Credits

Quick notes on RTK credits #

• Credits are used to activate an NTRIP account for day or multi day use
• Credits can be pre-purchased
• Networks that support credit activation is shown on the ntrip accounts page
• Credits do not expire
• Once an NTRIP account is activated, you can not deactivate it and have to with until it expires.

Credits are designed to activate an NTRIP for daily use. The purpose and idea behind it is that you only have to enter your NTRIP credentials in your RTK device once. Then whenever you want to use it, just activate that NTRIP account and you’ll have instant access.

When your credit activation expires, you NTRIP credentials will be saved so you can re-activate it later again without changing any settings.

Credits can be pre-purchased in your RTK FIX account. This credit balance will be available whenever you want to use it. This means you can activate it whenever you want, for example right before you start your survey.

Activating your RTK device with a subscription #

Please follow the steps below if you want to use credits to activate your NTRIP account for your RTK device.

Step 1 – Purchase RTK credits #

NOTE: please check on the ‘ntrip accounts” page if the network you want to connect to supports credit activations. You can see this in the sidebar when on desktop and in the dropdown when on mobile.

First you purchase some credits by clicking on the “buy credits” button. RTK credits can be pre-purchased and will sit in your account until you want to use them.

Step 2 – Create an NTRIP account #

The next step is to create an NTRIP account. These are the details you will have to enter in your RTK device to access the server and receive RTK correction data from the platform.

To do this, go to the NTRIP accounts page and click on “add NTRIP account”. After clicking this button it will ask you to give it a name, recommended is to give it a memorable name so you know which RTK device it is eg. the brand and model of the device. After naming it, click on create and you will see new NTRIP login credentials show up.

You can make multiple NTRIP account if you want. For example if you have multiple devices.

Step 3 – Activate your NTRIP account #

After creating your NTRIP account, all you have to do is activate it with credits. Choose the NTRIP account you want to activate and click on the green “manage” button. You will be prompted choose between “subscription” or “credits”. Choose credits.

After choosing credits you will see a dropdown with all the available networks you can choose from. Select the network you want.

After this you will see a date option, this is the expiry date. Once selected you will see an overview of the activation for you to check. If everything is correct click on “activate NTRIP account” and it will be instantly activated.

When activated you will see more details in your NTRIP account like DNS, IP, PORT and mountpoints. This means you have successfully activated it.

Step 4 – Enter credentials in your RTK device #

The last step is to enter these credentials in your RTK device. Please follow the RTK device’s manufacturer guide on how to do this. Normally it’s labelled under NTRIP, NTRIP Client, RTK or Rover settings.

NOTE: PLEASE CHECK THE PORT! This is important if you have NTRIP accounts for multiple networks. All NTRIP parameters stay the same, except for the port number. This is because we map our networks on different ports. So always check your port when changing to a different network.