Heltec Tracker V1.1 No Sat

[Jacovey]

Hello all,

Having an issue with the Heltec Tracker V1.1. After flashing the Meshtastic 2.5.15 firmware on the Heltec Tracker V1.1, I set up the GPS pins as RX:33 and TX:34, but it constantly says "No sat[elites]" regardless of location (tried from my desk then from the roof of a building). Also, when I set the GPS enable pin to anything besides "Unset," the device gets stuck in a boot loop. Is this device just bricked or am I missing something?

Also, tried swapping RX to 34 and TX to 33 which just made GPS unavailable.

Thank y'all

[rcarteraz]

The GPS pins are already set in the variant file, why are you trying to set them manually? Has this device ever had a lock before? First lock can take a long time, we've seen hours. The best thing to do is set it outside and leave it. Though I would recommend you do a factory reset first so you can start with default settings.

[Jacovey]

I was trying to set them manually as it was suggested on other threads. Will try just leaving it on, will report back!

[Jacovey]

Left it for a day, still says “No Sats” in the top right of the screen. Pretty sure it’s not that it’s failing to find a GPS lock at this point.

[fifieldt]

@Jacovey , can you plug it in to USB and send serial logs of the startup (go to https://flasher.meshtastic.org and click on open serial monitor)

[StuartsProjects]

If the GPS is outdoors, with a good view of the sky, it should get a lock within circa 45 seconds, regardless of how new the GPS is or whether it has been used before.

If it takes longer then it suggests there is a problem with the GPS or its antenna.

Serial logs of the GPS output will probably indicate what the problems is.