. Message logs cover the communication status between BNC and the Ntrip Broadcaster as well as problems that may occur in the communication link, stream availability, stream delay, stream conversion etc. All times are given in UTC. The default value for 'Logfile (full path)' is an empty option field, meaning that BNC logs will not be saved into a file. 111 111 112 112 The following is an example for the content of a logfile written by BNC when operated in Single Point Positioning (SPP) mode: … … 135 135 Append Files - optional 136 136 ----------------------- 137 When BNC is started, new files are created by default and existing files with the same name will be overwritten. However, users might want to append existing files following a restart of BNC, a system crash or a BNC crash. Tick 'Append files' to continue with existing files and keep what has been recorded so far. Note that option 'Append files' affects all types of files created by BNC. 137 When BNC is started, new files are created by default and existing files with the same name will be overwritten. However, users might want to append existing files following a restart of BNC, a system crash or a BNC crash. Tick 'Append files' to continue with existing files and keep what has been recorded so far. Note that option 'Append files' affects all types of files created by BNC. 138 138 139 139 Reread Configuration - optional 140 140 ------------------------------- 141 When operating BNC online in 'no window' mode (command line option ``-nw``), some configuration options can nevertheless be changed on-the-fly without interrupting the running process. For that, you force the program to reread parts of its configuration in pre-defined intervals from disk. Select '1 min', '1 hour', or '1 day' to let BNC reread on-the-fly changeable configuration options every full minute, hour, or day. This lets in-between edited options become effective without interrupting uninvolved threads. 142 143 Note that following configuration options saved on disk can be changed/edited on-the-fly while BNC is already processing data: 141 When operating BNC online in 'no window' mode (command line option ``-nw``), some configuration options can nevertheless be changed on-the-fly without interrupting the running process. For that, you force the program to reread parts of its configuration in pre-defined intervals from disk. Select '1 min', '1 hour', or '1 day' to let BNC reread on-the-fly changeable configuration options every full minute, hour, or day. This lets in-between edited options become effective without interrupting uninvolved threads. 142 143 Note that following configuration options saved on disk can be changed/edited on-the-fly while BNC is already processing data: 144 144 145 145 * 'mountPoints' to change the selection of streams to be processed, see section 'Streams Canvas'; … … 153 153 --------------------- 154 154 155 You may like to auto-start BNC at startup time in window mode with pre-assigned configuration options. This may be required e.g. immediately after booting your system. Tick 'Auto start' to supersede the usage of the 'Start' button. Make sure that you maintain a link to BNC for that in your Autostart directory (Windows systems) or call BNC in a script below directory ``/etc/init.d`` (Unix/Linux/Mac OS X systems). 156 157 See BNC's command line option ``-nw`` for an auto-start of BNC in 'no window' mode. 155 You may like to auto-start BNC at startup time in window mode with pre-assigned configuration options. This may be required e.g. immediately after booting your system. Tick 'Auto start' to supersede the usage of the 'Start' button. Make sure that you maintain a link to BNC for that in your Autostart directory (Windows systems) or call BNC in a script below directory ``/etc/init.d`` (Unix/Linux/Mac OS X systems). 156 157 See BNC's command line option ``-nw`` for an auto-start of BNC in 'no window' mode. 158 158 159 159 .. index:: Raw output file … … 162 162 -------------------------- 163 163 164 BNC can save all data coming in through various streams in one daily file. The information is recorded in the specified 'Raw output file' in the received order and format. This feature allows a BNC user to run the PPP option offline with observations, Broadcast Corrections, and Broadcast Ephemeris being read from a previously saved file. It supports the offline repetition of a real-time situation for debugging purposes (Record & Replay functionality) and is not meant for post processing. 164 BNC can save all data coming in through various streams in one daily file. The information is recorded in the specified 'Raw output file' in the received order and format. This feature allows a BNC user to run the PPP option offline with observations, Broadcast Corrections, and Broadcast Ephemeris being read from a previously saved file. It supports the offline repetition of a real-time situation for debugging purposes (Record & Replay functionality) and is not meant for post processing. 165 165 166 166 Data will be saved in blocks in the received format separated by ASCII time stamps like (example): 167 167 168 168 .. code-block:: console 169 169 170 170 2010-08-03T18:05:28 RTCM3EPH RTCM_3 67 171 171 172 This example block header tells you that 67 bytes were saved in the data block following this time stamp. The information in this block is encoded in RTCM Version 3 format, comes from mountpoint RTCM3EPH and was received at 18:05:28 UTC on 2010-08-03. BNC adds its own time stamps in order to allow the reconstruction of a recorded real-time situation. 173 174 The default value for 'Raw output file' is an empty option field, meaning that BNC will not save all raw data into one single daily file. 172 This example block header tells you that 67 bytes were saved in the data block following this time stamp. The information in this block is encoded in RTCM Version 3 format, comes from mountpoint RTCM3EPH and was received at 18:05:28 UTC on 2010-08-03. BNC adds its own time stamps in order to allow the reconstruction of a recorded real-time situation. 173 174 The default value for 'Raw output file' is an empty option field, meaning that BNC will not save all raw data into one single daily file. 175 175 176 176 .. index:: RINEX observations … … 179 179 ================== 180 180 181 Observations will be converted to RINEX if they come in either RTCM Version 2 or RTCM Version 3 format. Depending on the RINEX version and incoming RTCM message types, files generated by BNC may contain data from GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, SBAS, QZSS, and/or BDS (BeiDou). In case an observation type is listed in the RINEX header but the corresponding observation is unavailable, its value is set to zero '0.000' or left blank. Note that the 'RINEX TYPE' field in the RINEX Version 3 Observation file header is always set to 'M(MIXED)' or 'Mixed' even if the file only contains data from one system. 181 Observations will be converted to RINEX if they come in either RTCM Version 2 or RTCM Version 3 format. Depending on the RINEX version and incoming RTCM message types, files generated by BNC may contain data from GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, SBAS, QZSS, and/or BDS (BeiDou). In case an observation type is listed in the RINEX header but the corresponding observation is unavailable, its value is set to zero '0.000' or left blank. Note that the 'RINEX TYPE' field in the RINEX Version 3 Observation file header is always set to 'M(MIXED)' or 'Mixed' even if the file only contains data from one system. 182 182 183 183 It is important to understand that converting RTCM streams to RINEX files requires a priori information on observation types for specifying a complete RINEX header. Regarding the RINEX Version 2 file header, BNC simply introduces all observation types defined in the Version 2 standard and later reports '0.000' for observations which are not received. However, following this approach is not possible for RINEX Version 3 files from RTCM Version 3 MSM streams because of the huge number of observation types, which might in principle show up. The solution implemented in BNC is to start with RINEX Version 3 observation type records from skeleton files (see section 'Skeleton Extension' and 'Skeleton Mandatory') and switch to a default selection of observation types when such file is not available or does not contain the required information. The following is the default selection of observation types specified for a RINEX Version 3 file: … … 194 194 S 9 C1C L1C S1C C5I L5I S5I C5Q L5Q S5Q SYS / # / OBS TYPES 195 195 196 Please note that RTCM Version 3 messages 1084 for GLONASS observations do not contain the GLONASS channel numbers. These observation messages can only be converted to RINEX when you add messages which include the channel numbers. This could be done by means of an additional stream carrying 1087 GLONASS observation messages or an additional stream carrying 1020 GLONASS ephemeris messages. You could also consider setting up a stream which contains both, the 1084 and the 1020 messages. 197 198 The screenshot below shows an example setup of BNC when converting streams to RINEX. Streams are coming from various Ntrip Broadcasters as well as from a serial communication link. Specifying a decoder string 'ZERO' would mean to not convert the affected stream but save its content as received. The 'SSL Error' recorded in the 'Log' tab is caused by the fact that observation stream downloads from IGS and MGEX Broadcasters initiate the download of RINEX skeleton files from a HTTPS (TLS/SSL) website and BNC has been configured in this example to ignore SSL errors as shown in the preceding 'Network' panel screenshot :numref:`(Fig. %s) <fig_8>`. 196 Please note that RTCM Version 3 messages 1084 for GLONASS observations do not contain the GLONASS channel numbers. These observation messages can only be converted to RINEX when you add messages which include the channel numbers. This could be done by means of an additional stream carrying 1087 GLONASS observation messages or an additional stream carrying 1020 GLONASS ephemeris messages. You could also consider setting up a stream which contains both, the 1084 and the 1020 messages. 197 198 The screenshot below shows an example setup of BNC when converting streams to RINEX. Streams are coming from various Ntrip Broadcasters as well as from a serial communication link. Specifying a decoder string 'ZERO' would mean to not convert the affected stream but save its content as received. The 'SSL Error' recorded in the 'Log' tab is caused by the fact that observation stream downloads from IGS and MGEX Broadcasters initiate the download of RINEX skeleton files from a HTTPS (TLS/SSL) website and BNC has been configured in this example to ignore SSL errors as shown in the preceding 'Network' panel screenshot :numref:`(Fig. %s) <fig_8>`. 199 199 200 200 .. _fig_8: … … 214 214 WETT{ddd}{h}.{yy}O 215 215 216 where 'ddd' is the day of year, 'h' is a letter which corresponds to an hour long UTC time block and 'yy' is the year. 216 where 'ddd' is the day of year, 'h' is a letter which corresponds to an hour long UTC time block and 'yy' is the year. 217 217 218 218 If there is more than one stream with identical 4-character Station ID (same first 4 characters for their mountpoints), the mountpoint strings are split into two sub-strings and both become part of the RINEX filename. For example, when simultaneously retrieving data from mountpoints FRANKFURT and FRANCE, their hourly RINEX Version 2 Observation files are named as:: … … 231 231 FRAN{ddd}{h}{mm}.{yy}O 232 232 233 where 'mm' is the starting minute within the hour. 233 where 'mm' is the starting minute within the hour. 234 234 235 235 In case of RINEX Version 3 filenames, the conventions are summarized in :numref:`Table %s <tab_RINEX_FN_CONV>`. 236 236 237 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{0.35\textwidth}|p{0.22\textwidth}|p{0.35\textwidth}| 237 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{0.35\textwidth}|p{0.22\textwidth}|p{0.35\textwidth}| 238 238 239 239 .. _tab_RINEX_FN_CONV: … … 257 257 ALGO00CAN_R_20121601000_01H_01S_MO.rnx 258 258 259 Note that filename details are produced from the stream's mountpoint as well as corresponding BNC settings and meta data from the Ntrip Broadcaster source-table. 259 Note that filename details are produced from the stream's mountpoint as well as corresponding BNC settings and meta data from the Ntrip Broadcaster source-table. 260 260 261 261 .. index:: RINEX observation directory … … 264 264 -------------------- 265 265 266 Here you can specify the path to where the RINEX Observation files will be stored. If the specified directory does not exist, BNC will not create RINEX Observation files. Default value for 'Directory' is an empty option field, meaning that no RINEX Observation files will be written. 266 Here you can specify the path to where the RINEX Observation files will be stored. If the specified directory does not exist, BNC will not create RINEX Observation files. Default value for 'Directory' is an empty option field, meaning that no RINEX Observation files will be written. 267 267 268 268 .. index:: RINEX observation file interval … … 271 271 ----------------------------------------------- 272 272 273 Select the length of the RINEX Observation file to be generated. The default value is 15 minutes. 273 Select the length of the RINEX Observation file to be generated. The default value is 15 minutes. 274 274 275 275 .. index:: RINEX observation file sampling … … 278 278 ------------------------------------------ 279 279 280 Select the RINEX Observation sampling interval in seconds. A value of zero '0' tells BNC to store all received epochs into RINEX. This is the default value. 281 280 Select the RINEX Observation sampling interval in seconds. A value of zero '0' tells BNC to store all received epochs into RINEX. This is the default value. 281 282 282 .. index:: RINEX header skeleton files 283 283 … … 285 285 ----------------------------- 286 286 287 Whenever BNC starts to generate RINEX Observation files (and then once every day at midnight), it first tries to retrieve information needed for RINEX headers from so-called fully machine-readable public RINEX header skeleton files which are derived from sitelogs. An HTTP or HTTPS link to a directory containing these skeleton files may be available through data field number 7 of the affected NET record in the source-table. See http://www.epncb.oma.be:80/stations/log/skl/brus.skl for an example of a public RINEX header skeleton file for EPN station Brussels. Note that the download of RINEX skeleton files from HTTPS websites requires the exchange of client and/or server certificates. Clarify 'SSL' options offered through panel 'Network' for details. 288 289 Sometimes public RINEX header skeleton files are not available, their content is not up to date, or you need to put additional/optional records in the RINEX header. For that, BNC allows using personal skeleton files that contain the header records you would like to include. You can derive a personal RINEX header skeleton file from the information given in an up to date sitelog. A file in the RINEX Observations 'Directory' with a 'Skeleton extension' suffix is interpreted by BNC as a personal RINEX header skeleton file for the corresponding stream. 287 Whenever BNC starts to generate RINEX Observation files (and then once every day at midnight), it first tries to retrieve information needed for RINEX headers from so-called fully machine-readable public RINEX header skeleton files which are derived from sitelogs. An HTTP or HTTPS link to a directory containing these skeleton files may be available through data field number 7 of the affected NET record in the source-table. See http://www.epncb.oma.be:80/stations/log/skl/brus.skl for an example of a public RINEX header skeleton file for EPN station Brussels. Note that the download of RINEX skeleton files from HTTPS websites requires the exchange of client and/or server certificates. Clarify 'SSL' options offered through panel 'Network' for details. 288 289 Sometimes public RINEX header skeleton files are not available, their content is not up to date, or you need to put additional/optional records in the RINEX header. For that, BNC allows using personal skeleton files that contain the header records you would like to include. You can derive a personal RINEX header skeleton file from the information given in an up to date sitelog. A file in the RINEX Observations 'Directory' with a 'Skeleton extension' suffix is interpreted by BNC as a personal RINEX header skeleton file for the corresponding stream. 290 290 291 291 When producing RINEX Observation files from mountpoints (examples) 'BRUS0', 'FRANKFURT', and 'WETTZELL', the following skeleton filenames would be accepted: … … 297 297 wett.skl 298 298 299 if 'Skeleton extension' is set to 'skl'. 300 301 Note the following regulations regarding personal RINEX header skeleton files: 299 if 'Skeleton extension' is set to 'skl'. 300 301 Note the following regulations regarding personal RINEX header skeleton files: 302 302 303 303 * If such a file exists in the 'RINEX directory', the corresponding public RINEX header skeleton file is ignored. The RINEX header is generated solely from the content of the personal skeleton. … … 334 334 .. code-block:: none 335 335 336 #/ TYPES OF OBSERV (only RINEX Version 2, will be ignored when in Version 3 files) 336 #/ TYPES OF OBSERV (only RINEX Version 2, will be ignored when in Version 3 files) 337 337 338 338 * BNC will include these lines in the final RINEX file header together with an additional 339 339 340 340 .. code-block:: console 341 341 342 342 COMMENT 343 343 344 344 line describing the source of the stream. 345 345 346 346 * They should finally contain an empty last header record of type: 347 347 348 348 .. code-block:: console 349 349 350 350 END OF HEADER 351 351 … … 362 362 OBSERVATION DATA M (MIXED) RINEX VERSION / TYPE 363 363 PGM / RUN BY / DATE 364 CUT0 MARKER NAME 365 59945M001 MARKER NUMBER 366 5023K67889 TRIMBLE NETR9 5.01 REC # / TYPE / VERS 367 4928353386 TRM59800.00 SCIS ANT # / TYPE 368 -2364337.2699 4870285.5624 -3360809.8398 APPROX POSITION XYZ 364 CUT0 MARKER NAME 365 59945M001 MARKER NUMBER 366 5023K67889 TRIMBLE NETR9 5.01 REC # / TYPE / VERS 367 4928353386 TRM59800.00 SCIS ANT # / TYPE 368 -2364337.2699 4870285.5624 -3360809.8398 APPROX POSITION XYZ 369 369 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 ANTENNA: DELTA H/E/N 370 gnss@curtin.edu.au CUT OBSERVER / AGENCY 370 gnss@curtin.edu.au CUT OBSERVER / AGENCY 371 371 C 10 C1I L1I D1I S1I C6I L6I S6I C7I L7I S7I SYS / # / OBS TYPES 372 372 E 13 C1X L1X D1X S1X C5X L5X S5X C7X L7X S7X C8X L8X S8X SYS / # / OBS TYPES … … 376 376 R 13 C1C L1C D1C S1C C1P L1P S1P C2C L2C S2C C2P L2P S2P SYS / # / OBS TYPES 377 377 S 7 C1C L1C D1C S1C C5I L5I S5I SYS / # / OBS TYPES 378 PORTIONS OF THIS HEADER GENERATED BY THE IGS CB FROM COMMENT 379 SITELOG cut0_20150507.log COMMENT 378 PORTIONS OF THIS HEADER GENERATED BY THE IGS CB FROM COMMENT 379 SITELOG cut0_20150507.log COMMENT 380 380 END OF HEADER 381 381 … … 386 386 ----------------------------- 387 387 388 Tick check box 'Skeleton mandatory' in case you want that RINEX files are only produced when skeleton files are available for BNC. If no skeleton file is available for a particular source, then no RINEX observation file will be produced from the affected stream. 389 390 Note that a skeleton file contains RINEX header information such as receiver and antenna types. In case of stream conversion to RINEX Version 3, a skeleton file should also contain information on potentially available observation types. A missing skeleton file will force BNC to only save a default set of RINEX 3 observation types. 388 Tick check box 'Skeleton mandatory' in case you want that RINEX files are only produced when skeleton files are available for BNC. If no skeleton file is available for a particular source, then no RINEX observation file will be produced from the affected stream. 389 390 Note that a skeleton file contains RINEX header information such as receiver and antenna types. In case of stream conversion to RINEX Version 3, a skeleton file should also contain information on potentially available observation types. A missing skeleton file will force BNC to only save a default set of RINEX 3 observation types. 391 391 392 392 Script - optional 393 393 ----------------- 394 394 395 Whenever a RINEX Observation file is saved, you might want to compress, copy or upload it immediately via FTP. BNC allows you to execute a script/batch file to carry out these operations. To do that, specify the full path to such script/batch file. BNC will pass the RINEX Observation file path to the script as a command line parameter (\%1 on Windows systems, \$1 on Unix/Linux/Mac OS X systems). 396 397 The triggering event for calling the script or batch file is the end of a RINEX Observation file 'Interval'. If that is overridden by a stream outage, the triggering event is the stream reconnection. 398 399 As an alternative to initiating file uploads through BNC, you may like to call an upload script or batch file through your crontable or Task Scheduler (independent from BNC) once every one or two minutes after the end of each RINEX file 'Interval'. 395 Whenever a RINEX Observation file is saved, you might want to compress, copy or upload it immediately via FTP. BNC allows you to execute a script/batch file to carry out these operations. To do that, specify the full path to such script/batch file. BNC will pass the RINEX Observation file path to the script as a command line parameter (\%1 on Windows systems, \$1 on Unix/Linux/Mac OS X systems). 396 397 The triggering event for calling the script or batch file is the end of a RINEX Observation file 'Interval'. If that is overridden by a stream outage, the triggering event is the stream reconnection. 398 399 As an alternative to initiating file uploads through BNC, you may like to call an upload script or batch file through your crontable or Task Scheduler (independent from BNC) once every one or two minutes after the end of each RINEX file 'Interval'. 400 400 401 401 Version 2 - optional 402 402 -------------------- 403 403 404 GNSS observation data are generally hold available within BNC according to attributes as defined in RINEX Version 3. These attributes describe the tracking mode or channel when generating the observation signals. Capital letters specifying signal generation attributes are A, B, C, D, I, L, M, N, P, Q, S, W, X, Y, and Z, see RINEX Version 3 documentation. Although RINEX Version 3 with its signal generation attributes is the internal default processing format for BNC, there are two applications where the program is explicitly required to produce data files in RINEX Version 2 format: 404 GNSS observation data are generally hold available within BNC according to attributes as defined in RINEX Version 3. These attributes describe the tracking mode or channel when generating the observation signals. Capital letters specifying signal generation attributes are A, B, C, D, I, L, M, N, P, Q, S, W, X, Y, and Z, see RINEX Version 3 documentation. Although RINEX Version 3 with its signal generation attributes is the internal default processing format for BNC, there are two applications where the program is explicitly required to produce data files in RINEX Version 2 format: 405 405 406 406 #. When saving the content of incoming observation streams in RINEX Version 2 files as described in this section. 407 407 #. When editing or concatenating RINEX 3 files to save them in Version 2 format, see section on 'RINEX Editing & QC'. 408 408 409 As the Version 2 format ignores signal generation attributes, BNC is forced to somehow map RINEX Version 3 to RINEX Version 2 although this cannot be done in one-to-one correspondence. Hence we introduce a 'Signal priority' list of attributes (characters, forming a string) for mapping Version 3 to Version 2. 409 As the Version 2 format ignores signal generation attributes, BNC is forced to somehow map RINEX Version 3 to RINEX Version 2 although this cannot be done in one-to-one correspondence. Hence we introduce a 'Signal priority' list of attributes (characters, forming a string) for mapping Version 3 to Version 2. 410 410 411 411 Signal priorities can be specified as equal for all systems, as system specific or as system and frequency specific. For example: … … 424 424 * If no signal with 'C', 'W', 'P', 'X', or '_' generation attribute exists then the question mark '?' tells BNC to present the first of any other appearing signal as RINEX Version 2 observation. 425 425 426 You may like to specify your own 'Signal priority' string(s) for producing RINEX Version 2 files. If you neither convert observation streams to RINEX Version 2 nor concatenate RINEX Version 3 to Version 2 files, then the 'Version 2' option is meaningless. 427 426 You may like to specify your own 'Signal priority' string(s) for producing RINEX Version 2 files. If you neither convert observation streams to RINEX Version 2 nor concatenate RINEX Version 3 to Version 2 files, then the 'Version 2' option is meaningless. 427 428 428 Version 3 - optional 429 429 -------------------- 430 430 431 The default format for RINEX Observation files is RINEX Version 2.11. Select RINEX 'Version 3' if you would like to save RTCM Version 3 observation streams in RINEX Version 3.03 format. Note that it is possible to force an RTCM Version 2 stream to be saved in RINEX Version 3 file format. However, this is not recommended because such stream cannot be precisely mapped to RINEX Version 3 as the required information on tracking modes (observation attributes) is not part of RTCM Version 2. 432 431 The default format for RINEX Observation files is RINEX Version 2.11. Select RINEX 'Version 3' if you would like to save RTCM Version 3 observation streams in RINEX Version 3.03 format. Note that it is possible to force an RTCM Version 2 stream to be saved in RINEX Version 3 file format. However, this is not recommended because such stream cannot be precisely mapped to RINEX Version 3 as the required information on tracking modes (observation attributes) is not part of RTCM Version 2. 432 433 433 Version 3 Filenames - optional 434 434 ------------------------------ 435 435 436 Tick check box 'Version 3 filenames' to let BNC create so-called extended filenames following the RINEX Version 3 standard. Default is an empty check box, meaning to still use filenames following the RINEX Version 2 standard although the file content is saved in RINEX Version 3 format. 436 Tick check box 'Version 3 filenames' to let BNC create so-called extended filenames following the RINEX Version 3 standard. Default is an empty check box, meaning to still use filenames following the RINEX Version 2 standard although the file content is saved in RINEX Version 3 format. 437 437 438 438 .. index:: RINEX ephemeris … … 441 441 =============== 442 442 443 Broadcast Ephemeris can be saved in RINEX Navigation files when received e.g. via RTCM Version 3 message types 1019 (GPS) or 1020 (GLONASS) or 1044 (QZSS) or 1043 (SBAS) or 1045 and 1046 (Galileo) or 63 (BDS/BeiDou, tentative message number). The filename convention follows the details given in section 'RINEX Filenames' except that the first four characters are 'BRDC'. For RINEX Version 2 Navigation files the last character is 'N' or 'G' for GPS or GLONASS ephemeris in two separate files. Regarding RINEX Version 3 you will find all ephemeris data for GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, SBAS, QZSS, and BDS gathered in one Navigation file. 444 445 The following is an example for a RINEX Version 3 Navigation filename. The file contains one day's data. 'MN' stands for 'Multi Constellation Navigation' data. 443 Broadcast Ephemeris can be saved in RINEX Navigation files when received e.g. via RTCM Version 3 message types 1019 (GPS) or 1020 (GLONASS) or 1044 (QZSS) or 1043 (SBAS) or 1045 and 1046 (Galileo) or 63 (BDS/BeiDou, tentative message number). The filename convention follows the details given in section 'RINEX Filenames' except that the first four characters are 'BRDC'. For RINEX Version 2 Navigation files the last character is 'N' or 'G' for GPS or GLONASS ephemeris in two separate files. Regarding RINEX Version 3 you will find all ephemeris data for GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, SBAS, QZSS, and BDS gathered in one Navigation file. 444 445 The following is an example for a RINEX Version 3 Navigation filename. The file contains one day's data. 'MN' stands for 'Multi Constellation Navigation' data. 446 446 447 447 .. code-block:: console … … 449 449 BRDC00DEU_S_20121600000_01D_MN.rnx 450 450 451 Note that streams dedicated to carry Broadcast Ephemeris messages in RTCM Version 3 format in high repetition rates are listed on http://igs.bkg.bund.de/ntrip/ephemeris. Note further that BNC will ignore incorrect or outdated Broadcast Ephemeris data when necessary, leaving a note 'WRONG EPHEMERIS' or 'OUTDATED EPHEMERIS' in the logfile. 452 451 Note that streams dedicated to carry Broadcast Ephemeris messages in RTCM Version 3 format in high repetition rates are listed on http://igs.bkg.bund.de/ntrip/ephemeris. Note further that BNC will ignore incorrect or outdated Broadcast Ephemeris data when necessary, leaving a note 'WRONG EPHEMERIS' or 'OUTDATED EPHEMERIS' in the logfile. 452 453 453 Directory - optional 454 454 -------------------- 455 455 456 Specify a path for saving Broadcast Ephemeris data in RINEX Navigation files. If the specified directory does not exist, BNC will not create RINEX Navigation files. Default value for Ephemeris 'Directory' is an empty option field, meaning that no RINEX Navigation files will be created. 456 Specify a path for saving Broadcast Ephemeris data in RINEX Navigation files. If the specified directory does not exist, BNC will not create RINEX Navigation files. Default value for Ephemeris 'Directory' is an empty option field, meaning that no RINEX Navigation files will be created. 