Playing around with a Beitian BN-880 GPS module with Arduino Nano and was wondering if anyone has any instructions for changing the update interval from the default 1/sec to 10/sec? The doc is pretty scarce, although I did find something based on a Windows PC but I am all Mac based. Any solutions for us?
Thx
without the code, my guess would be to change delay(1000) to delay(1000/10).
It's not a code delay issue. The 880 itself needs to be reconfigured to send 10 updates/sec.
I beleive the Beitian might be a re-badged Ublox GPS, but I only know of configuration utilities for Windows.
Yes, I think it is. I did find their Windows utility, but I run Mac and don't dual boot.
I was hoping someone may have a command string or something that could be sent over the serial connection.
Take a look here: u-blox doc
There's a message on page 255 (UBX_CFG_RATE) that sets it. Disclaimer: never actually tried it.
Try this;
/*******************************************************************************************************
Programs for Arduino - Copyright of the author Stuart Robinson - 28/08/18
This program is supplied as is, it is up to the user of the program to decide if the program is
suitable for the intended purpose and free from errors.
*******************************************************************************************************/
/*******************************************************************************************************
Program Operation - This is a simple program to configure a Ublox GPS.
At startup GPS characters are read and sent to the IDE serial monitor for 2 seconds.
The GPS configuration is then cleared and a further 2 seconds of characters are sent.
Then most GPS sentences are turned off, leaving only GPRMC and GPGGA that are those needed for location
and speed data etc. The refresh rate is then changed to 10hz.
The GPS characters are again copied to serial monitor using the new configuration.
GPS baud rate set at 9600 baud, Serial monitor set at 115200 baud. If the data displayed on the serial
terminal appears to be random text with odd symbols its very likely you have the GPS serial baud rate
set incorrectly for the GPS.
Note that not all pins on all Arduinos will work with software serial, see here;
https://www.arduino.cc/en/Reference/softwareSerial
Serial monitor baud rate is set at 115200.
*******************************************************************************************************/
#define RXpin A3 //this is the pin that the Arduino will use to receive data from the GPS
#define TXpin A2 //this is the pin that the Arduino can use to send data (commands) to the GPS
#include <SoftwareSerial.h>
SoftwareSerial GPS(RXpin, TXpin);
const PROGMEM uint8_t ClearConfig[] = {0xB5, 0x62, 0x06, 0x09, 0x0D, 0x00, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x19, 0x98};
const PROGMEM uint8_t GPGLLOff[] = {0xB5, 0x62, 0x06, 0x01, 0x08, 0x00, 0xF0, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01, 0x2B};
const PROGMEM uint8_t GPGSVOff[] = {0xB5, 0x62, 0x06, 0x01, 0x08, 0x00, 0xF0, 0x03, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x03, 0x39};
const PROGMEM uint8_t GPVTGOff[] = {0xB5, 0x62, 0x06, 0x01, 0x08, 0x00, 0xF0, 0x05, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x05, 0x47};
const PROGMEM uint8_t GPGSAOff[] = {0xB5, 0x62, 0x06, 0x01, 0x08, 0x00, 0xF0, 0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x32};
const PROGMEM uint8_t GPGGAOff[] = {0xB5, 0x62, 0x06, 0x01, 0x08, 0x00, 0xF0, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x24};
const PROGMEM uint8_t GPRMCOff[] = {0xB5, 0x62, 0x06, 0x01, 0x08, 0x00, 0xF0, 0x04, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x04, 0x40};
const PROGMEM uint8_t Navrate10hz[] = {0xB5, 0x62, 0x06, 0x08, 0x06, 0x00, 0x64, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x7A, 0x12};
uint32_t startmS;
void loop()
{
startmS = millis();
//lets see 2 seconds of GPS characters at normal power up GPS configuration
do
{
while (GPS.available())
{
Serial.write(GPS.read());
}
}
while (millis() < (startmS + 2000));
Serial.println();
Serial.println();
Serial.flush();
Serial.print("ClearConfig ");
GPS_SendConfig(ClearConfig, 21);
Serial.println();
Serial.println();
Serial.flush();
delay(2000);
startmS = millis();
//now lets see 2 seconds of GPS characters at cleared GPS configuration
do
{
while (GPS.available())
{
Serial.write(GPS.read());
}
}
while (millis() < (startmS + 2000));
Serial.println();
Serial.println();
Serial.flush();
//now turn off most of the GPS sentences and set the refresh rate to 10hz
Serial.print("GPGLLOff ");
GPS_SendConfig(GPGLLOff, 16);
Serial.print("GPGSVOff ");
GPS_SendConfig(GPGSVOff, 16);
Serial.print("GPVTGOff ");
GPS_SendConfig(GPVTGOff, 16);
Serial.print("GPGSAOff ");
GPS_SendConfig(GPGSAOff, 16);
Serial.print("Navrate10hz ");
GPS_SendConfig(Navrate10hz, 14);
Serial.println();
Serial.println();
Serial.flush();
delay(2000);
do
{
if (GPS.available())
{
Serial.write(GPS.read());
}
} while (1);
}
void GPS_SendConfig(const uint8_t *Progmem_ptr, uint8_t arraysize)
{
uint8_t byteread, index;
Serial.print(F("GPSSend "));
for (index = 0; index < arraysize; index++)
{
byteread = pgm_read_byte_near(Progmem_ptr++);
if (byteread < 0x10)
{
Serial.print(F("0"));
}
Serial.print(byteread, HEX);
Serial.print(F(" "));
}
Serial.println();
Progmem_ptr = Progmem_ptr - arraysize; //set Progmem_ptr back to start
for (index = 0; index < arraysize; index++)
{
byteread = pgm_read_byte_near(Progmem_ptr++);
GPS.write(byteread);
}
delay(100);
}
void setup()
{
Serial.begin(115200);
Serial.println();
Serial.println();
Serial.println("90_UBlox_GPS_Configuration Starting");
Serial.println();
Serial.println();
GPS.begin(9600);
}
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Thanks @wildbill and @srnet. That looks like what I was looking for. I will check things out and see what happens.
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