Trimble Access – Communication setup for an internal modem on a TSC3

for Can-Net 3.0

Turn on the data

collector and click on

Start, then Settings

Click on Connections.

Click Connections again.

Click Manage existing

connections.

Enter a name of your

choice for the

connection, for example,

cannet.

Select Cellular Line

(GPRS) from the modem

drop down list.

Click Next.

Enter the Access point

name for the appropriate

internet service provider.

Telus: sp.telus.com

Bell: mnet.bell.ca.ioe

Rogers: internet.com

Fido: internet.fido.com

Cansel Connect:

cannet.apn

Leave the fields blank

and click Finish.

With your newly created

connection selected, click

OK.

Visit www.can-net.ca to

find out if you are

working within the

boundary of one of our

VRS networks, or near

one of our single Can-Net

base stations.

Open Trimble Access and

click on Settings.

Click on Connect.

Select GNSS contacts.

Select New and give it a

name.

Contact type should be

Internet rover.

Network connection

should be the one

recently created.

The Modem PIN remains

blank.

Go to page 2.

Enter your Can-Net

username, password, and

appropriate IP address:

All carriers – except for

Cansel Connect:

ntrip.can-net.ca

Cansel Connect:

ntrip.apn.can-net.ca

Enter the appropriate

Port:

2301 = British Columbia

2302 = Alberta

2303 = Saskatchewan

2304 = Manitoba

2305 = Ontario

2306 = Quebec

2307 = Nova Scotia,

Newfoundland/Labrador/

Prince Edward Island

On page 3, ensure

Connection type is

Mobile internet and click

Store.

Escape and go into

Survey Styles. Select

New to create a new

Survey Style and name it.

Click Accept.

Next, configure the Can-

Net survey style for

either VRS or Single

Station mount points.

Click Rover options.

Select the appropriate

Broadcast format for the

type of mount point you

will connect to.

Please check

http://www.can-

net.ca/gmaps/ for

locations of VRS

coverage. VRS will be

displayed as a mass of

connected stations.

VRS: VRS (CMR)

Single Station: CMRx

Click Accept.

Now configure the Rover

radio to use an internet

connection.

Click on Rover radio.

Set the Type to Internet

connection and select

the GNSS contact you

previously created.

Click Accept, then Store

and Esc to exit Survey

Styles

In General Survey, click

on Measure.

Select the Can-Net

Survey Style.

Choose to Measure

points, codes, topo or

perform a Site

calibration.

The internal SIM card will

automatically be

enabled.

The modem will establish

an internet connection.

The modem will connect

to the

Can-Net Server.

Select the Mount Point

with the desired

correction format for the

VRS network:

• CMR+

• CMRx

If the configuration was

for a single station, the

mount point options

would be similar.

The nearest base station

will automatically be

selected.

Wait while a connection

is made to the mount

point.

Once a connection is

made, the survey will

start and corrections will

be received as indicated

by the green checkmark.

Wait for a fixed solution.

Perform a site calibration

or begin data collection.

**Note: Can-Net uses

federally accredited

coordinates in NAD83

CSRS epoch 1997. A site

calibration may be

necessary in order to

work in your project’s

coordinate system.