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+ View the satellites signal levels
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+ View the base location on a map
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+ Detect and configure the Gnss receiver (Ublox F9P or Septentrio Mosaic-X5)
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+ Detect and configure the Gnss receiver (Ublox F9P, Septentrio Mosaic-X5, Unicore UM980 / UM982)
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+ Start/stop various services (Sending data to a Ntrip caster, internal Ntrip caster, Rtcm server, Sending Rtcm stream on a radio link, Log raw data to files)
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+ Edit the services settings
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+ Convert raw data to Rinex
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sudo ./install.sh --all release
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+ Go grab a coffee, it's gonna take a while. The script will install the needed software, and if you use a Usb-connected U-Blox ZED-F9P receiver, it'll be detected and set to work as a base station. If you don't use a F9P, you will have to configure your receiver manually (see step 7 in manual installation), and choose the correct port from the settings page.
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+ Go grab a coffee, it's gonna take a while. The script will install the needed software, and if you use a supported receiver (U-Blox ZED-F9P, Septentrio Mosaic-X5, Unicore UM980/UM982), it'll be detected and set to work as a base station. If you don't use a supported recevier, you will have to configure your receiver manually (see step 7 in manual installation), and choose the correct port from the settings page.
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+ Open a web browser to `http://ip_of_your_sbc` (the script will try to show you this ip address). Default password is `admin`. The settings page allows you to enter your own settings for the base coordinates, ntrip credentials and so on...
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- [rtklibexplorer - PPP - for dual frequency receivers](https://rtklibexplorer.wordpress.com/2017/11/23/ppp-solutions-with-the-swiftnav-piksi-multi/)
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- [Centipede documentation (in french)](https://docs.centipede.fr/docs/base/positionnement.html)
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+ To help you find your base ip address, you can use the simple `find_rtkase` gui tool. It is available for Gnu/Linux and Windows in [./tools/find_rtkbase/dist](./tools/find_rtkbase/dist/).
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- Click on the "Find" button, wait, then click on the "Open" button. It will open the RTKBase GUI in your web browser.
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<img src="./tools/find_rtkbase/find_rtkbase_screenshot.png" alt="screenshot of find_rtkbase tool" width="300" />
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## Manual installation:
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The `install.sh` script can be used without the `--all` option to split the installation process into several different steps:
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Install all dependencies like git build-essential python3-pip ...
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-r | --rtklib
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Get RTKlib 2.4.3b34g from github and compile it.
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https://github.com/rtklibexplorer/RTKLIB/tree/b34g
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Get RTKlib 2.4.3b34j from github and compile it.
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https://github.com/rtklibexplorer/RTKLIB/tree/b34j
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from the gnss receiver.
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-e | --detect-gnss
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Detect your GNSS receiver. It works only with receiver like ZED-F9P.
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Detect your GNSS receiver.
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-n | --no-write-port
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Doesn'\''t write the detected port inside settings.conf.
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1. Install the avahi service definition with `sudo ./install.sh --zeroconf`, or:
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+ Copy the `rtkbase_web.service` file from `rtkbase/tools/zeroconf/` directory to `/etc/avahi/services/`
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+ Replace `{port}` with the port number used by the web server (e.g. 80).
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1. Connect your gnss receiver to raspberry pi/orange pi/.... with usb or uart, and check which com port it uses (ttyS1, ttyAMA0, something else...). If it's a U-Blox F9P receiver (usb or uart) or a Septentrio Mosaic-X5 (usb), you can use `sudo ./install.sh --detect-gnss`. Write down the result, you may need it later.
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1. If you didn't have already configure your gnss receiver, you must set it to output raw data:
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1. If you didn't have already configure your gnss receiver, you must set it to output raw or rtcm3 data:
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If it's a U-Blox ZED-F9P (usb or uart), or a Septentrio Mosaic-X5 (usb) you can use
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If it's a U-Blox ZED-F9P (usb or uart), or a Septentrio Mosaic-X5 (usb), or a Unicore UM980/UM982 you can use
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