457 457 458 458 Interval - mandatory if 'Directory' is set 459 459 ------------------------------------------ 460 460 461 Select the length of RINEX Navigation files. The default value is '1 day'. 461 Select the length of RINEX Navigation files. The default value is '1 day'. 462 462 463 463 Port - optional 464 464 --------------- 465 465 466 BNC can output Broadcast Ephemeris in RINEX Version 3 format on your local host (IP 127.0.0.1) through an IP 'Port'. Specify an IP port number to activate this function. The default is an empty option field, meaning that no ASCII ephemeris output via IP port is generated. 467 468 The source code for BNC comes with an example Perl script ``test_tcpip_client.pl`` that allows you to read BNC's ephemeris ASCII output from the IP port. 466 BNC can output Broadcast Ephemeris in RINEX Version 3 format on your local host (IP 127.0.0.1) through an IP 'Port'. Specify an IP port number to activate this function. The default is an empty option field, meaning that no ASCII ephemeris output via IP port is generated. 467 468 The source code for BNC comes with an example Perl script ``test_tcpip_client.pl`` that allows you to read BNC's ephemeris ASCII output from the IP port. 469 469 470 470 Version - optional 471 471 ------------------ 472 472 473 Default format for RINEX Navigation files containing Broadcast Ephemeris is RINEX Version 2.11. Select 'Version 3' if you want to save the ephemeris data in RINEX Version 3.03 format. Note that this does not concern the Broadcast Ephemeris output through IP port, which is always in RINEX Version 3.03 format. 473 Default format for RINEX Navigation files containing Broadcast Ephemeris is RINEX Version 2.11. Select 'Version 3' if you want to save the ephemeris data in RINEX Version 3.03 format. Note that this does not concern the Broadcast Ephemeris output through IP port, which is always in RINEX Version 3.03 format. 474 474 475 475 Version 3 Filenames - optional 476 476 ------------------------------ 477 477 478 Tick check box 'Version 3 filenames' to let BNC create so-called extended filenames following the RINEX Version 3 standard. Default is an empty check box, meaning to still use filenames following the RINEX Version 2 standard although the file content is saved in RINEX Version 3 format :numref:`(Fig. %s) <fig_9>`. 478 Tick check box 'Version 3 filenames' to let BNC create so-called extended filenames following the RINEX Version 3 standard. Default is an empty check box, meaning to still use filenames following the RINEX Version 2 standard although the file content is saved in RINEX Version 3 format :numref:`(Fig. %s) <fig_9>`. 479 479 480 480 .. _fig_9: … … 485 485 486 486 .. index:: RINEX editing and quality check 487 487 488 488 RINEX Editing & QC 489 489 ================== 490 490 491 Besides stream conversion from RTCM to RINEX, BNC allows editing RINEX files or concatenate their content. RINEX Observation and Navigation files can be handled. BNC can also carry out a RINEX file Quality Check. In summary and besides Stream **T**\ ranslation, this functionality in BNC covers 491 Besides stream conversion from RTCM to RINEX, BNC allows editing RINEX files or concatenate their content. RINEX Observation and Navigation files can be handled. BNC can also carry out a RINEX file Quality Check. In summary and besides Stream **T**\ ranslation, this functionality in BNC covers 492 492 493 493 * File **E**\ diting and concatenation 494 494 * File **Q**\ uality **C**\ heck 495 495 496 496 * Multipath analysis sky plots 497 497 * Signal-to-noise ratio sky plots … … 500 500 * PDOP plots 501 501 502 and hence follows UNAVCO's famous teqc program (see :cite:`estey1999a`). The remarkable thing about BNC in this context is that it supports RINEX Version 3 under GNU General Public License with full GUI support and graphics output. 503 502 and hence follows UNAVCO's famous teqc program (see :cite:`estey1999a`). The remarkable thing about BNC in this context is that it supports RINEX Version 3 under GNU General Public License with full GUI support and graphics output. 503 504 504 Action - optional 505 505 ----------------- 506 506 507 Select an action. Options are 'Edit/Concatenate' and 'Analyze'. 507 Select an action. Options are 'Edit/Concatenate' and 'Analyze'. 508 508 509 509 * Select 'Edit/Concatenate' if you want to edit RINEX file content according to options specified under 'Set Edit Options' or if you want to concatenate several RINEX files. … … 513 513 ----------------------- 514 514 515 Specify full path to input RINEX Observation file(s), and specify full path to input RINEX Navigation file(s). When specifying several input files, BNC will concatenate their contents. In case of RINEX Observation input files with different observation type header records, BNC will output only one set of adjusted observation type records in the RINEX header which fits to the whole file content. Note that you may specify several RINEX Version 2 Navigation files for GPS and GLONASS. 515 Specify full path to input RINEX Observation file(s), and specify full path to input RINEX Navigation file(s). When specifying several input files, BNC will concatenate their contents. In case of RINEX Observation input files with different observation type header records, BNC will output only one set of adjusted observation type records in the RINEX header which fits to the whole file content. Note that you may specify several RINEX Version 2 Navigation files for GPS and GLONASS. 516 516 517 517 Output Files - optional if 'Action' is set to 'Edit/Concatenate' 518 518 ---------------------------------------------------------------- 519 519 520 If 'Edit/Concatenate' is selected, specifying the full path to output RINEX Observation file(s) and specifying the full path to output RINEX Navigation file(s) is optional. Default are empty option fields, meaning that no RINEX files will be saved on disk. 520 If 'Edit/Concatenate' is selected, specifying the full path to output RINEX Observation file(s) and specifying the full path to output RINEX Navigation file(s) is optional. Default are empty option fields, meaning that no RINEX files will be saved on disk. 521 521 522 522 Logfile - optional 523 523 ------------------ 524 524 525 Specify the name of a logfile to save information on RINEX file Editing/Concatenation or Analysis. Default is an empty option field, meaning that no logfile will be saved. Note that logfiles from analyzing RINEX files may become quite large. Hence, BNC provides an option 'Summary only' to limit logfile content to some essential information in case 'Action' is set to 'Analyze'. The following is an example for a RINEX quality check analysis logfile: 525 Specify the name of a logfile to save information on RINEX file Editing/Concatenation or Analysis. Default is an empty option field, meaning that no logfile will be saved. Note that logfiles from analyzing RINEX files may become quite large. Hence, BNC provides an option 'Summary only' to limit logfile content to some essential information in case 'Action' is set to 'Analyze'. The following is an example for a RINEX quality check analysis logfile: 526 526 527 527 .. code-block:: console … … 734 734 ... 735 735 736 Note that in addition to cycle slips recorded in the RINEX 'file', cycle slips identified by BNC are reported as 'found'. 737 736 Note that in addition to cycle slips recorded in the RINEX 'file', cycle slips identified by BNC are reported as 'found'. 737 738 738 Plots for Signals - mandatory if 'Action' is set to 'Analyze' 739 739 ------------------------------------------------------------- … … 757 757 -------------------------------------------------------------- 758 758 759 If 'Analyze' :numref:`(see Fig. %s) <fig_12>` is selected, specifying the path to a directory where plot files will be saved is optional. Filenames will be composed from the RINEX input filename(s) plus suffix 'PNG' to indicate the plot file format in use. Default is an empty option field, meaning that plots will not be saved on disk. 759 If 'Analyze' :numref:`(see Fig. %s) <fig_12>` is selected, specifying the path to a directory where plot files will be saved is optional. Filenames will be composed from the RINEX input filename(s) plus suffix 'PNG' to indicate the plot file format in use. Default is an empty option field, meaning that plots will not be saved on disk. 760 760 761 761 Set Edit Options - mandatory if 'Action' is set to 'Edit/Concatenate' 762 762 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 763 763 764 Once the 'Edit/Concatenate' action is selected, you have to 'Set Edit Options' :numref:`(see Fig. %s) <fig_10>`. BNC lets you specify the RINEX version, a signal priority list when mapping RINEX Version 3 to Version 2, the sampling interval, begin and end of file, operator, observation types, comment lines, and marker, antenna, receiver details. Note that some of the specifications for editing and concatenation :numref:`(see Fig. %s) <fig_11>` are only meaningful for RINEX Observation files but not for RINEX Navigation files. 765 766 A note on converting RINEX Version 3 to RINEX Version 2 and vice versa: 764 Once the 'Edit/Concatenate' action is selected, you have to 'Set Edit Options' :numref:`(see Fig. %s) <fig_10>`. BNC lets you specify the RINEX version, a signal priority list when mapping RINEX Version 3 to Version 2, the sampling interval, begin and end of file, operator, observation types, comment lines, and marker, antenna, receiver details. Note that some of the specifications for editing and concatenation :numref:`(see Fig. %s) <fig_11>` are only meaningful for RINEX Observation files but not for RINEX Navigation files. 765 766 A note on converting RINEX Version 3 to RINEX Version 2 and vice versa: 767 767 768 768 * The RINEX Version 2 format ignores signal generation attributes. Therefore, when converting RINEX Version 3 to Version 2 Observation files, BNC is forced to somehow map signals with attributes to signals without attributes although this cannot be done in one-to-one correspondence. Hence we introduce a 'Version 2 Signal Priority' list of attributes (characters, forming a string) for mapping Version 3 to Version 2, see details in section 'RINEX Observations/Version 2'. Signal priorities can be specified as equal for all systems, as system specific or as system and frequency specific. For example: … … 770 770 * 'CWPX_?' (General signal priorities valid for all GNSS) 771 771 * 'C:IQX I:ABCX' (System specific signal priorities for BDS and IRNSS) 772 * 'G:12&PWCSLXYN G:5&IQX R:12&PC R:3&IQX' (System and frequency specific signal priorities) 772 * 'G:12&PWCSLXYN G:5&IQX R:12&PC R:3&IQX' (System and frequency specific signal priorities) 773 773 774 774 The default 'Signal priority' list is defined as follows: 'G:12&PWCSLXYN G:5&IQX R:12&PC R:3&IQX E:16&BCX E:578&IQX J:1&SLXCZ J:26&SLX J:5&IQX C:IQX I:ABCX S:1&C S:5&IQX' … … 776 776 * When converting RINEX Version 2 to Version 3 Observation files, the tracking mode or channel information in the (last character out of the 3-character) observation code is left blank if unknown. This is a compromise, knowing that it is not in accordance with the RINEX Version 3 documentation. 777 777 778 Optionally you may specify a 'RUN BY' string to be included in the emerging new RINEX file header. Default is an empty option field, meaning the operator's ID is automatically used as 'RUN BY' string. 779 780 You can specify a list of observation codes in field 'Use Obs. Types' to limit the output file content to specific observation codes. GNSS system characters in that list are followed by a colon and a 2- or 3-character observation code. A 2-character observation code would mean that all available tracking modes of the affected observation type and frequency will be accepted as part of the RINEX output file. Observation codes are separated by a blank character. Default is an empty option field, meaning that any input observation code will become part of the RINEX output file. 781 782 Specifying comment line text to be added to the emerging new RINEX file header is another option. Any introduction of a newline through '\\n' in this enforces the beginning of a further comment line. Comment lines will be added to the header immediately after the 'PGM / RUN BY / DATE' record. Default is an empty option field, meaning that no additional comment line will be added to the RINEX header. 783 784 If you specify a 'New' but no 'Old' marker/antenna/receiver name, the corresponding data field in the emerging new RINEX Observation file will be filled accordingly. If you in addition specify an 'Old' marker/antenna/receiver name, the corresponding data field in the emerging new RINEX Observation file will only be filled accordingly where 'Old' specifications match existing file content. 778 Optionally you may specify a 'RUN BY' string to be included in the emerging new RINEX file header. Default is an empty option field, meaning the operator's ID is automatically used as 'RUN BY' string. 779 780 You can specify a list of observation codes in field 'Use Obs. Types' to limit the output file content to specific observation codes. GNSS system characters in that list are followed by a colon and a 2- or 3-character observation code. A 2-character observation code would mean that all available tracking modes of the affected observation type and frequency will be accepted as part of the RINEX output file. Observation codes are separated by a blank character. Default is an empty option field, meaning that any input observation code will become part of the RINEX output file. 781 782 Specifying comment line text to be added to the emerging new RINEX file header is another option. Any introduction of a newline through '\\n' in this enforces the beginning of a further comment line. Comment lines will be added to the header immediately after the 'PGM / RUN BY / DATE' record. Default is an empty option field, meaning that no additional comment line will be added to the RINEX header. 783 784 If you specify a 'New' but no 'Old' marker/antenna/receiver name, the corresponding data field in the emerging new RINEX Observation file will be filled accordingly. If you in addition specify an 'Old' marker/antenna/receiver name, the corresponding data field in the emerging new RINEX Observation file will only be filled accordingly where 'Old' specifications match existing file content. 785 785 786 786 .. _fig_13: … … 821 821 822 822 .. only:: latex 823 823 824 824 .. raw:: latex 825 825 826 826 \clearpage 827 827 828 828 .. index:: SP3 comparison 829 829 … … 831 831 ---------------------------------- 832 832 833 BNC applies options from the configuration file but allows updating every one of them on the command line while the content of the configuration file remains unchanged, see section on 'Command Line Options'. Note the following syntax for Command Line Interface (CLI) options: 833 BNC applies options from the configuration file but allows updating every one of them on the command line while the content of the configuration file remains unchanged, see section on 'Command Line Options'. Note the following syntax for Command Line Interface (CLI) options: 834 834 835 835 .. code-block:: console … … 843 843 ./bnc --nw --conf rnx.conf --key reqcAction Edit/Concatenate --key reqcObsFile "tlse119b00.12o,tlse119b15.12o,tlse119b30.12o,tlse119b45.12o" --key reqcOutObsFile tlse119b.12o --key reqcRnxVersion 3 --key reqcSampling 30 844 844 845 You may use asterisk '*' and/or question mark '?' wildcard characters as shown with the following globbing command line option to specify a selection of files in the working directory: 845 You may use asterisk '*' and/or question mark '?' wildcard characters as shown with the following globbing command line option to specify a selection of files in the working directory: 846 846 847 847 .. code-block:: console … … 861 861 /home/user/bnc --conf /dev/null --key reqcAction Analyze --key reqcObsFile CUT02070.12O --key reqcNavFile BRDC2070.12P --key reqcOutLogFile CUT0.txt --key reqcPlotDir /home/user --nw 862 862 863 The following Linux command line produces the same RINEX QC plots in interactive autoStart mode: 863 The following Linux command line produces the same RINEX QC plots in interactive autoStart mode: 864 864 865 865 .. code-block:: console … … 867 867 /home/user/bnc --conf /dev/null --key reqcAction Analyze --key reqcObsFile CUT02070.12O --key reqcNavFile BRDC2070.12P --key reqcOutLogFile CUT0.txt --key startTab 4 --key autoStart 2 868 868 869 :numref:`Table %s <tab_RINEX_ED_QC_OPT>` gives a list of available key names for 'RINEX Editing & QC' (short: REQC, pronounced 'rek') options and their meaning, cf. section 'Configuration Examples'. 870 871 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{0.3\textwidth}|p{0.62\textwidth}| 869 :numref:`Table %s <tab_RINEX_ED_QC_OPT>` gives a list of available key names for 'RINEX Editing & QC' (short: REQC, pronounced 'rek') options and their meaning, cf. section 'Configuration Examples'. 870 871 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{0.3\textwidth}|p{0.62\textwidth}| 872 872 873 873 .. _tab_RINEX_ED_QC_OPT: … … 915 915 ============== 916 916 917 BNC allows to compare the contents of two files with GNSS orbit and clock data in SP3 format :numref:`(Fig. %s) <fig_16>`. SP3 ASCII files basically contain a list of records over a certain period of time. Each record carries a time tag, the XYZ position of the satellite's Center of Mass at that time and the corresponding satellite clock value. Both SP3 files may contain some records for different epochs. If so, then BNC only compares records for identical epochs. BNC accepts that a specific GNSS system or a specific satellite is only available from one of the SP3 files. Note that BNC does not interpolate orbits when comparing SP3 files. 917 BNC allows to compare the contents of two files with GNSS orbit and clock data in SP3 format :numref:`(Fig. %s) <fig_16>`. SP3 ASCII files basically contain a list of records over a certain period of time. Each record carries a time tag, the XYZ position of the satellite's Center of Mass at that time and the corresponding satellite clock value. Both SP3 files may contain some records for different epochs. If so, then BNC only compares records for identical epochs. BNC accepts that a specific GNSS system or a specific satellite is only available from one of the SP3 files. Note that BNC does not interpolate orbits when comparing SP3 files. 918 918 919 919 .. _fig_16: … … 923 923 Example for comparing two SP3 files with satellite orbit and clock data using BNC 924 924 925 To compare satellite clocks provided by the two files, BNC first converts coordinate differences dX,dY,dZ into along track, out-of-plane, and radial components. It then corrects the clock differences for the radial components of coordinate differences. RMS values of clock differences are finally calculated after introducing at first one offset 'per epoch for all satellites' and secondly one offset 'per satellite for all epochs'. 926 925 To compare satellite clocks provided by the two files, BNC first converts coordinate differences dX,dY,dZ into along track, out-of-plane, and radial components. It then corrects the clock differences for the radial components of coordinate differences. RMS values of clock differences are finally calculated after introducing at first one offset 'per epoch for all satellites' and secondly one offset 'per satellite for all epochs'. 926 927 927 Input SP3 Files - optional 928 928 -------------------------- 929 929 930 Specify the full paths of two SP3 files, separate them by comma. 930 Specify the full paths of two SP3 files, separate them by comma. 931 931 932 932 Exclude Satellites - optional … … 941 941 * G04,G31,R (excluding GPS satellites with PRN 4 and 31 as well as all GLONASS satellites) 942 942 943 Default is an empty option field, meaning that no satellite will be excluded from the comparison. 944 943 Default is an empty option field, meaning that no satellite will be excluded from the comparison. 944 945 945 Logfile - mandatory if 'Input SP3 Files' is set 946 946 ----------------------------------------------- 947 947 948 Specify a logfile name to save results of the SP3 file comparison. 948 Specify a logfile name to save results of the SP3 file comparison. 949 949 950 950 The following is an example for a SP3 Comparison logfile: … … 995 995 The first part of this output uses the abbreviations in :numref:`Table %s <tab_LOG_ABB_1>`. 996 996 997 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{0.3\textwidth}|p{0.62\textwidth}| 997 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{0.3\textwidth}|p{0.62\textwidth}| 998 998 999 999 .. _tab_LOG_ABB_1: … … 1015 1015 The second part following string 'RMS' provides a summary of the comparison using the abbreviations in :numref:`Table %s <tab_LOG_ABB_2>`. 1016 1016 1017 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{0.3\textwidth}|p{0.62\textwidth}| 1017 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{0.3\textwidth}|p{0.62\textwidth}| 1018 1018 1019 1019 .. _tab_LOG_ABB_2: … … 1035 1035 1036 1036 .. index:: Broadcast corrections 1037 1037 1038 1038 Broadcast Corrections 1039 1039 ===================== 1040 1040 1041 Differential GNSS and RTK operation using RTCM streams is currently based on corrections and/or raw measurements from single or multiple reference stations. This approach to differential positioning uses 'observation space' information. The representation with the RTCM standard can be called 'Observation Space Representation' (OSR). 1042 1043 An alternative to the observation space approach is the so-called 'state space' approach. The principle here is to provide information on individual error sources. It can be called 'State Space Representation' (SSR). For a rover position, state space information concerning precise satellite clocks, orbits, ionosphere, troposphere et cetera can be converted into observation space and used to correct the rover observables for more accurate positioning. Alternatively, the state information can be used directly in the rover's processing or adjustment model. 1044 1045 RTCM is currently developing Version 3 messages to transport SSR corrections in real-time. They refer to satellite Antenna Phase Center (APC). SSR messages adopted or recently proposed concern: 1041 Differential GNSS and RTK operation using RTCM streams is currently based on corrections and/or raw measurements from single or multiple reference stations. This approach to differential positioning uses 'observation space' information. The representation with the RTCM standard can be called 'Observation Space Representation' (OSR). 1042 1043 An alternative to the observation space approach is the so-called 'state space' approach. The principle here is to provide information on individual error sources. It can be called 'State Space Representation' (SSR). For a rover position, state space information concerning precise satellite clocks, orbits, ionosphere, troposphere et cetera can be converted into observation space and used to correct the rover observables for more accurate positioning. Alternatively, the state information can be used directly in the rover's processing or adjustment model. 1044 1045 RTCM is currently developing Version 3 messages to transport SSR corrections in real-time. They refer to satellite Antenna Phase Center (APC). SSR messages adopted or recently proposed concern: 1046 1046 1047 1047 SSR, Step I: … … 1060 1060 * Vertical Total Electron Content (VTEC) 1061 1061 1062 RTCM Version 3 streams carrying these messages may be used e.g. to support real-time Precise Point Positioning (PPP) applications. 1063 1064 When using clocks from Broadcast Ephemeris (with or without applied corrections) or clocks from SP3 files, it may be important to understand that they are not corrected for the conventional periodic relativistic effect. Chapter 10 of the IERS Conventions 2003 mentions that the conventional periodic relativistic correction to the satellite clock (to be added to the broadcast clock) is computed as 1062 RTCM Version 3 streams carrying these messages may be used e.g. to support real-time Precise Point Positioning (PPP) applications. 1063 1064 When using clocks from Broadcast Ephemeris (with or without applied corrections) or clocks from SP3 files, it may be important to understand that they are not corrected for the conventional periodic relativistic effect. Chapter 10 of the IERS Conventions 2003 mentions that the conventional periodic relativistic correction to the satellite clock (to be added to the broadcast clock) is computed as 1065 1065 1066 1066 .. math:: … … 1068 1068 dt = -2 (R * V) / c^2 1069 1069 1070 where :math:`R*V` is the scalar product of the satellite position and velocity and :math:`c` is the speed of light. This can also be found in the GPS Interface Specification, IS-GPS-200, Revision D, 7 March 2006. 1071 1072 Orbit corrections are provided in along-track, out-of-plane and radial components. These components are defined in the Earth-Centered, Earth-Fixed reference frame of the Broadcast Ephemeris. For an observer in this frame, the along-track component is aligned in both direction and sign with the velocity vector, the out-of-plane component is perpendicular to the plane defined by the satellite position and velocity vectors, and the radial direction is perpendicular to the along track and out-of-plane ones. The three components form a right-handed orthogonal system. 1073 1074 After applying corrections, the satellite position and clock is referred to the 'ionospheric free' phase center of the antenna which is compatible with the broadcast orbit reference. 1075 1076 The orbit and clock corrections do not include local effects like Ocean Loading, Solid Earth Tides or tropospheric delays. However, accurate single frequency applications can be corrected for global ionospheric effects using so-call VTEC messages for global ionospheric state parameters. 1077 1078 While we have a plain ASCII standard for saving Broadcast Ephemeris in RINEX Navigation files, we do not have an equivalent standard for corrections to Broadcast Ephemeris. Hence, BNC saves Broadcast Correction files following its own format definition. The filename convention for Broadcast Correction files follows the convention for RINEX Version 2 files except for the last character of the filename suffix which is set to 'C'. 1070 where :math:`R*V` is the scalar product of the satellite position and velocity and :math:`c` is the speed of light. This can also be found in the GPS Interface Specification, IS-GPS-200, Revision D, 7 March 2006. 1071 1072 Orbit corrections are provided in along-track, out-of-plane and radial components. These components are defined in the Earth-Centered, Earth-Fixed reference frame of the Broadcast Ephemeris. For an observer in this frame, the along-track component is aligned in both direction and sign with the velocity vector, the out-of-plane component is perpendicular to the plane defined by the satellite position and velocity vectors, and the radial direction is perpendicular to the along track and out-of-plane ones. The three components form a right-handed orthogonal system. 1073 1074 After applying corrections, the satellite position and clock is referred to the 'ionospheric free' phase center of the antenna which is compatible with the broadcast orbit reference. 1075 1076 The orbit and clock corrections do not include local effects like Ocean Loading, Solid Earth Tides or tropospheric delays. However, accurate single frequency applications can be corrected for global ionospheric effects using so-call VTEC messages for global ionospheric state parameters. 1077 1078 While we have a plain ASCII standard for saving Broadcast Ephemeris in RINEX Navigation files, we do not have an equivalent standard for corrections to Broadcast Ephemeris. Hence, BNC saves Broadcast Correction files following its own format definition. The filename convention for Broadcast Correction files follows the convention for RINEX Version 2 files except for the last character of the filename suffix which is set to 'C'. 1079 1079 1080 1080 Broadcast Correction file format 1081 1081 -------------------------------- 1082 1082 1083 BNC's Broadcast Correction files contain blocks of records in plain ASCII format. Each block covers information about one specific topic and starts with an 'Epoch Record'. The leading 'Epoch Record' of each block in a Broadcast Correction file contains 11 parameters. Example: 1083 BNC's Broadcast Correction files contain blocks of records in plain ASCII format. Each block covers information about one specific topic and starts with an 'Epoch Record'. The leading 'Epoch Record' of each block in a Broadcast Correction file contains 11 parameters. Example: 1084 1084 1085 1085 .. code-block:: console … … 1098 1098 8. Second, GPS time 1099 1099 9. SSR message update interval indicator: 1100 1100 1101 1101 * 0 = 1 sec 1102 1102 * 1 = 2 sec … … 1119 1119 11. Mountpoint, source/stream indicator 1120 1120 1121 Each of the following 'satellite records' in such a block carries information for one specific satellite. Undefined parameters in the 'satellite records' could be set to zero '0.000'. 1121 Each of the following 'satellite records' in such a block carries information for one specific satellite. Undefined parameters in the 'satellite records' could be set to zero '0.000'. 