Freerunner GPS not working

Andy Green andy at openmoko.com
Fri Aug 1 10:54:20 CEST 2008


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Somebody in the thread at some point said:

| For those who understand NMEA, I'm seeing the following sequence in a
| apparently endless loop:
|
| $GPRMC,,V,,,,,,,,,,N*53
| $GPVTG,,,,,,,,,N*30
| $GPGGA,,,,,,0,00,99.99,,,,,,*48
| $GPGSA,A,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,99.99,99.99,99.99*30
| $GPGSV,1,1,00*79
| $GPGLL,,,,,,V,N*64
| $GPZDA,,,,,00,00*48
|
| For as far I can see, the internal antenna connector is seated well.
|
| Any ideas?

It is indeed "nothing".  Power and comms are obviously OK to the GPS
chip.  I would definitely suspect the antenna connection since GPS is
meant to be 100% tested in the factory.

- -Andy
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