Using Geomatics Office Underlined headings refer to options on the project bar at the left hand side of the screen. Underlined, italics headings refer to the drop menus at the top of the screen. Projects: open or create a project. Use the “... Read More

While differencing the L2 and L2C carrier phase measurements made with a NetRS receiver, we have observed a banding pattern; the difference between each band is ~0.0039 (1/256) cycles. This banding demonstrates that the digitizing resolution of the... Read More

Please note that we only provide copies of the executable that are provided to us by Trimble.   The runpkr00 program is both developed and supported by Trimble. The program runpkr00 was created to translate Trimble's proprietary data-file... Read More

Trimble has indicated that there is an issue with their firmware that will cause the 5700 and R7 models to become inoperable after the GPS week roll over on 14 FEB 2016. The issue also affects the 4700/4800 series receivers too, but there is no... Read More

Trimble NetRS -- How to track and log L2C To enable L2C tracking on a NetRS receiver Change the Record Type to allow L2C data to be written to a session file (Firmware 1.2-0 or later required and firmware 1.3-0 is preferred) - Go to the receiver's w... Read More

The latest public version of firmware for the Trimble NetRS is 1.3-0.  Download links for the installation file and official release notes are linked below:NetRS-1.3-0.ppc.rpm1.3-0 Release Notes (pdf)This release has been formally accepted for... Read More

Programming Sessions in the Trimble 4000 Receiver UNAVCO 8/02 (The documentation conventions are: BOLD CAPITALS indicate a button, bold indicates a screen, ITALICS indicate a softkey (the keys to the right of the display), and "UPPERCASE QUOTATIONS"... Read More

BASIC USE OF THE TRIMBLE NETR8   Table of Contents   1. Configuring the Receiver's Network Settings 2. Connecting to the netR8 via the Web Interface 3. Configuring the NetR8 for operation 4. Creating and Uploading a configuration file 5.... Read More

RTK Stakeout Surveys RTK surveys can be used to return to a specific point. Follow steps 1-11 in "How to configure for RTK (real-time kinematic) surveys" before starting the instructions below. Choose Survey -->TRIMBLE RTK -->Stakeout. Choose... Read More

Quickstart for the Trimble 4000 Receiver UNAVCO 8/02 This is an outline of the steps needed to run a quickstart survey with the Trimble 4000 SSE and SSi receivers. It is only intended as a guide - refer to the manual for more detail. Turn on... Read More