Posted by Scott Berfield on September 13, 2012 at 8:29am
Hi all,Just got the new Lea-6 ublox unit from 3DR and cannot seem to get it to work properly. I have disable the on board GPS on my APM2, and when I plug in the new unit, the power light come son (red LED) but the fix light stays off - no blink, nothing. I had assumed it would flash while acquiring and be on solid when it has a fix. But nothing happens, no matter how long it sits.I am new to the whole GPS thing, so have no idea where to start. Any suggestions will be appreciated.Thanks.
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OK - got the new unit and am seeing the same thing. If I use my external MediaTek, with the same cable it locks withing a few minutes. With the UBlox. Nothing after two hours. Going to try to figure out how to conenct it to the PC and see if it is working at all. Can't see how the APM would work with the one but not the other. On Mediatek, teh Planner shows the GPS is attached and the lock comes pretty quickly (<5 minutes first time and sub one minute after with battery backup). With UBlox, planner shows GPS attached, but never shows anything except 0 satellites and 100 HDOP and no lock.
I have the same symptoms as you. I have mine connected to an APM1.4 and the power light comes on, but, like you, the fix light stays off. I have installed the Ublox GUI and can see packet transmissions from the LEA-6, but it cannot get a fix either inside nor outside.
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OK - got the new unit and am seeing the same thing. If I use my external MediaTek, with the same cable it locks withing a few minutes. With the UBlox. Nothing after two hours. Going to try to figure out how to conenct it to the PC and see if it is working at all. Can't see how the APM would work with the one but not the other. On Mediatek, teh Planner shows the GPS is attached and the lock comes pretty quickly (<5 minutes first time and sub one minute after with battery backup). With UBlox, planner shows GPS attached, but never shows anything except 0 satellites and 100 HDOP and no lock.
Hi Scott,
I have the same symptoms as you. I have mine connected to an APM1.4 and the power light comes on, but, like you, the fix light stays off. I have installed the Ublox GUI and can see packet transmissions from the LEA-6, but it cannot get a fix either inside nor outside.
How did you resolve your issue with your LEA-6?
Regards,
TCIII