Excavator guidance · System

XFIX EX30

Bucket tip position on a screen in the cab, to better than 3 cm, referenced to your design surface. The base stays magnet-mounted on the stick, the instrument comes off at the end of the day, and the whole system talks to its own base over radio — so it keeps working where there is no cell signal.

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XFIX EX30 excavator guidance instrument on its magnetic base

< 3 cm Bucket tip guidance manufacturer's published figure

≤ 0.1° Pitch and roll BS05 bucket unit ±0.2° inclination

5 km Radio to your own base 863–870 or 902–928 MHz, no network needed

25 h Instrument on one charge 9600 mAh · 4.5 h to recharge

How it works

Four boxes, one bucket tip

The instrument on the stick, an attitude unit on the bucket, a base on the ground and a screen in the cab. Here is what each one does.

EX30 on the stick

1408 channels · RTK ±8 mm + 1 ppm

The instrument itself: GNSS, an inertial module and the radio in one aluminium housing. It splits from its base, so the triple-magnet base stays clamped to the stick and the instrument comes off for charging. Nothing to re-calibrate when it goes back on.

BS05 on the bucket

±0.2° inclination · ±1° heading

A sealed attitude unit that reads the bucket's angle and sends it over Bluetooth. No wiring, no drilling. Its own battery runs about 720 hours, which is roughly three months at eight hours a day.

EX30B on the ground

Ø 134 mm · 750 g · > 10 h

The base station. It broadcasts corrections to the instrument over the built-in radio out to about 5 km, so the machine keeps a fix on sites with no cell coverage at all.

AT80 in the cab

10.1 in · 750 cd/m² · IP65

A vehicle-grade display, bright enough to read through a cab window, on 5 to 36 V machine power. Graphical guidance means one operator works the design surface without a grade checker in the trench.

Photographs

As it arrived

The kit we opened, and the three units that go on the machine.

Open XFIX case on grass containing the AT80 tablet, the BS05 attitude unit, the EX30 instrument on its magnetic base and the EX30B receiver — The system as it arrives: instrument, attitude unit, base and tablet

XFIX EX30 excavator guidance instrument held in one hand, showing the GNSS dome, status lights and the triple-magnet base — The EX30 and its magnetic base, off the machine

XFIX EX30B GNSS base station with an orange collar and a mounting spike — EX30B base station

XFIX BS05 bucket attitude unit, a sealed white and aluminium box with magnetic mounts — BS05 bucket attitude unit

XFIX AT80 vehicle-grade tablet showing the excavator guidance home screen — AT80 cab display

Specification

The numbers

Manufacturer figures for each unit in the system, as published.

EX30 instrument — positioning

1408
Channels
GPS · GLONASS · BDS · Galileo · QZSS · SBAS · NavIC
Constellations
±(8 mm + 1 ppm) H · ±(15 mm + 1 ppm) V
RTK accuracy, RMS
1.5 m H · 2.5 m V
Single point, RMS
< 3 cm
Bucket tip guidance
≤ 0.1°
Pitch and roll accuracy
±8 g · 25 µg
Acceleration range and accuracy

EX30 instrument — build and power

275.5 × 221.6 × 195 mm
Size
2.40 kg
Weight, including the magnetic base
Aluminium alloy
Housing
IP68
Ingress rating
1.5 m free fall
Drop rating
−20 °C to +60 °C
Operating temperature
3.7 V · 9600 mAh
Battery
> 25 h
Endurance
4.5 h
Charge time
QC 12 V / 2 A · 5 V / 3 A
Charging
ESP32 · FreeRTOS
Platform

Radio and links

863–870 MHz or 902–928 MHz
Radio band
Up to 5 km
Radio range to the EX30B base
11 000 or 62 500 bps
Air rate
Bluetooth BR, EDR and BLE
Local links

EX30B base

1408
Channels
±(8 mm + 1 ppm) H · ±(15 mm + 1 ppm) V
RTK accuracy, RMS
0.4 m H · 0.8 m V
DGPS, RMS
< 40 s
Cold start
Ø 134 × 86 mm · ≤ 750 g
Size and weight
Magnesium alloy, ABS/PC top
Housing
IP68 · 1.5 m free fall
Protection
7.4 V · 6500 mAh · > 10 h
Battery and endurance

BS05 bucket attitude unit

±0.2°
Inclination accuracy
±1°
Heading accuracy
Bluetooth, no wiring or drilling
Mounting
9600 mAh · up to 720 h
Battery and endurance
IP67
Ingress rating
−20 °C to +60 °C
Operating temperature

AT80 cab display

10.1 in · 1024 × 600
Screen
750 cd/m²
Brightness
4-core 1.2 GHz · 2 GB RAM · 16 GB storage
Hardware
Android 6.0.1
Operating system
5 to 36 V DC
Machine power
4G LTE · Wi-Fi · Bluetooth · CAN · RS232 · RS485
Connectivity
281 × 181 × 42 mm · 1.5 kg
Size and weight
IP65
Ingress rating
−30 °C to +70 °C
Operating temperature

Still to confirm

[ TBC ]
Machine classes it fits
[ TBC ]
Design surface formats accepted

Manufacturer's published figures: XFIX EX30 and EX30B datasheets, and the EX30, EX30B, BS05 and AT80 product pages, 2026. Accuracy values are RMS under XFIX's stated conditions. XFIX notes that parameters may be updated; ask us for the current sheet before you rely on one figure. Machine classes and accepted surface formats are not published — ask us and we will confirm against your machine and your drawings.

The kit

What a system is made of

Sold as a working set. The instrument is the part with the model number on it; the other three are what make it useful on a machine.

This page

EX30

The instrument. GNSS, inertial module, radio and battery on a magnetic base.

Included

EX30B

The base station. Broadcasts corrections out to about 5 km.

Included

BS05

The bucket attitude unit. Bluetooth, no wiring, about 720 hours a charge.

Included

AT80

The cab display. 10.1 in, 750 cd/m², runs on machine power.

Services

Not just the box

Installation

Mounted, wired and calibrated
On your machine, on your site
Operator trained before we leave

Support

A number that reaches a real person
Someone who has stood in the same mud
Phone and on-site

GNSS data prep

DWG, DXF and LandXML in
Machine surfaces and localisations out
Checked before they reach the cab

Tell us the machine and the job

We will tell you what it needs and what it costs, without a sales call first.

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