Getting GPS to work on my Mikrotik LtAP - Versionsgeschichte

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‎Tracking

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‎Receive GPS Position

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‎HowTo

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== Background ==

I have purchased a Mikrotik LtAP:

[[Image:2018-10-12-Mikrotik-LtAP1.jpg|400px]] [[Image:2018-10-12-Mikrotik-LtAP2.jpg|400px]]

First of all there was no connection for a GPS antenna, but I mounted an according pigtail and then I wanted to get GPS reception up and running.

Finally a tracker is rather useless without GPS reception. Here is how I did it.

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 TBA
-== Tracking ==
+== Configure Tracking ==
 Here is a script for the scheduler tool:

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   resolve the issue, or adjust the product information, depending on our findings.
-== Receive GPS Position ==
+== Prepare the Router ==
 First you need to log into the device. If you hook it onto your local network, it will draw an IP via DHCP and then be available on that IP. Check your router.
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 Then it's always a good idea to update the installed firmware.
 Then, let's start with the GPS configuration:

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   resolve the issue, or adjust the product information, depending on our findings.
-== HowTo ==
+== Receive GPS Position ==
 First you need to log into the device. If you hook it onto your local network, it will draw an IP via DHCP and then be available on that IP. Check your router.

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	Not bad. Now you can come and visit me.		Not bad. Now you can come and visit me.
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		+	== Configure lTE ==
		+
		+	TBA

	== Tracking ==		== Tracking ==

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−	Since the LtAP has the capability to send SMS, I will post the solution to send an SMS position in the near future also. Stay tuned!	+	Since the LtAP has the capability to send SMS, I will post the solution to send an SMS position in the near future also. Should look like the following..... Stay tuned!
		+
		+	{
		+	:global lat
		+	:global lon
		+	/system gps monitor once do={
		+	:set $lat $("latitude")
		+	:set $lon $("longitude")
		+	}
		+	tool sms send lte1 "20000000" phone-number="+49173383xxxx" \
		+	message="Position is: $lat $lon"
		+	}

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 * https://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?t=136444 VERY helpful
-* https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:System/GPS Original Mikrotik documentation
+* https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:System/GPS Original Mikrotik documentation On GPS
-* https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:GPS-tracking On Tracking
+* https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:GPS-tracking Original Mikrotik documentation On Tracking
 == Notes ==

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	Finally a tracker is rather useless without GPS reception. Here is how I did it.		Finally a tracker is rather useless without GPS reception. Here is how I did it.
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		+	== Useful Links ==
		+
		+	* https://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?t=136444 VERY helpful
		+	* https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:System/GPS Original Mikrotik documentation
		+
		+	== Notes ==
		+
		+	I have found the following statement from Mikrotik:
		+
		+	We are seeing that the internal antenna becomes compromised when LTE is used,
		+	so for the time being, MikroTik recommends using an external antenna with these
		+	devices, if accuracy and speed of acquisition are paramount. We will try to
		+	resolve the issue, or adjust the product information, depending on our findings.
		+
		+	== HowTo ==
		+
		+	First you need to log into the device. If you hook it onto your local network, it will draw an IP via DHCP and then be available on that IP. Check your router.
		+
		+	Log in via ssh:
		+
		+	ssh admin@<IP>
		+
		+	Then it's always a good idea to update the installed firmware.
		+
		+	Then, let's start with the GPS configuration:
		+
		+	/system console disable 0
		+	/system gps set port=serial0 enabled=yes gps-antenna-select=external
		+	/port set 0 baud-rate=auto data-bits=8 flow-control=none name=serial0 parity=none stop-bits=1
		+	/port firmware set directory=firmware ignore-directip-modem=no
		+
		+	Now the device should wirk right away:
		+
		+	/system gps monitor
		+
		+	gives me:
		+
		+	[admin@MikroTik] /system gps> monitor
		+	date-and-time: oct/12/2018 17:48:21
		+	latitude: N 48 9' 50.862''
		+	longitude: E 11 33' 55.386''
		+	altitude: 514.799988m
		+	speed: 1.055640 km/h
		+	destination-bearing: none
		+	true-bearing: 3.500000 deg. True
		+	magnetic-bearing: 0.000000 deg. Mag
		+	valid: yes
		+	satellites: 7
		+	fix-quality: 1
		+	horizontal-dilution: 1.24
		+
		+	Not bad. Now you can come and visit me.