u-blox 6 Protocol Specification: Power Save Mode Restriction Update

Topic:	u-blox 6 Protocol specification: New restriction in "Power save mode" section
Order Number:	UBX-TN-11075
Author:	svin
Date:	29 Nov. 11

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1 Affected Products

Product Name	Order Number	Type No	Remarks
UBX-G6010-ST	UBX-G6010-ST-0	UBX-G6010-ST-B7300C
UBX-G6010-NT	UBX-G6010-NT-0	UBX-G6010-NT-B7300CE
UBX-G6000-BA	UBX-G6000-BA	UBX-G6000-BA -B7300	All NEO-6 modules with FW7.03
NEO-6x	NEO-6x-0	NEO-6x-0-001
LEA-6x	LEA-6x-0	LEA-6x-0-001 LEA-6H-0-002	All LEA-6 modules with FW7.03

2 Type of Change

○ Hardware modification
○ Firmware update
● Documentation update
○ Others, __________________________________________________________

3 Description of Change

The section regarding the "Power Save mode" in the u-blox 6 protocol specification of all u-blox 6 chips and modules featuring firmware V7.03 has been modified in order to clarify the range of supported update period.

TCXO based receivers: 1 ... 10s update period
Crystal based modules: 1 ... 3s update period
Crystal based chip designs: 1s update period

u-blox recommends configuring u-blox 6 receiver into Power Save mode with an 'Update Period' of 1s.

4 Schedule

Immediately

5 Customer Impact and Recommended Action

Conditions of use of u-blox 6 power save mode are explained in u-blox documentation [6]. Contact u-blox support for additional information and recommendation should you plan to use the Power Save Mode with update periods exceeding the ones listed above.

6 Reference Documents

u-blox6 Receiver Description Protocol Specification (GPS.G6-SW-10018)
u-blox6 Receiver Description Protocol Specification for chipset (GPS.G6-SW-10019)

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