1122 1122 1123 1123 Example for block 'ORBIT' carrying orbit corrections … … 1220 1220 1221 1221 0 − phase biases valid for non-dispersive signal only 1222 1223 1 − phase biases maintain consistency between non-dispersive and all original dispersive phase signals 1222 1223 1 − phase biases maintain consistency between non-dispersive and all original dispersive phase signals 1224 1224 1225 1225 * MW consistency indicator … … 1227 1227 0 − code and phase biases are independently derived 1228 1228 1229 1 − consistency between code and phase biases is maintained for the MW combinations 1229 1 − consistency between code and phase biases is maintained for the MW combinations 1230 1230 1231 1231 Following records provide satellite specific information: … … 1235 1235 * Yaw rate [:math:`^{\circ}/s`] 1236 1236 * Number of phase biases in this record, succeeded by phase specific information: 1237 1237 1238 1238 * Signal and tracking mode indicator 1239 1239 * Phase bias [m] … … 1278 1278 --------------------------- 1279 1279 1280 Specify a directory for saving Broadcast Corrections in files. If the specified directory does not exist, BNC will not create Broadcast Correction files. Default value for Broadcast Correction 'Directory' is an empty option field, meaning that no Broadcast Correction files will be created. 1280 Specify a directory for saving Broadcast Corrections in files. If the specified directory does not exist, BNC will not create Broadcast Correction files. Default value for Broadcast Correction 'Directory' is an empty option field, meaning that no Broadcast Correction files will be created. 1281 1281 1282 1282 Interval - mandatory if 'Directory, ASCII' is set 1283 1283 ------------------------------------------------- 1284 1284 1285 Select the length of the Broadcast Correction files. The default value is '1 day'. 1285 Select the length of the Broadcast Correction files. The default value is '1 day'. 1286 1286 1287 1287 Port - optional 1288 1288 --------------- 1289 1289 1290 BNC can output epoch by epoch synchronized Broadcast Corrections in ASCII format on your local host (IP 127.0.0.1) through an IP 'Port'. Specify an IP port number to activate this function. The default is an empty option field, meaning that no Broadcast Correction output via IP port is generated. 1291 1292 The output format is similar to the format used for saving Broadcast Corrections in a file. 1290 BNC can output epoch by epoch synchronized Broadcast Corrections in ASCII format on your local host (IP 127.0.0.1) through an IP 'Port'. Specify an IP port number to activate this function. The default is an empty option field, meaning that no Broadcast Correction output via IP port is generated. 1291 1292 The output format is similar to the format used for saving Broadcast Corrections in a file. 1293 1293 1294 1294 The following is an example output for the stream from mountpoint CLK93: … … 1341 1341 > VTEC 2015 06 19 16 41 00.0 6 1 CLK93 1342 1342 1 6 6 450000.0 1343 16.7450 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1344 4.9300 8.1600 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1345 -4.4900 0.2550 1.0950 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1346 -2.2450 -1.9500 -0.7950 -0.4700 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1347 1.0250 -0.9000 -0.0900 0.1050 0.1450 0.0000 0.0000 1348 1.5500 0.9750 -0.8150 0.3600 0.0350 -0.0900 0.0000 1349 -0.4050 0.8300 0.0800 -0.0650 0.2200 0.0150 -0.1600 1350 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1351 0.0000 -0.1250 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1352 0.0000 1.0050 -0.7750 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1353 0.0000 -0.2300 0.7150 0.7550 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1354 0.0000 -0.4100 -0.1250 0.2400 0.2700 0.0000 0.0000 1355 0.0000 0.0850 -0.3400 -0.0500 -0.2200 -0.0750 0.0000 1356 0.0000 0.2000 -0.2850 -0.0150 -0.0250 0.0900 0.0650 1357 1358 The source code for BNC comes with an example Perl script 'test_tcpip_client.pl' that allows to read BNC's Broadcast Corrections from the IP port for verification. 1343 16.7450 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1344 4.9300 8.1600 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1345 -4.4900 0.2550 1.0950 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1346 -2.2450 -1.9500 -0.7950 -0.4700 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1347 1.0250 -0.9000 -0.0900 0.1050 0.1450 0.0000 0.0000 1348 1.5500 0.9750 -0.8150 0.3600 0.0350 -0.0900 0.0000 1349 -0.4050 0.8300 0.0800 -0.0650 0.2200 0.0150 -0.1600 1350 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1351 0.0000 -0.1250 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1352 0.0000 1.0050 -0.7750 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1353 0.0000 -0.2300 0.7150 0.7550 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1354 0.0000 -0.4100 -0.1250 0.2400 0.2700 0.0000 0.0000 1355 0.0000 0.0850 -0.3400 -0.0500 -0.2200 -0.0750 0.0000 1356 0.0000 0.2000 -0.2850 -0.0150 -0.0250 0.0900 0.0650 1357 1358 The source code for BNC comes with an example Perl script 'test_tcpip_client.pl' that allows to read BNC's Broadcast Corrections from the IP port for verification. 1359 1359 1360 1360 .. _fig_17: … … 1369 1369 =========== 1370 1370 1371 BNC can produce synchronized or unsynchronized observations epoch by epoch from all stations and satellites to feed a real-time GNSS network engine. Observations can be streamed out through an IP port and/or saved in a file. The output is always in the same plain ASCII format and sorted per incoming stream. 1372 1373 Each epoch in the synchronized output begins with a line containing the GPS Week Number and the seconds within the GPS Week. Following lines begin with the mountpoint string of the stream which provides the observations followed by a satellite number. Specifications for satellite number, code, phase, Doppler and signal strength data follow definitions presented in the RINEX Version 3 documentation. In case of phase observations, a 'Lock Time Indicator' is added. The end of an epoch is indicated by an empty line. 1374 1375 A valid 'Lock Time Indicator' is only presented for observations from RTCM Version 3 streams. The parameter provides a measure of the amount of time that has elapsed during which the receiver has maintained continuous lock on that satellite signal. If a cycle slip occurs during the previous measurement cycle, the lock indicator will be reset to Zero. In case of observations from RTCM Version 2 streams, the 'Lock Time Indicator' is always set to '-1'. 1376 1377 :numref:`Table %s <tab_FEED_ENGINE>` describes the format of BNC's synchronized output of GNSS observations which consists of 'Epoch Records' and 'Observation Records'. Each Epoch Record is followed by one or more Observation Records. The Observation Record is repeated for each satellite having been observed in the current epoch. The length of an Observation Record is given by the number of observation types for this satellite. 1378 1379 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{0.32\textwidth}|p{0.3\textwidth}|p{0.3\textwidth}| 1371 BNC can produce synchronized or unsynchronized observations epoch by epoch from all stations and satellites to feed a real-time GNSS network engine. Observations can be streamed out through an IP port and/or saved in a file. The output is always in the same plain ASCII format and sorted per incoming stream. 1372 1373 Each epoch in the synchronized output begins with a line containing the GPS Week Number and the seconds within the GPS Week. Following lines begin with the mountpoint string of the stream which provides the observations followed by a satellite number. Specifications for satellite number, code, phase, Doppler and signal strength data follow definitions presented in the RINEX Version 3 documentation. In case of phase observations, a 'Lock Time Indicator' is added. The end of an epoch is indicated by an empty line. 1374 1375 A valid 'Lock Time Indicator' is only presented for observations from RTCM Version 3 streams. The parameter provides a measure of the amount of time that has elapsed during which the receiver has maintained continuous lock on that satellite signal. If a cycle slip occurs during the previous measurement cycle, the lock indicator will be reset to Zero. In case of observations from RTCM Version 2 streams, the 'Lock Time Indicator' is always set to '-1'. 1376 1377 :numref:`Table %s <tab_FEED_ENGINE>` describes the format of BNC's synchronized output of GNSS observations which consists of 'Epoch Records' and 'Observation Records'. Each Epoch Record is followed by one or more Observation Records. The Observation Record is repeated for each satellite having been observed in the current epoch. The length of an Observation Record is given by the number of observation types for this satellite. 1378 1379 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{0.32\textwidth}|p{0.3\textwidth}|p{0.3\textwidth}| 1380 1380 1381 1381 .. _tab_FEED_ENGINE: … … 1394 1394 Satellite Number G01 1X,A3 1395 1395 1396 *Pseudo-Range Data* 1396 *Pseudo-Range Data* 1397 1397 Observation Code C1C 1X,A3 1398 1398 Pseudo-Range Observation 25394034.112 1X,F14.3 … … 1451 1451 ... 1452 1452 1453 The source code for BNC comes with a Perl script named 'test\_tcpip\_client.pl' that allows to read BNC's (synchronized or unsynchronized) ASCII observation output from the IP port and print it on standard output for verification. 1454 1455 Note that any socket connection of an application to BNC's synchronized or unsynchronized observation ports is recorded in the 'Log' tab on the bottom of the main window together with a connection counter, resulting in log records like 'New client connection on sync/usync port: # 1'. 1456 1457 The following figure shows the screenshot of a BNC configuration where a number of streams is pulled from different Ntrip Broadcasters to feed a GNSS engine via IP port output. 1453 The source code for BNC comes with a Perl script named 'test\_tcpip\_client.pl' that allows to read BNC's (synchronized or unsynchronized) ASCII observation output from the IP port and print it on standard output for verification. 1454 1455 Note that any socket connection of an application to BNC's synchronized or unsynchronized observation ports is recorded in the 'Log' tab on the bottom of the main window together with a connection counter, resulting in log records like 'New client connection on sync/usync port: # 1'. 1456 1457 The following figure shows the screenshot of a BNC configuration where a number of streams is pulled from different Ntrip Broadcasters to feed a GNSS engine via IP port output. 1458 1458 1459 1459 .. _fig_18: … … 1471 1471 ---------------------------------------------------- 1472 1472 1473 When feeding a real-time GNSS network engine waiting for synchronized observations epoch by epoch, BNC drops whatever is received later than 'Wait for full obs epoch' seconds. A value of 3 to 5 seconds could be an appropriate choice for that, depending on the latency of the incoming streams and the delay acceptable for your real-time GNSS product. Default value for 'Wait for full obs epoch' is 5 seconds. 1474 1475 Note that 'Wait for full obs epoch' does not affect the RINEX Observation file content. Observations received later than 'Wait for full obs epoch' seconds will still be included in the RINEX Observation files. 1473 When feeding a real-time GNSS network engine waiting for synchronized observations epoch by epoch, BNC drops whatever is received later than 'Wait for full obs epoch' seconds. A value of 3 to 5 seconds could be an appropriate choice for that, depending on the latency of the incoming streams and the delay acceptable for your real-time GNSS product. Default value for 'Wait for full obs epoch' is 5 seconds. 1474 1475 Note that 'Wait for full obs epoch' does not affect the RINEX Observation file content. Observations received later than 'Wait for full obs epoch' seconds will still be included in the RINEX Observation files. 1476 1476 1477 1477 Sampling - mandatory if 'File' or 'Port' is set 1478 1478 ----------------------------------------------- 1479 1479 1480 Select a synchronized observation output sampling interval in seconds. A value of zero '0' tells BNC to send/store all received epochs. This is the default value. 1480 Select a synchronized observation output sampling interval in seconds. A value of zero '0' tells BNC to send/store all received epochs. This is the default value. 1481 1481 1482 1482 File - optional 1483 1483 --------------- 1484 1484 1485 Specify the full path to a 'File' where synchronized observations are saved in plain ASCII format. The default value is an empty option field, meaning that no ASCII output file is created. 1486 1487 Beware that the size of this file can rapidly increase depending on the number of incoming streams. To prevent it from becoming too large, the name of the file can be changed on-the-fly. This option is primarily meant for test and evaluation. 1485 Specify the full path to a 'File' where synchronized observations are saved in plain ASCII format. The default value is an empty option field, meaning that no ASCII output file is created. 1486 1487 Beware that the size of this file can rapidly increase depending on the number of incoming streams. To prevent it from becoming too large, the name of the file can be changed on-the-fly. This option is primarily meant for test and evaluation. 1488 1488 1489 1489 Port (unsynchronized) - optional 1490 1490 -------------------------------- 1491 1491 1492 BNC can produce unsynchronized observations from all configured streams in ASCII format on your local host (IP 127.0.0.1) through an IP 'Port'. Unsynchronized means that BNC immediately forwards any received observation to the port. Nevertheless, the output is produced block-wise per stream. Specify an IP port number here to activate this function. The default is an empty option field, meaning that no unsynchronized output is generated. 1493 1494 The following is an example for unsynchronized IP port output which presents observations from GPS and GLONASS as collected through stream WTZR0. The format for synchronized and unsynchronized output of observations is very much the same. However, unsynchronized output does not have 'Epoch Records' and 'Observation Records'. Instead each record contains the 'GPS Week Number' and 'GPS Second of Week' time tag between the mountpoint string and the satellite number, see :numref:`Table %s <tab_FEED_ENGINE>` for format details. 1492 BNC can produce unsynchronized observations from all configured streams in ASCII format on your local host (IP 127.0.0.1) through an IP 'Port'. Unsynchronized means that BNC immediately forwards any received observation to the port. Nevertheless, the output is produced block-wise per stream. Specify an IP port number here to activate this function. The default is an empty option field, meaning that no unsynchronized output is generated. 1493 1494 The following is an example for unsynchronized IP port output which presents observations from GPS and GLONASS as collected through stream WTZR0. The format for synchronized and unsynchronized output of observations is very much the same. However, unsynchronized output does not have 'Epoch Records' and 'Observation Records'. Instead each record contains the 'GPS Week Number' and 'GPS Second of Week' time tag between the mountpoint string and the satellite number, see :numref:`Table %s <tab_FEED_ENGINE>` for format details. 1495 1495 1496 1496 .. code-block:: console … … 1506 1506 1507 1507 .. index:: Serial output 1508 1508 1509 1509 Serial output 1510 1510 ============= 1511 1511 1512 You may use BNC to feed a serially connected device like a GNSS receiver. For that, an incoming stream can be forwarded to a serial port. Depending on the stream content, the receiver may use it for Differential GNSS, Precise Point Positioning or any other purpose supported by its firmware. Note that receiving a VRS stream requires the receiver sending NMEA sentences (option 'NMEA' set to 'Manual' or 'Auto') to the Ntrip Broadcaster. :numref:`Fig. %s <fig_19>` shows the data flow when pulling a VRS stream or a physical (non-VRS) stream. 1512 You may use BNC to feed a serially connected device like a GNSS receiver. For that, an incoming stream can be forwarded to a serial port. Depending on the stream content, the receiver may use it for Differential GNSS, Precise Point Positioning or any other purpose supported by its firmware. Note that receiving a VRS stream requires the receiver sending NMEA sentences (option 'NMEA' set to 'Manual' or 'Auto') to the Ntrip Broadcaster. :numref:`Fig. %s <fig_19>` shows the data flow when pulling a VRS stream or a physical (non-VRS) stream. 1513 1513 1514 1514 .. _fig_19: … … 1518 1518 Flowcharts, BNC forwarding a stream to a serially connected receiver; sending NMEA sentences is mandatory for VRS streams 1519 1519 1520 :numref:`Fig. %s <fig_20>` shows the screenshot of an example situation where BNC pulls a VRS stream from an Ntrip Broadcaster to feed a serially connected RTK rover. 1520 :numref:`Fig. %s <fig_20>` shows the screenshot of an example situation where BNC pulls a VRS stream from an Ntrip Broadcaster to feed a serially connected RTK rover. 1521 1521 1522 1522 .. _fig_20: … … 1525 1525 1526 1526 BNC pulling a VRS stream to feed a serially connected RTK rover 1527 1527 1528 1528 Mountpoint - optional 1529 1529 --------------------- 1530 1530 1531 Enter a 'Mountpoint' to forward its corresponding stream to a serially connected GNSS receiver. When selecting one of the serial communication options listed below, make sure that you pick those configured to the serially connected receiver. 1531 Enter a 'Mountpoint' to forward its corresponding stream to a serially connected GNSS receiver. When selecting one of the serial communication options listed below, make sure that you pick those configured to the serially connected receiver. 1532 1532 1533 1533 Port Name - mandatory if 'Mountpoint' is set … … 1536 1536 Enter the serial 'Port name' selected on your host for communication with the serially connected receiver. Valid port names are summarized in :numref:`Table %s <tab_PORT_NAMES>`. 1537 1537 1538 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{0.3\textwidth}|p{0.62\textwidth}| 1538 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{0.3\textwidth}|p{0.62\textwidth}| 1539 1539 1540 1540 .. _tab_PORT_NAMES: … … 1553 1553 ================= ====================== 1554 1554 1555 Note that you must plug a serial cable in the port defined here before you start BNC. 1556 1555 Note that you must plug a serial cable in the port defined here before you start BNC. 1556 1557 1557 Baud Rate - mandatory if 'Mountpoint' is set 1558 1558 -------------------------------------------- 1559 1559 1560 Select a 'Baud rate' for the serial output link. Note that using a high baud rate is recommended. 1561 1560 Select a 'Baud rate' for the serial output link. Note that using a high baud rate is recommended. 1561 1562 1562 Flow Control - mandatory if 'Mountpoint' is set 1563 1563 ----------------------------------------------- 1564 1564 1565 Select a 'Flow control' for the serial output link. Note that your selection must equal the flow control configured to the serially connected device. Select 'OFF' if you do not know better. 1565 Select a 'Flow control' for the serial output link. Note that your selection must equal the flow control configured to the serially connected device. Select 'OFF' if you do not know better. 1566 1566 1567 1567 Parity - mandatory if 'Mountpoint' is set 1568 1568 ----------------------------------------- 1569 1569 1570 Select the 'Parity' for the serial output link. Note that parity is often set to 'NONE'. 1570 Select the 'Parity' for the serial output link. Note that parity is often set to 'NONE'. 1571 1571 1572 1572 Data Bits - mandatory if 'Mountpoint' is set 1573 1573 -------------------------------------------- 1574 1574 1575 Select the number of 'Data bits' for the serial output link. Note that often '8' data bits are used. 1575 Select the number of 'Data bits' for the serial output link. Note that often '8' data bits are used. 1576 1576 1577 1577 Stop Bits - mandatory if 'Mountpoint' is set 1578 1578 -------------------------------------------- 1579 1579 1580 Select the number of 'Stop bits' for the serial output link. Note that often '1' stop bit is used. 1580 Select the number of 'Stop bits' for the serial output link. Note that often '1' stop bit is used. 1581 1581 1582 1582 NMEA - mandatory if 'Mountpoint' is set 1583 1583 --------------------------------------- 1584 1584 1585 The 'NMEA' option supports the so-called 'Virtual Reference Station' (VRS) concept which requires the receiver to send approximate position information to the Ntrip Broadcaster. Select 'no' if you do not want BNC to forward or upload any NMEA sentence to the Ntrip broadcaster in support of VRS. 1586 1587 Select 'Auto' to automatically forward NMEA sentences of type GGA from your serially connected receiver to the Ntrip broadcaster and/or save them in a file. 1588 1589 Select 'Manual GPGGA' or 'Manual GNGGA' if you want BNC to produce and upload GPGGA or GNGGA NMEA sentences to the Ntrip broadcaster because your serially connected receiver does not generate them. A Talker ID 'GP' proceeding the GGA string stands for GPS solutions while a Talker ID 'GN' stands for multi-constellation solutions. 1590 1591 Note that selecting 'Auto' or 'Manual' works only for VRS streams which show up under the 'Streams' canvas on BNC's main window with 'nmea' stream attribute set to 'yes'. This attribute is either extracted from the Ntrip broadcaster's source-table or introduced by the user through editing the BNC configuration file. 1585 The 'NMEA' option supports the so-called 'Virtual Reference Station' (VRS) concept which requires the receiver to send approximate position information to the Ntrip Broadcaster. Select 'no' if you do not want BNC to forward or upload any NMEA sentence to the Ntrip broadcaster in support of VRS. 1586 1587 Select 'Auto' to automatically forward NMEA sentences of type GGA from your serially connected receiver to the Ntrip broadcaster and/or save them in a file. 1588 1589 Select 'Manual GPGGA' or 'Manual GNGGA' if you want BNC to produce and upload GPGGA or GNGGA NMEA sentences to the Ntrip broadcaster because your serially connected receiver does not generate them. A Talker ID 'GP' proceeding the GGA string stands for GPS solutions while a Talker ID 'GN' stands for multi-constellation solutions. 1590 1591 Note that selecting 'Auto' or 'Manual' works only for VRS streams which show up under the 'Streams' canvas on BNC's main window with 'nmea' stream attribute set to 'yes'. This attribute is either extracted from the Ntrip broadcaster's source-table or introduced by the user through editing the BNC configuration file. 1592 1592 1593 1593 File - optional if 'NMEA' is set to 'Auto' 1594 1594 ------------------------------------------ 1595 1595 1596 Specify the full path to a file where NMEA sentences coming from your serially connected receiver are saved. Default is an empty option field, meaning that no NMEA sentences will be saved on disk. 1596 Specify the full path to a file where NMEA sentences coming from your serially connected receiver are saved. Default is an empty option field, meaning that no NMEA sentences will be saved on disk. 1597 1597 1598 1598 Height - mandatory if 'NMEA' is set to 'Manual' 1599 1599 ----------------------------------------------- 1600 1600 1601 Specify an approximate 'Height' above mean sea level in meters for the reference station introduced through 'Mountpoint'. Together with the latitude and longitude from the Ntrip broadcaster source-table, the height information is used to build GGA sentences to be sent to the Ntrip broadcaster. 1602 1603 For adjusting latitude and longitude values of a VRS stream given in the 'Streams' canvas, you can double click the latitude/longitude data fields, specify appropriate values and then hit Enter. 1604 1605 This option is only relevant when option 'NMEA' is set to 'Manual GPGGA' or 'Manual GNGGA' respectively. 1601 Specify an approximate 'Height' above mean sea level in meters for the reference station introduced through 'Mountpoint'. Together with the latitude and longitude from the Ntrip broadcaster source-table, the height information is used to build GGA sentences to be sent to the Ntrip broadcaster. 1602 1603 For adjusting latitude and longitude values of a VRS stream given in the 'Streams' canvas, you can double click the latitude/longitude data fields, specify appropriate values and then hit Enter. 1604 1605 This option is only relevant when option 'NMEA' is set to 'Manual GPGGA' or 'Manual GNGGA' respectively. 1606 1606 1607 1607 Sampling - mandatory if 'NMEA' is set to 'Manual' 1608 1608 ------------------------------------------------- 1609 1609 1610 Select a sampling interval in seconds for manual generation and upload of NMEA GGA sentences. 1611 1612 A sampling rate of '0' means that a GGA sentence will be sent only once to initialize the requested VRS stream. Note that some VRS systems need GGA sentences at regular intervals. 1610 Select a sampling interval in seconds for manual generation and upload of NMEA GGA sentences. 1611 1612 A sampling rate of '0' means that a GGA sentence will be sent only once to initialize the requested VRS stream. Note that some VRS systems need GGA sentences at regular intervals. 1613 1613 1614 1614 .. index:: Stream outages, Stream corruption … … 1617 1617 ======= 1618 1618 1619 At any time an incoming stream might become unavailable or corrupted. In such cases, it is important that the BNC operator and/or the stream providers become aware of the situation so that measures can be taken to restore the stream. Furthermore, continuous attempts to decode a corrupted stream can generate unnecessary workload for BNC. Outages and corruptions are handled by BNC as follows: 1620 1621 Stream outages: BNC considers a connection to be broken when there are no incoming data detected for more than 20 seconds. When this occurs, BNC will try to reconnect at a decreasing rate. It will first try to reconnect with 1 second delay and again in 2 seconds if the previous attempt failed. If the attempt is still unsuccessful, it will try to reconnect within 4 seconds after the previous attempt and so on. The waiting time doubles each time with a maximum of 256 seconds. 1622 1623 Stream corruption: Not all chunks of bits transferred to BNC's internal decoder may return valid observations. Sometimes several chunks might be needed before the next observation can be properly decoded. BNC buffers all outputs (both valid and invalid) from the decoder for a short time span (size derived from the expected 'Observation rate') to then determine whether a stream is valid or corrupted. 1624 1625 Outage and corruption events are reported in the 'Log' tab. They can also be passed on as parameters to a shell script or batch file to generate an advisory note to BNC's operator or affected stream providers. This functionality lets users utilize BNC as a real-time performance monitor and alarm system for a network of GNSS reference stations, see :numref:`Fig. %s <fig_20b>` for an example setup. 1619 At any time an incoming stream might become unavailable or corrupted. In such cases, it is important that the BNC operator and/or the stream providers become aware of the situation so that measures can be taken to restore the stream. Furthermore, continuous attempts to decode a corrupted stream can generate unnecessary workload for BNC. Outages and corruptions are handled by BNC as follows: 1620 1621 Stream outages: BNC considers a connection to be broken when there are no incoming data detected for more than 20 seconds. When this occurs, BNC will try to reconnect at a decreasing rate. It will first try to reconnect with 1 second delay and again in 2 seconds if the previous attempt failed. If the attempt is still unsuccessful, it will try to reconnect within 4 seconds after the previous attempt and so on. The waiting time doubles each time with a maximum of 256 seconds. 1622 1623 Stream corruption: Not all chunks of bits transferred to BNC's internal decoder may return valid observations. Sometimes several chunks might be needed before the next observation can be properly decoded. BNC buffers all outputs (both valid and invalid) from the decoder for a short time span (size derived from the expected 'Observation rate') to then determine whether a stream is valid or corrupted. 1624 1625 Outage and corruption events are reported in the 'Log' tab. They can also be passed on as parameters to a shell script or batch file to generate an advisory note to BNC's operator or affected stream providers. This functionality lets users utilize BNC as a real-time performance monitor and alarm system for a network of GNSS reference stations, see :numref:`Fig. %s <fig_20b>` for an example setup. 1626 1626 1627 1627 .. _fig_20b: … … 1636 1636 BNC can collect all returns (success or failure) coming from a decoder within a certain short time span to then decide whether a stream has an outage or its content is corrupted. This procedure needs a rough a priori estimate of the expected observation rate of the incoming streams. 1637 1637 1638 An empty option field (default) means that you do not want explicit information from BNC about stream outages and incoming streams that cannot be decoded. 1638 An empty option field (default) means that you do not want explicit information from BNC about stream outages and incoming streams that cannot be decoded. 1639 1639 1640 1640 Failure Threshold - mandatory if 'Observation rate' is set 1641 1641 ---------------------------------------------------------- 1642 1642 1643 Event 'Begin_Failure' will be reported if no data is received continuously for longer than the 'Failure threshold' time. Similarly, event 'Begin_Corrupted' will be reported when corrupted data is detected by the decoder continuously for longer than this 'Failure threshold' time. The default value is set to 15 minutes and is recommended as to not inundate users with too many event reports. 1644 1645 Note that specifying a value of zero '0' for the 'Failure threshold' will force BNC to report any stream failure immediately. Note also that for using this function you need to specify the 'Observation rate'. 1643 Event 'Begin_Failure' will be reported if no data is received continuously for longer than the 'Failure threshold' time. Similarly, event 'Begin_Corrupted' will be reported when corrupted data is detected by the decoder continuously for longer than this 'Failure threshold' time. The default value is set to 15 minutes and is recommended as to not inundate users with too many event reports. 