PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-683
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 683
OCTOBER 2009
42
PS 683
OCT 09
Y
our defense advanced GPS receiver
(DAGR) is a smart piece of equipment.
But is it as smart as it can be?
It is if you have programmed in the latest
software. Unfortunately, many of you have
not. Your DAGR is dumb and that should
concern you, greatly.
If you don’t have the capability to download software from the Internet to your
DAGR, you can get a CD containing the software mailed to you. Click on the
SUPPORT/Download or Order Software
tab and insert a number in the “order
qty” box on the line for each item that you need mailed to you.
Once the new software is installed in one DAGR, you can use the DAGR-to-
DAGR cable to install it in other DAGRs. (Unless the other DAGRs are more than
one software version behind. That means version -015 for a -13 DAGR or -005 for a
13A DAGR since you are loading 016 006 now!)
Detailed DAGR-to-DAGR reprogramming procedures are at Para 12.6 of the
DAGR TM. Or you can grab just that info as posted at the same
PRODUCTS/
DAGR
tab on the GPS website.
After loading new software, you must update your DAGR serial numbers to the
modiFcation management information system (MMIS) in accordance with AR 750-
10, Para 5-2d:
The latest software for the AN/PSN-13
model is version 984-2461-016. The latest
version for the -13A model is 984-3006-
006. The software version on your DAGR
appears on-screen at start-up. If it’s not the
latest version, go to this website:
gps/products/dagr.cfm
Once at the site, log in and then click
on the
PRODUCTS/DAGR
tab. The
controlling MWO, MWO 11-5802-1172-
20-4 (Mar 09), and the current operators
and maintenance manual, TM 11-5820-
1172-13 Chg 3 (Oct 07), are also available
at this link.
•
Corrections that reduce the error of the
DAGR mistaking a “bounced” signal for
that of another satellite.
•
Added buffer alerts.
•
An improved low-battery warning.
•
Improvements for gun
laying and azimuth
determination functions.
•
An updated world
magnetic model.
•
Improved laser range
Fnder operation.
GPS…
Smarten
Up Your
DAGR
if the old software on your DAGR is
working well and you’re wondering why
you need to update, here are a few of the
advancements of the latest software…
Some of you may be more than one
software version behind. if that’s
the case, you’ll also appreciate
these advancements that were
made in earlier versions…
stay in
schooL!
ahh-
dOyy!
I thought
these things
were s’posed
to be
smart!
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