Hi,
I am working with a new Sparkfun GPS-14198 sensor, but am unable to connect to U-center. I am using version 21.02 of U-center, and have adjusted the receiver generation to reflect U-blox M8/8. I’ve confirmed the device to be registered as a COM port serial device (COM3), and am able to achieve communication there, but not with the baud rate. Since the gps is new, the default baud rate is 9600, but I am still unable to connect. Please let me know if you have any suggestions. Thanks.
Do you see any NMEA data flowing by when you open the GPS in a serial terminal?
How are you connecting the GPS to your computer?
Can you provide photos of your setup?
Thanks for reaching out to us on this.
It sounds like you have this connected directly to a PC/laptop…our hookup guide covers connecting this device to an Arduino https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/gp … 1615791300 …but it mentions this, which might be helpful:
Note: While the GPS uses 9600 baud on the software serial pins, the serial UART for the serial monitor is set to 115200 baud.
Perhaps try this in your settings and report back if it fails. Or if that doesn’t work and you have an arduino-type board around, try confirming the device works by completing the hookup guide.
Hope this helps, and happy sparking!
No I do not see any NMEA sentences when viewing in Tera Term. I thought that I could have potentially mixed Tx/Rx of my serial cable, and upon switching I did receive character sentences, but nothing that made sense, leading me to believe that my wiring was correct, but just unable to communicate for some reason…
I am connecting the GPS to my computer via a RS232 serial cable with USB adapter. I am supplying power to the GPS with the 5v terminal on a Campbell Scientific CR1000x datalogger for which this gps will be configured with.
@TS-Russel
I’ve attempted all baud rates with no success. I do not have an arduino board to use with this, nor do I have any experience with them.
I have also confirmed that this setup will work with a Garmin 18x-5hz gps, and can view NMEA data in the serial terminal.
These use TTL serial, not RS-232 serial and that’s probably what’s causing most of your trouble.
We recommend using our [FTDI Basic Breakout to connect the GPS to your computer.](https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9716)
Is it not possible to connect to a computer directly using my Campbell Scientific CR1000x datalogger as the 5v power supply, and then simply wire the TTL serial pinouts to the appropriate gps cables to achieve computer communication with the gps. This is the setup that I will be using, so I do not want to go down the route of using Arduino-like boards. Thanks.
I’m afraid we don’t know how your data logger works and we can not support our GPS on it.
I can tell you that if you connect the GPS to our [FTDI Basic Breakout and then connect the FTDI Basic Breakout to your computer with a [Mini USB cable you should be able to open the GPS in U-center just fine.
](SparkFun USB Mini-B Cable - 6 Foot - CAB-11301 - SparkFun Electronics)](https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9716)