1644 1645 Note that specifying a value of zero '0' for the 'Failure threshold' will force BNC to report any stream failure immediately. Note also that for using this function you need to specify the 'Observation rate'. 1646 1646 1647 1647 Recovery Threshold - mandatory if 'Observation rate' is set 1648 1648 ----------------------------------------------------------- 1649 1649 1650 Once a 'Begin_Failure' or 'Begin_Corrupted' event has been reported, BNC will check when the stream again becomes available or uncorrupted. Event 'End_Failure' or 'End_Corrupted' will be reported as soon as valid observations are detected continuously throughout the 'Recovery threshold' time span. The default value is set to 5 minutes and is recommended as to not inundate users with too many event reports. 1651 1652 Note that specifying a value of zero '0' for the 'Recovery threshold' will force BNC to report any stream recovery immediately. Note also that for using this function you need to specify the 'Observation rate'. 1650 Once a 'Begin_Failure' or 'Begin_Corrupted' event has been reported, BNC will check when the stream again becomes available or uncorrupted. Event 'End_Failure' or 'End_Corrupted' will be reported as soon as valid observations are detected continuously throughout the 'Recovery threshold' time span. The default value is set to 5 minutes and is recommended as to not inundate users with too many event reports. 1651 1652 Note that specifying a value of zero '0' for the 'Recovery threshold' will force BNC to report any stream recovery immediately. Note also that for using this function you need to specify the 'Observation rate'. 1653 1653 1654 1654 Script - optional if 'Observation rate' is set 1655 1655 ---------------------------------------------- 1656 1656 1657 As mentioned before, BNC can trigger a shell script or a batch file to be executed when one of the described events is reported. This script can be used to email an advisory note to network operator or stream providers. To enable this feature, specify the full path to the script or batch file in the 'Script' field. The affected stream's mountpoint and type of event reported ('Begin_Outage', 'End_Outage', 'Begin_Corrupted' or 'End_Corrupted') will then be passed on to the script as command line parameters (%1 and %2 on Windows systems or $1 and $2 on Unix/Linux/Mac OS X systems) together with date and time information. 1658 1659 Leave the 'Script' field empty if you do not wish to use this option. An invalid path will also disable this option. 1657 As mentioned before, BNC can trigger a shell script or a batch file to be executed when one of the described events is reported. This script can be used to email an advisory note to network operator or stream providers. To enable this feature, specify the full path to the script or batch file in the 'Script' field. The affected stream's mountpoint and type of event reported ('Begin_Outage', 'End_Outage', 'Begin_Corrupted' or 'End_Corrupted') will then be passed on to the script as command line parameters (%1 and %2 on Windows systems or $1 and $2 on Unix/Linux/Mac OS X systems) together with date and time information. 1658 1659 Leave the 'Script' field empty if you do not wish to use this option. An invalid path will also disable this option. 1660 1660 1661 1661 Examples for command line parameter strings passed on to the advisory 'Script' are: … … 1666 1666 FFMJ0 End_Outage 08-02-21 11:36:02 Begin was 08-02-21 09:25:59 1667 1667 1668 Sample script for Unix/Linux/Mac OS X systems: 1668 Sample script for Unix/Linux/Mac OS X systems: 1669 1669 1670 1670 .. code-block:: none … … 1680 1680 mail -s "NABU: $1" email@address < mail.txt 1681 1681 1682 Note the sleep command in this script, which causes the system to wait for a random period of up to 60 seconds before sending the email. This should avoid overloading your mail server in case of a simultaneous failure of many streams. 1682 Note the sleep command in this script, which causes the system to wait for a random period of up to 60 seconds before sending the email. This should avoid overloading your mail server in case of a simultaneous failure of many streams. 1683 1683 1684 1684 Miscellaneous 1685 1685 ============= 1686 1686 1687 This section describes several miscellaneous options which can be applied to a single stream (mountpoint) or to all configured streams. :numref:`Fig. %s <fig_21>` shows RTCM message numbers and observation types contained in stream 'CUT07' and the message latencies recorded every 2 seconds. 1687 This section describes several miscellaneous options which can be applied to a single stream (mountpoint) or to all configured streams. :numref:`Fig. %s <fig_21>` shows RTCM message numbers and observation types contained in stream 'CUT07' and the message latencies recorded every 2 seconds. 1688 1688 1689 1689 .. _fig_21: … … 1692 1692 1693 1693 RTCM message numbers, latencies and observation types logged by BNC 1694 1694 1695 1695 Mountpoint - optional 1696 1696 --------------------- 1697 1697 1698 Specify a mountpoint to apply one or several of the 'Miscellaneous' options to the corresponding stream. Enter 'ALL' if you want to apply these options to all configured streams. An empty option field (default) means that you do not want BNC to apply any of these options. 1698 Specify a mountpoint to apply one or several of the 'Miscellaneous' options to the corresponding stream. Enter 'ALL' if you want to apply these options to all configured streams. An empty option field (default) means that you do not want BNC to apply any of these options. 1699 1699 1700 1700 Log Latency - optional 1701 1701 ---------------------- 1702 1702 1703 BNC can average latencies per stream over a certain period of GPS time, the 'Log latency' interval. Mean latencies are calculated from the individual latencies of one (first incoming) observation or Broadcast Correction per second. The mean latencies are then saved in BNC's logfile. Note that computing correct latencies requires the clock of the host computer to be properly synchronized. Note further that visualized latencies from the 'Latency' tab on the bottom of the main window represent individual latencies and not the mean latencies for the logfile. 1703 BNC can average latencies per stream over a certain period of GPS time, the 'Log latency' interval. Mean latencies are calculated from the individual latencies of one (first incoming) observation or Broadcast Correction per second. The mean latencies are then saved in BNC's logfile. Note that computing correct latencies requires the clock of the host computer to be properly synchronized. Note further that visualized latencies from the 'Latency' tab on the bottom of the main window represent individual latencies and not the mean latencies for the logfile. 1704 1704 1705 1705 .. index:: Latency monitoring … … 1708 1708 ^^^^^^^ 1709 1709 1710 Latency is defined in BNC by 1710 Latency is defined in BNC by 1711 1711 1712 1712 .. math:: … … 1714 1714 l = t_{UTC} - t_{GPS} + t_{leap} 1715 1715 1716 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{0.3\textwidth}|p{0.62\textwidth}| 1716 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{0.3\textwidth}|p{0.62\textwidth}| 1717 1717 1718 1718 with latency :math:`l`, UTC time provided by BNC's host :math:`t_{UTC}`, GPS time of currently processed epoch :math:`t_{GPS}` and Leap seconds between UTC and GPS time :math:`t_{leap}`. … … 1723 1723 ^^^^^^^^^^ 1724 1724 1725 BNC counts the number of GPS seconds covered by at least one observation. It also estimates an observation rate (independent from the a priori specified 'Observation rate') from all observations received throughout the first full 'Log latency' interval. Based on this rate, BNC estimates the number of data gaps when appearing in subsequent intervals. 1726 1727 Latencies of observations or corrections to Broadcast Ephemeris and statistical information can be recorded in the 'Log' tab at the end of each 'Log latency' interval. A typical output from a 1 hour 'Log latency' interval would be: 1725 BNC counts the number of GPS seconds covered by at least one observation. It also estimates an observation rate (independent from the a priori specified 'Observation rate') from all observations received throughout the first full 'Log latency' interval. Based on this rate, BNC estimates the number of data gaps when appearing in subsequent intervals. 1726 1727 Latencies of observations or corrections to Broadcast Ephemeris and statistical information can be recorded in the 'Log' tab at the end of each 'Log latency' interval. A typical output from a 1 hour 'Log latency' interval would be: 1728 1728 1729 1729 .. code-block:: console … … 1731 1731 08-03-17 15:59:47 BRUS0: Mean latency 1.47 sec, min 0.66, max 3.02, rms 0.35, 3585 epochs, 15 gaps 1732 1732 1733 Select a 'Log latency' interval to activate this function or select the empty option field if you do not want BNC to log latencies and statistical information. 1734 1733 Select a 'Log latency' interval to activate this function or select the empty option field if you do not want BNC to log latencies and statistical information. 1734 1735 1735 Scan RTCM - optional 1736 1736 -------------------- 1737 1737 1738 When configuring a GNSS receiver for RTCM stream generation, the firmware's setup interface may not provide details about RTCM message types and observation types. As reliable information concerning stream content should be available e.g. for Ntrip Broadcaster operators to maintain the broadcaster's source-table, BNC allows to scan RTCM streams for incoming message types and printout some of the contained meta-data. Contained observation types are also printed because such information is required a priori for the conversion of RTCM Version 3 MSM streams to RINEX Version 3 files. The idea for this option arose from 'inspectRTCM', a comprehensive stream analyzing tool written by D. Stöcker. 1739 1740 Tick 'Scan RTCM' to scan RTCM Version 2 or 3 streams and log all contained 1738 When configuring a GNSS receiver for RTCM stream generation, the firmware's setup interface may not provide details about RTCM message types and observation types. As reliable information concerning stream content should be available e.g. for Ntrip Broadcaster operators to maintain the broadcaster's source-table, BNC allows to scan RTCM streams for incoming message types and printout some of the contained meta-data. Contained observation types are also printed because such information is required a priori for the conversion of RTCM Version 3 MSM streams to RINEX Version 3 files. The idea for this option arose from 'inspectRTCM', a comprehensive stream analyzing tool written by D. Stöcker. 1739 1740 Tick 'Scan RTCM' to scan RTCM Version 2 or 3 streams and log all contained 1741 1741 1742 1742 * Numbers of incoming message types … … 1746 1746 * Antenna descriptor. 1747 1747 1748 In case of RTCM Version 3 streams the output includes 1749 1748 In case of RTCM Version 3 streams the output includes 1749 1750 1750 * RINEX Version 3 Observation types 1751 1751 1752 Note that in RTCM Version 2 message types 18 and 19 carry only the observables of one frequency. Hence it needs two type 18 and 19 messages per epoch to transport observations from dual frequency receivers. 1753 1754 Please note further that RTCM Version 3 message types 1084 for GLONASS do not contain GLONASS channel numbers. Observations from these messages can only be decoded when you include 1020 GLONASS ephemeris messages to your stream which contain the channels. You could also consider adding a second stream carrying 1087 GLONASS observation messages or 1020 GLONASS ephemeris messages as both contain the GLONASS channel numbers. 1755 1756 Logged time stamps refer to message reception time and allow understanding repetition rates. Enter 'ALL' if you want to log this information from all configured streams. Beware that the size of the logfile can rapidly increase depending on the number of incoming RTCM streams. 1757 1758 This option is primarily meant for test and evaluation. Use it to figure out what exactly is produced by a specific GNSS receiver's configuration. An empty option field (default) means that you do not want BNC to print message type numbers and antenna information carried in RTCM streams. 1752 Note that in RTCM Version 2 message types 18 and 19 carry only the observables of one frequency. Hence it needs two type 18 and 19 messages per epoch to transport observations from dual frequency receivers. 1753 1754 Please note further that RTCM Version 3 message types 1084 for GLONASS do not contain GLONASS channel numbers. Observations from these messages can only be decoded when you include 1020 GLONASS ephemeris messages to your stream which contain the channels. You could also consider adding a second stream carrying 1087 GLONASS observation messages or 1020 GLONASS ephemeris messages as both contain the GLONASS channel numbers. 1755 1756 Logged time stamps refer to message reception time and allow understanding repetition rates. Enter 'ALL' if you want to log this information from all configured streams. Beware that the size of the logfile can rapidly increase depending on the number of incoming RTCM streams. 1757 1758 This option is primarily meant for test and evaluation. Use it to figure out what exactly is produced by a specific GNSS receiver's configuration. An empty option field (default) means that you do not want BNC to print message type numbers and antenna information carried in RTCM streams. 1759 1759 1760 1760 Port - optional 1761 1761 --------------- 1762 1762 1763 BNC can output streams related to the above specified 'Mountpoint' through a TCP/IP port of your local host. Enter a port number to activate this function. The stream content remains untouched. BNC does not decode or reformat the data for this output. Be careful when keyword 'ALL' is specified as 'Mountpoint' for involving all incoming streams together because the affiliation of data to certain streams gets lost in the output. An empty option field (default) means that you do not want BNC to apply the TCP/IP port output option. 1763 BNC can output streams related to the above specified 'Mountpoint' through a TCP/IP port of your local host. Enter a port number to activate this function. The stream content remains untouched. BNC does not decode or reformat the data for this output. Be careful when keyword 'ALL' is specified as 'Mountpoint' for involving all incoming streams together because the affiliation of data to certain streams gets lost in the output. An empty option field (default) means that you do not want BNC to apply the TCP/IP port output option. 1764 1764 1765 1765 .. index:: PPP client … … 1768 1768 ========== 1769 1769 1770 BNC can derive coordinates for rover positions following the Precise Point Positioning (PPP) approach. It uses code or code plus phase data from one or more GNSS systems in ionosphere-free linear combinations P3, L3, or P3&L3. Besides pulling streams of observations from a dual frequency GNSS receiver, this 1770 BNC can derive coordinates for rover positions following the Precise Point Positioning (PPP) approach. It uses code or code plus phase data from one or more GNSS systems in ionosphere-free linear combinations P3, L3, or P3&L3. Besides pulling streams of observations from a dual frequency GNSS receiver, this 1771 1771 1772 1772 * Requires pulling in addition a stream carrying satellite orbit and clock corrections to Broadcast Ephemeris in the form of RTCM Version 3 'State Space Representation' (SSR) messages. Note that for BNC these Broadcast Corrections need to be referred to the satellite's Antenna Phase Center (APC). Streams providing such messages are listed on (http://igs.bkg.bund.de/ntrip/orbits) :cite:`caissy2012a`. Stream 'CLK11' on Ntrip Broadcaster 'products.igs-ip.net:2101' is an example. 1773 1773 * May require pulling a stream carrying Broadcast Ephemeris available as RTCM Version 3 message types 1019, 1020, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046 and 63 (tentative). This becomes a must only when the stream coming from the receiver does not contain Broadcast Ephemeris or provides them only at very low repetition rate. Streams providing such messages are listed on http://igs.bkg.bund.de/ntrip/ephemeris. Stream 'RTCM3EPH' on caster 'products.igs-ip.net:2101' is an example. 1774 1774 1775 Note that Broadcast Ephemeris parameters pass a plausibility check in BNC which allows to ignore incorrect or outdated ephemeris data when necessary, leaving a note 'WRONG EPHEMERIS' or 'OUTDATED EPHEMERIS' in the logfile. 1775 Note that Broadcast Ephemeris parameters pass a plausibility check in BNC which allows to ignore incorrect or outdated ephemeris data when necessary, leaving a note 'WRONG EPHEMERIS' or 'OUTDATED EPHEMERIS' in the logfile. 1776 1776 1777 1777 When using the PPP option, it is important to understand which effects are corrected by BNC: … … 1784 1784 * Rotational deformation due to polar motion (Polar Tides) is not corrected because this is a small effect usually less than 2 centimeters. 1785 1785 1786 The provider of an orbit/clock correction stream may switch with his service at any time from a duty to a backup server installation. This shall be noted in the SSR stream through a change of the Issue Of Data (IOD SSR) parameter. The PPP option in BNC will immediately reset all ambiguities in such a situation. 1786 The provider of an orbit/clock correction stream may switch with his service at any time from a duty to a backup server installation. This shall be noted in the SSR stream through a change of the Issue Of Data (IOD SSR) parameter. The PPP option in BNC will immediately reset all ambiguities in such a situation. 1787 1787 1788 1788 PPP options are specified in BNC through the following four panels: … … 1798 1798 ------------------------- 1799 1799 1800 This panel provides options for specifying the input and output streams and files required by BNC for real-time or post processing PPP, see :numref:`Fig. %s <fig_22>` for an example screenshot. 1800 This panel provides options for specifying the input and output streams and files required by BNC for real-time or post processing PPP, see :numref:`Fig. %s <fig_22>` for an example screenshot. 1801 1801 1802 1802 .. _fig_22: … … 1805 1805 1806 1806 Real-time Precise Point Positioning with BNC, PPP Panel 1 1807 1807 1808 1808 Data Source - optional 1809 1809 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 1810 1810 1811 Choose between input from 'Real-time Streams' or 'RINEX Files' for PPP with BNC in real-time or post processing mode. 1811 Choose between input from 'Real-time Streams' or 'RINEX Files' for PPP with BNC in real-time or post processing mode. 1812 1812 1813 1813 Real-time Streams … … 1819 1819 """"""""""" 1820 1820 1821 This input mode allows to specify RINEX Observation, RINEX Navigation and Broadcast Correction files. BNC accepts RINEX Version 2 as well as RINEX Version 3 Observation or Navigation file formats. Files carrying Broadcast Corrections must have the format produced by BNC through the 'Broadcast Corrections' panel. Specifying only a RINEX Observation and a RINEX Navigation file and no Broadcast Correction file leads BNC to a 'Single Point Positioning' (SPP) solution. 1821 This input mode allows to specify RINEX Observation, RINEX Navigation and Broadcast Correction files. BNC accepts RINEX Version 2 as well as RINEX Version 3 Observation or Navigation file formats. Files carrying Broadcast Corrections must have the format produced by BNC through the 'Broadcast Corrections' panel. Specifying only a RINEX Observation and a RINEX Navigation file and no Broadcast Correction file leads BNC to a 'Single Point Positioning' (SPP) solution. 1822 1822 1823 1823 Debugging 1824 1824 """"""""" 1825 1825 1826 Note that for debugging purposes, BNC's real-time PPP functionality can also be used offline. Apply the 'File Mode' 'Command Line' option for that to read a file containing synchronized observations, orbit and clock correctors, and Broadcast Ephemeris. Example: 1826 Note that for debugging purposes, BNC's real-time PPP functionality can also be used offline. Apply the 'File Mode' 'Command Line' option for that to read a file containing synchronized observations, orbit and clock correctors, and Broadcast Ephemeris. Example: 1827 1827 1828 1828 .. code-block:: bat … … 1830 1830 bnc.exe --conf c:\temp\PPP.bnc --file c:\temp\RAW 1831 1831 1832 Such a file (here: 'RAW') must be saved beforehand using BNC's 'Raw output file' option. 1832 Such a file (here: 'RAW') must be saved beforehand using BNC's 'Raw output file' option. 1833 1833 1834 1834 RINEX Observation File - mandatory if 'Data source' is set to 'RINEX Files' 1835 1835 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 1836 1836 1837 Specify a RINEX Observation file. The file format can be RINEX Version 2 or RINEX Version 3. 1837 Specify a RINEX Observation file. The file format can be RINEX Version 2 or RINEX Version 3. 1838 1838 1839 1839 RINEX Navigation File - mandatory if 'Data source' is set to 'RINEX Files' 1840 1840 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 1841 1841 1842 Specify a RINEX Navigation file. The file format can be RINEX Version 2 or RINEX Version 3. 1842 Specify a RINEX Navigation file. The file format can be RINEX Version 2 or RINEX Version 3. 1843 1843 1844 1844 Corrections Stream - optional if 'Data source' is set to 'Real-Time Streams' 1845 1845 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 1846 1846 1847 Specify a Broadcast 'Corrections stream' from the list of selected 'Streams' you are pulling if you want BNC to correct your satellite ephemeris accordingly. Note that the stream's orbit and clock corrections must refer to the satellite Antenna Phase Center (APC). Streams providing such corrections are made available e.g. through the International GNSS Service (IGS) and listed on http://igs.bkg.bund.de/ntrip/orbits. The stream format must be RTCM Version 3 containing so-called SSR messages. Streams 'IGS03' and 'CLK11' supporting GPS plus GLONASS are examples. If you do not specify a 'Corrections stream', BNC will fall back from a PPP solution to a Single Point Positioning (SPP) solution. 1847 Specify a Broadcast 'Corrections stream' from the list of selected 'Streams' you are pulling if you want BNC to correct your satellite ephemeris accordingly. Note that the stream's orbit and clock corrections must refer to the satellite Antenna Phase Center (APC). Streams providing such corrections are made available e.g. through the International GNSS Service (IGS) and listed on http://igs.bkg.bund.de/ntrip/orbits. The stream format must be RTCM Version 3 containing so-called SSR messages. Streams 'IGS03' and 'CLK11' supporting GPS plus GLONASS are examples. If you do not specify a 'Corrections stream', BNC will fall back from a PPP solution to a Single Point Positioning (SPP) solution. 1848 1848 1849 1849 Corrections File - optional if 'Data source' is set to 'RINEX Files' 1850 1850 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 1851 1851 1852 Specify a Broadcast 'Corrections file' as saved beforehand using BNC. The file content is basically the ASCII representation of a RTCM Version 3 Broadcast Correction (SSR) stream. If you do not specify a 'Correction file', BNC will fall back from a PPP solution to a Single Point Positioning (SPP) solution. 1852 Specify a Broadcast 'Corrections file' as saved beforehand using BNC. The file content is basically the ASCII representation of a RTCM Version 3 Broadcast Correction (SSR) stream. If you do not specify a 'Correction file', BNC will fall back from a PPP solution to a Single Point Positioning (SPP) solution. 1853 1853 1854 1854 ANTEX File - optional 1855 1855 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 1856 1856 1857 IGS provides a file containing absolute phase center corrections for GNSS satellite and receiver antennas in ANTEX format. Entering the full path to such an ANTEX file is required for correcting observations in PPP for Antenna Phase Center offsets and variations. Note that for applying such corrections you need to specify the receiver's antenna name and radome in BNC's 'Coordinates file'. 1858 1859 Default value for 'ANTEX file' is an empty option field, meaning that you do not want to correct observations for Antenna Phase Center offsets and variations. 1857 IGS provides a file containing absolute phase center corrections for GNSS satellite and receiver antennas in ANTEX format. Entering the full path to such an ANTEX file is required for correcting observations in PPP for Antenna Phase Center offsets and variations. Note that for applying such corrections you need to specify the receiver's antenna name and radome in BNC's 'Coordinates file'. 1858 1859 Default value for 'ANTEX file' is an empty option field, meaning that you do not want to correct observations for Antenna Phase Center offsets and variations. 1860 1860 1861 1861 Coordinates File - optional 1862 1862 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 1863 1863 1864 Enter the full path to an ASCII file which specifies all observation streams or files from stationary or mobile receivers you possibly may want to process. Specifying a 'Coordinates file' is optional. If it exists, it should contain one record per stream or file with the following parameters separated by blank characters: 1864 Enter the full path to an ASCII file which specifies all observation streams or files from stationary or mobile receivers you possibly may want to process. Specifying a 'Coordinates file' is optional. If it exists, it should contain one record per stream or file with the following parameters separated by blank characters: 1865 1865 1866 1866 * Input data source, to be specified either through 1867 1867 1868 * the 'Mountpoint' of an RTCM stream (when in real-time PPP mode), or 1868 * the 'Mountpoint' of an RTCM stream (when in real-time PPP mode), or 1869 1869 * the first four characters of the RINEX observations file (when in post processing PPP mode). 1870 1870 1871 1871 Having at least this first parameter in each record is mandatory. 1872 1872 … … 1876 1876 Receiver's antenna name as defined in your ANTEX file (see below); Observations will be corrected for the Antenna Phase Center (APC) offsets and variations, which may result in a reduction of a few centimeters at max; the specified name must consist of 20 characters; add trailing blanks if the antenna name has less than 20 characters; examples: 1877 1877 1878 .. code-block:: console 1878 .. code-block:: console 1879 1879 1880 1880 'JPSREGANT_SD_E ' (no radome) 1881 1881 'LEIAT504 NONE' (no radome) 1882 1882 'LEIAR25.R3 LEIT' (radome is LEIT) 1883 1883 1884 1884 Leave antenna name blank if you do not want to correct observations for APC offsets and variations or if you do not know the antenna name. 1885 * Receiver type following the naming convention for IGS equipment as defined in https://igscb.jpl.nasa.gov/igscb/station/general/rcvr\_ant.tab. Specifying the receiver type is only required when saving SINEX Troposphere files. In those files it becomes part of the 'SITE/RECEIVER' specifications, see section 'SNX TRO Directory'. 1886 1887 Records in the 'Coordinates' file with exclamation mark '!' in the first column or blank records will be understood as comment lines and ignored. 1888 1889 The following is the content of an example 'Coordinates file'. Here each record describes the mountpoint of a stream available from the global IGS real-time reference station network. A priori coordinates are followed by North/East/Up eccentricity components of the ARP followed by the antenna name, radome and the receiver name in use. 1885 * Receiver type following the naming convention for IGS equipment as defined in https://igscb.jpl.nasa.gov/igscb/station/general/rcvr\_ant.tab. Specifying the receiver type is only required when saving SINEX Troposphere files. In those files it becomes part of the 'SITE/RECEIVER' specifications, see section 'SNX TRO Directory'. 1886 1887 Records in the 'Coordinates' file with exclamation mark '!' in the first column or blank records will be understood as comment lines and ignored. 1888 1889 The following is the content of an example 'Coordinates file'. Here each record describes the mountpoint of a stream available from the global IGS real-time reference station network. A priori coordinates are followed by North/East/Up eccentricity components of the ARP followed by the antenna name, radome and the receiver name in use. 1890 1890 1891 1891 .. code-block:: console … … 1925 1925 YELL7 -1224452.8796 -2689216.1863 5633638.2832 0.0000 0.0000 0.1000 AOAD/M_T NONE JAVAD TRE_G3TH DELTA 1926 1926 1927 Note again that the only mandatory parameters in this file are the 'Station' parameters in the first column, each standing for an observation stream's mountpoint or the 4-character station ID of a RINEX filename. The following shows further valid examples for records of a 'Coordinates file'. 1927 Note again that the only mandatory parameters in this file are the 'Station' parameters in the first column, each standing for an observation stream's mountpoint or the 4-character station ID of a RINEX filename. The following shows further valid examples for records of a 'Coordinates file'. 1928 1928 1929 1929 .. code-block:: console … … 1940 1940 1941 1941 In this file 1942 1942 1943 1943 * Record 'WTZR0' describes a stream from a stationary receiver with known a priori marker coordinate, antenna eccentricity, antenna and radome type and receiver type. 1944 1944 * Record 'CUT07' describes a stream from a stationary receiver with known a priori marker coordinate, antenna eccentricity and antenna and radome type. The receiver type is unknown. … … 1947 1947 * The 4-character station ID 'WARN' indicates that a RINEX observations file for post processing PPP is available for station 'WARN' but an a priori marker coordinate as well as antenna eccentricity, name and radome are unknown. 