I am running firmware version 4.3 on my RTK express. I am curious / trying to track down a couple of things that appear on my display. In addition to showing my accuracy and number of satelites, the PVT Server is displayed and some garbled text appears after my ip address. I am including images showing both.
Is anyone else seeing this?
Does anyone have any ideas on how to address either?
Saw this on my Facet v4.3 UDP server running shows an IP address and some gargled characters.
Thanks for reporting!
The garbled text is the PVT Server port number.
The PVT Server and/or UDP Server should not be running by default. Unless you’ve started them intentionally?
Did you clear your settings back to the Factory Defaults, after the firmware upgrade? (Options s r y in the menu). I’m wondering if the PVT Server is starting erroneously due to the settings not having been updated?
Best wishes,
Paul
Thanks again for reporting.
We have a bug…
In 4.3, I added a new feature where “PVT Server” and the IP Address plus Port flash up on the display every 16 seconds when PVT Server is enabled. The same is also true for UDP Server. It’s to save you having to open the menus to figure out the RTK’s IP Address - if it was allocated via DHCP.
But, there is a bug in the code that prints the IP Address and Port. The buffer which holds the text isn’t large enough, and the port is being corrupted. (Feeble excuse: I didn’t see it during testing because my IP address is shorter…)
This shouldn’t effect how the RTK operates. And, if it’s anoying you, you can disable it by setting the displayServerIP option to Disabled. In the Network Menu, the new option 8 (“8) Display server IP address:”) toggles that setting.
Meanwhile, we’ll get this fixed. I’ve opened an issue for it at the link below.
Best wishes,
Paul
I would like to provide an update.
I had not cleared my settings back to factory defaults, but I subsequently did.
I was sharing NEMA data as a TCPIP client with QField and that is why I am seeing PVT Server.
I think it is great that you have added the ability to have the “PVT Server” and the IP Address plus Port show up on screen. This will be a help when trying to connect QField with the RTK Express, because the IP address of the RTK Express is random when I am using my phone as a hotspot.
Thank you @dwight ,
It will be even more useful when you can read the port number! But, it defaults to 2948 and would only change if you’ve changed it in the settings…
The fix is working well. We’ll try and get the changes released in a few days.
Thank you for supporting our products,
Paul
