Download and Load a Receiver Configuration

The configuration parameters of a receiver can be stored in a file on the NovAtel Application Suite computer. This file can be used to restore a configuration to a receiver or copy the configuration from one receiver to another.

To save a configuration file:

  1. Click the Connect button on the Device to establish a connection to the receiver.

  2. Click the menu button ().

  3. Click Download configuration.

    The configuration is saved.

The configuration file is stored at Documents\NovAtelData\Download Configuration. The file is named with the receiver serial number and the date and time the configuration was saved.

For enclosure type receivers (e.g. PwrPak7), the serial number used is the serial number of the GNSS card inside the enclosure.

To load a configuration file:

  1. Click the Connect button on the Device to establish a connection to the receiver.

  2. Click the menu button ().

  3. Click Load configuration.

    The Open dialog box appears.

  4. Select the file to load and click the Open button.

    A dialog box appears showing the loading status.

  5. Click the Done button.

A responses text file is saved in the Documents\NovAtelData\Download Configuration folder. This text file contains a detailed status of the configuration loading. The text file is named with the configuration file name, the date and time the configuration was loaded and the term "responses".