This article describes the batch file which ships with SNIP (from Rev 3.19 onward) in a line-by-line fashion. The intent is to educate so that you can easily edit the file to suit your own needs. No particular knowledge of Windows batch scripts is presumed, but this can be very […]
Release 3_19_00 Changes
What is new in the SNIP 3_19_00 release – released December 20th, 2025 (updating the prior release of 3_18_00 issued on May 13th, 2025). This is the next production release of SNIP following the Rev 3_18 release. This release contains both major and minor improvements in response to user requests. […]
Processing RINEX files from within SNIP
A short summary of the controls used to run a RINEX conversion process on raw data saved by your SNIP NTRIP Caster.
Introducing PFAT
From release 1.12 and onward, the the P.F.A.T. control system originally only present in the Enterprise editions of SNIP has been moved to the Pro, and Basic editions. Lite copies of SNIP share the same code base, but many of these innovative features are disabled in the freely available Lite […]
Release 3_18_00 Changes
What is new in the SNIP 3_18_00 release – released May 13th, 2025 (updating the prior release of 3_17_00 issued on December 12th, 2024). This is the next production release of SNIP following the Rev 3_17 release. This release contains both major and minor improvements in response to user requests. […]
Release 3_17_00 Changes
What is new in the SNIP 3_17_00 release – released December 12th, 2024 (updating the prior release of 3_16_00 issued on October 9th, 2024) This is the next production release of SNIP following the Rev 3_16 release. This release contains both major and minor improvements in response to user requests. […]
Controlling Antenna Message rates with PFAT
This article describes limiting how often a Base Station data stream sends its precise antenna location message (MT1005 or MT1006) using the PFAT Translate controls, specifically the ECEF Adjustment dialog. See this article for details on the PFAT Translate controls in general. The P.F.A.T.™ control system provides several innovative ways to control […]
PFAT: Adjusting a Base Station to a Common Reference Frame
How to Adjust a Base Station to a common Reference Frame so the RTCM messages (MT1005 and 1006) use the correct location. See also this article on the Translation of ECEF in a small network. This is an advanced topic and presumes that terms like datum and frame of reference […]
PFAT: Filter Settings and Uses
The PFAT features are available in the Pro, Basic, editions of SNIP. Lite copies of SNIP share the same code base, but many of these innovative features are disabled in the freely available Lite edition. Using the PFAT Filter Dialog Control The PFAT Filter control is used to remove selected […]
PFAT: Filter Dialog Controls
The PFAT features are available in the Pro, and Basic, editions of SNIP. Lite copies of SNIP share the same code base, but many of these innovative features are disabled in the freely available Lite edition. Using the PFAT Filter Dialog Controls The Filter Dialog is shown below. A detailed […]
Release 3_16_00 Changes
What is new in the SNIP 3_16_00 release – released October 9th, 2024 (updating the prior release of 3_15_14 issued on July 30th, 2024) This is the next production release of SNIP following the Rev 3_15 release. This release contains both major and minor improvements in response to user requests. […]
Secure Caster Connections
This article covers how to setup and use Remote-Relay secure Caster connections in SNIP. Secure connections use https encryption over the TCP/IP connection (rather than http) to protect the GNSS data from being compromised (intercepted or tampered with), and to allow the validation of the identity of the remote Caster […]
Setting Windows Firewall for NTRIP Use
In this article we provide step-by-step instructions on how to setup the Windows firewall on your host machine for use with the SNIP NTRIP Caster. We will be “adding a rule” to the firewall to allow the NTRIP traffic to pass. These instructions are designed for those with little to […]
Release 3_15_00 Changes
What is new in the SNIP 3_15_00 release – released July 30th, 2024 (updating the prior release of 3_14 issued on April 12th, 2024, final update August 14th 2024) Release 3_15_14 Update Note We had three deployments that reported a problem with the original Rev 3_15_00 release (out of hundreds […]
IP Blocking and Banning Dialog
This article reviews and explains the various controls that SNIP provides to automatically deal with with abusive user connections, blocking such connections for predetermined intervals of time according to the values you have set. This functionality is available in all models of SNIP; in prior releases of SNIP the ability […]
Banning Abusive Users, Editing
This article reviews some of the various advanced controls and settings used by SNIP to ban abusive users. This feature allows you to detect and to block connecting users (remote IPs) who fail to connect to your SNIP Caster node repetitively for long periods of time without success. We call […]
Banning Abusive Users, Simple
This article reviews the various controls and settings used by SNIP to ban abusive users. This feature allows you to detect and to ban/block connecting users (remote IPs) who fail to connect to your SNIP Caster node repetitively for long periods of time without success. We call these “abusive IP […]
Plotting L1-L2 radius
The information below is only suitable for older editions of SNIP (Pre Rev 3.14), these setting are now handled in in the Misc Tab section of the Map Preferences Dialog which also contains a number of other mapping controls and preferences. For Older editions of SNIP It is often […]
Trimble Base Station Connections
Theis article provides step-by-step instructions to connect any modern Trimble base station to an SNIP NTRIP Caster such as RTK2go.com. While this article used a Trimble Net R9 GNSS device and was written to support RTK2go.com users with Push-In reservations, the general information and process is applicable to many other […]
Release 3_14_00 Changes
What is new in the SNIP 3_14_00 release – released April 12th, 2024 (updating the prior release of 3_13 issued on November 29th, 2023) This is the next production release of SNIP following the Rev 3_13 release. This release contains both major and minor improvements in response to user requests. […]