This article reviews a PFAT Translation feature that allows the SNIP operator to translate and convent messages to send the ADVNULLANTENNA keyword when needed. This ability has use with some GNSS rover devices to inform them that various calibrations offsets associated with the Base Station antenna have already be taken […]
Server 2012 Blank Maps, solved
A few users running copies of SNIP on remote machines (often with TeamViewer or with Microsoft’s MSTSC Client) have reported blank screens at times for both Maps and Documents. While SNIP runs fine (servicing clients etc.), none of the reports can be viewed. This article describes this issue further […]
Release 2_05_00 Changes
What is new in the SNIP 2_05_01 release – released October 9th (updating the release of 2_05_00 on October 3rd 2018, due to an error found in the NEAR stream logic) This is the next release of SNIP following the Rev 2_04_00 release of August 29th. This release contains a […]
Sending NMEA with BNC/BKG tools
The article came about when both a SNIP Caster deployment and an end user on RTK2go.com (a popular free public Caster) both had trouble using the BKG Ntrip Client (BNC) tool to connect and to send in NMEA-183 $GPGGA and $GNGGA sentences. Here is how to resolve it. Hint: The […]
NTRIP Agent look-up table
Whenever an NTRIP Client connects to the SNIP NTRIP Caster, it present a “User-Agent” string to identify itself. You can see these strings if you enable the Show Connection Details checkbox on the Caster and Clients tab. The article below has a handy cheat sheet of such strings in a […]
SNIP-2-SNIP Messages
Whenever a SNIP Caster is communicating with another SNIP Caster, some additional helpful message traffic can be exchanged. This process uses a concept called SNIP-2-SNIP messages. The general purpose of these messages is to allow the SNIP Caster to provide useful hints and advice to the human party making the […]
IP Blocked Report
The IP Blocked Report displays a list of all IPs that the SNIP node has blocked, both permanently and on a temporary basis. A history of the recent past blocked events are also displayed. The primary purpose of this report is to quickly see if a specific IP has been […]
Release 2_04_00 Changes
What is new in the SNIP 2_04_00 release [released August 29th 2018] This is the next release of SNIP following the Rev 2_03_00 release of July 11th. This release contains a number of refinements to different areas of SNIP in response to user requests. This release supports for both 32-bit […]
Gathering Console Logs
Here are instructions on how to set the SNIP console log to gather details to send to us for support assistance. All SNIP operators can request service and support by email at support [at] use-snip.com The below settings will show all the details needed to debug most connection and setup […]
UpTime Report
The UpTime Report is a summary of the data services provided by the SNIP Caster and is expressed in terms of the total data served and user connections serviced since the last restart. The values are a summary of all users and all data streams. Aside: Individual data counts for […]
IP Address Report
The IP Address Report provides a current summary of all the different Client connections from the last SNIP Caster start event, sorted by the IP value used. Both past and present connections are shown. Every IP address that has ever connected to your SNIP node is listed here. It is […]
Streams Report
The STREAMS Report provides a summary of all the Base Station sources (data sources), sorted by the type of connection and its assigned slot number. The current Up / Down status for each is also provided. The general look and feel of the report is very similar to List MountPts […]
MAP Report
The MAP report provides a graphical summary of all the Base Station locations, as well as those NTRIP Clients that report their locations with NMEA $GGA sentences. The general look and feel is similar to other maps displays found in SNIP. This MAP display all the Data Sources (Base Stations, […]
NEAR Report
The NEARest report provides a summary of all the current NEAR streams . The report for each contains setup details, a list of the Base Stations used as the pool members, and the clients which are connected to them. The concept of a NEAR™ stream is explained further in this […]
Invalid Report Commands
Invalid Report Commands occur when the command is not supported or can not be parsed. When a connection with a command is made to SNIP Caster which is either ill-formed or not allowed by the current settings, one of three things can occur. Caster Reply If web page integration is […]
Status Report
The Status Report provides a general summary of the SNIP Caster state. It lists both the current and past MountPts (data streams) as well as several other key values about the state of operations. The report is organized along the lines of a Caster table but with more readable data […]
Release 2_03_00 Changes
What is new in the SNIP 2_03_00 release [released June 11th 2018] This is the next release of SNIP following the Rev 2_02_00 release of April 24th. This release contains a key improvement in the way MAPs are displayed, preventing large maps from delaying SNIP services. It contains a number […]
NEAR stream serves no data
This article deals with the several common problems using the NEAR streams that SNIP operators have experienced and how to correct them. The symptoms often start with “…my Rover is not getting any data from the Caster’s NEAR pointPt even thought it connects to it…” The resolution process needs to […]
The Document Viewer
The Document Viewer window is used to display Large reports, Images, and Geographical maps of casters and user. It replaces the system used in Rev 1.0 of SNIP where all report style information was always placed into the console log. An exception was the display of small maps in their […]
Serial Data at 2Hz
When sending serial message at rates over 1Hz, the serial read interval should be decreased from the nominal value of 500mS to half the period at which these messages will arrive. Unlike TCP/IP connections which are processed within one or two milliseconds of arrival, each serial port uses a polling […]