SPK Electronic Co SPK-GL3080 User manual

SPK ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

GPS

Photo

Tracker

SPK-GL3080

We

Add

More

Fun

to

Photo

Sharing!

Add：10F,NO.510,SEC.5,CHUNG HSIAO E. RD, TAIPEI, TAIWAN

Tel：02-2346-2323 Fax：02-2346-3939

E-mail：[email protected] WEB:http://www.spkecl.com

SP

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-GL3080

GPS

Pho

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oTrac

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Use

r

Manual V2.2

Add：10F,NO.510,SEC.5,CHUNG HSIAO E. RD, TAIPEI, TAIWAN

Tel：02-2346-2323 Fax：02-2346-3939

E-mail：[email protected] WEB:http://www.spkecl.com

Table of Content

TABLE OF CONTENT .................................................................................................................... 2

OVERVIEW......................................................................................................................................3

U

NIQUE

F

EATURES

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3

I

N

C

ASE

Y

OU

D

ON

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T

K

NOW

Y

ET

-

W

HAT

IS

GPS?

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4

SPK-GL3080 OPERATION...................................................................................................................4

P

OWER

ON/OFF

DEVICE

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4

S

TATUS

LED’

S

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4

S

ET

U

P

M

ODE

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6

I

NSTALL

/R

EPLACE

B

ATTERY

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7

USING THE ACCOMPANYING SPK PHOTO TRACKER SOFTWARE TO TAGYOUR

PHOTOS............................................................................................................................................7

I

NSTALLATION

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7

APPENDIX - STATUS LED...........................................................................................................21

G

ENERAL

O

PERATION

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21

STATUS LED IN SET UP MODE ................................................................................................. 22

APPENDIX – PREPARATIONS ................................................................................................... 23

A

TTACH

THE

H

ANGING

S

TRIP

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23

I

NSTALL

B

ATTERY

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23

TROUBLE SHOOTING................................................................................................................. 25

HARDWARE SPECIFICATION...................................................................................................26

PACKAGE CONTENTS................................................................................................................26

CERTIFICATIONS ........................................................................................................................ 27

TRADEMARKS AND COPYRIGHTS......................................................................................... 27

May

2009

V2.2

2

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Add：10F,NO.510,SEC.5,CHUNG HSIAO E. RD, TAIPEI, TAIWAN

Tel：02-2346-2323 Fax：02-2346-3939

E-mail：[email protected] WEB:http://www.spkecl.com

Overview

SPK-GL3080

photo

tracker

is

a

GPS-based

data

logger

designed

to

provide

location

information

for

digital photos

(in

EXIF

2.0

or

later

format)

from

all

DSCs

and

camera

phones.

It

can

help

making

photo-taking

more fun

–

show

not

just

the

great

picture

but

also

where

it

is

taken!

It

is

extremely

easy

to

use

–

just

take

it

along and

turn

it

on

with

your

photo-taking

trip.

When

uploading

the

pictures

to

the

PC,

the

accompanying

software will

do

the

tagging

and

saving

of

GPS

location

information.

After

that

all

you

need

to

do

is

to

click

at

the GPS-tagged

picture

and

it

will

show

its

location

on

Google

Map

or

other

internet

maps

–

let

SPK-GL3080

tag your

picture

so

you

can

enjoy

more!

Unique

Features

GPS

–

based

on

SiRF

Star

III

chipset

Log

GPS

output

in

NMEA0183

format

at

one

record

per

second

rate

–

full

rate

logging

for

best

time

resolution

and

flexible

to

use

Standard

USB

2.0

interface

/

Double

up

as

an

USB

Flash

Disk

Works

with

Windows,

Mac,

or

Linux

-based

machines

GPS

logs

can

be

accessed

directly

by

application

software

as

files,

no

more

awkward

COM

port

set-up

procedures

Long

operating

time

–

over

15

hours

with

three

standard

AAA

batteries

Large

log

capacity

–

store

over

1,040,000

data

records,

equivalent

to

2,880

hours

of

continuously

logged

GPS

data

User-friendly

PC-based

software

is

provided

for

photo

tagging

(EXIF

2.0

and

later

format)

and

sharing

Tagged

photos

can

be

viewed

on

Google

Map

and

other

internet

maps

Works

with

many

on-line

tools

such

as

JetPhoto

,

GPSVisualizer

,

etc.

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In

Case

You

Don’t

Know

Yet

-

What

is

GPS?

GPS

is

a

24-satellite

network

of

Navstar

navigational

satellites

that

transmit

signals

to

users,

giving

them

an

accurate

position

in

three

dimensions

along

with

a

time

stamp.

