I am new to the UAV community and I am very excited about the possibilities. I am learning a lot....steep learning curve.
I received my new ArduIMU V2 and ublox GS407 (with DIYdrones adapter board, preprogramed for ArduPilot) via UPS thursday!! Today was my first opportunity to work with the components. I soldered the header on for the FTDI connection, attached the ublox adapter and cable to the GPS port on the ArduIMU board, connected the FTDI cable and observed the pwr light come on then the rapid sequence of yellow, blue and red blinking lights. After about 15 seconds the yellow light came on steady. Then I waited........20 minuted later no blue GPS lock light. Hmmmmm......GPS is warm to the touch so it's getting pwr, connection seems good, antennae is pointed skyward.
I uploaded ArduIMU code v 1.5, same result. When I ran groundtest.vi all the analog data from the gyros and accelerometers are streaming, but no GPS data. I then decided to move outside. I reset the IMU and waited another 20 minutes and still no GPS lock.
Does anyone have any suggestions for me?
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My baudrate, com port seems fine and I am able to receive data stream when I look under Binary Console as well as Packet Console.
From your experience which are the problem areas that you had to address before you could get the GPS to work?
I have also been outdoors a few times, open area, antenna facing skyward and each time allowed my GPS in excess of 20 minutes to try to lock but it doesn't seem to respond.
No need to worry & panic, try again tomorrow morning after taking break. It will work soon, someone will be able to figure it out and help you sooner or later if you have not done it your self. Good luck & happy Easter.
Happy Easter to all!