1948 1948 * Record 'SASS1' stands for a mountpoint where the stream comes from a mobile rover receiver. Hence an a priori coordinate is unknown although antenna eccentricity, name and radome and receiver type are known. 1949 1949 1950 1950 Version 3 Filenames - optional 1951 1951 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ … … 1953 1953 Tick 'Version 3 filenames' to let BNC create so-called extended filenames for PPP logfiles, NMEA files and SINEX Troposphere files to follow the RINEX Version 3 standard, see section 'RINEX Filenames' for details. Default is an empty check box, meaning to create filenames following the RINEX Version 2 standard. The file content is not affected by this option. It only concerns the filename notation. :numref:`Table %s <tab_RINEX2_FILENAMES>` and :numref:`Table %s <tab_RINEX3_FILENAMES>` give filename examples for RINEX version 2 and 3, respectively. 1954 1954 1955 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{0.3\textwidth}|p{0.62\textwidth}| 1955 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{0.3\textwidth}|p{0.62\textwidth}| 1956 1956 1957 1957 .. _tab_RINEX2_FILENAMES: … … 1966 1966 ================ ======================================== 1967 1967 1968 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{0.46\textwidth}|p{0.46\textwidth}| 1969 1968 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{0.46\textwidth}|p{0.46\textwidth}| 1969 1970 1970 .. _tab_RINEX3_FILENAMES: 1971 1971 .. table:: File name examples vor RINEX version 3. … … 1980 1980 1981 1981 .. index:: PPP client logfile 1982 1982 1983 1983 Logfile Directory - optional 1984 1984 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ … … 2098 2098 2099 2099 Given per satellite with cIF/lIF for ionosphere-free linear combination of code/phase observations, 2100 * CLK: Receiver clock errors in [m], 2101 * TRP: A priori and correction values of tropospheric zenith delay in [m], 2102 * OFFGLO: Time offset between GPS time and GLONASS time in [m], 2103 * OFFGAL: Time offset between GPS time and Galileo time in [m], 2104 * OFFBDS: Time offset between GPS time and BDS time in [m], 2100 * CLK: Receiver clock errors in [m], 2101 * TRP: A priori and correction values of tropospheric zenith delay in [m], 2102 * OFFGLO: Time offset between GPS time and GLONASS time in [m], 2103 * OFFGAL: Time offset between GPS time and Galileo time in [m], 2104 * OFFBDS: Time offset between GPS time and BDS time in [m], 2105 2105 * AMB: L3 biases, also known as 'floated ambiguities' 2106 2106 2107 Given per satellite with 'nEpo' = number of epochs since last ambiguity reset, 2107 Given per satellite with 'nEpo' = number of epochs since last ambiguity reset, 2108 2108 * MOUNTPOINT: Here 'CUT07' with XYZ position in [m] and dN/dE/dU in [m] for North, East, and Up displacements compared to a priori marker coordinates. 2109 2109 2110 Estimated parameters are presented together with their formal errors as derived from the implemented filter. The PPP algorithm includes outlier and cycle slip detection. 2111 2112 Default value for 'Logfile directory' is an empty option field, meaning that you do not want to save daily PPP logfiles on disk. If a specified directory does not exist, BNC will not create PPP logfiles. 2110 Estimated parameters are presented together with their formal errors as derived from the implemented filter. The PPP algorithm includes outlier and cycle slip detection. 2111 2112 Default value for 'Logfile directory' is an empty option field, meaning that you do not want to save daily PPP logfiles on disk. If a specified directory does not exist, BNC will not create PPP logfiles. 2113 2113 2114 2114 .. index:: PPP client NMEA output … … 2117 2117 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2118 2118 2119 You can specify a 'NMEA directory' to save daily NMEA files with Point Positioning results recorded as NMEA sentences. Such sentences are usually generated about once per second with pairs of 2119 You can specify a 'NMEA directory' to save daily NMEA files with Point Positioning results recorded as NMEA sentences. Such sentences are usually generated about once per second with pairs of 2120 2120 2121 2121 * GPGGA sentences which mainly carry the estimated latitude, longitude, and height values, plus … … 2146 2146 ... 2147 2147 2148 The default value for 'NMEA directory' is an empty option field, meaning that BNC will not save NMEA sentences into files. If a specified directory does not exist, BNC will not create NMEA files. Note that Tomoji Takasu has written a program named RTKPLOT for visualizing NMEA sentences from IP ports or files. It is available from http://www.rtklib.com and compatible with the 'NMEA Directory' and port output of BNC's 'PPP' client option. 2148 The default value for 'NMEA directory' is an empty option field, meaning that BNC will not save NMEA sentences into files. If a specified directory does not exist, BNC will not create NMEA files. Note that Tomoji Takasu has written a program named RTKPLOT for visualizing NMEA sentences from IP ports or files. It is available from http://www.rtklib.com and compatible with the 'NMEA Directory' and port output of BNC's 'PPP' client option. 2149 2149 2150 2150 SNX TRO Directory - optional … … 2157 2157 T(z) = T_{apr}(z) + dT / cos(z) 2158 2158 2159 where :math:`T_{apr}` is the a priori tropospheric delay derived from Saastamoinen model. 2160 2161 You can specify a 'SNX TRO Directory' for saving SINEX Troposphere files on disk, see https://igscb.jpl.nasa.gov/igscb/data/format/sinex_tropo.txt for a documentation of the file format. Note that receiver type information for these files must be provided through the coordinates file described in section 'Coordinates file'. The following is an example for a troposphere file content: 2159 where :math:`T_{apr}` is the a priori tropospheric delay derived from Saastamoinen model. 2160 2161 You can specify a 'SNX TRO Directory' for saving SINEX Troposphere files on disk, see https://igscb.jpl.nasa.gov/igscb/data/format/sinex_tropo.txt for a documentation of the file format. Note that receiver type information for these files must be provided through the coordinates file described in section 'Coordinates file'. The following is an example for a troposphere file content: 2162 2162 2163 2163 .. code-block:: none 2164 2164 2165 %=TRO 2.00 BKG 16:053:42824 BKG 16:053:42824 16:053:43199 P 00376 0 T 2165 %=TRO 2.00 BKG 16:053:42824 BKG 16:053:42824 16:053:43199 P 00376 0 T 2166 2166 +FILE/REFERENCE 2167 2167 DESCRIPTION BNC generated SINEX TRO file … … 2218 2218 %=ENDTROP 2219 2219 2220 The default value for 'SNX TRO Directory' is an empty option field, meaning that BNC will not save SINEX Troposphere files. If a specified directory does not exist, BNC will not create SINEX Troposphere files. 2220 The default value for 'SNX TRO Directory' is an empty option field, meaning that BNC will not save SINEX Troposphere files. If a specified directory does not exist, BNC will not create SINEX Troposphere files. 2221 2221 2222 2222 SNX TRO Interval - mandatory if 'SINEX TRO Directory' is set 2223 2223 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2224 2224 2225 Select the length of SINEX Troposphere files. Default 'Interval' for saving SINEX Troposphere files on disk is '1 day'. 2225 Select the length of SINEX Troposphere files. Default 'Interval' for saving SINEX Troposphere files on disk is '1 day'. 2226 2226 2227 2227 SNX TRO Sampling - mandatory if 'SINEX TRO Directory' is set 2228 2228 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2229 2229 2230 Select a 'Sampling' rate in seconds for saving troposphere parameters. Default 'Sampling' rate is '0', meaning that all troposphere estimates will be saved on disk. 2230 Select a 'Sampling' rate in seconds for saving troposphere parameters. Default 'Sampling' rate is '0', meaning that all troposphere estimates will be saved on disk. 2231 2231 2232 2232 SNX TRO Analysis Center - Mandatory if 'SINEX TRO Directory' is set 2233 2233 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2234 2234 2235 Specify a 3-character abbreviation describing you as the generating Analysis Center (AC) in your SINEX troposphere files. String 'BKG' is an example. 2235 Specify a 3-character abbreviation describing you as the generating Analysis Center (AC) in your SINEX troposphere files. String 'BKG' is an example. 2236 2236 2237 2237 SNX TRO Solution ID - Mandatory if 'SINEX TRO Directory' is set 2238 2238 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2239 2239 2240 Specify a 4-character solution ID to allow a distingtion between different solutions per AC. String '0001' is an example. 2240 Specify a 4-character solution ID to allow a distingtion between different solutions per AC. String '0001' is an example. 2241 2241 2242 2242 .. index:: PPP client station selection … … 2245 2245 --------------------------- 2246 2246 2247 This panel allows to enter parameters specific to each PPP process or thread. Individual sigmas for a priori coordinates and a noise for coordinate variations over time can be introduced. Furthermore, a sigma for model-based troposphere estimates and the corresponding noise for troposphere variations can be specified. Finally, local IP server ports can be defined for output of NMEA streams carrying PPP results. 2248 2249 BNC offers to create a table with one line per PPP process or thread to specify station-specific parameters. Hit the 'Add Station' button to create the table or add a new line to it. To remove a line from the table, highlight it by clicking it and hit the 'Delete Station' button. You can also remove multiple lines simultaneously by highlighting them using +Shift or +Ctrl. BNC will simultaneously produce PPP solutions for all stations listed in the 'Station' column of this table, see :numref:`Fig. %s <fig_23>` for an example screenshot. 2247 This panel allows to enter parameters specific to each PPP process or thread. Individual sigmas for a priori coordinates and a noise for coordinate variations over time can be introduced. Furthermore, a sigma for model-based troposphere estimates and the corresponding noise for troposphere variations can be specified. Finally, local IP server ports can be defined for output of NMEA streams carrying PPP results. 2248 2249 BNC offers to create a table with one line per PPP process or thread to specify station-specific parameters. Hit the 'Add Station' button to create the table or add a new line to it. To remove a line from the table, highlight it by clicking it and hit the 'Delete Station' button. You can also remove multiple lines simultaneously by highlighting them using +Shift or +Ctrl. BNC will simultaneously produce PPP solutions for all stations listed in the 'Station' column of this table, see :numref:`Fig. %s <fig_23>` for an example screenshot. 2250 2250 2251 2251 .. _fig_23: … … 2258 2258 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2259 2259 2260 Hit the 'Add Station' button, double click on the 'Station' field, then specify an observation's mountpoint from the 'Streams' section or introduce the 4-character Station ID of your RINEX observation file and hit Enter. BNC will only produce PPP solutions for stations listed in this table. 2260 Hit the 'Add Station' button, double click on the 'Station' field, then specify an observation's mountpoint from the 'Streams' section or introduce the 4-character Station ID of your RINEX observation file and hit Enter. BNC will only produce PPP solutions for stations listed in this table. 2261 2261 2262 2262 Sigma North/East/Up - mandatory 2263 2263 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2264 2264 2265 Enter sigmas in meters for the initial coordinate components. A value of 100.0 (default) may be an appropriate choice. However, this value may be significantly smaller (e.g. 0.01) when starting for example from a station with a well-known position in so-called Quick-Start mode. 2265 Enter sigmas in meters for the initial coordinate components. A value of 100.0 (default) may be an appropriate choice. However, this value may be significantly smaller (e.g. 0.01) when starting for example from a station with a well-known position in so-called Quick-Start mode. 2266 2266 2267 2267 Noise North/East/Up - mandatory 2268 2268 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2269 2269 2270 Enter a white 'Noise' in meters for estimated coordinate components. A value of 100.0 (default) may be appropriate when considering possible sudden movements of a rover. 2270 Enter a white 'Noise' in meters for estimated coordinate components. A value of 100.0 (default) may be appropriate when considering possible sudden movements of a rover. 2271 2271 2272 2272 Tropo Sigma - mandatory 2273 2273 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2274 2274 2275 Enter a sigma in meters for the a priori model based tropospheric delay estimation. A value of 0.1 (default) may be an appropriate choice. 2275 Enter a sigma in meters for the a priori model based tropospheric delay estimation. A value of 0.1 (default) may be an appropriate choice. 2276 2276 2277 2277 Tropo Noise - mandatory 2278 2278 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2279 2279 2280 Enter a white 'Noise' in meters per second to describe the expected variation of the tropospheric effect. Supposing 1Hz observation data, a value of 3e-6 (default) would mean that the tropospheric effect may vary for 3600 * 3e-6 = 0.01 meters per hour. 2280 Enter a white 'Noise' in meters per second to describe the expected variation of the tropospheric effect. Supposing 1Hz observation data, a value of 3e-6 (default) would mean that the tropospheric effect may vary for 3600 * 3e-6 = 0.01 meters per hour. 2281 2281 2282 2282 NMEA Port - optional 2283 2283 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2284 2284 2285 Specify the IP port number of a local port where Point Positioning results become available as NMEA sentences. The default value for 'NMEA Port' is an empty option field, meaning that BNC does not provide NMEA sentences via IP port. Note that NMEA file output and NMEA IP port output are the same. 2286 2287 Note also that Tomoji Takasu has written a program named RTKPLOT for visualizing NMEA sentences from IP ports or files. It is available from http://www.rtklib.com and compatible with the NMEA file and port output of BNC's 'PPP' client option. 2288 2289 Furthermore, NASA's 'World Wind' software (see http://worldwindcentral.com/wiki/NASA_World_Wind_Download) can be used for real-time visualization of positions provided through BNC's NMEA IP output port. You need the 'GPS Tracker' plug-in available from http://worldwindcentral.com/wiki/GPS_Tracker for that. The 'Word Wind' map resolution is not meant for showing centimeter level details. 2285 Specify the IP port number of a local port where Point Positioning results become available as NMEA sentences. The default value for 'NMEA Port' is an empty option field, meaning that BNC does not provide NMEA sentences via IP port. Note that NMEA file output and NMEA IP port output are the same. 2286 2287 Note also that Tomoji Takasu has written a program named RTKPLOT for visualizing NMEA sentences from IP ports or files. It is available from http://www.rtklib.com and compatible with the NMEA file and port output of BNC's 'PPP' client option. 2288 2289 Furthermore, NASA's 'World Wind' software (see http://worldwindcentral.com/wiki/NASA_World_Wind_Download) can be used for real-time visualization of positions provided through BNC's NMEA IP output port. You need the 'GPS Tracker' plug-in available from http://worldwindcentral.com/wiki/GPS_Tracker for that. The 'Word Wind' map resolution is not meant for showing centimeter level details. 2290 2290 2291 2291 .. index:: PPP client processing options … … 2294 2294 --------------------------- 2295 2295 2296 BNC allows using various Point Positioning processing options depending on the capability of the involved receiver and the application in mind. You can introduce specific sigmas for code and phase observations as well as for a priori coordinates and troposphere estimates. You could also carry out your PPP solution in Quick-Start mode or enforce BNC to restart a solution if the length of an outage exceeds a certain threshold. The intention of this panel is to specify general processing options to be applied to all PPP threads in one BNC job, see :numref:`Fig. %s <fig_24>` for an example setup. 2296 BNC allows using various Point Positioning processing options depending on the capability of the involved receiver and the application in mind. You can introduce specific sigmas for code and phase observations as well as for a priori coordinates and troposphere estimates. You could also carry out your PPP solution in Quick-Start mode or enforce BNC to restart a solution if the length of an outage exceeds a certain threshold. The intention of this panel is to specify general processing options to be applied to all PPP threads in one BNC job, see :numref:`Fig. %s <fig_24>` for an example setup. 2297 2297 2298 2298 .. _fig_24: … … 2303 2303 2304 2304 .. index:: PPP client linear combinations 2305 2305 2306 2306 Linear Combinations - mandatory 2307 2307 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2308 2308 2309 Specify on which ionosphere-free Linear Combinations (LCs) of observations you want to base ambiguity resolutions :cite:`mervart2008a`. This implicitly defines the kind of GNSS observations you want to use. The specification is to be done per GNSS system ('GPS LCs', 'GLONASS LCs', 'Galileo LCs', 'BDS LCs'). 2309 Specify on which ionosphere-free Linear Combinations (LCs) of observations you want to base ambiguity resolutions :cite:`mervart2008a`. This implicitly defines the kind of GNSS observations you want to use. The specification is to be done per GNSS system ('GPS LCs', 'GLONASS LCs', 'Galileo LCs', 'BDS LCs'). 2310 2310 2311 2311 * Selecting 'P3' means that you request BNC to use code data and the so-called P3 ionosphere-free linear combinations of code observations. 2312 * 'P3\&L3' means that you request BNC to use both, code and phase data and the so-called P3 and L3 ionosphere-free linear combinations of code and phase observations. 2313 2314 Note that most geodetic GPS receivers support the observation of both, code and phase data. Hence, specifying 'P3\&L3' would be a good choice for GPS when processing data from such a receiver. If multi-GNSS data processing is your intention, make sure your receiver supports GLONASS and/or Galileo and/or BDS observations besides GPS. Note also that the Broadcast Correction stream or file, which is required for PPP, also supports all the systems you have in mind. 2315 2316 Specifying 'no' means that you do not at all want BNC to use observations from the affected GNSS system. 2312 * 'P3\&L3' means that you request BNC to use both, code and phase data and the so-called P3 and L3 ionosphere-free linear combinations of code and phase observations. 2313 2314 Note that most geodetic GPS receivers support the observation of both, code and phase data. Hence, specifying 'P3\&L3' would be a good choice for GPS when processing data from such a receiver. If multi-GNSS data processing is your intention, make sure your receiver supports GLONASS and/or Galileo and/or BDS observations besides GPS. Note also that the Broadcast Correction stream or file, which is required for PPP, also supports all the systems you have in mind. 2315 2316 Specifying 'no' means that you do not at all want BNC to use observations from the affected GNSS system. 2317 2317 2318 2318 .. index:: PPP client code observations … … 2321 2321 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2322 2322 2323 Enter a 'Sigma C1' for C1 code observations in meters. The bigger the sigma you enter, the less the contribution of C1 code observations to a PPP solution based on a combination of code and phase data. '2.0' meters is likely to be an appropriate choice. Specify a maximum for residuals 'Max Res C1' for C1 code observations in a PPP solution. '3.0' meters may be an appropriate choice for that. If the maximum is exceeded, contributions from the corresponding observation will be ignored in the PPP solution. 2323 Enter a 'Sigma C1' for C1 code observations in meters. The bigger the sigma you enter, the less the contribution of C1 code observations to a PPP solution based on a combination of code and phase data. '2.0' meters is likely to be an appropriate choice. Specify a maximum for residuals 'Max Res C1' for C1 code observations in a PPP solution. '3.0' meters may be an appropriate choice for that. If the maximum is exceeded, contributions from the corresponding observation will be ignored in the PPP solution. 2324 2324 2325 2325 .. index:: PPP client phase observations … … 2328 2328 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2329 2329 2330 Enter a 'Sigma L1' for L1 phase observations in meters. The bigger the sigma you enter, the less the contribution of L1 phase observations to a PPP solutions based on a combination of code and phase data. '0.01' meters is likely to be an appropriate choice. Specify a maximum for residuals 'Max Res L1' for L1 phase observations in a PPP solution. '0.03' meters may be an appropriate choice for that. If the maximum is exceeded, contributions from the corresponding observation will be ignored in the PPP solution. 2330 Enter a 'Sigma L1' for L1 phase observations in meters. The bigger the sigma you enter, the less the contribution of L1 phase observations to a PPP solutions based on a combination of code and phase data. '0.01' meters is likely to be an appropriate choice. Specify a maximum for residuals 'Max Res L1' for L1 phase observations in a PPP solution. '0.03' meters may be an appropriate choice for that. If the maximum is exceeded, contributions from the corresponding observation will be ignored in the PPP solution. 2331 2331 2332 2332 As the convergence characteristic of a PPP solution can be influenced by the ratio of sigmas for code and phase, you may like to introduce sigmas which differ from the default values: … … 2340 2340 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2341 2341 2342 BNC allows elevation dependent weighting when processing GNSS observations. A weight function 2342 BNC allows elevation dependent weighting when processing GNSS observations. A weight function 2343 2343 2344 2344 .. math:: … … 2351 2351 * Tick 'Ele Wgt Phase' if you want Elevation Dependent Weighting for phase observations. 2352 2352 2353 Default is using the plain weight function 'P = 1' for code and phase observations. 2353 Default is using the plain weight function 'P = 1' for code and phase observations. 2354 2354 2355 2355 Minimum Number of Observations - mandatory 2356 2356 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2357 2357 2358 Select the minimum number of observations you want to use per epoch. The minimum for parameter 'Min # of Obs' is 4. This is also the default. 2358 Select the minimum number of observations you want to use per epoch. The minimum for parameter 'Min # of Obs' is 4. This is also the default. 2359 2359 2360 2360 Minimum Elevation - mandatory 2361 2361 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2362 2362 2363 Select a minimum for satellite elevation angles. Selecting '10 deg' for option 'Min Elevation' may be an appropriate choice. Default is '0 deg', meaning that any observation will be used regardless of the involved satellite elevation angle. 2363 Select a minimum for satellite elevation angles. Selecting '10 deg' for option 'Min Elevation' may be an appropriate choice. Default is '0 deg', meaning that any observation will be used regardless of the involved satellite elevation angle. 2364 2364 2365 2365 .. index:: PPP client wait for clock corrections … … 2368 2368 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2369 2369 2370 Specifying 'no' for option 'Wait for clock corr.' means that BNC processes each epoch of data immediately after arrival using satellite clock corrections available at that time. A non-zero value means that epochs of data are buffered and the processing of each epoch is postponed until satellite clock corrections not older than 'Wait for clock corr.' seconds are available. Specifying a value of half the update rate of the clock corrections (e.g. 5 sec) may be appropriate. Note that this causes an additional delay of the PPP solutions in the amount of half of the update rate. 2371 2372 Using observations in sync with the corrections can avoid a possible high frequency noise of PPP solutions. Such noise could result from processing observations regardless of how late after a clock correction they were received. Note that applying the 'Wait for clock corr.' option significantly reduces the PPP computation effort for BNC. 2373 2374 Default is an empty option field, meaning that you want BNC to process observations immediately after their arrival through applying the latest received clock correction. 2370 Specifying 'no' for option 'Wait for clock corr.' means that BNC processes each epoch of data immediately after arrival using satellite clock corrections available at that time. A non-zero value means that epochs of data are buffered and the processing of each epoch is postponed until satellite clock corrections not older than 'Wait for clock corr.' seconds are available. Specifying a value of half the update rate of the clock corrections (e.g. 5 sec) may be appropriate. Note that this causes an additional delay of the PPP solutions in the amount of half of the update rate. 2371 2372 Using observations in sync with the corrections can avoid a possible high frequency noise of PPP solutions. Such noise could result from processing observations regardless of how late after a clock correction they were received. Note that applying the 'Wait for clock corr.' option significantly reduces the PPP computation effort for BNC. 2373 2374 Default is an empty option field, meaning that you want BNC to process observations immediately after their arrival through applying the latest received clock correction. 2375 2375 2376 2376 Seeding - optional if a priori coordinates specified in 'Coordinates file' 2377 2377 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2378 2378 2379 Enter the length of a startup period in seconds for which you want to fix the PPP solution to a known position, see option 'Coordinates file'. Constraining a priori coordinates is done in BNC through setting their white 'Noise' temporarily to zero. 2380 2381 This so-called Quick-Start option allows the PPP solutions to rapidly converge after startup. It requires that the antenna remains unmoved on the known position throughout the defined period. A value of '60' seconds is likely to be an appropriate choice for 'Seeding'. Default is an empty option field, meaning that you do not want BNC to start in Quick-Start mode. 2382 2383 You may need to create your own reference coordinate beforehand through running BNC for an hour in normal mode before applying the 'Seeding' option. Do not forget to introduce realistic North/East/Up sigmas under panel 'PPP (2)' corresponding to the coordinate's precision. 2384 2385 'Seeding' has also a function for bridging gaps in PPP solutions from failures caused e.g. by longer lasting outages. Should the time span between two consecutive solutions exceed the limit of 60 seconds (maximum solution gap, hard-wired), the algorithm fixes the latest derived coordinate for a period of 'Seeding' seconds. This option avoids time-consuming reconvergences and makes especially sense for stationary operated receivers where convergence can be enforced because a good approximation for the receiver position is known. 2386 2387 2388 :numref:`Fig. %s <fig_25>` provides the screenshot of an example PPP session with BNC showing the beginning of a time series plot when seeding is set to 30 seconds.. 2379 Enter the length of a startup period in seconds for which you want to fix the PPP solution to a known position, see option 'Coordinates file'. Constraining a priori coordinates is done in BNC through setting their white 'Noise' temporarily to zero. 2380 2381 This so-called Quick-Start option allows the PPP solutions to rapidly converge after startup. It requires that the antenna remains unmoved on the known position throughout the defined period. A value of '60' seconds is likely to be an appropriate choice for 'Seeding'. Default is an empty option field, meaning that you do not want BNC to start in Quick-Start mode. 2382 2383 You may need to create your own reference coordinate beforehand through running BNC for an hour in normal mode before applying the 'Seeding' option. Do not forget to introduce realistic North/East/Up sigmas under panel 'PPP (2)' corresponding to the coordinate's precision. 2384 2385 'Seeding' has also a function for bridging gaps in PPP solutions from failures caused e.g. by longer lasting outages. Should the time span between two consecutive solutions exceed the limit of 60 seconds (maximum solution gap, hard-wired), the algorithm fixes the latest derived coordinate for a period of 'Seeding' seconds. This option avoids time-consuming reconvergences and makes especially sense for stationary operated receivers where convergence can be enforced because a good approximation for the receiver position is known. 2386 2387 2388 :numref:`Fig. %s <fig_25>` provides the screenshot of an example PPP session with BNC showing the beginning of a time series plot when seeding is set to 30 seconds.. 