Can't display current positionon from gps on chart

[tretigri]

Good day to everybody,

Hope somebody could help me. I'm runnig ubuntu 14.04 fresh installed. I took the opencpn 4.2.0 from the repository and followed all instructions to setup it.
I have a Leica gps conneced via serial Nmea to a usb port. I could see in Nmea dbug windows the incoming sentences but I couldn't find a way to display the position on the chart as I did with the old notebook. The gps icon on the top right corner remains red.

thanking in advance for the help!

[HappySeagull]

I have Linux Mint ..it's similar to what you have...I remember having to fiddle a bit too and ended up with "GPSD"...What works for me might work for you too..You might try this...I'm quoting here from O's onboard help manual.

"GPSD: is a Unix/Linux gps server, which means that several different applications can share one gps receiver. Linux users have the choice between using serial or GPSD connections for their gps input.

Ubuntu users take note! If gpsd is installed - use it. If you prefer a serial connection, un-install gpsd. The reason is that gpsd starts automatically when,for example, an USB gps is connected. This will block the serial port that the gps communicates with( /dev/ttyUSB0 in many cases), hence no separate serial connection to the gps is possible. So it's an either or situation. "

In other words, goto the Opencpn manual, per connections, find the place I have quoted, (it's about halfway down through the manual)and below that you will find this example...

[petter5]

Originally Posted by tretigri

Good day to everybody,

Hope somebody could help me. I'm runnig ubuntu 14.04 fresh installed. I took the opencpn 4.2.0 from the repository and followed all instructions to setup it.
I have a Leica gps conneced via serial Nmea to a usb port. I could see in Nmea dbug windows the incoming sentences but I couldn't find a way to display the position on the chart as I did with the old notebook. The gps icon on the top right corner remains red.

thanking in advance for the help!

Your connection is ok. It seems that the GPS does not yet have a fix. Are you located inside ?? - if so, try to move outside to see if the GPS can get a fix. You can also open the dachboard instrument panel to see if any satellites is displayed, if so, that's a confirmation of that your connection is fine.

Also, I agree with Happy seagull, for Linux, GPSD is very easy and stable to use for USB gps connections, but as above, your current usb config seems just fine.

[bcn]

Petter,

why do you believe that there is no fix?

Look at the last line in the screenshot - the RMC message. Normal, for me at a first glance.

Hubert

[petter5]

Originally Posted by bcn

Petter,

why do you believe that there is no fix?

Look at the last line in the screenshot - the RMC message. Normal, for me at a first glance.

Hubert

To be honest, I did not check the content of each message, but the message stream confirms that the connection with the gps is fine and the messages are accepted ( green text) - I have seen several times the same conditions: accepted (green) NMEA messages is flowing in the NMEA debug window, but the information is insufficient to get a fix for the GPS. Normally, this situation was corrected when providing clear sky to the GPS.

[.Paul.]

Tretigri,

The NMEA Debug Window in your screenshot, shows that OpenCPN is receiving reports from the GPS. The GPS has a position fix (40 deg 49.59 min N and 014 deg 06.96 min W). The GPS is NOT sending the checksum at the end of each line, but "Control Checksum" is checked in the Properties section near the bottom of the Connections screen. If you remove the checkmark before "Control Checksum", OpenCPN should use the position as it is being reported by the GPS.

Paul

[bcn]

Another observation:
there is no GSV message and I have not seen any other data for the number of satellites in view.

(40 deg 49.59 min N and 014 deg 06.96 min E)

[tretigri]

Originally Posted by .Paul.

Tretigri,

The NMEA Debug Window in your screenshot, shows that OpenCPN is receiving reports from the GPS. The GPS has a position fix (40 deg 49.59 min N and 014 deg 06.96 min W). The GPS is NOT sending the checksum at the end of each line, but "Control Checksum" is checked in the Properties section near the bottom of the Connections screen. If you remove the checkmark before "Control Checksum", OpenCPN should use the position as it is being reported by the GPS.

Paul

Thanks everybody for help!
Solved!
removing the checking from "ControlChecksum" made the position visible on map!

[HappySeagull]

Good news, tretigri!

just a note in case there's a chance to avoid this in future, but I see looking at my own Linux Mint gps config that when adding a new Serial connection, "Control Checksum" was enabled by default. Perhaps it should not be?

(but using gpsd Control Checksum enabled or not seems to works fine )

[CarCode]

Originally Posted by HappySeagull

Good news, tretigri!

just a note in case there's a chance to avoid this in future, but I see looking at my own Linux Mint gps config that when adding a new Serial connection, "Control Checksum" was enabled by default. Perhaps it should not be?

(but using gpsd Control Checksum enabled or not seems to works fine )

Control Checksum should only be disabled when using a bad or broken device. Once having a bad device exchange it as soon as possible for a new one.

Gerhard

[fgd3]

I have had similar problems getting OpenCPN to display a position from my GPS. Data flowed into the debug window at great speed but the button stayed red. Eventually it sorted itself out. It seems that sometimes it takes quite a long time for the GPS to get a fix and the program to recognize it. Is the button still red after 20 minutes?

Fabbian