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The antenna supplied with Sentinel has a 20m cable, which equates to a delay of 100ns. 

Setting the Sentinel antenna delay while GNSS is connected could cause a step change in the 1PPS phase input to the internal Rubidium oscillator and will require the Sentinel to be re-disciplined for a period of 6 hours. To avoid this the following procedure should be followed.

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Panel
  1. In the

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  1. Settings→Measurement→Timebase page set Internal Reference Disciplining Mode to Never

  2. Press Apply

  3. Connect the GNSS antenna to Sentinel

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    NOTE: The Rubidium icon will change to a green unlocked padlock.

  2. Select the GNSS tab and enter the Antenna Delay

  3. Press Apply

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  2. Wait 10 minutes

  3. Go back to the

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  1. Settings→Measurement→Timebase page set Internal Reference Disciplining Mode to Always or Not during measurement

  2. Press OK
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    NOTE: The Rubidium icon will change to yellow

  3. The Rubidium icon should change to a green locked padlock after 5 minutes.
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  4. Measurements can now be started using the new antenna delay setting.

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