Tech’s Corner
 

Tech Tip
by Mitch Tweedy

Trimble has released v4.15 GPS firmware for the GPS Pathfinder ProXRT Receiver. The firmware is free of charge to all ProXRT owners.  The benefits of this new GPS firmware include:

  • Faster initialization at greater ranges
  • More reliable accuracy with long base lines
  • Better performance under canopy, improvements to the NMEA GGA output
  • OmniSTAR improvements + more

Trimble recommends all ProXRT users perform this upgrade, but caution that you will need:

  • TerraSync v4.13 or later
  • GPScorrect 3.13 or later
  • GPS Controller 2.30 or later
  • Third Party software (CartoPac)  based on the Trimble GPS Pathfinder Tools SDK v2.41
The upgrade is simple and available from the Trimble website: http://www.trimble.com/pathfinderproxrt_ts.asp?Nav=Collection-54070