Thingy 91 and GNSS

NOOb2000 over 1 year ago

Hey ,

I am using a thingy 91.

I want to use this GNSS sample to get the location, but I do not get any fix. I have tried outdoors too, but nothing happens. I have the same problem outdoor. It looks like the device is tracking but never gets a fix.

I have been able to get location with cellular, but I need to do it with GNSS. GNSS is needed for my application

The pictures are from monitor.

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JONATHAN LL over 1 year ago +1

Hi, GPS/GNSS only works outside, so this is where you need to test it. The first image does say that there has been 730 seconds since last fix, so seems you got at least one fix. I you are in the city…
JONATHAN LL over 1 year ago in reply to NOOb2000 +1

If you where able to get LTE to work then GPS should also work. So seems that the Antenna is ok, from the description you gave. How many satellites is the device tracking? But you can always do a visual…
JONATHAN LL over 1 year ago in reply to NOOb2000 +1

OK, that seems strange that it was not bale to get a fix with up to 15 tracking. Du you have a 9160 Development Kit ? I find it strange that it is not able to get a GPS fix, if you could test on different…

0 NOOb2000 over 1 year ago in reply to JONATHAN LL

I can try with another board, but I doubt that this is the problem. We are actually two different persons with our own thingy 91. Both of us struggle with the same problem
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0 NOOb2000 over 1 year ago in reply to JONATHAN LL

Yeah okay, using extern antenna solved the problem.
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0 JONATHAN LL over 1 year ago in reply to NOOb2000

What version of the Thingy91 do you have?

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Jonathan
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