No new GPS position taken on later firmware?

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Hi,

We’ve configured the notecard with heartbeat=-5 and period=400, this should get us position every five minutes at the latest. However, it seems that the notecard doesn’t trigger any new positions (in _track.qo). The buoy is located in the ocean, but in quiet conditions.

There are coming in new _track.qo events, but they show the same location for the last 7 days.

Has there been any changes to this?

We are using firmware: 6.2.5.16868

Edit: I can share a CSV with output from track.qo if needed for debugging.

Regards, Gaute

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It seems marginally better on: 7.5.1.16995, but one of our devices with this firmware is showing the same issue.

It is possible that they haven’t moved much, but they are definitely not in the exact same position (they’re drifting in the ocean).

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We restarted the device remotely, and it has moved more than 10 km. This is not good for our data! I hope that this can be figured out.

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Hi @gauteh,

Yeah this is strange. Are you gathering any GPS log data from the problematic devices? It may be worthwhile to set the _log environment variable for the device to gpsmax and check the _log.qo Notefiles.

Rob

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I will do that, and post back. Had to do a new restart today.