The 3.0 firmware series brings major improvements for all High Performance INS products and offer a unified firmware and set of features for EKINOX, APOGEE, NAVSIGHT and QUANTA products.

This 3.0 firmware aims to ease surveyors jobs especially when used with post processing. The datalogger has been improved and refined with a clearer file layout and new modes of operation such as blackbox.

With this release, post processing workflow with Qinertia is further simplified as all the INS settings are automatically read by Qinertia.

In addition, two new motion motion profiles have been added to better support autonomous vehicles such as large trucks and to get the right balance between accuracy and robustness for marine applications.

Finally, algorithms have been refined to deliver outstanding performance in harsh environments. The real time heave behavior and accuracy has also been improved in shallow water conditions.

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Firmware Downgrade

After applying this update, it’s not possible to downgrade from 3.x series to 2.x.

Import highlights from this release

  • First fully unified firmware for all High Performance INS for EKINOX, APOGEE, NAVSIGHT & QUANTA

  • Completely re-written data logger with new modes of operation, session name and layout

  • Automatic INS settings storage for simplified post processing workflow with Qinertia

  • Built-in GNSS antennas (ANTEX) database and selection directly from the web interface

  • New Truck motion profile with relaxed vehicle motion constraints

  • New Marine motion profile that focuses on robustness whereas Harsh Survey on accuracy

  • Enhanced Inertial Navigation Solution robustness and repeatability

  • Improved heave algorithms in shallow water conditions

  • Increase log retrieval speed from the data logger

  • Refined GUI and behavior for a better user experience

  • Bug fixes and general improvements

Changes for release 3.0.7163-stable

Bug fixes

  • [EKIFW-1528] - Fix Apogee-D startup issues with low input voltages
  • [EKIFW-1530] - Fix missing Galileo, BeiDou and QZSS signal reporting in sbgECom logs

Changes for release 3.0.7118-stable

Improvement

  • [EKIFW-1519] - Updated product documentations to latest revisions
  • [EKIFW-1520] - Work around boot issues with Septentrio GNSS receivers

Changes for release 3.0.7068-stable

New Feature

  • [EKIFW-1498] - Product now outputs boot message over Port A

Bug fixes

  • [EKIFW-1495] - Fix migration procedure with exotic FAT file systems
  • [EKIFW-1496] - Restored command to reset device settings from bootloader
  • [EKIFW-1502] - Can port and setting not available on Quanta Web Interface
  • [EKIFW-1503] - Fix broken import settings file
  • [EKIFW-1504] - Fix decoding issues on Port A/B/C

Changes for release 3.0.7027-stable

Bug fixes

  • [EKIFW-1487] - Fix a web interface crash when accessing sensor alignment with plane motion profile
  • [EKIFW-1489] - Fix DVL Aiding not accessible for Marine and Marine harsh survey profiles

Changes for release 3.0.7012-stable

New Feature

  • [EKIFW-946] - Added CAN bus support for Navsight & Quanta products
  • [EKIFW-1198] - Add CAN output message with vehicle body velocity
  • [EKIFW-1199] - Add CAN output message with track, slip and curvature indications
  • [EKIFW-1264] - Datalogger: Add a user defined session name and improved organization
  • [EKIFW-1319] - Added SBG_ECOM_LOG_DIAG to easily store & retrieve error/warning/info
  • [EKIFW-1338] - Added NMEA GGK message output
  • [EKIFW-1353] - Display in the web interface the receiver IP address (Septentrio only)
  • [EKIFW-1354] - Add GNSS antenna configuration support with built in ANTEX database
  • [EKIFW-1355] - Datalogger: Add a rotary mode that overwrite the oldest log files
  • [EKIFW-1356] - Datalogger: Add new operating modes such as manual start / auto start
  • [EKIFW-1359] - Generator: Add a new setting to choose data validity threshold to start data output
  • [EKIFW-1368] - Datalogger: Store device info and settings in each session
  • [EKIFW-1381] - Implement a firmware downgrade validity test to avoid harmful downgrades
  • [EKIFW-1428] - Add a truck motion profile for relaxed automotive motion constraints

Improvement

  • [EKIFW-622] - Fix missing favicon for web interface
  • [EKIFW-934] - Improve file system integrity and resilience to corruption
  • [EKIFW-1185] - Improve error logger efficiency with reduced CPU consumption
  • [EKIFW-1265] - Improve file system I/O performance
  • [EKIFW-1293] - Updated CAN log default IDs for Ship Motion HP from 0x210 to 0x14A
  • [EKIFW-1294] - Updated SBG_ECAN_MSG_ODO_VELOCITY from float field to integers
  • [EKIFW-1295] - Replaced SBG_ECAN_MSG_PRESSURE_INFO/ALTITUDE to SBG_ECAN_MSG_DEPTH_INFO/ALTITUDE
  • [EKIFW-1350] - Improved error / protocol models handling
  • [EKIFW-1382] - Update World Magnetic Model to 2020 version
  • [EKIFW-1406] - Updated GGA/RMC number of decimal digits for latitude / longitude to 8
  • [EKIFW-1407] - Review NMEA Quality indicator translation and DOP computation
  • [EKIFW-1421] - Update Hypack output preset to includes GNSS velocity & HDT
  • [EKIFW-1439] - Updated product documentations to latest revisions
  • [EKIFW-1442] - Improve kinematic alignment procedure for single antenna applications
  • [EKIFW-1443] - Reduced minimal velocity to 2.7 km/h to enable lever arms estimations for low dynamics vehicles
  • [EKIFW-1444] - Correctly consider Omnistar position type as a PPP one to report consistent standard deviations
  • [EKIFW-1446] - Improved real time heave for shallow water conditions and sea state changes
  • [EKIFW-1463] - Add a new marine robust survey motion profile
  • [EKIFW-1466] - EKINOX-D rev 1&2, the internal GNSS PPS is only enabled if clock is valid
  • [EKIFW-1482] - Greatly improved INS altitude in case of GNSS outages
  • [EKIFW-1483] - Update Quanta Hardware Manual to latest revision
  • [EKIFW-1484] - Updated Navsight Quick Start Guide

Bug fixes

  • [EKIFW-861] - Fix incorrect settings changed report for output log configuration
  • [EKIFW-1148] - Fix lack of RS-485 turn-around delay enforcement for IMU communication
  • [EKIFW-1318] - Fix cache issues when the web interface manifest is used
  • [EKIFW-1362] - Fixed invalid baseline indication on Novatel HDT message output
  • [EKIFW-1400] - Fix web interface error while waiting after rebooting the device or during refresh
  • [EKIFW-1416] - Fix missing GNSS PVT and RAW data under low CPU usage
  • [EKIFW-1422] - Septentrio: Fix an issue that could lead to wrong reported base line values
  • [EKIFW-1423] - Mitigate boot issue when data are being sent over COM D/E during startup
  • [EKIFW-1427] - Fix handling of cover target and Bare IMU lever arms with dual antenna setup
  • [EKIFW-1458] - Fixed internal Novatel rover GNSS not detected for EKINOX-D Hardware 1
  • [EKIFW-1464] - Fix invalid GNSS status reporting when no GNSS data has been received
  • [EKIFW-1465] - Fix web interface issue for UDP/TCP configuration control
  • [EKIFW-1472] - Fix product crash if the IMU couldn't be detected
  • [EKIFW-1475] - Avoid dropping GNSS raw data if we receive small chunks at frequencies above 100 Hz