Manual Set Up for Wi-Fi Connection between Base and Rover via ICOM1

In this setup, the ALIGN Rover acts as a Wi-Fi Client to the ALIGN Base which, by default, is configured as a Wi-Fi Access Point.

Configure ALIGN Base

By default, the Base provides an Access Point with IP address of 192.168.19.1. No special configuration is required to enable this functionality. The only configuration required at the Base is to enable ALIGN corrections on ICOM1 as shown below:

interfacemode icom1 novatel novatelx off

movingbasestation enable

log icom1 novatelxobs ontime 1

log icom1 novatelxref ontime 1

log heading2a onnew

saveconfig

Configure ALIGN Rover

The ALIGN Rover can be configured to connect to the Base Access Point over Wi-Fi using either DHCP (default) or by specifying static IP parameters. Configuration consists of the following steps:

  1. Establish a Wi-Fi connection from the Rover (Client) to the Base (Access Point).

  2. Establish a TCP connection between the ICOM port to be used for ALIGN corrections and the Access Point.

  3. Configure the interface of the ICOM port to accept ALIGN corrections.

In the following examples, the ALIGN Rover is configured as a Wi-Fi Client connecting to the Base's Access Point. The Base's SSID is "PwrPak7-NMND17190003B", its password (passkey) is "12345678" and its IP address is the default 192.168.19.1. The SSID and password (passkey) information is printed on the label of the Base receiver or it can be obtained by requesting the WIFIAPSETTINGS log from the Base. The SSID is the receiver's PSN starting with the SM7-prefix.

DHCP Configuration

In this example, the WIFINETCONFIG command is used to enable the Client to connect to the Base's Access Point using DHCP addressing. The IPSTATUS log is used to determine when an IP address has been assigned to the Wi-Fi client.

It can take several seconds for the IP parameters to be set.

wifinetconfig 1 enable "PwrPak7-NMND17190003B" "12345678" dhcp

wifimode client

icomconfig icom1 tcp 192.168.19.1:3001

interfacemode icom1 novatelx novatel off

log icom1 headingext2b onnew

hdtoutthreshold 1.0

 

log heading2a onnew

saveconfig

 

Static IP Address Configuration

In this example, the WIFINETCONFIG command is used to enable the Client to connect to the Base's Access Point using a static IP address on the same subnet as the Base – 192.168.19.42 in this example. The Base's IP address (192.168.19.1 by default) is used as both the gateway and DNS server.

wifinetconfig 1 enable "PwrPak7-NMND17190003B" "12345678" static 192.168.19.42 255.255.255.0 192.168.19.1 192.168.19.1

wifimode client

icomconfig icom1 tcp 192.168.19.1:3001

interfacemode icom1 novatelx novatel off

log icom1 headingext2b onnew

hdtoutthreshold 1.0

 

log heading2a onnew

saveconfig