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How to configure a R980 to use a SIM card with IBSS

1. Click the three lines and go to "Settings" then "Survey Styles".

2. Choose the IBSS Survey Style and click "Edit".

3. Choose "Base data link" and click "Edit".

4. Click the arrow next to "GNSS internet source" and choose "Receiver internet - modem".

5. With "Receiver internet - modem" selected, click "Edit" at the bottom.


6. For an ATT SIM card edit the APN to "broadband" and click "Enter"
at the bottom and then click "Accept", all other settings can stay default.

7. For a Verizon SIM card change the APN to "vzwinternet" and click "Enter"
at the bottom and then click "Accept", all other settings can stay default. 
8. Once back at the GNSS internet source window click "Accept".

9. In the Base data link window click "Accept".

10. Once you are back in the IBSS Survey Style window click "Store" and you are done configuring the receiver. Any subsequent connections with another Data Collector will just need to have the IBSS survey style Base Data Link set to "Receiver internet - modem".