While

it

was

originally developed

in

the

1970s

as

a

navigational

aid

for

submarine-based

Trident

nuclear

missiles,

its commercial

use

has

expanded

well

beyond

vehicle

and

hiker

navigation

to

include

network

timing control

for

accurate

delivery

of

packet

communications.

SPK-GL3080

Operation

Power

ON/OFF

device

Power

On

Hold

the

POWER

ON/OFF

button

for

one

(1)

second

until

all

three

LED’s

blink

simultaneously

once.

Then

the

Green

LED

(GPS

Status)

will

be

on.

This

indicates

the

device

has

been

turned

on

and

starts

to

search

GPS

satellites.

Power

ON/OFF

button

When

sufficient

numbers

of

GPS

satellites

are

found

and

the

position

can

be

fixed,

the

Green

LED

will

begin

to

blink,

indicating

good

GPS

signal

reception

and

GPS

data

is

being

logged

Now

you

can

concentrate

on

and

enjoy

taking

photos!

Power

Off

To

turn

the

power

off,

just

hold

the

POWER

ON/OFF

button

again

for

about

three

(3)

seconds.

All

three

LED’s

will

be

lit

once

and

then

off,

and

the

device

is

now

turned

off.

Status

LED’s

There

are

three

status

LED’s

on

SPK-GL3080

–

Red

(Storage

Full),

Green

(GPS

Status),

and

Amber

(Battery

GPS

Status

Storage

Full

Battery

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Power).

Status

LED

The

Green

LED

is

the

GPS

Status

LED.

It

is

either

constantly

on

or

blinking.

Blinking

indicates

good reception

of

satellite

signal

and

GPS

position

data

is

being

logged.

Constant

on

indicates

satellite

signal reception

is

poor

and

position

can

not

be

fixed

and

logged.

To

get

a

good

reception

of

GPS

signal,

adjust

the

orientation

of

the

SPK-GL3080

device

to

ensure

it

is

facing open

sky.

Normally,

after

adjustment,

the

position

can

be

fixed

very

quickly

and

the

GPS

Status

LED

(Green) will

again

blink.

The

Red

LED

is

the

Storage

Full

LED.

When

the

storage

space

runs

out,

the

Red

LED

will

be

on

and

no

more

GPS

data

be

logged.

If

this

happens,

turn

the

device

off,

download

the

logged

data

to

the

computer

and

clean

up

the

storage

disc.

The

storage

disc

can

be

cleaned

either

by

deleting

file(s)

from

the

computer

or

by

performing

a

CLEAN

DISC

operation

when

turning

the

AGL3080

device

on.

Please

see

instructions

below

about

CLEAN

DISC.

The

Amber

LED

is

the

Battery

Power

LED.

The

Amber

LED

will

blink

when

the

battery

power

level becomes

low

(<

20%

of

full

power).

It

is

just

a

warning

sign

about

battery

power

level

is

getting

low.

The device

still

functions

properly.

But

when

the

battery

power

level

is

too

low

for

the

device

to

function

normally,

the

Amber

LED

will change

from

blinking

to

constant

on,

and

both

the

GPS

and

data

logging

functions

will

be

turned

off.

When this

happens,

please

turn

the

device

off

and

replace

battery

immediately.

Special

Functions

MARK

button

Position

Mark

A

position

can

be

marked

using

SPK-GL3080

if

the

“

MARK

”

button

is

firmly

pressed

once. When

doing

so,

the

Storage

Full

LED

will

be

on

and

the

device

will

insert

a

MARK

tag

to

the

logged

GPS position

data.

If

you

press

the

Mark

button

right

after

taking

a

picture,

the

accompanying

GPS

Photo

Tracker software

will

use

this

“marked

position

data”

to

tag

the

picture.

GPS

Reset

During

normal

operation,

you

can

press

the

“

MARK

”

button

for

about

three

to

four

(3

~

4)

seconds

to

reset

the

GPS

–

the

SPK-GL3080

will

re-start

the

GPS

satellites

searching

without

using

satellite information

already

on-hand

and

stored

internally.

Because

the

set

of

GPS

satellites

data

(the

orbital

and

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status

information)

will

be

valid

only

for

around

two

hours,

they

need

to

be

updated

regularly.

These information

are

location-dependent

–

at

two

far

enough

locations

the

GPS

receiver

will

see

different

set

of GPS

satellites,

hence

different

satellites

data.

GPS

receivers

assume

the

on-

hand

internal

satellites

data

is valid

and

will

use

it

first

in

searching

and

tracking

satellites.

