Does AS have a hardware lock (or software lock) to install and run it?

I have been putting together the RFP for our RTK system, but am unclear on this fact.....

TM

i believe it does...when i download CORS data, i get a message notifying me that no hardware lock was found and that only L1 processing would take place...suits me fine, since i own a Locus...

Ashtech Solutions requires a hardware lock in order to process L2. Without the lock, it reverts to an L1 only solution.

The Xtremes, then I'll need a hardware lock to process my L2 data?


I really don't understand this policy..Why would I try and process L2 data with an L1 receiver...Hmmm...Does that mean that the L1 receivers have the same engine (and are also receiving the L2 data, just not enabled in the software)

Woops...The secret seems to be out...

TM

I don't think so.......

The software is designed for L1 or L1/L2 and reads the data file. When it sees L1/L2, as in CORS data for me, it checks for the hardware lock. When it doesn't see it, it then defaults to L1 only processing mode.


Makes more sense for 1 software package to be able to process everything rather than have 2 lines of soft to develop and maintain.

Maybe they'll see the logic in this and develop the PM 2/2...(a dual freq. PM2).

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Jimbo

yeah, right after they build in AFP...

We've been down this road before...Jim Frame, where are you with a quote for this one?

Look a ways back for more fun on this one..

I'd actually prefer to forget that whole thread. As you may recall, I raised some eyebrows by saying that my PM2s appeared to be tracking L2 (as evidenced by L2 data showing up in the raw data plots), ever-so-lightly suggesting that perhaps Ashtech was holding out on us. What I initially neglected to consider was that I had been processing against CORS data.

It was not one of my finer moments...

If you want to crunch dual frequency data as dual frequency data you have to have the hardware lock.

I don't like hardware locks but some of the calls I get at work are from people who have "borrowed" the software from somebody else.

It's the same software. With a hardware lock you can process dual frequency data as dual frequency data. Without the hardware lock it's all processed as single frequency data.

It's no secret.

You'd just have to see my office management skills on keeping up with 'dongles' (that's what Trimble calls them and I assume this is a New Zealand term since alot of the software side comes from there)...
Plus....I sometimes use the laptop (field and office)..Our current office furniture is a tight fit and you have to unplug just about everything (mouse, keyboard, ect) to get to the back of the computer..
Maybe there's a way to do this with a USB plug..I have these on the front of all my computers...??

Since we are talking about it...Then Trimble and Ashtech both would supply the software L1/L2 for their L2 receivers...yes? So why would anyone want a L2 software for their L1 receivers...I'm sure that I'm missing a valid point, but I've asked this to the Trimble customer support also...
If someone 'borrows' the software, wouldn't they also borrow the receivers..

Help me understand how someone could gain by pirating L2 software...Maybe a couple of examples? (I am probably just naive on this issue, since I even paid for PKZIP)...Really...How many can say this!

TM

The only guy I ever said no to was trying take the software apart to create his own software. I told him that instead of asking such questions from tech support he needed to start researching how the GPS worked from the same level as the people who wrote the software. I tend to agree with you. The software is pretty worthless without the receivers. I have seen a couple of examples where hardware from a subcontractor was used and the software from that subcontractor ended up on the computers of the prime contractor. For L1 data processing there is not much to keep that from happening. For dual frequency number crunching they at least have to carry the dongle back and forth.

The hardware locks drive me nuts too. My computer at work sits sideways so I can reach the back of the box more easily for cable connections and dongle changes. One of the reasons I like my new computer at home is because it has a com port on the front panel. I still have to stretch wires to get to the back to change hardware locks.

I wish it did not have to be about the money but it is.

Seems like every tech support guy you talk to says you have to put their lock on first. In other words, you just juggle hardware locks all day long. I also comprehend the office management skills very well. Sharon has often threatened to attach an elastic strap to everything I own with the other end on my back belt loop.

There is a little cardboard box on the shelf behind me right now. In large letters it says, "Hardware Locks". When I start griping about a lost lock I get handed that box and told that I know how to solve my problems. Is there a wife school where they teach that stuff?

Me, I'm so dumb that I paid for WinZip and UltraEdit at the office and bought three sets of PanTerra for home and office. I think I have paid for a total of seven sets of WinZip and about five sets of WS_FTP Pro. I may have pirated some software but I don't do it on principle and not with intention.

I still need to pay my OSLS and ACSM dues for 2002 but I have been reading the newsletters and mags anyway. Just have to push a little cash into a pile and hope they are patient with me.

Randy sent me a hardware lock for Ashtech Solutons 2.5 so I could run legal here at home helping him with data processing.

I am still looking for some things to do with my new USB ports. Most of what I see makes me want to spend money. First thing is to pay for the box with the new USB ports.