Hello,
I´m using the Arduino Due Board with a Sparkfun Venus GPS Module (SparkFun Venus GPS Logger - SMA Connector - GPS-10920 - SparkFun Electronics) and a GPS antenna.
I´ve tried with the Tinygps libary but did not see any results. "chars" were recieved but no "sentence". I striped down my programm to test the GPS functions only. (Code is somewhere from the internet)
void setup()
{
Serial.begin(115200);
Serial2.begin(9600);
Serial.println( F("Echo test") );
}
void loop()
{
while (Serial2.available())
Serial.write( Serial2.read() );
}
First I did upload the sketch to my board and opened the serial monitor, "Echo test" would appear as wanted. Afterwards i would connect my GPS Module. I would expect to see raw GPS sentences in this NMEA Format or something. But I just get a Message, which I belive is some information on the GPS Module and afterwards I get hieroglyphs. Since I got the first message i guess my baudrate setting is correct. (Tried it on other settings, no results nor do I get this first Message)
The Module indicates a "fix" with a blinking LED. And those hieroglyphs change in style when the Module indicates a "fix" with the LED. Therefore I assume my GPS is actually working but somehow I dont get the right Information.
I attach two pictures, one of the first message + hieroglyphs prior to "fix" and the second one is after getting the "fix".
I hope someone might be able to help me here. I also went outside but the same kind of message kept comming in.
Thanks in advance.
Regards
p3terflow