Re: getting GPS with EM7355 to work

[Marco Moock]

Am 25.07.2024 um 13:41:38 Uhr schrieb Gary E. Miller:

> On Thu, 25 Jul 2024 15:56:10 +0200
> Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> wrote:

> > m@zbook:~$ mmcli -m 0 --location-get
> >   -----------
> >   GPS | nmea: $GPGSA,A,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,*1E
> >       |       $GNGNS,,,,,,NN,,,,,,*53  
> 
> Not good at all.  You have no fix at all.  Does it work outside?
> Is it in some sleep mode?
> 
> 
> >       |       $GNGSA,A,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,*00
> >       |       $PQXFI,,,,,,,,,,*56
> >       |       $GPVTG,,T,,M,,N,,K,N*2C
> >       |       $GPGGA,,,,,,0,,,,,,,,*66
> >       |       $GPRMC,,V,,,,,,,,,,N*53
> > m@zbook:~$ 
> > 
> > Is that already enough to make GPS with gpsd work?  
> 
> Nope.  You have no fix at all.  Does it work outside?

Is that related to the antenna?
My laptop has 2 antennas, main and aux. The module has 3 sockets, main,
aux and GPS. I connected AUX to GPS. Is that ok or does GPS need a
special antenna?

> > How can I make the modem create they tty device that will be used by
> > gpsd?  
> 
> Your guess is as good as mine.  I guess you could pipe that mmcli
> output to a program to remove the formatting and return it to NMEA,
> but you still need to get a fix.

So is my guess right that it doesn't get the position, so this must be
fixed first before doing any format parsing?

-- 
Gruß
Marco