To successfully reset the gyro to factory defaults the following procedure should be followed.
- If you have a deck lead go to step 3
- Using the table A.1 wire up a cable with the following wires connected.
- +24V on pin 9
- Power ground on pin 4
- Data ground on pin 8
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- Data from gyro pin 5
- Data to gyro pin 7
- Connect the gyro to a PC running a terminal program like Terra Term or Datamate.
- Power up the gyro
- Wait for data to be displayed on the terminal
- Press ‘esc’ to enter the menu
- If you know what your current settings are go to step 8
- If you have MiniRLG2 firmware version 3.12 or later or MiniPOS2 firmware version 4.11 or later you can select “Configuration Dump” an example of which is in appendix B then goto step 13
- Goto port 1 configuration and note down the configuration of port1
- Hit ‘esc’ to start again goto port2 configuration and note down all the settings.
- Hit ‘esc’ and select “Config Aux 1” note which one is selected and the data format selected.
- Hit ‘esc’ and select “Config Aux 2” and note which one is selected and the data format.
- Select “Reset factory defaults”
- When prompted select ‘y’ to confirm
- Press ‘x’ to save the settings in the EEPROM
- Power cycle the unit.
- Enter the menu again via ‘esc’
- Enter your current latitude
- Enter your current Longitude(only on POS units)
- Press ‘x’ to save settings
- Power cycle the unit again
- This time the unit should start aligning at your current location
- Go back into the menu using ‘esc’
- Re-enter all the settings that you have noted down remembering to hit ‘x’ to save changes when you have finished making changes.
Appendix A
Table A.1: Umbilical Connector
Figure A.2: Burton 20-13 Female face view
Appendix B
B.1: Settings Dump
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