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In the time it took me to capture, edit and upload this image, the SQ has locked onto 2 satellites. It has a bad view of the sky right now, poor thing. | |||
I put the antenna outside (long antenna cable!) and I've got a 3D fix now. | |||
=== Serial port settings === | |||
Defaults were 9600 8 data bits, odd parity, 1 stop bit, TSIP input and output. I changed it to something more reasonable, 9600 8 n 1, RTCM input and NMEA output. | |||
Later on I will revisit TSIP since it's the main reason I wanted Trimble receivers. | |||
I wonder if I should leave odd parity turned on, maybe that is a common Trimble setting?? With TSIP off, I can see NMEA output in Hyperterm but iq_monitor no longer works. | |||
== Linux == | == Linux == | ||
Revision as of 02:05, 30 April 2006
The SQ is a module slightly larger than a quarter which has pretty good specs. Low power and pretty good accuracy. The pin-compatible IQ is even better but I got this SQ from eBay awhile back so it's what I am playing with. If this is too much fun to handle I will get an IQ later.
Launch
I obtained a developer board with USB from SparkFun.com and I have plugged the SQ into the board and powered up by connecting a USB cable.
To get it going, I installed Windows 2000 drivers from Silicon Labs and am now running the iQ_Monitor.exe program which SparkFun has on their website. It's running on com port 8. iQ_Monitor is a dandy free program.
The other program iQ_Chat wants to talk on funny serial ports that I don't have -- com1 and com2. :-) I am running W2K in VMware right now.
iQ_Monitor
I am in my house right now and the Trimble antenna is in my window. I doubt it has a good view! The Magnavox (with the antenna on the roof sees these satellites: 01,02,04,13,16,20,23,24,27
Here is a screen shot of the program right now.
In the time it took me to capture, edit and upload this image, the SQ has locked onto 2 satellites. It has a bad view of the sky right now, poor thing.
I put the antenna outside (long antenna cable!) and I've got a 3D fix now.
Serial port settings
Defaults were 9600 8 data bits, odd parity, 1 stop bit, TSIP input and output. I changed it to something more reasonable, 9600 8 n 1, RTCM input and NMEA output. Later on I will revisit TSIP since it's the main reason I wanted Trimble receivers.
I wonder if I should leave odd parity turned on, maybe that is a common Trimble setting?? With TSIP off, I can see NMEA output in Hyperterm but iq_monitor no longer works.
Linux
Linux 2.6.12 finds the right driver and I can see it via minicom on /dev/ttyUSB0 but I think it defaults to TSIP mode so I can't find the right baud settings. (I think it's in binary mode)
I want to put a GPS Almanac into the board manually. Have to download one,
I need to get a 12mm battery for the developer board to keep the almanac around when the computer is powered down.
