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Septentrio PolaRx5 Resource Page

Article ID: 838 | Rating: 1/5 from 1 votes | Last Updated: Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 6:11 PM

Back to receiver comparison page	Receiver	GNSS ?	Available as special buy	Available on loan	Serviceable at UNAVCO	File Size (24 hr, 15 s)	Memory	Time lasts recording at 15 s	Power draw w/ antenna	Time lasts on 18Ahr battery
	Septentrio PolaRx5	Y	Y	Y	N	N/A	Up to 32 GB Internal or External	N/A	4.0 W	~1.8 days

Configure via http interface or RxControl.
Download data via HTTP interface or FTP; no special downloading software required.
Has FTP push, RSYNC and IP filtering capabilities.
Records GPS L1, L2, L2C, L5, GLONASS, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, and SBAS.
Native data format is SBF; can stream SBF, BINEX, NMEA and RTCM real-time formats.
Supports logging to External USB drive.
Supports up to 8 logging sessions.

Firmware

Current version is 5.3.0
*****NOTE - This firmware fixes a critical data logging bug and should be loaded as soon as possible to avoid data loss. *****
Download from Septentrio website www.septentrio.com .
Release Notes
Run this script to enable new signals and satellites. set_full_tracking
Firmware versions should be installed in order, skipping over versions can cause problems. In most cases the failsafe.suf file should be loaded before the firmware file. Specific instructions for each version can be found in the release notes.