Delivered-To: igs-rtwg@igscb.jpl.nasa.gov Message-ID: <5ACEEE96F4F9D41190790002A528B51E05E46BB6@S0-OTT-X11.NRCan.gc.ca> From: "MacLeod, Ken" To: "'igs-rtwg@igscb.jpl.nasa.gov'" Subject: [IGS-RTWG-8] Availability of Real-Time Ashtech GPS Receiver Data Collection S oftware Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 17:31:27 -0500 Sender: owner-igs-rtwg Precedence: bulk ****************************************************************************** IGS-RTWG Mail 12 Feb 14:51:40 PST 2004 Message Number 8 ****************************************************************************** Author: Ken MacLeod Dear IGS Colleagues: Please, find enclosed information concerning the availability of software to read and transmit Ashtech GPS Receiver data in real-time. Although, not described in this email, we also have a similar software package that reads and transmits AOA Benchmark data. If you are interested in either the Benchmark or the Ashtech software package, please contact either Mark Caissy or Ken MacLeod. Best Regards, Ken Background Natural Resources Canada, Geodetic Survey Division and Geoscience Australia have cooperatively developed a software package that collects data from Ashtech GPS receivers. This software performs the following functions: receiver control, real-time data collection and validation, real-time data transmission and data archival. The Real Time Ashtech Data Collection Software runs on the Linux platform. Top Ten Features: 1) Configures the Ashtech receiver. 2) Reads and validates the GPS data in real-time from the receiver serial port. 3) Archives, Ashtech B, E and S files in user defined file sizes. 4) Converts the Ashtech Data into the Real-Time IGS (RTIGS) format. 5) Transmits the RT-IGS data to a specified IP address (UDP or IP Multicast). 6) Provides a client package to monitor tracking performance. 7) Logs performance and error messages in daily log files. 8) Communicates with the NRCan's Internet GPS Data Relay to enable robust real-time data distribution. 9) Runs on the Linux operating system 10) Is free to RT-IGS contributors ;-) If you have an Ashtech receiver and would like to contribute data to the Real-Time IGS pilot project please contact Mark Caissy or Ken MacLeod.