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Position Coverage  The instrument will provide
the specified accuracy when receivers are
located within 30"(76cm.) ot the transmitter.
Operation with separations up to 120"(305cm.)
is possible with reduced accuracy.

Negative Coverage  The receivers are all-
attitude.

Static Accuracy 0.03"(0.08cm) RMS fro the
X,Y,or Z receiver position, and 0.15 deg RMS for
receiver orientation.

Resolution 0.0002 inches/inch of range(0.0005
cms/cm of range), and .025 deg.

Latency 4.0 milliseconds from center of
receiver measurement period to beginning of
transfer from output port.
Output  Software selectable including extened
precision. Cartesian coordinates of position
and Euler orientation angles are standard.
Direction cosines and quaternions are
selectable. English or metric units are also
selectable.

Update Rate
One receiver:       120 updates/second/receiver
Two receivers:       60 updates/second/receiver
Three receivers:     40 updates/second/receiver
Four receivers:      30 updates/second/receiver

Carrier Frequency  The FASTRAK may be configured
with any one of four discrete carrier frequen-
cies to allow simulataneous operation of up to
four instruments in close proximity. Carrier
frequencies are selected via color coded
Frequency Select Modules (FSM). These frequen-
cries are:

Reference #       Frequency                  color code
----------------    --------------------------    ---------------
    1                  8013Hz                           Black
    2                 10016Hz                            Red
    3                 12019Hz(Standard)        Yellow
    4                 14022Hz                           Blue

The color dot can be found on the FSM, on the
end closest to the connector.

Interfaces   IEEE-488 parallel port at 100k
Bytes/second maximum, and RS-232C serial port
with software selectable baud rates of 300,
1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 58600 and
115200; ASCII or Binary format.  The factory
standard for RS-232C is 9600 baud.  An RS-422
port is available as an optional serial port in
lieu of the RS-232 at the same baud rates.
 


Author: NTU CMLAB
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