I see the SparkFun GitHub for RTK firmware (https://github.com/sparkfun/SparkFun_RT … e_lband.md) mentions a new “L-band Menu” which “only applies to RTK Facet L-Band products. Regular RTK Facet, Surveyor, Express, and Express Plus products do not have L-Band antennas or receivers built in.” My RTK Facet, updated to the latest v2.0 firmware does not have this menu.
The thingstream PointPerfect L-band Configuration guide (https://developer.thingstream.io/guides … figuration) claims that “if you are interested to evaluate PointPerfect L-band solution, you need to have a u-blox L-band receiver NEO-D9S to receive PointPerfect L-band corrections, in addition to the high precision receiver supporting SPARTN format.”
I’ve looked up the RTK Facet hardware GitHub page (https://github.com/sparkfun/SparkFun_RT … n/Hardware) but as far as I can see, there are no mention of a NEO-D9S unit - or any additional receiver units besides the ZED-F9P.
Does this mean the existing RTK Facets can support L-band by a software or configuration change? Or, if the new version has any hardware changes to support L-band: Will there be a upgrade kit so the old version can be upgraded, and what’s the part number?
PointPerfect (L-Band) correction support is something we will be adding to the Facet in the near future. It requires extra hardware: a u-blox NEO-D9S correction data receiver. This is an extra module which will go inside the Facet and which needs to be linked to the ZED-F9P. The hardware is in development and we are making a start on the software upgrades to support it now.
I don’t yet know if it will be possible to offer a PointPerfect hardware upgrade for existing Facet customers.
A hardware upgrade would be nice - if I knew there would be a new version with PointPerfect support, I’d waited a bit longer before buying a RTK Facet in April…
I understand those are thingstream’s fees for their customers.
In the SparkFun RTK docs at GitHub (https://github.com/sparkfun/SparkFun_RT … e_lband.md), the last paragraph says “By default, users may use the SparkFun token but must pay SparkFun for the annual service fee.”
Will SparkFun charge their customers the same fees as thingstream for the use of L-band / PointPerfect, or will there be a different plan for customers who has already bought the hardware from SparkFun?
