Outside and waited 2-3 minutes. I was near some buildings but the Rev A board had no issues picking up signals in the same spot. I will try with a 100% battery tonight and see if I can get anything better. I was reading others were picking up a fixed signal in less than a minute.are you inside?
In one of my solos i have rev a with the v2 shield i get 10 sats in about 30 secs. By less than a minute I'm locked and ready to fly while in the air I get 12 to 14 sats. Hdop is a .7..that's better than my rev b with the v2 shield. Being a new gps sometimes on the first time it takes alittle longer to lock sats. .put on a full battery and let it sit awile picking up sats.even when u have lock and ready to fly still let it sit and pick up more sats.next time u fly they should come in quicker. ..good luckThe process of upgrading the GPS on the solo seems to be straightforward but when I installed a new mRo board and the v2 gps shield I am only getting 2-5 satellites. Do I need to reset the solo somehow? Am I missing something?
Can you post a picture of the GPS installed? Just want to make sure you didn't install the GPS shield incorrectly. Also you may want to leave the drone sitting for a while powered on. See if it slowly picks up sats and then reboot, see if it picks them up a lot quicker.
In one of my solos i have rev a with the v2 shield i get 10 sats in about 30 secs. By less than a minute I'm locked and ready to fly while in the air I get 12 to 14 sats. Hdop is a .7..that's better than my rev b with the v2 shield. Being a new gps sometimes on the first time it takes alittle longer to lock sats. .put on a full battery and let it sit awile picking up sats.even when u have lock and ready to fly still let it sit and pick up more sats.next time u fly they should come in quicker. ..good luck
Left.. t on for 5 minutes and it finally acquired 12 sats. HDOP was 1.1. I turned it off and then back on again. It definitely took less time, less than 2 minutes but it never got any additional satellites or a better HDOP.
I will take some pictures this weekend. The sticky side of the shield was facing towards the gps module. The GPS module was installed in the same orientation as the old one.
I had one like that and sent it back for a refundContact MRO it should perform better than that
Good call carpy.. I agreeIf you haven't flown in a while (maybe a week or two), your GPS unit will do a cold start vs. a hot start. A hot start is much faster.
I believe this has to do with the battery on your GPS unit as it weakens over time until the next time you fly and gets "charged."
Cooool .keep us postedDoes anyone use an app to determine how many satellites are visible before flying (GPS Essentials)? I am going to try testing it out again tonight and see how many are visible vs how many the mRo is picking up.
Cooool .keep us posted
If this is a new mRo they come shipped with all 3 systems enabled GPS, Glonass, & Galileo, You need to turn off Galileo for better performance. If it is the new Module it will have a USB port to plug into a PC, now install U-center u-center Windows and just disable Galileo and leave all the other parameters the same...The older mRo did not have this problem as it only had the 2 systems enabled..See this post here > Mro gpsThe process of upgrading the GPS on the solo seems to be straightforward but when I installed a new mRo board and the v2 gps shield I am only getting 2-5 satellites. Do I need to reset the solo somehow? Am I missing something?
If this is a new mRo they come shipped with all 3 systems enabled GPS, Glonass, & Galileo, You need to turn off Galileo for better performance. If it is the new Module it will have a USB port to plug into a PC, now install U-center u-center Windows and just disable Galileo and leave all the other parameters the same...The older mRo did not have this problem as it only had the 2 systems enabled..See this post here > Mro gps
Edit: Never mind I see you Already figured this out move along people
I frequently use the 'GPS Plan' and 'UAV Forecast' apps on my iPhone before a launch. Both provide current info - at your current launch location - and forecasts. I like the two views of satellite constellations and overall predicted sat locks in GPS Plan.Does anyone use an app to determine how many satellites are visible before flying (GPS Essentials)? I am going to try testing it out again tonight and see how many are visible vs how many the mRo is picking up.
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