Re: enable BeiDou B1 and B2

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Hans!

On Sun, 2 Apr 2023 18:06:45 +0200
Hans Mayer <gpsd@ma.yer.at> wrote:

> I am using ubxtool: Version 3.25.1~dev

Cool.

> Option -h says:
> 
>      BEIDOU        BeiDou B1. BEIDOU,5 for B1 and B2

Yes.


> I realized that I have to run
> 
> ubxtool --enable 'BEIDOU,2' localhost:gpsd:/dev/serial0
> 
> if I want to enable B1 and B2 for BeiDou. In my case "5" has to be 
> replaced by "2".

Yeah, looking at gps/ubx.py.in, the parameter is "2" instead of "5".

Should I chnage the help  from 5 to 2, or the code from 2 to 5?

> I am not sure if this is related to the device using behind. In my
> case it's a u-blox zed-f9p with  PROTVER=27.12

It is, ubxtool only works on u-blox devices, and the zed-f9p is one of
the few that supports the newer B2.

RGDS
GARY
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