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8. Using a customer supplied wiring harness, connect a power supply to the OEM6 family receiver. See
the OEM6 Family Installation and Operation User Manual
for information about connecting power to an
OEM6 family receiver.
9. Using a customer supplied wiring harness, connect the MIC serial port to a serial port on the OEM6
receiver. See the SPAN on OEM6 User Manual
for pin out information for the communications
connector.
10. Skip to Install the PC Utilities on page 8.
INSTALL THE PC UTILITIES
1. Install the NovAtel Connect
™
PC Utilities and USB drivers.
Establishing a New Receiver Connection
The first time you open a serial port to communicate with the receiver, complete the following:
1. Launch NovAtel Connect from the Start menu folder specified during the installation process. The
default location is Start | All Programs | NovAtel Connect | NovAtel Connect.
2. Select New Connection from the Welcome window.
All signal I/O with the exception of the USB port are at LVTTL levels.
To connect the MIC to devices that use other signals levels, such as a computer with an
RS-232 serial port, an interface circuit that converts to and from LVTTL must be used.
To access and download the most current version of the NovAtel Connect PC Utilities and
USB drivers, go to the Support page of the NovAtel web site at www.novatel.com/support/
firmware-software-and-manuals/.
3. Enter a name for the Connection.
4. Select Serial or USB from the Type list.
5. Select the computer port that the SPAN system is connected to from the Port drop down list.