Built on years of knowledge and experience, the Leica GS15 delivers the
hallmarks of Leica GNSS – reliability and accuracy.
The Leica GS15 is designed to suit any surveying task.
The Leica GS15 is built for the most demanding environments.
| Weight & Dimensions |
| Weight (GS15) |
1.34 kg |
| Weight |
3.30 kg standard RTK rover including slot RTK device, controller,
batteries pole and bracket |
| Dimension (GS15) (diameter x height) |
196 mm x 198 mm |
| Environmental specifications |
| Temperature, operating |
–40° C to +65° C, compliance with ISO9022-10-08, ISO9022-11-special,
MIL STD 810F – 502.4-II, MIL STD 810F – 501.4-II |
| Temperature, storage |
–40° C to +80° C, compliance with ISO9022-10-08, ISO9022-11-special,
MIL STD 810F – 502.4-II, MIL STD 810F – 501.4-II |
| Humidity |
100%, compliance with ISO9022-13-06, ISO9022-12-04 and MIL STD 810F
– 507.4-I |
| Proof against: water, sand and dust |
IP68 according IEC60529 and MIL STD 810F – 506.4-I, MIL STD 810F –
510.4-I and MIL STD 810F – 512.4-I
Protected against blowing rain and dust
Protected against temporary submersion into water (max. depth 1,4 m) |
| Vibration |
Withstands strong vibration during operating, compliance with
ISO9022-36-08 and MIL STD 810F – 514.5-Cat.24 |
| Drops |
Withstands 1.0 m drop onto hard surfaces |
| Functional shock |
40 g / 15 to 23 msec, compliance with MIL STD 810F – 516.5-I No loss
of lock to satellite signal when used on a pole set-up and submitted to
pole bumps up to 150 mm |
| Topple over |
Withstands topple over from a 2 m survey pole onto hard surfaces |
| Power & Electrical |
| Supply voltage |
Nominal 12 V DC
Range 10.5 – 28 V DC |
| Power consumption |
Typically: 3.2 W, 270 mA |
| Internal power supply |
Recharge & removable LI-Ion battery, 2.6 Ah / 7.4 V, 2 batteries fit
into receiver |
| Internal power supply, operation time |
• 10.00 h receiving RTK data with standard radio
• 9.00 h transmitting RTK data with standard radio
• 7.50 h RTK via GSM/GPRS connection using 2 internal batteries |
| External power supply |
Rechargeable external NiMh battery 9 Ah / 12 V |
| Certifications |
Compliance to: FCC, CE Local approvals (as IC Canada, C-Tick
Australia, Japan, China) |
| Memory |
| Memory medium |
Removable SD Card: 1 GB |
| Data capacity |
1 GB is typically sufficient for about GPS & GLONASS (8+4
satellites) 280 days raw data logging at 15 s rate |
| Data recording |
| Type of data |
Onboard recording of:
• Leica GNSS raw data
• RINEX data |
| Recording rate |
Up to 20 Hz |
| Buttons |
• ON / OFF button
• Function button |
| Button functionality |
Function button:
• Easy switch between Rover / Base mode
• Easy “Here” positioning functionality |
| Led status indicator |
Bluetooth®, position, RTK status, data logging, detailed power
status |
| Additional user interface |
Additional web interface functionality provides full status
indicator and configuration options |
| Communications |
| Communication ports |
1 x serial RS232 Lemo
1 x USB / RS232 Lemo
1 x UART serial & USB (for removable internal RTK devices)
1 x Bluetooth® port, Bluetooth® v2.00+ EDR, class 2 |
| No. of simultaneous data links |
• Up to 3 data links can be attached and used simultaneously
• 2 real-time output interfaces via independent ports, providing
identical or different RTK/ RTCM formats |
| Built In data links |
| Radio modems |
• Fully integrated, fully sealed receive / transmit radios
• User exchangeable device
• SATEL, Pacific Crest and others
• 390 – 470 MHz bandwidth
• Transmit power: 0.5 – 1.0 W |
| Radio modems |
• Fully integrated, fully sealed receive / transmit radios
• User exchangeable device
• SATEL, Pacific Crest and others
• 390 – 470 MHz bandwidth
• Transmit power: 0.5 – 1.0 W |
| UHF antenna options |
• Fully integrated UHF antenna
• External UHF antenna connector (Type QN) |
| 3G GSM / UMTS(HSDPA) phone modem |
• Fully integrated, fully sealed phone modem
• User exchangeable device
• User exchangeable SIM card
• Tri-Band UMTS / HSDPA: 850 / 1900 / 2100 MHz
• Quad-Band GSM / GPRS: 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz |
| CDMA phone modem |
• Fully integrated, fully sealed CDMA phone modem
• User exchangeable device
• Dual-Band CDMA 1XRTT (800 / 1900 MHz) |
| GSM / UMTS / CDMA antenna options |
• Integrated GSM / UMTS / CDMA antenna
• External GSM / UMTS / CDMA antenna connector (Type QN) |
| External data links |
| Radio modems |
Support of any suitable UHF / VHF radio |
| GSM / UMTS / CDMA phone modems |
Support of any suitable GSM / GPRS / UMTS / CDMA modem |
| Landline phone modems |
Support of any suitable Landline phone modem |
