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This dialog appears, if you do one of the following:
System Properties button.Use the System Properties dialog to view and edit the settings applying for the whole Trimble 4D Control Server system.
Note - The contents of the system properties correlates strongly with the license status of your Trimble 4D Control Server software installation. The dialog adjusts itself to match the licensed features.
These settings include:
Select coordinate system: The selected coordinate system will be used for the adjustment of terrestrial points and stations and for the display on the map. The default selection Default: Default is the name of a Transverse Mercator projection, which Trimble 4D Control Server automatically creates. For starting the Trimble coordinate system wizard, set the focus into the value field and click the browse button. This opens the Select Coordinate System Type dialog, if the currently selected coordinate system is Default: Default. Use this dialog to specify a coordinate system. If the current system is not the default one, the Select Coordinate System dialog appears, which lets you select either a previously selected coordinate system or specify a new one.
Most settings of this group only apply, if you add new stations to the global list of stations. That means that changing the settings here, does not change any of the respective values of an existing station. To change the respective setting of the existing station, go to the Station information (GNSS) setting (see below), select the station and edit this setting. Changing the defaults does not affect the current setting of existing stations in the list. Similarly, the Observer and the Agency settings are used as defaults for both, new stations and new points.
The first three settings define the default datum (the reference frame and a tectonic plate) the coordinates of the reference stations refer to at a certain date. To define the datum, select the reference and the tectonic plate the network is located on.
Default reference frame: Specifies the global or intercontinental reference frame used for the system. This is the default reference frame. The system assumes that all entered positions refer to this reference frame unless the reference frame has been changed for an individual station in the station list (see below).
When storing position data of a station in a file such as RINEX, T02, or similar, the system always uses the default reference frame even if an individual reference frame has been specified.
Note - If you change the Default reference frame after you have added stations to the station list, all processing modules will restart.
Default tectonic plate: Specifies a default tectonic plate. If you add a new station to the station list (see below), the plate selected here will be applied to the new station. To change the tectonic plate setting for an individual station go to the Station information (GNSS) setting and select the Tectonic plate setting for the respective station there. Default: Eurasia.
Note - The correct setting for the default tectonic plate is especially useful, when importing multiple station data from data files, such as the IGS site logs. Make sure to set the tectonic plate to None, if movements induced by the plate are already included in the position velocities.
Reference time [System startup]: Due to tectonic movements, positions may vary slightly depending on the epoch they are determined. From time to time, therefore, Trimble 4D Control Server re-computes all station positions with respect to expected movements and provides the new positions to the depending modules. For the determination of the position offsets to the ITRF2008 system, Trimble 4D Control Server uses the user-defined tectonic plate definition and velocity values. After all positions are updated, Trimble 4D Control Server re-starts the processing modules.
Note - The position updates are used internally for processing. All coordinates and coordinate offsets refer to the entered known coordinates.
Use the Reference time [System startup] setting to select how often the positions are updated for internal processing. There are three selections available, see the following table:
Selection |
Selected epoch: |
Automatic position updates |
|---|---|---|
Year |
01.01.yy 00:00:00 |
First day of the year at midnight. Default selection. |
Month |
01.mm.yy 00:00:00 |
First day of the month at midnight. |
Week |
dd.mm.yy 00:00:00 |
Every Sunday at midnight. |
Day |
dd.mm.yy 00:00:00 |
Every day at midnight. |
Tip - For known coordinates of reference stations, specify the date the coordinate was determined: Go to the Station information (GNSS) property to open the Station Information (GNSS) dialog (see below), select the station and edit its Time reference setting.
Agency: Default name of the agency operating the new station or new point . Default: Trimble Navigation.
Observer: Default name of the operator in charge of the new station or new point. Default: Trimble Navigation.
Tip - The operator settings are system wide settings in the Trimble Distributed Environment. Changing the entries here changes them for any other Trimble software based on the TDE technology that has been installed on the local or connected computer.
The settings of this category pertain to the automatic file download feature.
Tip - The status bar visualizes the current update status and offers some shortcut menu commands for changing the automatic update mode and for starting the download manually.
Update mode for data files: Specifies whether and how to automatically download data files from a Trimble web server. Select one of the options described in the following table.
Update mode for software: Specifies whether and how to download software updates from a Trimble web server. Select one of the options described in the following table.
Selection |
More settings |
Available for... |
Information |
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Disabled |
~ |
... Data files, ... Update files. |
Trimble 4D Control Server will not receive any information on data improvements, such as new antenna calibrations, receiver noise models, and further correction models, or on software updates. |
Check and notify |
Download URL |
... Data files, ... Update files. |
Once a day, Trimble 4D Control Server builds up a connection to the download URL and compares the age or version of the files residing there with its own matching files. If newer data files are available for download you will receive a notification in the Status Message view. In addition, the respective icon in the status bar changes its appearance: |
Download and install |
Download URL |
... Data files. |
Trimble 4D Control Server not only checks the given download URL for new data files, but also automatically downloads and distributes them to other computers in the system. |
URL: Updates of data files: Specifies the URL of the Trimble web server providing data files for update. The URL directs to:
www.trimble.com/software_updates/
You should not modify this setting, unless Trimble publishes a different URL for its web server. Otherwise the automatic update will not work anymore.