2389 2389 2390 2390 .. _fig_25: … … 2395 2395 2396 2396 .. index:: PPP client plots 2397 2397 2398 2398 PPP (4): Plots 2399 2399 -------------- 2400 2400 2401 This panel presents options for visualizing PPP results as a time series plot or as a track map with PPP tracks on top of OSM or Google maps. 2401 This panel presents options for visualizing PPP results as a time series plot or as a track map with PPP tracks on top of OSM or Google maps. 2402 2402 2403 2403 PPP Plot - optional 2404 2404 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2405 2405 2406 PPP time series of North (red), East (green) and Up (blue) displacements will be plotted under the 'PPP Plot' tab when a 'Mountpoint' is specified. Values will be referred to an XYZ reference coordinate (if specified, see 'Coordinates file'). The sliding PPP time series window will cover the period of the latest 5 minutes. Note that a PPP dicplacements time series makes only sense for a stationary operated receiver. 2406 PPP time series of North (red), East (green) and Up (blue) displacements will be plotted under the 'PPP Plot' tab when a 'Mountpoint' is specified. Values will be referred to an XYZ reference coordinate (if specified, see 'Coordinates file'). The sliding PPP time series window will cover the period of the latest 5 minutes. Note that a PPP dicplacements time series makes only sense for a stationary operated receiver. 2407 2407 2408 2408 Audio Response - optional 2409 2409 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2410 2410 2411 For natural hazard prediction and monitoring landslides, it may be appropriate to generate audio alerts. For that you can specify an 'Audio response' threshold in meters. A beep is produced by BNC whenever a horizontal PPP coordinate component differs by more than the threshold value from the specified marker coordinate. Default is an empty option field, meaning that you do not want BNC to produce acoustic warnings. 2411 For natural hazard prediction and monitoring landslides, it may be appropriate to generate audio alerts. For that you can specify an 'Audio response' threshold in meters. A beep is produced by BNC whenever a horizontal PPP coordinate component differs by more than the threshold value from the specified marker coordinate. Default is an empty option field, meaning that you do not want BNC to produce acoustic warnings. 2412 2412 2413 2413 Track Map - optional 2414 2414 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2415 2415 2416 You may like to track your rover position using Google Maps or OpenStreetMap as a background map. Track maps (example :numref:`Fig. %s <fig_26>`) can be produced with BNC in 'Real-time Streams' mode or in 'RINEX Files' post processing mode with data coming from files. 2416 You may like to track your rover position using Google Maps or OpenStreetMap as a background map. Track maps (example :numref:`Fig. %s <fig_26>`) can be produced with BNC in 'Real-time Streams' mode or in 'RINEX Files' post processing mode with data coming from files. 2417 2417 2418 2418 .. _fig_26: … … 2425 2425 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2426 2426 2427 Select either 'Google' or 'OSM' as the background map for your rover positions :numref:`(Fig. %s) <fig_27>`. 2427 Select either 'Google' or 'OSM' as the background map for your rover positions :numref:`(Fig. %s) <fig_27>`. 2428 2428 2429 2429 .. _fig_27: … … 2436 2436 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2437 2437 2438 PPP tracks are presented on maps through plotting one colored dot per observation epoch. 2438 PPP tracks are presented on maps through plotting one colored dot per observation epoch. 2439 2439 2440 2440 Size - mandatory before pushing 'Open Map' 2441 2441 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2442 2442 2443 Specify the size of dots showing the rover position. A dot size of '3' may be appropriate. The maximum possible dot size is '10'. An empty option field or a size of '0' would mean that you do not want BNC to show the rover's track on the map. 2443 Specify the size of dots showing the rover position. A dot size of '3' may be appropriate. The maximum possible dot size is '10'. An empty option field or a size of '0' would mean that you do not want BNC to show the rover's track on the map. 2444 2444 2445 2445 Color - mandatory before pushing 'Open Map' 2446 2446 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2447 2447 2448 Select the color of dots showing the rover track. 2448 Select the color of dots showing the rover track. 2449 2449 2450 2450 Post Processing Speed - mandatory before pushing 'Open Map' 2451 2451 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2452 2452 2453 With BNC in PPP 'RINEX File' post processing mode, you can specify the speed of computations as appropriate for visualization. Note that you can adjust 'Post-processing speed' on-the-fly while BNC is already processing your observations. 2453 With BNC in PPP 'RINEX File' post processing mode, you can specify the speed of computations as appropriate for visualization. Note that you can adjust 'Post-processing speed' on-the-fly while BNC is already processing your observations. 2454 2454 2455 2455 .. index:: Correction combination … … 2458 2458 =================== 2459 2459 2460 BNC allows processing several orbit and clock correction streams in real-time to produce, encode, upload and save a combination of Broadcast Corrections from various providers. All corrections must refer to satellite Antenna Phase Centers (APC). It is so far only the satellite clock corrections which are combined by BNC while orbit corrections in the combination product as well as product update rates are just taken over from one of the incoming Broadcast Correction streams. Combining only clock corrections using a fixed orbit reference imposes the potential to introduce some analysis inconsistencies. We may therefore eventually consider improvements on this approach. The clock combination can be based either on a plain 'Single-Epoch' or on a Kalman 'Filter' approach. 2461 2462 In the Kalman Filter approach, satellite clocks estimated by individual Analyses Centers (ACs) are used as pseudo observations within the adjustment process. Each observation is modeled as a linear function (actually a simple sum) of three estimated parameters: AC specific offset, satellite specific offset common to all ACs, and the actual satellite clock correction, which represents the result of the combination. These three parameter types differ in their statistical properties. The satellite clock offsets are assumed to be static parameters while AC specific and satellite specific offsets are stochastic parameters affected by white noise. 2463 2464 The solution is regularized by a set of minimal constraints. In case of a change of the 'SSR Provider ID', 'SSR Solution ID', or 'IOD SSR' (see section 'Upload Corrections'), the satellite clock offsets belonging to the corresponding analysis center are reset in the adjustment. 2465 2466 Removing the AC-dependent biases as well as possible is a major issue with clock combinations. Since they vary in time, it can be tricky to do this. Otherwise, there will be artificial jumps in the combined clock stream if one or more AC contributions drop out for certain epochs. Here the Kalman Filter approach is expected to do better than the Single-Epoch approach. 2467 2468 In view of IGS real-time products, the 'Combine Corrections' functionality has been integrated in BNC :cite:`mervart2011a` because: 2460 BNC allows processing several orbit and clock correction streams in real-time to produce, encode, upload and save a combination of Broadcast Corrections from various providers. All corrections must refer to satellite Antenna Phase Centers (APC). It is so far only the satellite clock corrections which are combined by BNC while orbit corrections in the combination product as well as product update rates are just taken over from one of the incoming Broadcast Correction streams. Combining only clock corrections using a fixed orbit reference imposes the potential to introduce some analysis inconsistencies. We may therefore eventually consider improvements on this approach. The clock combination can be based either on a plain 'Single-Epoch' or on a Kalman 'Filter' approach. 2461 2462 In the Kalman Filter approach, satellite clocks estimated by individual Analyses Centers (ACs) are used as pseudo observations within the adjustment process. Each observation is modeled as a linear function (actually a simple sum) of three estimated parameters: AC specific offset, satellite specific offset common to all ACs, and the actual satellite clock correction, which represents the result of the combination. These three parameter types differ in their statistical properties. The satellite clock offsets are assumed to be static parameters while AC specific and satellite specific offsets are stochastic parameters affected by white noise. 2463 2464 The solution is regularized by a set of minimal constraints. In case of a change of the 'SSR Provider ID', 'SSR Solution ID', or 'IOD SSR' (see section 'Upload Corrections'), the satellite clock offsets belonging to the corresponding analysis center are reset in the adjustment. 2465 2466 Removing the AC-dependent biases as well as possible is a major issue with clock combinations. Since they vary in time, it can be tricky to do this. Otherwise, there will be artificial jumps in the combined clock stream if one or more AC contributions drop out for certain epochs. Here the Kalman Filter approach is expected to do better than the Single-Epoch approach. 2467 2468 In view of IGS real-time products, the 'Combine Corrections' functionality has been integrated in BNC :cite:`mervart2011a` because: 2469 2469 2470 2470 * The software with its Graphic User Interface and range of supported Operating Systems represents a perfect platform to process many Broadcast Correction streams in parallel; … … 2477 2477 * It provides the means to output SP3 and Clock RINEX files containing precise orbit and clock information for further processing using other tools than BNC. 2478 2478 2479 Note that the combination process requires real-time access to Broadcast Ephemeris. Therefore, in addition to the orbit and clock correction streams BNC must pull a stream carrying Broadcast Ephemeris in the form of RTCM Version 3 messages. Stream 'RTCM3EPH' on caster products.igs-ip.net is an example for that. Note further that BNC will ignore incorrect or outdated Broadcast Ephemeris data when necessary, leaving a note 'WRONG EPHEMERIS' or 'OUTDATED EPHEMERIS' in the logfile. 2480 2481 A combination is carried out following a specified sampling interval. BNC waits for incoming Broadcast Corrections for the period of one such interval. Corrections received later than that will be ignored. If incoming streams have different rates, only epochs that correspond to the sampling interval are used. 2482 2483 With respect to IGS, it is important to understand that a major effect in the combination of GNSS orbit and clock correction streams is the selection of ACs to include. It is likely that a combination product could be improved in accuracy by using only the best two or three ACs. However, with only a few ACs to depend on, the reliability of the combination product could suffer and the risk of total failures increases. So there is an important tradeoff here that must be considered when selecting streams for a combination. The major strength of a combination product is its reliability and stable median performance which can be much better than that of any single AC product. 2484 2485 This comment applies in situations where we have a limited number of solutions to combine and their quality varies significantly. The situation may be different when the total number of ACs is larger and the range of AC variation is smaller. In that case, a standard full combination is probably the best. 2479 Note that the combination process requires real-time access to Broadcast Ephemeris. Therefore, in addition to the orbit and clock correction streams BNC must pull a stream carrying Broadcast Ephemeris in the form of RTCM Version 3 messages. Stream 'RTCM3EPH' on caster products.igs-ip.net is an example for that. Note further that BNC will ignore incorrect or outdated Broadcast Ephemeris data when necessary, leaving a note 'WRONG EPHEMERIS' or 'OUTDATED EPHEMERIS' in the logfile. 2480 2481 A combination is carried out following a specified sampling interval. BNC waits for incoming Broadcast Corrections for the period of one such interval. Corrections received later than that will be ignored. If incoming streams have different rates, only epochs that correspond to the sampling interval are used. 2482 2483 With respect to IGS, it is important to understand that a major effect in the combination of GNSS orbit and clock correction streams is the selection of ACs to include. It is likely that a combination product could be improved in accuracy by using only the best two or three ACs. However, with only a few ACs to depend on, the reliability of the combination product could suffer and the risk of total failures increases. So there is an important tradeoff here that must be considered when selecting streams for a combination. The major strength of a combination product is its reliability and stable median performance which can be much better than that of any single AC product. 2484 2485 This comment applies in situations where we have a limited number of solutions to combine and their quality varies significantly. The situation may be different when the total number of ACs is larger and the range of AC variation is smaller. In that case, a standard full combination is probably the best. 2486 2486 2487 2487 The following recursive algorithm is used to detect orbit outliers in the Kalman Filter combination when Broadcast Corrections are provided by several ACs: 2488 2488 2489 2489 1. We do not produce a combination for a certain satellite if only one AC provides corrections for it. 2490 2490 2. A mean satellite position is calculated as the average of positions from all ACs. … … 2494 2494 6. If that is greater than a threshold, then corrections of the affiliated AC are ignored for the affected epoch and the outlier detection restarts with 1. 2495 2495 2496 The screenshot in :numref:`Fig. %s <fig_28>` shows an example setup of BNC when combining Broadcast Correction streams CLK11, CLK21, CLK91, and CLK80. 2496 The screenshot in :numref:`Fig. %s <fig_28>` shows an example setup of BNC when combining Broadcast Correction streams CLK11, CLK21, CLK91, and CLK80. 2497 2497 2498 2498 .. _fig_28: … … 2502 2502 BNC combining Broadcast Correction streams 2503 2503 2504 Note that BNC can produce an internal PPP solution from combined Broadcast Corrections. For that you have to specify the keyword 'INTERNAL' as 'Corrections stream' in the PPP (1) panel. The example in :numref:`Fig. %s <fig_29>` combines correction streams IGS01 and IGS02 and simultaneously carries out a PPP solution with observations from stream FFMJ1 to allow monitoring the quality of the combination product in the space domain. 2504 Note that BNC can produce an internal PPP solution from combined Broadcast Corrections. For that you have to specify the keyword 'INTERNAL' as 'Corrections stream' in the PPP (1) panel. The example in :numref:`Fig. %s <fig_29>` combines correction streams IGS01 and IGS02 and simultaneously carries out a PPP solution with observations from stream FFMJ1 to allow monitoring the quality of the combination product in the space domain. 2505 2505 2506 2506 .. _fig_29: … … 2513 2513 ------------------------------------ 2514 2514 2515 Hit the 'Add Row' button, double click on the 'Mountpoint' field, enter a Broadcast Correction mountpoint from the 'Streams' section and hit Enter. Then double click on the 'AC Name' field to enter your choice of an abbreviation for the Analysis Center (AC) providing the Antenna Phase Center (APC) related correction stream. Finally, double click on the 'Weight' field to enter a weight to be applied to this stream in the combination. 2515 Hit the 'Add Row' button, double click on the 'Mountpoint' field, enter a Broadcast Correction mountpoint from the 'Streams' section and hit Enter. Then double click on the 'AC Name' field to enter your choice of an abbreviation for the Analysis Center (AC) providing the Antenna Phase Center (APC) related correction stream. Finally, double click on the 'Weight' field to enter a weight to be applied to this stream in the combination. 2516 2516 2517 2517 The sequence of entries in the 'Combine Corrections' table is not of importance. Note that the orbit information in the final combination stream is just copied from one of the incoming streams. The stream used for providing the orbits may vary over time: if the orbit-providing stream has an outage then BNC switches to the next remaining stream for getting hold of the orbit information. 2518 2518 2519 It is possible to specify only one Broadcast Ephemeris correction stream in the 'Combine Corrections' table. Instead of combining corrections from several sources, BNC will then merge the single corrections stream with Broadcast Ephemeris to allow saving results in SP3 and/or Clock RINEX format when specified accordingly under the 'Upload Corrections' panel. Note that in such a BNC application you must not pull more than one Broadcast Ephemeris correction stream even if a second stream would provide the same corrections from a backup caster. 2520 2521 Default is an empty 'Combine Corrections' table, meaning that you do not want BNC to combine orbit and clock correction streams. 2519 It is possible to specify only one Broadcast Ephemeris correction stream in the 'Combine Corrections' table. Instead of combining corrections from several sources, BNC will then merge the single corrections stream with Broadcast Ephemeris to allow saving results in SP3 and/or Clock RINEX format when specified accordingly under the 'Upload Corrections' panel. Note that in such a BNC application you must not pull more than one Broadcast Ephemeris correction stream even if a second stream would provide the same corrections from a backup caster. 2520 2521 Default is an empty 'Combine Corrections' table, meaning that you do not want BNC to combine orbit and clock correction streams. 2522 2522 2523 2523 Add Row, Delete - optional 2524 2524 -------------------------- 2525 2525 2526 Hit 'Add Row' button to add another row to the 'Combine Corrections' table or hit the 'Delete' button to delete the highlighted row(s). 2526 Hit 'Add Row' button to add another row to the 'Combine Corrections' table or hit the 'Delete' button to delete the highlighted row(s). 2527 2527 2528 2528 Method - mandatory if 'Combine Corrections' table is populated 2529 2529 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2530 2530 2531 Select a clock combination method. Available options are Kalman 'Filter' and 'Single-Epoch. It is suggested to use the Kalman Filter approach in case the combined stream of Broadcast Corrections is intended for Precise Point Positioning. 2531 Select a clock combination method. Available options are Kalman 'Filter' and 'Single-Epoch. It is suggested to use the Kalman Filter approach in case the combined stream of Broadcast Corrections is intended for Precise Point Positioning. 2532 2532 2533 2533 Maximal Residuum - mandatory if 'Combine Corrections' table is populated … … 2544 2544 ---------------------- 2545 2545 2546 You may tick the 'Use GLONASS' option in case you want to produce a GPS plus GLONASS combination and both systems are supported by the Broadcast Correction streams participating in the combination. 2546 You may tick the 'Use GLONASS' option in case you want to produce a GPS plus GLONASS combination and both systems are supported by the Broadcast Correction streams participating in the combination. 2547 2547 2548 2548 .. index:: Corrections upload … … 2554 2554 2555 2555 1. either generated by BNC as a combination of several individual Broadcast Correction streams coming from an number of real-time Analysis Centers (ACs), see section 'Combine Corrections', 2556 2. or generated by BNC while the program receives an ASCII stream of precise satellite orbits and clocks via IP port from a connected real-time GNSS engine. Such a stream would be expected in a plain ASCII format and the associated 'decoder' string would have to be 'RTNET', see format description below. 2556 2. or generated by BNC while the program receives an ASCII stream of precise satellite orbits and clocks via IP port from a connected real-time GNSS engine. Such a stream would be expected in a plain ASCII format and the associated 'decoder' string would have to be 'RTNET', see format description below. 2557 2557 2558 2558 The procedure taken by BNC to generate the orbit and clock corrections to Broadcast Ephemeris and upload them to an Ntrip Broadcaster is as follow: 2559 2559 2560 2560 * Continuously receive up-to-date Broadcast Ephemeris carrying approximate orbits and clocks for all satellites. Read new Broadcast Ephemeris immediately whenever they become available. This information may come via a stream of RTCM messages generated from another BNC instance. 2561 2561 2562 2562 Then, epoch by epoch: 2563 2563 2564 * Continuously receive the best available orbit and clock estimates for all satellites in XYZ Earth-Centered-Earth-Fixed IGS08 reference system. Receive them every epoch in plain ASCII format as provided by a real-time GNSS engine such as RTNET or generate them following a combination approach. 2565 * Calculate XYZ coordinates from Broadcast Ephemeris orbits. 2566 * Calculate differences dX,dY,dZ between Broadcast Ephemeris and IGS08 orbits. 2567 * Transform these differences into radial, along-track and out-of-plane corrections to Broadcast Ephemeris orbits. 2568 * Calculate corrections to Broadcast Ephemeris clocks as differences between Broadcast Ephemeris clocks and IGS08 clocks. 2569 * Encode Broadcast Ephemeris orbit and clock corrections in RTCM Version 3 format. 2570 * Upload Broadcast Correction stream to Ntrip Broadcaster. 2571 2572 The orbit and clock corrections to Broadcast Ephemeris are usually referred to the latest set of broadcast messages, which are generally also received in real-time by a GNSS rover. However, the use of the latest broadcast message is delayed for a period of 60 seconds, measured from the time of complete reception of ephemeris and clock parameters, in order to accommodate rover applications to obtain the same set of broadcast orbital and clock parameters. This procedure is recommended in the RTCM SSR standard. Because the stream delivery process may put a significant load on the communication link between BNC and the real-time GNSS engine, it is recommended to run both programs on the same host. However, doing so is not compulsory. 2573 2574 The usual handling of BNC when uploading a stream with Broadcast Corrections is that you first specify Broadcast Ephemeris and Broadcast Correction streams. You then specify an Ntrip Broadcaster for stream upload before you start the program. 2564 * Continuously receive the best available orbit and clock estimates for all satellites in XYZ Earth-Centered-Earth-Fixed IGS08 reference system. Receive them every epoch in plain ASCII format as provided by a real-time GNSS engine such as RTNET or generate them following a combination approach. 2565 * Calculate XYZ coordinates from Broadcast Ephemeris orbits. 2566 * Calculate differences dX,dY,dZ between Broadcast Ephemeris and IGS08 orbits. 2567 * Transform these differences into radial, along-track and out-of-plane corrections to Broadcast Ephemeris orbits. 2568 * Calculate corrections to Broadcast Ephemeris clocks as differences between Broadcast Ephemeris clocks and IGS08 clocks. 2569 * Encode Broadcast Ephemeris orbit and clock corrections in RTCM Version 3 format. 2570 * Upload Broadcast Correction stream to Ntrip Broadcaster. 2571 2572 The orbit and clock corrections to Broadcast Ephemeris are usually referred to the latest set of broadcast messages, which are generally also received in real-time by a GNSS rover. However, the use of the latest broadcast message is delayed for a period of 60 seconds, measured from the time of complete reception of ephemeris and clock parameters, in order to accommodate rover applications to obtain the same set of broadcast orbital and clock parameters. This procedure is recommended in the RTCM SSR standard. Because the stream delivery process may put a significant load on the communication link between BNC and the real-time GNSS engine, it is recommended to run both programs on the same host. However, doing so is not compulsory. 2573 2574 The usual handling of BNC when uploading a stream with Broadcast Corrections is that you first specify Broadcast Ephemeris and Broadcast Correction streams. You then specify an Ntrip Broadcaster for stream upload before you start the program. 2575 2575 2576 2576 .. index:: RTNet stream format 2577 2577 2578 2578 **'RTNET' Stream Format** 2579 2580 When uploading an SSR stream generated according to 2. then BNC requires precise GNSS orbits and clocks in the IGS Earth-Centered-Earth-Fixed (ECEF) reference system and in a specific ASCII format named 'RTNET' because the data may come from a real-time engine such as RTNET. The sampling interval for data transmission should not exceed 15 sec. Note that otherwise tools involved in IP streaming such as Ntrip Broadcasters or Ntrip Clients may respond with a timeout. 2581 2582 Below you find an example for the 'RTNET' ASCII format coming from a real-time GNSS engine. Each epoch begins with an asterisk character followed by the time as year, month, day of month, hour, minute and second. Subsequent records can provide 2579 2580 When uploading an SSR stream generated according to 2. then BNC requires precise GNSS orbits and clocks in the IGS Earth-Centered-Earth-Fixed (ECEF) reference system and in a specific ASCII format named 'RTNET' because the data may come from a real-time engine such as RTNET. The sampling interval for data transmission should not exceed 15 sec. Note that otherwise tools involved in IP streaming such as Ntrip Broadcasters or Ntrip Clients may respond with a timeout. 2581 2582 Below you find an example for the 'RTNET' ASCII format coming from a real-time GNSS engine. Each epoch begins with an asterisk character followed by the time as year, month, day of month, hour, minute and second. Subsequent records can provide 2583 2583 2584 2584 .. code-block:: none … … 2586 2586 * 2015 6 11 15 10 40.000000 2587 2587 2588 Subsequent records can provide 2589 2590 * Satellite specific parameters 2588 Subsequent records can provide 2589 2590 * Satellite specific parameters 2591 2591 2592 2592 A set of parameters can be defined for each satellite as follows: … … 2594 2594 .. code-block:: console 2595 2595 2596 <SatelliteID> <key> <numValues> <value1 value2 ...> 2597 <key> <numValues> <value1 value2 ...> ... 2596 <SatelliteID> <key> <numValues> <value1 value2 ...> 2597 <key> <numValues> <value1 value2 ...> ... 2598 2598 2599 2599 The satellite specific keys and values currently specified for that in BNC are listed in :numref:`Table %s <tab_SAT_SPEC_PARAMETER_KEYS>`. 2600 2600 2601 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{0.3\textwidth}|p{0.62\textwidth}| 2601 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{0.3\textwidth}|p{0.62\textwidth}| 2602 2602 2603 2603 .. _tab_SAT_SPEC_PARAMETER_KEYS: … … 2617 2617 ============ ============================================================================ 2618 2618 2619 * Non-satellite specific parameters 2620 2621 The following syntax will be used: 2619 * Non-satellite specific parameters 2620 2621 The following syntax will be used: 2622 2622 2623 2623 .. code-block:: console 2624 2624 2625 2625 <key> <value1 value2 ...> 2626 2626 2627 2627 The non-satellite specific keys and values currently specified in BNC are listed in :numref:`Table %s <tab_NON_SAT_SPEC_PARAMETER_KEYS>`. 2628 2628 2629 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{0.3\textwidth}|p{0.62\textwidth}| 2629 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{0.3\textwidth}|p{0.62\textwidth}| 2630 2630 2631 2631 .. _tab_NON_SAT_SPEC_PARAMETER_KEYS: … … 2639 2639 ============ ============================================================================ 2640 2640 2641 If key VTEC is specified, a data set for each layer contains within its first line the Layers Number, followed by Maximum Degree, Maximum Order and Layer Height. After that, Cosine and Sinus Spherical Harmonic Coefficients will follow, one block each. 2642 2643 Because each keyword is associated to a certain number of values, an 'old' BNC could be operated with an incoming 'new' RTNET stream containing so far unknown keys - they would just be skipped in BNC. 2644 2645 Example for 'RTNET' stream content and format: 2641 If key VTEC is specified, a data set for each layer contains within its first line the Layers Number, followed by Maximum Degree, Maximum Order and Layer Height. After that, Cosine and Sinus Spherical Harmonic Coefficients will follow, one block each. 2642 2643 Because each keyword is associated to a certain number of values, an 'old' BNC could be operated with an incoming 'new' RTNET stream containing so far unknown keys - they would just be skipped in BNC. 2644 2645 Example for 'RTNET' stream content and format: 2646 2646 2647 2647 .. code-block:: console 2648 2648 2649 2649 * 2015 6 11 15 10 40.000000 2650 VTEC 0 1 0 6 6 450000.0 20.4660 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 5.3590 9.6580 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 -6.3610 -0.1210 1.1050 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 -2.7140 -1.8200 -0.9920 -0.6430 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1.9140 -0.5180 0.2530 0.0870 -0.0110 0.0000 0.0000 2.2950 1.0510 -0.9540 0.6220 -0.0720 -0.0810 0.0000 -0.9760 0.7570 0.2320 -0.2520 0.1970 -0.0680 -0.0280 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.2720 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1.1100 -1.0170 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 -1.1500 0.5440 0.9890 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 -0.3770 -0.1990 0.2670 -0.0470 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.6550 -0.0130 -0.2310 -0.4810 -0.3510 0.0000 0.0000 0.2360 -0.0710 0.0280 0.1900 -0.0810 0.0710 2650 VTEC 0 1 0 6 6 450000.0 20.4660 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 5.3590 9.6580 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 -6.3610 -0.1210 1.1050 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 -2.7140 -1.8200 -0.9920 -0.6430 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1.9140 -0.5180 0.2530 0.0870 -0.0110 0.0000 0.0000 2.2950 1.0510 -0.9540 0.6220 -0.0720 -0.0810 0.0000 -0.9760 0.7570 0.2320 -0.2520 0.1970 -0.0680 -0.0280 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.2720 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1.1100 -1.0170 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 -1.1500 0.5440 0.9890 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 -0.3770 -0.1990 0.2670 -0.0470 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.6550 -0.0130 -0.2310 -0.4810 -0.3510 0.0000 0.0000 0.2360 -0.0710 0.0280 0.1900 -0.0810 0.0710 2651 2651 IND 0 1 2652 2652 G01 APC 3 -14442611.532 -13311059.070 -18020998.395 Clk 1 -1426.920500 Vel 3 2274.647600 -28.980300 -1787.861900 CoM 3 -14442612.572 -13311059.518 -18020999.539 CodeBias 6 1W -3.760000 1C -3.320000 2W -6.200000 2X -5.780000 1H -3.350000 5I -5.430000 YawAngle 1 -0.315600 YawRate 1 0.0 PhaseBias 3 1C 3.9473 1 2 4 2W 6.3143 1 2 4 5I 6.7895 1 2 4 … … 2664 2664 EOE 2665 2665 2666 Note that the end of an epoch in the incoming stream is indicated by an ASCII string 'EOE' (for End Of Epoch). 