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  • FAQs 31 Articles

    Frequently Asked Questions.

    • RTK – NTRIP – RTCM – Precision GNSS, in 1 minute
    • Question: What is NTRIP?
    • Question: What is an NTRIP Caster
    • Question: What is an NTRIP Client
    • Question: What is an NTRIP Server
    • Where do I get a free NTRIP Client?
    • Which Model?
    • Question: Does SNIP have yearly fees?
    • Question: What NTRIP Client should I use?
    • Question: How Many End Users Can I Have?
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  • SNIP Tabs and Controls 17 Articles

    Guide to the major controls in SNIP.

    • SNIP, a high level tour
    • The Status tab
    • The Caster and Clients tab
    • The Serial Streams tab
    • The Relay Streams tab
    • The Pushed-In Streams tab
    • The Pushed-Out Streams tab (Output Data)
    • The NEARest Streams tab
    • The AVL tab
    • The RAW TCP/IP Streams tab
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  • Getting Started 36 Articles

    Instructions to setup and use SNIP for the first time.

    • Systems Requirements
    • New Installation Set Up
    • Installing SNIP on Windows
    • Picture tour of the GUI
    • Running SNIP for the very first time
    • Register Your Copy of SNIP
    • Contacting SCSC for support
    • Common Operating Tasks
    • Adding a Serial UART Data Stream
    • Adding Remote & Relayed Data Streams
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  • Base Station Setup 21 Articles

    Helpful articles on how setup your own reference station with SNIP.

    • Question: What Antenna should I use?
    • How to locate your own reference ant.
    • Antenna Supporting Hardware
    • Caster Locations vs Base Station Locations
    • Supported Caster Data Formats
    • Zero, Zero in a Caster Table
    • A Typical One-Node SNIP Site
    • uBlox tests with a 1,000 meter baseline
    • Precise Distances Over the Ellipsoidal Surface
    • Post-processing your measurements by OPUS and others
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  • General 73 Articles

    General SNIP, NTRIP Casters, GNSS, and RTK details to support your deployment

    • Contacting SCSC for support
    • Graphical Monitoring
    • Message Monitoring
    • Basic Navigation Chart Types
    • Support for Basic Mapping
    • Stream Types.
    • How to read a MountPt string
    • An open NTRIP caster
    • Common Terms
    • How to locate your own reference ant.
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  • Nearest Caster 10 Articles

    Details on how to best use the nearest mountPt features in SNIP.

    • The NEARest Streams tab
    • Nearest MountPt Use
    • Nearest MountPt, use case examples
    • Nearest MountPt Dialog
    • Nearest MountPt, Distance Values
    • Nearest MountPt, Regional Settings
    • NEAR settings, Using Base Station Lists
    • Nearest MountPt, Stream Contents
    • NEAR stream serves no data
    • Considerations for Creating NEAR Streams
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  • Managing User Accounts 33 Articles

    How to setup new users and debug user connection issues when they occur.

    • The User Accounts Dialog
    • Adding Users, Overview
    • Adding User Accounts
    • User Accounts, adding Restrictions
    • Viewing Current Users
    • Current Connections Report
    • Viewing Connected Users
    • User Accounts vs Customer Accounts
    • Adding Customer Accounts
    • Viewing the Customers List
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  • Message Decoding 18 Articles

    Helpful articles on decoding and viewing various RTCM messages with SNIP.

    • An RTCM 3 message cheat sheet
    • RTCM 3 Message List
    • RTCM 2 Message List
    • Using the RTCM3 Decoder Dialog
    • Decoding MSM messages
    • Monitoring a stream, text and graphical tools
    • Message Monitoring
    • Viewing RTCM 1004, 1012 messages
    • Viewing RTCM 1019, 1020 messages
    • Observing SNR and the cycle slip counts
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  • PFAT Topics 23 Articles

    More Advanced features of SNIP, available on paid licenses. Some content is restricted.

    • Introducing PFAT
    • The Stream Menu Controls
    • PFAT: Main Dialog
    • PFAT: Parse Settings and Uses
    • PFAT: Filter Settings and Uses
    • PFAT: Add Settings and Uses
    • PFAT: Translate Settings and Uses
    • PFAT: Filter Dialog Controls
    • PFAT, Used to create multiple streams
    • PFAT: Adjusting a Base Station to a Common Reference Frame
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  • RTK Lib 16 Articles

    Articles on Using RTKLIB tools with SNIP.

    • How do I setup SNIP with RTKLIB?
    • Caster String Settings in RTKLIB
    • Adding Base Station Location to STRSVR
    • Using STRSVR from RTKLIB with SNIP
    • A Typical One-Node SNIP Site
    • uBlox tests with a 1,000 meter baseline
    • SBAS, DGPS, and RTK, some relative plots
    • What is inside a uBlox6T evaluation model
    • Ganged Testing with uBlox6T
    • Can RTKLIB and SNIP be used on the same machine?
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  • Reports 36 Articles

    Articles on Using the Document Viewer window with SNIP.

    • The Document Viewer
    • Systems Logs (SysLogs)
    • Status Report
    • Streams Report
    • IP Address Report
    • IP Most-Used Report
    • IP Blocked Report
    • NEAR Report
    • MAP Report
    • UpTime Report
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  • Release History 59 Articles

    Prior releases of SNIP and the featured that were added.

    • Release 3_18_00 Changes
    • Release 3_17_00 Changes
    • Release 3_16_00 Changes
    • Release 3_15_00 Changes
    • Release 3_14_00 Changes
    • Release 3_13_00 Changes
    • Release 3_12_00 Changes
    • Release 3_11_00 Changes
    • Release 3_10_00 Changes
    • Release 3_09_00 Changes
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Recent Articles

  • Release 3_18_00 Changes
  • Release 3_17_00 Changes
  • Controlling Antenna Message rates with PFAT
  • PFAT: Adjusting a Base Station to a Common Reference Frame
  • PFAT: Filter Settings and Uses
  • PFAT: Filter Dialog Controls
  • Release 3_16_00 Changes
  • Secure Caster Connections
  • Setting Windows Firewall for NTRIP Use
  • Release 3_15_00 Changes
  • IP Blocking and Banning Dialog
  • Banning Abusive Users, Editing
  • Banning Abusive Users, Simple
  • Plotting L1-L2 radius
  • Trimble Base Station Connections
  • Release 3_14_00 Changes

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Getting Started

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New to SNIP and NTRIP?
Quick links to get your Caster running

  • Basic NTRIP Terms
  • First Use Help Pages
  • Setting your IP:Port
  • Adding User Accounts

Popular Articles

  • RTCM 3 Message List
  • Question: What is an NTRIP Caster
  • An RTCM 3 message cheat sheet
  • Using the RTCM3 Decoder Dialog
  • Question: What is NTRIP?
  • SAE J2735 DSRC Message List
  • Question: What is an NTRIP Client
  • Installing SNIP on Ubuntu

Random Articles

  • Subtle issues with using NTRIP Client NMEA-183 strings
  • Gathering Console Logs
  • NTRIP Client Warnings
  • Using the RTCM3 Decoder Dialog
  • Automatic Error Reports
  • Using / Viewing Staff Accounts

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