If

wrong

satellite

data

is

used,

the

searching

will take

a

long

time

or

even

fail.

The

GPS

Reset

function

thus

can

help

speed

up

the

position

fix

operation

if

the device

was

used

previously

at

place(s)

far

away

from

the

current

location

or

over

some

time

(>

two

hours) ago.

Set

Up

Mode

SPK-GL3080

has

6

logging

modes

for

user

to

choose

from

if

it's

desired.

User

can

configure

the

tracking modes

in

"

Set

Up

Mode"

.

Entering

"Set

Up

Mode"

At

device

power

off

status,

hold

both

"POWER

ON/OFF"

button

and

"MARK"

button

simultaneously

for

5

seconds.

When

you

hold

both

buttons,

the

three

LED

will

flash

5

times

and

stop

at

light

on

mode.

You

can

release

the

buttons

when

three

LED

lights

are

all

on.

Setup

mode

function

description

Logging

mode

setup

SPK-GL3080

has

6

logging

modes.

You

can

change

logging

mode

by

pressing

"MARK" button.

For

each

press

of

the

"MARK",

it

enters

to

following

logging

mode.

Pressing

"MARK"

at

"Mode

6" will

bring

you

back

to

"Mode

1".

Logging

Modes

and

corresponding

LED

status

are

described

as

below:

LED

Status

Output

Format

Minimum

Records

Data

Capacity

Hours

Mode

1

Memory

Full

Led

ON

GGA/GSA/RMC/VTG->1

sec

GSV

->

5

sec

260,000

72

hours

Mode

2

Memory

Full

Led

Flash

Only

RMC->1

sec

1,040,000

288

hours

Mode

3

GPS

Led

ON

GGA/GSA/RMC/VTG/GSV->5

sec

260,000

360

hours

Mode

4

GPS

Led

Flash

Only

RMC->5

sec

1,040,000

1,440

hours

Mode

5

Battery

Low

Led

ON

GGA/GSA/RMC/VTG/GSV->10

sec 260,000

720

hours

Mode

6

Battery

Low

Led

Flash

Only

RMC->10

sec

1,040,000

2,880

hours

Clear

Disk

Function

Hold

"MARK"

button

for

5

seconds

to

all

three

LEDs

start

blink

sequentially,

then

release

the

button

to

clear

up

the

storage

space.

Note:

(a)

The

device

would

power

off

during

setup

mode

if

you

do

not

press

any

button

after

1

minute.

(b)

If

system

power

is

low,

the

battery

led

will

be

on

and

then

device

will

be

powered

off.

At

this

time,

users

have

to

replace

new

batteries.

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User's

each

change

of

the

logging

mode

at

the

setup

mode

is

recorded

by

the

system.

If

thesystem

is

cut

off

power

unexpectedly,

the

last

setting

value

before

power

off

is

recorded.

Therefore,

the

system

power

on

at

GPS

mode,

it

will

run

at

the

last

setting

value.

Install/Replace

Battery

The

device

requires

three

standard

AAA

size

batteries

to

operate.

NiH

rechargeable

batteries

or

alkaline batteries

are

recommended.

[

Please

note

that

batteries

are

not

part

of

the

accessories

included

in

the package.

]

To

install

or

replace

battery,

please:

1.

Flip

the

device

so

that

the

bottom

side

is

up.

2.

Find

the

latch

of

the

battery

compartment

cover

and

slide

it

sideways

to

release

the

cover.

3.

Pull

the

cover

out

to

open

the

battery

compartment.

The

batteries

can

be

easily

inserted,

but

please

ensure

the

correct

polarity.

WARNING:

Wrong

polarity

will

cause

permanent

damage

to

the

device.

A

Note

on

Battery

and

SPK-GL3080’s

Operating

Time

Batteries

have

wide

range

of

capacity

(in

mAh)

and

voltage

level

(even

though

they

are

specified

as

1.5

V).

These

factors

will

cause

variation

of

SPK-GL3080’s

operating

time.

Please

check

to

ensure

the

quality

of batteries

is

meeting

its

specifications.

We

recommend

using

1.5

V

and

900

mAh

AAA

batteries.

NiH

type battery

is

recommended

when

using

SPK-GL3080

in

a

low

temperature

environment.

Using the Accompanying SPK Photo Tracker Software to Tag Your

Photos

You

can

install

the

SPK

Photo

Tracker

Software

by

clicking

the

Setup

button

(the

setup

file)

in

the included

CD-ROM.

You

can

specify

which

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