2666 Note that the end of an epoch in the incoming stream is indicated by an ASCII string 'EOE' (for End Of Epoch). 2667 2667 2668 2668 When using clocks from Broadcast Ephemeris (with or without applied corrections) or clocks from SP3 files, it may be important to understand that they are not corrected for the conventional periodic relativistic effect. Chapter 10 of the IERS Conventions 2003 mentions that the conventional periodic relativistic correction to the satellite clock (to be added to the broadcast clock) is computed as … … 2672 2672 dt = -2 (R * V) / c^2 2673 2673 2674 where :math:`R * V` is the scalar product of the satellite position and velocity and :math:`c` is the speed of light. This can also be found in the GPS Interface Specification, IS-GPS-200, Revision D, 7 March 2006. 2674 where :math:`R * V` is the scalar product of the satellite position and velocity and :math:`c` is the speed of light. This can also be found in the GPS Interface Specification, IS-GPS-200, Revision D, 7 March 2006. 2675 2675 2676 2676 Add, Delete Row - optional 2677 2677 -------------------------- 2678 2678 2679 Hit 'Add Row' button to add a row to the stream 'Upload Table' or hit the 'Delete' button to delete the highlighted row(s). Having an empty 'Upload Table' is default and means that you do not want BNC to upload orbit and clock correction streams to any Ntrip Broadcaster. 2679 Hit 'Add Row' button to add a row to the stream 'Upload Table' or hit the 'Delete' button to delete the highlighted row(s). Having an empty 'Upload Table' is default and means that you do not want BNC to upload orbit and clock correction streams to any Ntrip Broadcaster. 2680 2680 2681 2681 Host, Port, Mountpoint, Password - optional 2682 2682 ------------------------------------------- 2683 2683 2684 Specify the domain name or IP number of an Ntrip Broadcaster for uploading the stream. Furthermore, specify the caster's listening IP port, an upload mountpoint and an upload password. Note that Ntrip Broadcasters are often configured to provide access through more than one port, usually ports 80 and 2101. If you experience communication problems on port 80, you should try to use the alternative port(s). 2684 Specify the domain name or IP number of an Ntrip Broadcaster for uploading the stream. Furthermore, specify the caster's listening IP port, an upload mountpoint and an upload password. Note that Ntrip Broadcasters are often configured to provide access through more than one port, usually ports 80 and 2101. If you experience communication problems on port 80, you should try to use the alternative port(s). 2685 2685 2686 2686 BNC uploads a stream to the Ntrip Broadcaster by referring to a dedicated mountpoint that has been set by its operator. Specify the mountpoint based on the details you received for your stream from the operator. It is often a 4-character ID (capital letters) plus an integer number. … … 2688 2688 The stream upload may be protected through an upload 'Password'. Enter the password you received from the Ntrip Broadcaster operator along with the mountpoint(s). 2689 2689 2690 If 'Host', 'Port', 'Mountpoint' and 'Password' are set, the stream will be encoded in RTCM's 'State Space Representation' (SSR) messages and uploaded to the specified broadcaster following the Ntrip Version 1 transport protocol. 2690 If 'Host', 'Port', 'Mountpoint' and 'Password' are set, the stream will be encoded in RTCM's 'State Space Representation' (SSR) messages and uploaded to the specified broadcaster following the Ntrip Version 1 transport protocol. 2691 2691 2692 2692 .. index:: Reference system realizations … … 2706 2706 * 'Custom' which allows a transformation of Broadcast Corrections from the IGS08 system to any other system through specifying up to 14 Helmert Transformation Parameters. 2707 2707 2708 Because a mathematically strict transformation to a regional reference system is not possible on the BNC server side when a scale factor is involved, the program follows an approximate solution. While orbits are transformed in full accordance with given equations, a transformed clock is derived through applying correction term 2708 Because a mathematically strict transformation to a regional reference system is not possible on the BNC server side when a scale factor is involved, the program follows an approximate solution. While orbits are transformed in full accordance with given equations, a transformed clock is derived through applying correction term 2709 2709 2710 2710 .. math:: 2711 2711 2712 2712 dC = (s - 1) / s * \rho / c 2713 2713 2714 where :math:`s` is the transformation scale, :math:`c` is the speed of light, and :math:`ρ` is the topocentric distance between an (approximate) center of the transformation's validity area and the satellite. 2715 2716 From a theoretical point of view, this kind of approximation leads to inconsistencies between orbits and clocks and is therefore not allowed :cite:`huisman2012a`. However, it has been proved that resulting errors in Precise Point Positioning are on millimeter level for horizontal components and below one centimeter for height components. The Australian GDA94 transformation with its comparatively large scale parameter is an exception in this as discrepancies may reach up there to two centimeters. 2717 2718 IGS08: As the orbits and clocks coming from real-time GNSS engine are expected to be in the IGS08 system, no transformation is carried out if this option is selected. 2719 2720 ETRF2000: The formulas for the transformation 'ITRF2008->ETRF2000' are taken from 'Claude Boucher and Zuheir Altamimi 2008: Specifications for reference frame fixing in the analysis of EUREF GPS campaign', see http://etrs89.ensg.ign.fr/memo-V8.pdf. The following 14 Helmert Transformation Parameters were introduced: 2714 where :math:`s` is the transformation scale, :math:`c` is the speed of light, and :math:`ρ` is the topocentric distance between an (approximate) center of the transformation's validity area and the satellite. 2715 2716 From a theoretical point of view, this kind of approximation leads to inconsistencies between orbits and clocks and is therefore not allowed :cite:`huisman2012a`. However, it has been proved that resulting errors in Precise Point Positioning are on millimeter level for horizontal components and below one centimeter for height components. The Australian GDA94 transformation with its comparatively large scale parameter is an exception in this as discrepancies may reach up there to two centimeters. 2717 2718 IGS08: As the orbits and clocks coming from real-time GNSS engine are expected to be in the IGS08 system, no transformation is carried out if this option is selected. 2719 2720 ETRF2000: The formulas for the transformation 'ITRF2008->ETRF2000' are taken from 'Claude Boucher and Zuheir Altamimi 2008: Specifications for reference frame fixing in the analysis of EUREF GPS campaign', see http://etrs89.ensg.ign.fr/memo-V8.pdf. The following 14 Helmert Transformation Parameters were introduced: 2721 2721 2722 2722 .. code-block:: console … … 2798 2798 To: 0000.0 2799 2799 2800 SIRGAS95: The formulas for the transformation 'ITRF2005->SIRGAS95' were provided by :cite:`acuha2016a` , parameters based on values from :cite:`sirgas2009a`, Table 4.1: 2800 SIRGAS95: The formulas for the transformation 'ITRF2005->SIRGAS95' were provided by :cite:`acuha2016a` , parameters based on values from :cite:`sirgas2009a`, Table 4.1: 2801 2801 2802 2802 .. code-block:: console … … 2821 2821 2822 2822 .. code-block:: console 2823 2823 2824 2824 Translation in X at epoch To: -0.0118 m 2825 2825 Translation in Y at epoch To: 0.1432 m … … 2838 2838 To: 2000.0 2839 2839 2840 Custom: Feel free to specify your own 14 Helmert Transformation parameters for transformations from IGS08/ITRF2008 into your own target system (see :numref:`Fig. %s <fig_30>`). 2840 Custom: Feel free to specify your own 14 Helmert Transformation parameters for transformations from IGS08/ITRF2008 into your own target system (see :numref:`Fig. %s <fig_30>`). 2841 2841 2842 2842 .. _fig_30: … … 2849 2849 ------------------------- 2850 2850 2851 BNC allows to either refer Broadcast Corrections to the satellite's Center of Mass (CoM) or to the satellite's Antenna Phase Center (APC). By default, corrections refer to APC. Tick 'Center of Mass' to refer uploaded corrections to CoM. 2851 BNC allows to either refer Broadcast Corrections to the satellite's Center of Mass (CoM) or to the satellite's Antenna Phase Center (APC). By default, corrections refer to APC. Tick 'Center of Mass' to refer uploaded corrections to CoM. 2852 2852 2853 2853 SP3 File - optional … … 2860 2860 /home/user/BNC${GPSWD}.sp3 2861 2861 2862 Note that '${GPSWD}' produces the GPS Week and Day number in the filename. Default is an empty option field, meaning that you do not want BNC to save the uploaded stream content in daily SP3 files. 2863 2864 As a SP3 file content should be referred to the satellites' Center of Mass (CoM) while Broadcast Corrections are referred to the satellites' APC, an offset has to be applied which is available from an IGS ANTEX file (see option 'ANTEX File' below). Hence, you should specify the 'ANTEX File' path there if you want to save the stream content in SP3 format. If you do not specify an 'ANTEX File' path, the SP3 file content will be referred to the satellites APCs. 2865 2866 The filenames for the daily SP3 files follow the convention for SP3 filenames. The first three characters of each filename are set to 'BNC'. Note that clocks in the SP3 orbit files are not corrected for the conventional periodic relativistic effect. 2867 2868 In case the 'Combine Corrections' table contains only one Broadcast Correction stream, BNC will merge that stream with Broadcast Ephemeris to save results in files specified here through SP3 and/or Clock RINEX file path. In such a case you have to define only the SP3 and Clock RINEX file path and no further option in the 'Upload Corrections' table. 2869 2870 Note that BNC outputs a complete list of SP3 'Epoch Header Records', even if no 'Position and Clock Records' are available for certain epochs because of stream outages. Note further that the 'Number of Epochs' in the first SP3 header record may not be correct because that number is not available when the file is created. Depending on your processing software (e.g. Bernese GNSS Software, BSW) it could therefore be necessary to correct an incorrect 'Number of Epochs' in the file before you use it in post processing. 2862 Note that '${GPSWD}' produces the GPS Week and Day number in the filename. Default is an empty option field, meaning that you do not want BNC to save the uploaded stream content in daily SP3 files. 2863 2864 As a SP3 file content should be referred to the satellites' Center of Mass (CoM) while Broadcast Corrections are referred to the satellites' APC, an offset has to be applied which is available from an IGS ANTEX file (see option 'ANTEX File' below). Hence, you should specify the 'ANTEX File' path there if you want to save the stream content in SP3 format. If you do not specify an 'ANTEX File' path, the SP3 file content will be referred to the satellites APCs. 2865 2866 The filenames for the daily SP3 files follow the convention for SP3 filenames. The first three characters of each filename are set to 'BNC'. Note that clocks in the SP3 orbit files are not corrected for the conventional periodic relativistic effect. 2867 2868 In case the 'Combine Corrections' table contains only one Broadcast Correction stream, BNC will merge that stream with Broadcast Ephemeris to save results in files specified here through SP3 and/or Clock RINEX file path. In such a case you have to define only the SP3 and Clock RINEX file path and no further option in the 'Upload Corrections' table. 2869 2870 Note that BNC outputs a complete list of SP3 'Epoch Header Records', even if no 'Position and Clock Records' are available for certain epochs because of stream outages. Note further that the 'Number of Epochs' in the first SP3 header record may not be correct because that number is not available when the file is created. Depending on your processing software (e.g. Bernese GNSS Software, BSW) it could therefore be necessary to correct an incorrect 'Number of Epochs' in the file before you use it in post processing. 2871 2871 2872 2872 RNX File - optional 2873 2873 ------------------- 2874 2874 2875 The clock corrections generated by BNC for upload can be logged in Clock RINEX format. The file naming follows the RINEX convention. 2876 2877 Specify a path for saving the generated clock corrections as Clock RINEX files. If the specified directory does not exist, BNC will not create Clock RINEX files. The following is a path example for a Linux system: 2878 2879 .. code-block:: console 2880 2875 The clock corrections generated by BNC for upload can be logged in Clock RINEX format. The file naming follows the RINEX convention. 2876 2877 Specify a path for saving the generated clock corrections as Clock RINEX files. If the specified directory does not exist, BNC will not create Clock RINEX files. The following is a path example for a Linux system: 2878 2879 .. code-block:: console 2880 2881 2881 /home/user/BNC${GPSWD}.clk 2882 2882 2883 Note that '${GPSWD}' produces the GPS Week and Day number in the filename. Note further that clocks in the Clock RINEX files are not corrected for the conventional periodic relativistic effect. 2883 Note that '${GPSWD}' produces the GPS Week and Day number in the filename. Note further that clocks in the Clock RINEX files are not corrected for the conventional periodic relativistic effect. 2884 2884 2885 2885 PID, SID, IOD - optional 2886 2886 ------------------------ 2887 2887 2888 When applying Broadcast Ephemeris corrections in a PPP algorithm or in a combination of several correction streams, it is important for the client software to receive information on the continuity of discontinuity of the stream contents. Here you can specify three ID's to describe the contents of your Broadcast Ephemeris correction stream when it is uploaded. 2888 When applying Broadcast Ephemeris corrections in a PPP algorithm or in a combination of several correction streams, it is important for the client software to receive information on the continuity of discontinuity of the stream contents. Here you can specify three ID's to describe the contents of your Broadcast Ephemeris correction stream when it is uploaded. 2889 2889 2890 2890 * A 'SSR Provider ID' is issued by RTCM SC-104 on request to identify a SSR service (see e.g. \url{http://software.rtcm-ntrip.org/wiki/SSRProvider}). This ID is globally unique. Values vary in the range of 0-65535. Values in the range of 0-255 are reserved for experimental services. … … 2895 2895 -------------------------------------------------------- 2896 2896 2897 Select the length of Clock RINEX files and SP3 Orbit files. The default value is 1 day. 2897 Select the length of Clock RINEX files and SP3 Orbit files. The default value is 1 day. 2898 2898 2899 2899 Sampling … … 2905 2905 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2906 2906 2907 Select the stream's orbit correction sampling interval in seconds. A value of 60 sec may be appropriate. A value of zero '0' tells BNC to upload all orbit correction samples coming in from the real-time GNSS engine along with the clock correction samples to produce combined orbit and clock corrections to Broadcast Ephemeris (1060 for GPS, 1066 for GLONASS). 2908 2909 Configuration examples: 2907 Select the stream's orbit correction sampling interval in seconds. A value of 60 sec may be appropriate. A value of zero '0' tells BNC to upload all orbit correction samples coming in from the real-time GNSS engine along with the clock correction samples to produce combined orbit and clock corrections to Broadcast Ephemeris (1060 for GPS, 1066 for GLONASS). 2908 2909 Configuration examples: 2910 2910 2911 2911 Let us suppose a real-time network engine supporting BNC every 5 sec with GPS Broadcast Corrections for orbits, clocks and code biases in 'RTNET' stream format: … … 2928 2928 * Every 5 sec a 1059 message for GPS code biases. 2929 2929 2930 Note that only when specifying a value of zero '0' (default) for 'Sampling Orb', BNC produces combined orbit and clock correction messages. 2931 2932 2930 Note that only when specifying a value of zero '0' (default) for 'Sampling Orb', BNC produces combined orbit and clock correction messages. 2931 2932 2933 2933 SP3 - mandatory if 'SP3 File' is specified 2934 2934 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ … … 2949 2949 ------------------------------------------------- 2950 2950 2951 IGS provides a file containing absolute phase center variations for GNSS satellite and receiver antennas in ANTEX format. Entering the full path to such an ANTEX file is required here for referring the SP3 file content to the satellite's Center of Mass (CoM). If you do not specify an ANTEX file, the SP3 file will contain orbit information which is referred to Antenna Phase Center (APC) instead of CoM. 2952 2953 The screenshot in :numref:`Fig. %s <fig_31>` shows the encoding and uploading of a stream of precise orbits and clocks coming from a real-time network engine in 'RTNET' ASCII format. The stream is uploaded to Ntrip Broadcaster 'products.igs-ip.net'. It is referred to APC and IGS08. Uploaded data are locally saved in SP3 and Clock RINEX format. The SSR Provider ID is set to 3. The SSR Solution ID and the Issue of Data SSR are set to 1. Required Broadcast Ephemeris are received via stream 'RTCM3EPH'. 2951 IGS provides a file containing absolute phase center variations for GNSS satellite and receiver antennas in ANTEX format. Entering the full path to such an ANTEX file is required here for referring the SP3 file content to the satellite's Center of Mass (CoM). If you do not specify an ANTEX file, the SP3 file will contain orbit information which is referred to Antenna Phase Center (APC) instead of CoM. 2952 2953 The screenshot in :numref:`Fig. %s <fig_31>` shows the encoding and uploading of a stream of precise orbits and clocks coming from a real-time network engine in 'RTNET' ASCII format. The stream is uploaded to Ntrip Broadcaster 'products.igs-ip.net'. It is referred to APC and IGS08. Uploaded data are locally saved in SP3 and Clock RINEX format. The SSR Provider ID is set to 3. The SSR Solution ID and the Issue of Data SSR are set to 1. Required Broadcast Ephemeris are received via stream 'RTCM3EPH'. 2954 2954 2955 2955 .. _fig_31: … … 2959 2959 BNC producing Broadcast Corrections from incoming precise orbits and clocks and uploading them to an Ntrip Broadcaster 2960 2960 2961 The screenshot in :numref:`Fig. %s <fig_32>` shows the encoding and uploading of several Broadcast Ephemeris correction streams combined from streams CLK11, CLK21, CLK80, and CLK91. Combined streams are uploaded to different Ntrip Broadcasters and referred to different reference systems. One of the uploaded streams is locally saved in SP3 and Clock RINEX format. Different SSR Provider IDs, SSR Solution IDs and Issue of Data IDs are specified. Required Broadcast Ephemeris are received via stream 'RTCM3EPH'. 2961 The screenshot in :numref:`Fig. %s <fig_32>` shows the encoding and uploading of several Broadcast Ephemeris correction streams combined from streams CLK11, CLK21, CLK80, and CLK91. Combined streams are uploaded to different Ntrip Broadcasters and referred to different reference systems. One of the uploaded streams is locally saved in SP3 and Clock RINEX format. Different SSR Provider IDs, SSR Solution IDs and Issue of Data IDs are specified. Required Broadcast Ephemeris are received via stream 'RTCM3EPH'. 2962 2962 2963 2963 .. _fig_32: … … 2972 2972 ================ 2973 2973 2974 BNC can generate a stream carrying only Broadcast Ephemeris in RTCM Version 3 format and upload it to an Ntrip Broadcaster :numref:`(Fig. %s) <fig_33>`. Note that Broadcast Ephemeris received in real-time have a system specific period of validity in BNC which is defined in accordance with the update rates of the navigation messages.2974 BNC can generate streams carrying only Broadcast Ephemeris in RTCM Version 3 format and upload them to an Ntrip Broadcaster (Fig. 35). This can be done for individual satellite systems or for all satellite systems, specifying the parameter ‘System’ for each stream. Note that Broadcast Ephemeris received in real-time have a system specific period of validity in BNC which is defined in accordance with the update rates of the navigation messages. 2975 2975 2976 2976 * GPS ephemeris will be interpreted as outdated and ignored when older than 4 hours. … … 2981 2981 * QZSS ephemeris will be interpreted as outdated and ignored when older than 4 hours. 2982 2982 2983 A note 'OUTDATED EPHEMERIS' will be given in the logfile and the data will be disregarded when necessary. Furthermore, received Broadcast Ephemeris parameters pass through a plausibility check in BNC which allows to ignore incorrect ephemeris data when necessary, leaving a note 'WRONG EPHEMERIS' in the logfile. 2983 A note 'OUTDATED EPHEMERIS' will be given in the logfile and the data will be disregarded when necessary. Furthermore, received Broadcast Ephemeris parameters pass through a plausibility check in BNC which allows to ignore incorrect ephemeris data when necessary, leaving a note 'WRONG EPHEMERIS' in the logfile. 2984 2984 2985 2985 Host & Port - optional 2986 2986 ---------------------- 2987 2987 2988 Specify the 'Host' IP number or URL of an Ntrip Broadcaster to upload the stream. An empty option field means that you do not want to upload Broadcast Ephemeris. Enter the Ntrip Broadcaster's IP 'Port' number for stream upload. Note that Ntrip Broadcasters are often configured to provide access through more than one port, usually ports 80 and 2101. If you experience communication problems on port 80, you should try to use the alternative port(s). 2988 Specify the 'Host' IP number or URL of an Ntrip Broadcaster to upload the stream. An empty option field means that you do not want to upload Broadcast Ephemeris. Enter the Ntrip Broadcaster's IP 'Port' number for stream upload. Note that Ntrip Broadcasters are often configured to provide access through more than one port, usually ports 80 and 2101. If you experience communication problems on port 80, you should try to use the alternative port(s). 2989 2989 2990 2990 Mountpoint & Password - mandatory if 'Host' is set … … 2995 2995 Sampling - mandatory if 'Host' is set 2996 2996 ------------------------------------- 2997 2998 Select the Broadcast Ephemeris repetition interval in seconds. Default is '5', meaning that a complete set of Broadcast Ephemeris is uploaded every 5 seconds. 2997 2998 Select the Broadcast Ephemeris repetition interval in seconds. Default is '5', meaning that a complete set of Broadcast Ephemeris is uploaded every 5 seconds. 2999 2999 3000 3000 .. _fig_33: … … 3009 3009 ============== 3010 3010 3011 Each stream on an Ntrip Broadcaster (and consequently on BNC) is defined using a unique source ID called mountpoint. An Ntrip Client like BNC accesses the desired stream by referring to its mountpoint. Information about streams and their mountpoints is available through the source-table maintained by the Ntrip Broadcaster. Streams selected for retrieval are listed under the 'Streams' canvas on BNC's main window. The list provides the following information either extracted from source-table(s) produced by the Ntrip Broadcasters or introduced by BNC's user (:numref:`Table %s <tab_STREAM_CANVAS_KEYS>`). 3012 3013 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{0.3\textwidth}|p{0.62\textwidth}| 3011 Each stream on an Ntrip Broadcaster (and consequently on BNC) is defined using a unique source ID called mountpoint. An Ntrip Client like BNC accesses the desired stream by referring to its mountpoint. Information about streams and their mountpoints is available through the source-table maintained by the Ntrip Broadcaster. Streams selected for retrieval are listed under the 'Streams' canvas on BNC's main window. The list provides the following information either extracted from source-table(s) produced by the Ntrip Broadcasters or introduced by BNC's user (:numref:`Table %s <tab_STREAM_CANVAS_KEYS>`). 3012 3013 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{0.3\textwidth}|p{0.62\textwidth}| 3014 3014 3015 3015 .. index:: Stream canvas information … … 3032 3032 ntrip Selected Ntrip transport protocol version (1, 2, 2s, R, or U), or 3033 3033 'N' for TCP/IP streams without Ntrip, or 3034 'UN' for UDP streams without Ntrip, or 3034 'UN' for UDP streams without Ntrip, or 3035 3035 'S' for serial input streams without Ntrip. 3036 bytes Number of bytes received. 3036 bytes Number of bytes received. 3037 3037 ================== ====================================================================== 3038 3038 … … 3041 3041 3042 3042 BNC automatically allocates one of its internal decoders to a stream based on the stream's 'format' and 'format-details' as given in the source-table. However, there might be cases where you need to override the automatic selection due to an incorrect source-table for example. BNC allows users to manually select the required decoder by editing the decoder string. Double click on the 'decoder' field, enter your preferred decoder and then hit Enter. Accepted decoder strings are 'RTCM_2.x', 'RTCM_3.x' and 'RTNET'. 3043 3044 In case you need to log the raw data as it is, BNC allows users to by-pass its decoders and directly save the input in daily logfiles. To do this, specify the decoder string as 'ZERO'. The generated filenames are created from the characters of the streams mountpoints plus two-digit numbers each for year, month, and day. Example: Setting the 'decoder' string for mountpoint WTZZ0 to 'ZERO' and running BNC on March 29, 2007 would save raw data in a file named WTZZ0_070329. 3043 3044 In case you need to log the raw data as it is, BNC allows users to by-pass its decoders and directly save the input in daily logfiles. To do this, specify the decoder string as 'ZERO'. The generated filenames are created from the characters of the streams mountpoints plus two-digit numbers each for year, month, and day. Example: Setting the 'decoder' string for mountpoint WTZZ0 to 'ZERO' and running BNC on March 29, 2007 would save raw data in a file named WTZZ0_070329. 3045 3045 3046 3046 BNC can also retrieve streams from virtual reference stations (VRS). To initiate these streams, an approximate rover position needs to be sent in NMEA format to the Ntrip Broadcaster. In return, a user-specific data stream is generated, typically by Network RTK software. VRS streams are indicated by a 'yes' in the source-table as well as in the 'nmea' column on the 'Streams' canvas in BNC's main window. They are customized exactly to the latitude and longitude transmitted to the Ntrip Broadcaster via NMEA GGA sentences. … … 3048 3048 If NMEA GGA sentences are not coming from a serially connected GNSS rover, BNC simulates them from the default latitude and longitude of the source-table as shown in the 'lat' and 'long' columns on the 'Streams' canvas. However, in many cases you would probably want to change these defaults according to your requirement. Double-click on 'lat' and 'long' fields, enter the values you wish to send and then hit Enter. The format is in positive north latitude degrees (e.g. for northern hemisphere: 52.436, for southern hemisphere: -24.567) and eastern longitude degrees (example: 358.872 or -1.128). Only streams with a 'yes' in their 'nmea' column can be edited. The position should preferably be a point within the VRS service area of the network. RINEX files generated from these streams will contain an additional COMMENT line in the header beginning with 'NMEA' showing the 'lat' and 'long' used. 3049 3049 3050 Note that when running BNC in a Local Area Network (LAN), NMEA strings may be blocked by a proxy server, firewall or virus scanner when not using the Ntrip Version 2 transport protocol. 3050 Note that when running BNC in a Local Area Network (LAN), NMEA strings may be blocked by a proxy server, firewall or virus scanner when not using the Ntrip Version 2 transport protocol. 3051 3051 3052 3052 Delete Streams … … 3058 3058 --------------------------------------- 3059 3059 3060 The streams selection can be changed on-the-fly without interrupting uninvolved threads in the running BNC process. 3061 3062 Window mode: Hit 'Reread & Save Configuration' while BNC is in window mode and already processing data to let changes of your stream selection immediately become effective. 