INS Profiles

Platform: 

OEM719, OEM729, OEM7500, OEM7600, OEM7700, OEM7720, PwrPak7, CPT7, CPT7700, SMART7-S

INS Profiles provide two major functions; simplified configuration and enhanced performance. Each INS Profile sets specific filter behaviour to enhance system performance in particular environments.

The INS profile settings are enabled by the receiver model. A receiver model with an INS Mode of S, P, R or K is required to enable INS Profiles. The INS profile adds enhanced behaviour such as Dead Reckoning for land and Heave for marine and allows for simple configuration rather than sending many discreet commands.

OEM7 INS Profiles

Profile

Description

Enhanced Profile settings

DEFAULT

The default SPAN profile.

This profile has legacy SPAN default settings.

N/A

LAND

INS Profile for fixed axle land vehicles. Enables robust kinematic alignment routines and configures the update profile.

Enables intelligent vehicle dynamics modelling for land vehicles (Dead Reckoning).

Enables course over ground attitude updates.

Enables direction detection on kinematic alignment routine.

Sets alignment velocity to 0.5 m/s.

MARINE

INS profile for marine vessels. Disables static behaviour and configures the marine solution to be more robust.

Disables Zero Velocity Updates (ZUPT).

Disables turn-on bias static estimation.

Sets alignment velocity to 3.0 m/s.

FIXEDWING

INS profile for fixed wing aircraft

Sets alignment velocity to 3.0 m/s.

FOOT

INS profile for walking or backpack applications

Sets alignment velocity to 0.5 m/s.

VTOL

INS profile for Vertical Take Off and Landing aircraft (helicopter, quadcopter, etc.)

None

RAIL

INS profile for railway applications

Enables intelligent vehicle dynamics modelling for rail vehicles (Dead Reckoning).

Enables course over ground attitude updates.

Enables direction detection on kinematic alignment routine.

Sets alignment velocity to 5.0 m/s.

AGRICULTURE

INS profile for agriculture applications

Enables intelligent vehicle dynamics modelling for agricultural vehicles (Dead Reckoning).

Enables course over ground attitude updates.

Enables direction detection on kinematic alignment routine.

Sets alignment velocity to 0.5 m/s.

Use

To use an INS Profile, send the SETINSPROFILE command at startup (or save to NVM) to activate the mode. For example:

SETINSPROFILE LAND

The type of profile activated, basic or enhanced, is determined by the SPAN model.

The currently selected profile option is available in the INSCONFIG log.

RBV calibration

For the profiles to provide the greatest benefit, the rotation offset of the IMU body to the vehicle frame (RBV) should be known as accurately as possible. Since constraints happen at the vehicle level, any error in the offset will translate into worse performance. These parameters are estimated in the background when the system is fully converged, however it is always better to have this measured as precisely as possible before mission critical data is collected.

The INSCALIBRATE RBV functionality can be used to estimate and save these offsets to NVM in a controlled manner.