SNIP uses an intelligent auto-parse logic to determine the format of the messages in the data stream and reacts accordingly. When a data stream is first parsed a process examines the first 3K of data (or 30 seconds of data for slow streams) and attempt to determine the message content […]
Displaying Base Station Quarter Cycles
The term “Base Station Quarter Cycle Phase Shifts” refers to two bit fields you can find in the 1005 and 1006 message types (of RTCM3). The design choices used by the GNSS manufacturer affects how observations measurement of code and carrier are aligned. This data element is intended to inform […]
Non-ASCII used in Caster Table
A minor bug is the way SNIP creates the Caster Table header when using non-Latin fonts has been discovered and is now corrected. We have had no reports of this issue causing end user connection problems. The patch is present in SNIP release 1.11.7 and thereafter (production release 1.12 on-wards). […]
SNIP survey request
A user feedback request. Many, if not most, of the users of this knowledge base site are avid SNIP users. There are several thousand of you now, running various sized SNIP NTRIP Caster networks all over the globe. And we are very pleased with the positive feedback and the market […]
The Stream Menu Controls
The per stream menu system allows access to the settings and controls for each stream by right-clicking on the selected stream. Information about the stream and its Base Station is directly available to display in the console. A helpful tool-tip also provides details about the Base Station. The various PFAT […]
Base Station Details
A tool-tip system allows the easy viewing of various details about each connected data stream and its base station. Simply hover your mouse over the colored MountPt label for any stream and the tool-tip appears. More data is available when the stream is parsed. The reported location in the Caster […]
What is ADVNULLANTENNA
A common SNIP message decoder question is… I see a message type appearing in the RTCM3 decoder with ADVNULLANTENNA – what is this for? The Use of ADVNULLANTENNA This indicates a “null antenna” antenna type used (often by Trimble GNSS devices) to denote that the end user (the rover device) […]
Pre Release SNIP editions, 1.x
Note: The content below is overcome by this newer entry serving the needs of the Rev 2.x release. Some of our licensed users have asked for the development team to post the latest edition of SNIP with developing but officially still unreleased features at a common page. This page has […]
Microsoft Updates and USB drivers
Possible USB Upgrade Problems, courtesy of Microsoft Recently (from mid-August 2017 to September 6th when this article was written) various Microsoft periodic updates have also included replacing USB driver code. We have multiple reports of issues arising from this where after the updates a previously working serial port (connected by […]
Using STRSVR from RTKLIB with SNIP
This article discusses how to set up the RTKLIB tool STRSVR (aka stream server) to send data to a SNIP Caster node on the same, or on a different, machine. Many users of OEM boards across the cost spectrum use the STRSVR tool to convert (translate) from a GNSS vendor’s […]
Its all located here folks…
It is all located here folks… This is a knowledge base sub site for use-snip.com All the good site content is not found in pages or posts, but in the knowledge base article entries. Try this page to get to the main index. You may also like these: FAQs Getting […]
VAT Tax Receipts
If you require a VAT Tax Receipt for your purchase of SNIP, simply drop us a line at support [at] use-snip.com and we will provide one. Please include your “Payment ID” number (a 5 digit numerical value such as 12345). Note that repeat buyers of SNIP are given a new […]
Data Streams, Special Features
The SNIP Caster allows you to set up a variety of special features for each individual data stream type. A few other features are set on a Caster-wide basis. This article describes some of the more common features with links for further information. Logging a Data Stream The raw data […]
Picture tour of the GUI
A simple set of screen shots for SNIP‘s major functional areas. Click on any image to be taken to a page on that topic. You can also find a high level tour of SNIP‘s major functions here. Basic Streams and Tabs: P.F.A.T.™ Advanced Topics: […]
Release 1_10_0 Changes
For 32-bit Only Users. Release 1.12.00 depends on having a 64-bit OS to run. Release 1.12.01 allows both 32 and 64 bits. If you can only run 32-bits on your Windows machine, please use 1.12.01 And for XP users. Release 1_10_00 is also the last version of SNIP suitable for […]
It’s a Knowledge Base, not a blog
This part of the use-snip.com web site is a Knowledge Base to assist our user and potential users with the SNIP software . In other words, while it is built on WordPress, it is not made up of posts and pages. Here is the main summary page of the Knowledge […]
Hiding a Caster Table Entry
Under some conditions a SNIP operator may not want other unauthorized parties to be aware of every Base Station data stream their SNIP Caster provides. SNIP provides a “private” Caster Entry option for this need which you can enable or disable (the default) for any Caster Table entry. This option […]
The Preferences Dialog
This article describes how to set the controls found in the Preferences Dialog. This dialog is reached under the Edit menu by selecting the Preferences… item. The Preferences Dialog holds variety of settings that are used to control the basic behaviors of the Caster. Note: Not all features displayed are […]
Decoding NTRIP Caster Tables
As part of SNIPs overall tool support, we have created a web-based tool to allow any user to see an NTRIP Caster’s returned Caster table in a more human-readable format. You can access this resource at: Decoding a Caster Table To decode any Caster Table accessible on the internet, this […]
Message Decoding in the Lite model
The RTCM decoder view provided with all models of SNIP can decode all the defined RTCM3 messages at the basic message level. In other words, the ability to show you what messages have been sent by a data steam. The tool tips providing a summary of that each message contains […]