3063 3064 No window mode: When operating BNC online in 'no window' mode (command line option -nw), you force BNC to reread its 'mountPoints' configuration option from disk at pre-defined intervals. Select '1 min', '1 hour', or '1 day' as 'Reread configuration' option to reread the 'mountPoints' option every full minute, hour, or day. This lets a 'mountPoints' option edited in between in the configuration file become effective without terminating uninvolved threads. See section 'Configuration Examples' for configuration file examples and section 'Reread Configuration' for a list of other on-the-fly changeable options. 3060 The streams selection can be changed on-the-fly without interrupting uninvolved threads in the running BNC process. 3061 3062 Window mode: Hit 'Reread & Save Configuration' while BNC is in window mode and already processing data to let changes of your stream selection immediately become effective. 3063 3064 No window mode: When operating BNC online in 'no window' mode (command line option -nw), you force BNC to reread its 'mountPoints' configuration option from disk at pre-defined intervals. Select '1 min', '1 hour', or '1 day' as 'Reread configuration' option to reread the 'mountPoints' option every full minute, hour, or day. This lets a 'mountPoints' option edited in between in the configuration file become effective without terminating uninvolved threads. See section 'Configuration Examples' for configuration file examples and section 'Reread Configuration' for a list of other on-the-fly changeable options. 3065 3065 3066 3066 .. index:: Logging canvas … … 3069 3069 ============== 3070 3070 3071 The 'Logging Canvas' above the bottom menu bar on the main window labeled 'Log', 'Throughput', 'Latency', and 'PPP Plot' provides control of BNC's activities. Tabs are available for continuously showing logfile content, for a plot controlling the bandwidth consumption, a plot showing stream latencies, and for time series plots of PPP results. 3071 The 'Logging Canvas' above the bottom menu bar on the main window labeled 'Log', 'Throughput', 'Latency', and 'PPP Plot' provides control of BNC's activities. Tabs are available for continuously showing logfile content, for a plot controlling the bandwidth consumption, a plot showing stream latencies, and for time series plots of PPP results. 3072 3072 3073 3073 Log 3074 3074 --- 3075 3075 3076 Records of BNC's activities are shown in the 'Log' tab. They can be saved into a file when a valid path is specified in the 'Logfile (full path)' field. 3076 Records of BNC's activities are shown in the 'Log' tab. They can be saved into a file when a valid path is specified in the 'Logfile (full path)' field. 3077 3077 3078 3078 Throughput 3079 3079 ---------- 3080 3080 3081 The bandwidth consumption per stream is shown in the 'Throughput' tab in bits per second (bps) or kilobits per second (kbps). :numref:`Fig. %s <fig_34>` shows an example for the bandwidth consumption of incoming streams. 3081 The bandwidth consumption per stream is shown in the 'Throughput' tab in bits per second (bps) or kilobits per second (kbps). :numref:`Fig. %s <fig_34>` shows an example for the bandwidth consumption of incoming streams. 3082 3082 3083 3083 .. _fig_34: … … 3090 3090 ------- 3091 3091 3092 The latency of observations in each incoming stream is shown in the 'Latency' tab in milliseconds or seconds. Streams not carrying observations (e.g. those providing only Broadcast Ephemeris messages) or having an outage are not considered here and shown in red color. Note that the calculation of correct latencies requires the clock of the host computer to be properly synchronized. :numref:`Fig. %s <fig_35>` shows an example for the latency of incoming streams. 3092 The latency of observations in each incoming stream is shown in the 'Latency' tab in milliseconds or seconds. Streams not carrying observations (e.g. those providing only Broadcast Ephemeris messages) or having an outage are not considered here and shown in red color. Note that the calculation of correct latencies requires the clock of the host computer to be properly synchronized. :numref:`Fig. %s <fig_35>` shows an example for the latency of incoming streams. 3093 3093 3094 3094 .. _fig_35: … … 3101 3101 -------- 3102 3102 3103 Precise Point Positioning time series of North (red), East (green) and Up (blue) coordinate components are shown in the 'PPP Plot' tab when a 'Mountpoint' option is defined under PPP (4). Values are referred to a priori reference coordinates. The time as given in format [hh:mm] refers to GPS Time. The sliding PPP time series window covers a period of 5 minutes. Note that it may take up to 30 seconds or more until the first PPP solutions becomes available. :numref:`Fig. %s <fig_36>` shows the screenshot of a PPP time series plot of North, East and Up coordinate displacements. 3103 Precise Point Positioning time series of North (red), East (green) and Up (blue) coordinate components are shown in the 'PPP Plot' tab when a 'Mountpoint' option is defined under PPP (4). Values are referred to a priori reference coordinates. The time as given in format [hh:mm] refers to GPS Time. The sliding PPP time series window covers a period of 5 minutes. Note that it may take up to 30 seconds or more until the first PPP solutions becomes available. :numref:`Fig. %s <fig_36>` shows the screenshot of a PPP time series plot of North, East and Up coordinate displacements. 3104 3104 3105 3105 .. _fig_36: … … 3112 3112 =============== 3113 3113 3114 The bottom menu bar allows to add or delete streams to or from BNC's configuration and to start or stop it. It also provides access to BNC's online help function. The 'Add Stream' button opens a window that allows users to select one of several input communication links, see :numref:`Fig. %s <fig_37>`. 3114 The bottom menu bar allows to add or delete streams to or from BNC's configuration and to start or stop it. It also provides access to BNC's online help function. The 'Add Stream' button opens a window that allows users to select one of several input communication links, see :numref:`Fig. %s <fig_37>`. 3115 3115 3116 3116 .. _fig_37: … … 3123 3123 ---------- 3124 3124 3125 Button 'Add Stream' allows you to pull streams either from an Ntrip Broadcaster or from a TCP/IP port, UPD port, or serial port. 3125 Button 'Add Stream' allows you to pull streams either from an Ntrip Broadcaster or from a TCP/IP port, UPD port, or serial port. 3126 3126 3127 3127 Add/Delete Stream - Coming from Caster 3128 3128 -------------------------------------- 3129 3129 3130 Button 'Add Stream' > 'Coming from Caster' opens a window that allows users to select data streams from an Ntrip Broadcaster according to their mountpoints and show a distribution map of offered streams. 3130 Button 'Add Stream' > 'Coming from Caster' opens a window that allows users to select data streams from an Ntrip Broadcaster according to their mountpoints and show a distribution map of offered streams. 3131 3131 3132 3132 Button ‘Delete Stream’ allows you to delete streams previously selected for retrieval as listed under the ‘Streams’ canvas on BNC’s main window. … … 3135 3135 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 3136 3136 3137 Enter the Ntrip Broadcaster host IP and port number. Note that EUREF and IGS operate Ntrip Broadcasters at http://www.euref-ip.net/home, http://www.igs-ip.net/home, http://products.igs-ip.net/home and http://mgex.igs-ip.net/home. 3137 Enter the Ntrip Broadcaster host IP and port number. Note that EUREF and IGS operate Ntrip Broadcasters at http://www.euref-ip.net/home, http://www.igs-ip.net/home, http://products.igs-ip.net/home and http://mgex.igs-ip.net/home. 3138 3138 3139 3139 Casters Table - optional 3140 3140 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 3141 3141 3142 It may be that you are not sure about your Ntrip Broadcaster's host and port number or you are interested in other broadcaster installations operated elsewhere. Hit 'Show' for a table of known broadcasters maintained at www.rtcm-ntrip.org/home. A window opens which allows selecting a broadcaster for stream retrieval, see :numref:`Fig. %s <fig_38>`. 3142 It may be that you are not sure about your Ntrip Broadcaster's host and port number or you are interested in other broadcaster installations operated elsewhere. Hit 'Show' for a table of known broadcasters maintained at www.rtcm-ntrip.org/home. A window opens which allows selecting a broadcaster for stream retrieval, see :numref:`Fig. %s <fig_38>`. 3143 3143 3144 3144 .. _fig_38: … … 3151 3151 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 3152 3152 3153 Streams on Ntrip Broadcasters may be protected. Enter a valid 'User' ID and 'Password' for access to protected streams. Accounts are usually provided per Ntrip Broadcaster through a registration procedure. Register through http://register.rtcm-ntrip.org for access to protected streams from EUREF and IGS. 3153 Streams on Ntrip Broadcasters may be protected. Enter a valid 'User' ID and 'Password' for access to protected streams. Accounts are usually provided per Ntrip Broadcaster through a registration procedure. Register through http://register.rtcm-ntrip.org for access to protected streams from EUREF and IGS. 3154 3154 3155 3155 Get Table 3156 3156 ^^^^^^^^^ 3157 3157 3158 Use the 'Get Table' button to download the source-table from the Ntrip Broadcaster. Pay attention to data fields 'format' and 'format-details'. Keep in mind that BNC can only decode and convert streams that come in RTCM Version 2, RTCM Version 3, or RTNET format. For access to observations, Broadcast Ephemeris and Broadcast Corrections in RTCM format, streams must contain a selection of appropriate message types as listed in the Annex, cf. data field 'format-details' for available message types and their repetition rates in brackets. Note that in order to produce RINEX Navigation files, RTCM Version 3 streams containing message types 1019 (GPS) and 1020 (GLONASS) and 1043 (SBAS) and 1044 (QZSS) and 1045, 1046 (Galileo) and 63 (BDS/BeiDou, tentative message number) are required. Select your streams line by line, use +Shift and +Ctrl when necessary. :numref:`Fig. %s <fig_39>` provides an example source-table. 3159 3160 The content of data field 'nmea' tells you whether a stream retrieval needs to be initiated by BNC through sending an NMEA-GGA message carrying approximate position coordinates (Virtual Reference Station, VRS). 3161 3162 Hit 'OK' to return to the main window. If you wish, you can click on 'Add Stream' and repeat the process of retrieving streams from different casters. 3158 Use the 'Get Table' button to download the source-table from the Ntrip Broadcaster. Pay attention to data fields 'format' and 'format-details'. Keep in mind that BNC can only decode and convert streams that come in RTCM Version 2, RTCM Version 3, or RTNET format. For access to observations, Broadcast Ephemeris and Broadcast Corrections in RTCM format, streams must contain a selection of appropriate message types as listed in the Annex, cf. data field 'format-details' for available message types and their repetition rates in brackets. Note that in order to produce RINEX Navigation files, RTCM Version 3 streams containing message types 1019 (GPS) and 1020 (GLONASS) and 1043 (SBAS) and 1044 (QZSS) and 1045, 1046 (Galileo) and 63 (BDS/BeiDou, tentative message number) are required. Select your streams line by line, use +Shift and +Ctrl when necessary. :numref:`Fig. %s <fig_39>` provides an example source-table. 3159 3160 The content of data field 'nmea' tells you whether a stream retrieval needs to be initiated by BNC through sending an NMEA-GGA message carrying approximate position coordinates (Virtual Reference Station, VRS). 3161 3162 Hit 'OK' to return to the main window. If you wish, you can click on 'Add Stream' and repeat the process of retrieving streams from different casters. 3163 3163 3164 3164 .. _fig_39: … … 3173 3173 Some limitations and deficiencies of the Ntrip Version 1 stream transport protocol are solved in Ntrip Version 2. Improvements mainly concern a full HTTP compatibility in view of requirements coming from proxy servers. Version 2 is backwards compatible to Version 1. Options implemented in BNC are summarized in :numref:`Table %s <tab_NTRIP_OPTIONS>`. 3174 3174 3175 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{0.3\textwidth}|p{0.62\textwidth}| 3175 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{0.3\textwidth}|p{0.62\textwidth}| 3176 3176 3177 3177 .. index:: Ntrip versions … … 3189 3189 ================ ====================================== 3190 3190 3191 If Ntrip Version 2 is supported by the broadcaster: 3191 If Ntrip Version 2 is supported by the broadcaster: 3192 3192 3193 3193 * Try using option '2' if your streams are otherwise blocked by a proxy server operated in front of BNC. … … 3195 3195 * Option 'R' or 'U' may be selected if latency is more important than completeness for your application. Note that the latency reduction is likely to be in the order of 0.5 sec or less. Note further that options 'R' (RTSP/RTP mode) and 'U' (UDP mode) are not accepted by proxy servers and a mobile Internet Service Provider may not support it. 3196 3196 3197 Select option '1' if you are not sure whether the broadcaster supports Ntrip Version 2. 3197 Select option '1' if you are not sure whether the broadcaster supports Ntrip Version 2. 3198 3198 3199 3199 Map - optional 3200 3200 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 3201 3201 3202 Button 'Map' opens a window to show a distribution map of the caster's streams :numref:`(Fig. %s) <fig_40>`. You may like to zoom in or out using the mouse. Left button: draw a rectangle to zoom, right button: zoom out, middle button: zoom back. 3202 Button 'Map' opens a window to show a distribution map of the caster's streams :numref:`(Fig. %s) <fig_40>`. You may like to zoom in or out using the mouse. Left button: draw a rectangle to zoom, right button: zoom out, middle button: zoom back. 3203 3203 3204 3204 .. _fig_40: … … 3211 3211 ------------------------------------ 3212 3212 3213 Button 'Add Stream' > 'Coming from TCP/IP Port' allows to retrieve streams via TCP directly from an IP address without using the Ntrip transport protocol. For that you: 3213 Button 'Add Stream' > 'Coming from TCP/IP Port' allows to retrieve streams via TCP directly from an IP address without using the Ntrip transport protocol. For that you: 3214 3214 3215 3215 * Enter the IP address of the stream providing host. … … 3220 3220 * Enter the approximate longitude of the stream providing rover in degrees. Example: -15.20. 3221 3221 3222 Streams directly received from a TCP/IP port show up with an 'N' for 'No Ntrip' in the 'Streams' canvas on BNC's main window. Latitude and longitude are to be entered just for informal reasons. Note that this option works only if no proxy server is involved in the communication link. 3222 Streams directly received from a TCP/IP port show up with an 'N' for 'No Ntrip' in the 'Streams' canvas on BNC's main window. Latitude and longitude are to be entered just for informal reasons. Note that this option works only if no proxy server is involved in the communication link. 3223 3223 3224 3224 Add Stream - Coming from UDP Port 3225 3225 --------------------------------- 3226 3226 3227 Button 'Add Stream' > 'Coming from UDP Port' allows to pick up streams arriving directly at one of the local host's UDP ports without using the Ntrip transport protocol. For that you: 3227 Button 'Add Stream' > 'Coming from UDP Port' allows to pick up streams arriving directly at one of the local host's UDP ports without using the Ntrip transport protocol. For that you: 3228 3228 3229 3229 * Enter the local port number where the UDP stream arrives. … … 3233 3233 * Enter the approximate longitude of the stream providing rover in degrees. Example: -15.20. 3234 3234 3235 Streams directly received at a UDP port show up with a 'UN' for 'UDP, No Ntrip' in the 'Streams' canvas section on BNC's main window. Latitude and longitude are to be entered just for informal reasons. 3235 Streams directly received at a UDP port show up with a 'UN' for 'UDP, No Ntrip' in the 'Streams' canvas section on BNC's main window. Latitude and longitude are to be entered just for informal reasons. 3236 3236 3237 3237 Add Stream - Coming from Serial Port … … 3251 3251 * Select a 'Flow control' for the serial link. Select 'OFF' if you do not know better. 3252 3252 3253 When selecting one of the serial communication options listed above, make sure that you pick those configured to the serially connected GNSS receiver. Streams received from a serially connected GNSS receiver show up with an 'S' (for Serial Port, no Ntrip) in the 'Streams' canvas section on BNC's main window. Latitude and longitude are to be entered just for informal reasons. 3254 3255 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{0.3\textwidth}|p{0.62\textwidth}| 3253 When selecting one of the serial communication options listed above, make sure that you pick those configured to the serially connected GNSS receiver. Streams received from a serially connected GNSS receiver show up with an 'S' (for Serial Port, no Ntrip) in the 'Streams' canvas section on BNC's main window. Latitude and longitude are to be entered just for informal reasons. 3254 3255 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{0.3\textwidth}|p{0.62\textwidth}| 3256 3256 3257 3257 .. index: Serial port names … … 3271 3271 =============== ========================== 3272 3272 3273 :numref:`Fig. %s <fig_41>` shows a BNC example setup for pulling a stream via serial port on a Windows operating system. 3273 :numref:`Fig. %s <fig_41>` shows a BNC example setup for pulling a stream via serial port on a Windows operating system. 3274 3274 3275 3275 .. _fig_41: … … 3282 3282 --- 3283 3283 3284 Button 'Map' opens a window to show a distribution map of the streams selected for retrieval as listed under the 'Streams' canvas. You may like to zoom in or out using the mouse. Left button: draw a rectangle to zoom, right button: zoom out, middle button: zoom back. 3284 Button 'Map' opens a window to show a distribution map of the streams selected for retrieval as listed under the 'Streams' canvas. You may like to zoom in or out using the mouse. Left button: draw a rectangle to zoom, right button: zoom out, middle button: zoom back. 3285 3285 3286 3286 Start/Stop 3287 3287 ---------- 3288 3288 3289 Hit 'Start' to start retrieving, decoding or converting GNSS data streams in real-time. Note that 'Start' generally forces BNC to begin with fresh RINEX files which might overwrite existing files when necessary unless option 'Append files' is ticked. 3290 3291 Hit the 'Stop' button in order to stop BNC. 3289 Hit 'Start' to start retrieving, decoding or converting GNSS data streams in real-time. Note that 'Start' generally forces BNC to begin with fresh RINEX files which might overwrite existing files when necessary unless option 'Append files' is ticked. 3290 3291 Hit the 'Stop' button in order to stop BNC. 3292 3292 3293 3293 Help? = Shift+F1 3294 3294 ---------------- 3295 3295 3296 BNC comes with a 'What's This' help system providing information about its functionality and usage. Short descriptions are available for any widget and program option. Focus to the relevant object and press Shift+F1 to request help information. A help text appears immediately; it disappears as soon as the user does something else. The dialogs on some operating systems may provide a '?' button that users can click; click the relevant widget to pop up the help text. 3296 BNC comes with a 'What's This' help system providing information about its functionality and usage. Short descriptions are available for any widget and program option. Focus to the relevant object and press Shift+F1 to request help information. A help text appears immediately; it disappears as soon as the user does something else. The dialogs on some operating systems may provide a '?' button that users can click; click the relevant widget to pop up the help text. 3297 3297 3298 3298 .. index:: Command Line Options … … 3301 3301 ==================== 3302 3302 3303 Command line options are available to run BNC in 'no window' mode or let it read previously recorded input offline from one or several files for debugging or post processing purposes. It is also possible to introduce a specific configuration filename instead of using the default filename 'BNC.bnc'. The self-explaining content of the configuration file can easily be edited. In addition to reading processing options from the involved configuration file, BNC can optionally read any configuration option from command line. Running BNC with command line option 'help' 3304 3305 .. code-block:: console 3306 3307 bnc --help (MS Windows: bnc.exe --help | more) 3308 3309 provides a list of all available command line options. 3310 3303 Command line options are available to run BNC in 'no window' mode or let it read previously recorded input offline from one or several files for debugging or post processing purposes. It is also possible to introduce a specific configuration filename instead of using the default filename 'BNC.bnc'. The self-explaining content of the configuration file can easily be edited. In addition to reading processing options from the involved configuration file, BNC can optionally read any configuration option from command line. Running BNC with command line option 'help' 3304 3305 .. code-block:: console 3306 3307 bnc --help (MS Windows: bnc.exe --help | more) 3308 3309 provides a list of all available command line options. 3310 3311 3311 Version - optional 3312 3312 ------------------ 3313 3313 3314 Command line option ``--version`` lets BNC print its version number. 3315 3316 .. code-block:: console 3317 3318 bnc --version (MS Windows: bnc.exe --version | more) 3314 Command line option ``--version`` lets BNC print its version number. 3315 3316 .. code-block:: console 3317 3318 bnc --version (MS Windows: bnc.exe --version | more) 3319 3319 3320 3320 Display - optional 3321 3321 ------------------ 3322 3322 3323 On systems which support graphics, command line option ``--display`` forces BNC to present the BNC window on the specified display. 3324 3325 .. code-block:: console 3326 3327 bnc.exe --display localhost:10.0 3323 On systems which support graphics, command line option ``--display`` forces BNC to present the BNC window on the specified display. 3324 3325 .. code-block:: console 3326 3327 bnc.exe --display localhost:10.0 3328 3328 3329 3329 No Window Mode - optional 3330 3330 ------------------------- 3331 3331 3332 Apart from its regular windows mode, BNC can be started on all systems as a batch job with command line option '-nw'. BNC will then run in 'no window' mode, using processing options from its configuration file on disk. Terminate BNC using Windows Task Manager when running it in 'no window' mode on Windows systems. 3333 3334 .. code-block:: console 3335 3336 bnc.exe --nw 3337 3338 It is obvious that BNC requires graphics support when started in interactive mode. However, note that graphics support is also required when producing plots in batch mode (option ``-nw``). Windows and Mac OS X systems always support graphics. For producing plots in batch mode on Linux systems you must make sure that at least a virtual X-Server such as 'Xvfb' is installed and the ``-display`` option is used. The following is an example shell script to execute BNC in batch mode for producing QC plots from RINEX files. It could be used via ``crontab``: 3332 Apart from its regular windows mode, BNC can be started on all systems as a batch job with command line option '-nw'. BNC will then run in 'no window' mode, using processing options from its configuration file on disk. Terminate BNC using Windows Task Manager when running it in 'no window' mode on Windows systems. 3333 3334 .. code-block:: console 3335 3336 bnc.exe --nw 3337 3338 It is obvious that BNC requires graphics support when started in interactive mode. However, note that graphics support is also required when producing plots in batch mode (option ``-nw``). Windows and Mac OS X systems always support graphics. For producing plots in batch mode on Linux systems you must make sure that at least a virtual X-Server such as 'Xvfb' is installed and the ``-display`` option is used. The following is an example shell script to execute BNC in batch mode for producing QC plots from RINEX files. It could be used via ``crontab``: 3339 3339 3340 3340 .. code-block:: none … … 3353 3353 # BNC done, kill X-server process 3354 3354 kill $psID 3355 3355 3356 3356 File Mode - optional 3357 3357 -------------------- 3358 3358 3359 Although BNC is primarily a real-time online tool, for debugging purposes it can be run offline to read data from a file previously saved through option 'Raw output file' (Record & Replay functionality). Enter the following command line option for that 3360 3361 .. code-block:: console 3362 3363 --file <inputFileName> 3359 Although BNC is primarily a real-time online tool, for debugging purposes it can be run offline to read data from a file previously saved through option 'Raw output file' (Record & Replay functionality). Enter the following command line option for that 3360 3361 .. code-block:: console 3362 3363 --file <inputFileName> 3364 3364 3365 3365 and specify the full path to an input file containing previously saved data, e.g. 3366 3366 3367 3367 .. code-block:: console 3368 3369 ./bnc --file /home/user/raw.output_110301 3370 3371 Note that when running BNC offline, it will use options for file saving, interval, sampling, PPP etc. from its configuration file. Note further that option ``--file`` forces BNC to apply the '-nw' option for running in 'no window' mode. 3368 3369 ./bnc --file /home/user/raw.output_110301 3370 3371 Note that when running BNC offline, it will use options for file saving, interval, sampling, PPP etc. from its configuration file. Note further that option ``--file`` forces BNC to apply the '-nw' option for running in 'no window' mode. 3372 3372 3373 3373 Configuration File - optional 3374 3374 ----------------------------- 3375 3375 3376 The default configuration filename is ``BNC.bnc``. You may change this name at startup time using command line option ``--conf <confFileName>``. This allows running several BNC jobs in parallel on the same host using different sets of configuration options. 'confFileName' stands either for the full path to a configuration file or just for a filename. If you introduce only a filename, the corresponding file will be saved in the current working directory from where BNC is started, e.g. 3377 3378 .. code-block:: console 3379 3380 ./bnc --conf MyConfig.bnc 3381 3382 This leads to a BNC job using configuration file 'MyConfig.bnc'. The configuration file will be saved in the current working directory. 3376 The default configuration filename is ``BNC.bnc``. You may change this name at startup time using command line option ``--conf <confFileName>``. This allows running several BNC jobs in parallel on the same host using different sets of configuration options. 'confFileName' stands either for the full path to a configuration file or just for a filename. If you introduce only a filename, the corresponding file will be saved in the current working directory from where BNC is started, e.g. 3377 3378 .. code-block:: console 3379 3380 ./bnc --conf MyConfig.bnc 3381 3382 This leads to a BNC job using configuration file 'MyConfig.bnc'. The configuration file will be saved in the current working directory. 3383 3383 3384 3384 Configuration Options - optional 3385 3385 -------------------------------- 3386 3386 3387 BNC applies options from the configuration file but allows updating every one of them on the command line while the content of the configuration file remains unchanged. Note the following syntax for Command Line Interface (CLI) options: 3388 3389 .. code-block:: console 3390 3391 --key <keyName> <keyValue> 3392 3393 Parameter <keyName> stands for the key name of an option contained in the configuration file and <keyValue> stands for the value you want to assign to it. The following is a syntax example for a complete command line: 3394 3395 .. code-block:: console 3396 3397 bnc --nw --conf <confFileName> --key <keyName1> <keyValue1> --key <keyName2> <keyValue2> ... 3398 3399 Configuration options which are part of the configuration files PPP section must be prefixed by 'PPP/'. As an example, option 'minObs' from the PPP section of the BNC configuration file would be specified as 'PPP/minObs' on a command line. 3400 3401 Values for configuration options can be introduced via command line exactly as they show up in the configuration file. However, any value containing one or more blank characters must be enclosed by quotation marks when specified on command line. 3387 BNC applies options from the configuration file but allows updating every one of them on the command line while the content of the configuration file remains unchanged. Note the following syntax for Command Line Interface (CLI) options: 3388 3389 .. code-block:: console 3390 3391 --key <keyName> <keyValue> 3392 3393 Parameter <keyName> stands for the key name of an option contained in the configuration file and <keyValue> stands for the value you want to assign to it. The following is a syntax example for a complete command line: 3394 3395 .. code-block:: console 3396 3397 bnc --nw --conf <confFileName> --key <keyName1> <keyValue1> --key <keyName2> <keyValue2> ... 3398 3399 Configuration options which are part of the configuration files PPP section must be prefixed by 'PPP/'. As an example, option 'minObs' from the PPP section of the BNC configuration file would be specified as 'PPP/minObs' on a command line. 3400 3401 Values for configuration options can be introduced via command line exactly as they show up in the configuration file. However, any value containing one or more blank characters must be enclosed by quotation marks when specified on command line. 3402 3402 3403 3403 .. bibliography:: references.bib
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