Release 2_10_00 Changes

What is new in the SNIP 2_10_00 release – released on August 6th 2019 (updating the prior release of 2_09_00 released on June 12th 2019) This is the next production release of SNIP following the Rev 2_09 release.  This release contains a few new features as well as the normal […]

Release 2_09_00 Changes

What is new in the SNIP 2_09_00 release – released June 12th 2019 (updating the prior release of 2_08_00 of April 4th 2019) This is the next production release of SNIP following the Rev 2_08 release.  This release contains new features as well as several minor SNIP corrections and improvements […]

The AVL Server

The AVL Server controls are located in the AVL Tab and provide the means to control the server functions, including various access methods and the formats used to send data to subscribed clients.  The use of these controls is discussed further in this article. The AVL Server is independent of […]

The AVL tab

The Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) tab is used to quickly see the last few NMEA $GGA reported locations for all connected NTRIP Client devices.  The tab also controls the AVL server which is used to send these locations to other connected machines (see Note A).   The AVL server provides a […]

Adding Base Station Location to STRSVR

This article reviews how to set the location of your GNSS Base Station in the RTKLIB “STRSRV”  (stream server) tool. In order to use any GNSS Base Station for RTK, the Rover device MUST know the precise location of the Base.  This is sent in the two RTCM3 message types; […]

Advanced Topics

The SNIP Knowledge Base can be divided into two sections, initial basic topics and more advanced topics.  The below six sections deal with basic setup and management issues of the NTRIP Caster, as well as questions new deployments often  have. FAQs Getting Started Tabs, Controls, the GUI Adding Your Base […]

Release 2_08_00 Changes

What is new in the SNIP 2_08_00 release – released April 4th 2019 (updating the prior release of 2_07_00 on January 27th 2019) This is the next production release of SNIP following the Rev 2_07 release.  This release contains several new features as well as several more minor SNIP improvements […]

Caster Entry Auto Complete

When Reverse Geo IP services are active on a SNIP node, the gross location of a mountPt in a caster Table entry can be completed using the Geo IP data, if no data is provided by the data sender.  If the data sender provides this data, the provided data is […]

Map Clustering

A map which is displaying many Base Stations, or NTRIP Clients, or Reverse  IP Geo locations can become quite cluttered and also slow to refresh.    Clicking on the legend labels displays or hides the various categories of data, but larger Casters often still have many points to display in each […]

Release 2_07_00 Changes

What is new in the SNIP 2_07_00 release  – released January 27 (updating the prior release of 2_06_00 on November 8th 2018) This is the next release of SNIP following the Rev 2_06 release.  This release contains a number of major new features as well as several more minor SNIP […]

Viewing Current Users

SNIP provides a dialog box to sort and display all the current NTRIP Clients (your connected users).  You can select and right-click on these entries to bring up more detailed reports about the users, the Base Stations, or the IPs which are being used for a connection.  You can also […]

Geographic Reverse IP look-up

SNIP supports Geographic Reverse IP look-ups for the IP connections used by NTRIP Client users and for GNSS Base Station devices. How it works Whenever a device with a new IP value connects to a SNIP Caster, it is added to SNIP‘s cache for logging and tracking.  With Geographic Reverse […]

Links, Links, Links

One of the most interesting recent improvement to SNIP (in release 2.07) is the extensive use of document linking to move between various data views and reports to explore the connections. The SNIP operator can easily move between views of the GNSS Base Stations,  the NTRIP Client users (or Rovers) […]

New Installation Set Up

New Pages Some new web pages have been created to assist first time operators with the initial setup process for SNIP.  These web pages are automatically shown inside the document viewer window, about 30 seconds after SNIP has started. They are only shown for the first 25 times SNIP is […]

Basic Concepts

An NTRIP Caster (like SNIP) is needed when you need to send RTCM message corrections from a single Base Station to more than one Rover device by way of the internet. Some Basic NTRIP Concepts NTRIP is the primary means by which you connect your correction sources to your moving […]

Remote Desktop Support

Sometimes you just need a little extra help to set things up…. SNIP support is staffed by knowledgeable folks with practical NTRIP experience and is here to help. The best way to contact us is by email where all the details can be typed up and clearly seen.  Our email […]

Release 2_06_00 Changes

What is new in the SNIP 2_06_00 release  – released November 8th (updating the prior release of 2_05_01 on October 9th 2018) This is the next release of SNIP following the Rev 2_05_01 release of October.  This release contains a number of refinements to different areas of SNIP in response […]

Decoding MSM messages

SNIP supports the detailed decoding of all the MSM style RTCM3.x messages.  This article briefly covers the new features (added in release 2.06).   The basics of the RTCM Decoder dialog are covered in this article.  This is a powerful tool is intended to assist the SNIP operator when any questions […]

Translating Base Station Details

The Base Station Details dialog is another PFAT Translate function that allows changing various static data fields about the Base Station equipment and configuration. Most of this information is conveyed to the NTRIP Clients in three  RTCM3 messages. (The Base Station ID value is repeated in every message and is […]