URL: Updates of software: Specifies the URL of the Trimble web server providing update files (patches, updates) for Trimble software. The URL directs to:
www.trimble.com/software_updates/Infra_Software_Patches/
You should only modify this setting for the product-related subfolder. This folder contains all main versions and all currently released updates to versions.
Within Trimble 4D Control Server, two types of coordinates are available: There are the stations, which represent GNSS-determined reference base positions. Station information is kept in the global list of stations. Points, which are collected in the global point list, represent positions used for measuring with optical instruments.
Note - The availability of station information and station processing depends on your licensing model.
Station information (GNSS): This setting shows the number of stations, for which station information currently exists in the system. To add new stations to the list set the focus onto the Collection of stations value and click the browse button. This opens the Station Information (GNSS) dialog, where you can view and edit reference station data. Per default, no station is a member of the list.
Tip - To create a summary report of all available stations, use the Trimble Report Generator application selecting the Station Overview report type.
Point information (optical): The Point information setting shows the number of points, for which point information currently exists in the system. To view and edit point information set the focus onto the Point information setting and click the browse button. This opens the Point Information dialog. Per default, no point is a member of the list.
Point group information (optical): Points can be members of point groups. Use this property for an overview on the available point groups and the points that are assigned to them. To do so, set the focus onto the Point group overview setting and click the browse button. This opens the Point Groups dialog.
Leap Seconds: Read only. Information on the current difference between GPS time and UTC. Generally, information on the current leap seconds is fed into the system by the LeapSeconds.xml file. This file ...
The value shown here will be used by the internal time server.
GPS receiver is used as time server source if available: Read only. Information on the default source for the time server. Set to Yes, that means that the time is GPS time if a GNSS receiver is inputting observations anywhere in the system. If no GNSS receiver is active, the system falls back to the current PC time.
Some GNSS receiver types are capable of tracking several code types on the same frequency. For ensuring fast and consistent processing, the Trimble 4D Control Server processors are set up in a way that they need identical code types on each frequency in order to have just one single bias per frequency. Use the settings of this category to select one of the following:
Note if using selected tracking types - For ensuring the optimum processing result, it is necessary to set up all GNSS Receiver modules in a way that they feed the same code types as selected here into the system.
If a Receiver module (only or additionally) tracks a different code type, ...
The properties of the Frequencies & Tracking Types category are grouped according to the satellite system. For each frequency, the possible tracking types are available for selection. If a frequency offers only one code, this tracking type is pre-selected.
Special care must be taken when selecting the code for the GPS L2 frequency:
The settings of this category pertain to the collection of modules, which can be grouped for certain tasks. For example, a member of the secondary operator team may get access to certain modules only, if no member of the primary operator team is logged on.
Module groups: Specifies the collection of module groups. Set the focus onto the Module groups setting and click the browse button. This opens the Module Groups dialog, where you can view and edit module group properties.
Use the settings of this category to specify whether or not the Trimble 4D Control Server UI is to close after a specified time of operator inactivity. Inactivity is defined as a period of time without any mouse click in the UI. When the specified time of inactivity has elapsed, a dialog will appear. This dialog contains a message and a countdown (60 seconds) after which the UI will close itself. Clicking Cancel button within the dialog avoids this closing and resets the inactivity timer, that is, starts the period specified with the Logout timeout setting.
Automatic UI logout: Specifies, whether or not the Trimble 4D Control Server UI is to close after a time of operator inactivity. With the default value of No, operators have to close the UI actively, if they want to be logged out. To force an automatic logout of inactive operators, set the Automatic UI logout property to Yes. The Logout timeout property becomes available.
Logout timeout [minutes]: This property becomes available, if the Automatic UI logout property is set to Yes. This setting specifies the period of operator inactivity in minutes at the Trimble 4D Control Server UI, after which the UI will be closed automatically and the operator will be logged out. The range of valid values is 5 to 1500 minutes, with a default of 30 minutes.
The settings of this category apply, if your Trimble 4D Control Server system uses an Online Licensing model. Use the settings to provide the login data to the Trimble License Server and to bind at least one license to a computer in the system. If your system is using hardware keys, the value fields can be left empty.
For using the Online Licensing model, each computer with a bound license must be able to connect to the Trimble License Server in short intervals using the Internet. The connection data is provided and automatically set up with the installation of Trimble 4D Control Server, with the exception of the specific user data.
E-mail address: Specifies the e-mail address to which the login credentials have been sent by Trimble.
Password: Specifies the password sent to the e-mail address given in the E-mail address property. Enter the password exactly as you have received it (it is case-sensitive and can contain special characters) or copy and paste it from the e-mail text. The password will be encrypted.
License <#>: Only available if a password is entered. When you first set up the system, the value field is empty. When a license is bound to the Controller, the value field displays the names of the license pool and of the license, followed by the computer name and MAC address to which the license is bound.
Clicking the browse button opens the Online License dialog which lets you bind a free online license to the MAC address of a specific Controller. The Controller service must be enabled and started. A free, unbound license must be available at the Trimble License Server.
You can bind multiple licenses to different Controllers in the system. When you have filled in a License <#> property, a new empty License <#> property is created.
for newer data files, 
for software updates.