It will be able to run in either power-cycled or continuously. The basic GPS power is around 300 mW in continuous operation, including the active antenna. In order to get the low power some noise performance was sacrificed compared to the current Quanterra units. However, the noise curves that were shown indicate that the unit exhibits excellent performance. All command and control ports on the unit utilize SLP protocols.
All local ports are configurable with respect to data speed.
There is an IR port to use in communicating with a palm top computer. There are several versions of balers envisioned for the system. These will be able to provide customized interfaces to the system. Hardware development for the baler is lagging behind that of the main unit. However, the functions of the baler have been simulated on several different computer platforms.