John Evers and I had the first opportunity to conduct a test of a Triumph-LS Plus on Saturday. We used a GNSS antenna splitter with an external GNSS antenna connected to a Triumph-LS and a new Triumph-LS Plus so that the two receivers were receiving and processing exactly the same signals. The external antenna was setup in the woods under a tree with dense branches.
The test lasted just under 5 hours. The default Boundary profile which resets the RTK engines with the RTK Verification and Validation processes and requires observations to be at least 180 seconds was used on both units. The Triumph-LS Plus collected 70 points using all 4 constellation (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and BeiDou) while the LS with 6 engine GPS and GLONASS firmware collected 17 points. With the increased processing power in the Triumph-LS Plus and the addition of Galileo and BeiDou, the real world productivity was increased by 310%! The Triumph-LS took an average of 17 minutes to collect a point while the Triumph-LS Plus average 4 minutes per point.
Many BeiDou satellites were being tracked and used by the Triumph-LS Plus, 12 as seen in this screenshot.
The 4th RTK engine was configured to only use BeiDou and seemed to be rapidly and reliably acquiring fixes.
Based on results of this test, purchasing or upgrading to a Triumph-LS Plus with a base that tracks all 4 constellation (Triumph-1M or the new Triumph-3) will be a great investment that will be sure to increase your productivity in challenging environments under tree canopy.
The test lasted just under 5 hours. The default Boundary profile which resets the RTK engines with the RTK Verification and Validation processes and requires observations to be at least 180 seconds was used on both units. The Triumph-LS Plus collected 70 points using all 4 constellation (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and BeiDou) while the LS with 6 engine GPS and GLONASS firmware collected 17 points. With the increased processing power in the Triumph-LS Plus and the addition of Galileo and BeiDou, the real world productivity was increased by 310%! The Triumph-LS took an average of 17 minutes to collect a point while the Triumph-LS Plus average 4 minutes per point.
Many BeiDou satellites were being tracked and used by the Triumph-LS Plus, 12 as seen in this screenshot.
The 4th RTK engine was configured to only use BeiDou and seemed to be rapidly and reliably acquiring fixes.
Based on results of this test, purchasing or upgrading to a Triumph-LS Plus with a base that tracks all 4 constellation (Triumph-1M or the new Triumph-3) will be a great investment that will be sure to increase your productivity in challenging environments under tree canopy.