Bernese GPS Software Version 5.0 - Bernese GNSS Software

4. Import and Export of External File Formats
The appropriate choice depends on the convention you adopted for your campaign.
For the transfer of RINEX observation files from IGS we propose to verify with respect
to the MARKER DOMES entry.
• “Verify station name using RINEX filename”: Enable this option to verify the first four
characters of the (new) station name with respect to the first four characters of the
RINEX filename. This convention applies for RINEX observation files from the IGS.
It may not be true for your own campaign.
4.2.3.5 Naming of Bernese Observation Files
Bernese binary observation files created by RXOBV3 follow a file naming convention similar
to RINEX: Filenames ccccssss are composed of a 4-character station code cccc and the
session identifier ssss.
The station code is generated using the station name “Abbreviation table” specified in panel
“RXOBV3 1.1: General Files”. This file contains the 4-character and 2-character station abbreviations
for a list of station names. The file can be generated using ”Menu>Campaign>Edit station
files>Abbreviation table”.
Option “Action if station not in abbreviation list” (panel “RXOBV3 2: Input Options 1”, Figure 4.2)
defines the behavior of RXOBV3 if the 4-character station abbreviation is not found in the
abbreviation list:
• ERROR: The program stops with an error.
• UPDATE: Based on the station name the program automatically creates new and
unique 4-character and 2-character abbreviations in capital letters.
• UPDATE+: Same as previous option but in addition lower case letters are used. This
option should not be used on Windows platforms due to missing case sensitivity for
filenames.
Do not enable UPDATE if RXOBV3 is running in parallel (e.g., in the BPE). Simultaneous
modification of the abbreviation table may lead to unpredictable results.
In option “Session ID used for Bernese observation files” you may define the session identifier
which should be used for the observation filenames. This session ID is also written to the
Bernese observation header files and must be defined in the session table. The session will
be determined automatically if this field is left empty based on the start, end, middle, and
median epochs: If at least three of these epochs fall into the same session or if the median
epoch falls into the same session as the start or the end epoch, this session is used for naming
the output file. Otherwise the program stops execution. It is recommended to specify the
session explicitly in case of RINEX observation files covering more than one session (after
being cut to the observation window specified in panel “RXOBV3 3: Observation Window”).
4.2.4 Export from Bernese
Program BV3RXO (”Menu>RINEX>Export RINEX from Bernese format>Observation files”) converts Bernese
code and phase observation files to RINEX format. More than one file may be converted
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