GNSS Configuration Packet

GNSS Receiver

This packet responds differently depending on the GNSS Receiver included with the unit, as shown below. Refer to your unit variant to determine the receiver included.

GNSS Receiver Configuration Packet F9P (Ublox ZED-F9P) X20P (Ublox ZED-X20P) MX5 (Septentrio Mosaic X5) BD992 (Trimble BD992)
Packet ID 197
Length 85
Read / Write Read / Write
Field # Bytes Offset Data Type Size Description
1 0 u8 1 Permanent
2 1 u64 8 GNSS frequencies. This is a bitfield where each bit describes whether a particular frequency is enabled. For a list of the fields that are currently available, see GNSS Frequency Bitfields.
3 9 fp32 4 Reserved (set to 0) PDOP threshold - the Position Dilution of Precision to achieve a fix
4 13 fp32 4 Reserved (set to 0) TDOP threshold - The Time dilution of Precision to achieve a fix
5 17 u8 1 Reserved (set to 0) Elevation mask (degrees) - Minimum elevation of the satellite that will be used when calculating fix
6 18 u8 1 Reserved (set to 0) SNR Mask (dB) - Signal-to-noise (SNR) ratio of a satellite signal to allow it to be used when calculating a fix
7 19 u8 1 Reserved (set to 0) SBAS corrections enabled
8 20 u8 1 Reserved (set to 0) L Band Modes
9 21 u32 4 Reserved (set to 0) L band frequency (Hz)
10 25 u32 4 Reserved (set to 0) L band baud rate
11 29 u32 4 Reserved (set to 0) Primary antenna type
12 33 u32 4 Reserved (set to 0) Secondary antenna type
13 37 u8 1 Reserved (set to 0) L Band Satellite IDs - this refers to the satellite name
14 38   47 Reserved (set to 0) Reserved

GNSS Receiver Configuration Packet

GNSS Frequency Bitfields

Each boolean bit in this field indicates whether the GNSS signal is tracked.

  • 0 = False: Signal is not tracked.

  • 1 = True: Signal is tracked.

Each signal is associated with a combination of a constellation and a frequency.

Bit Signal / Constellation is tracked?
0 GPS L1CA
1 GPS L1C
2 GPS L1P
3 GPS L2C
4 GPS L2P
5 GPS L2M
6 GPS L5
7 GLONASS G1CA
8 GLONASS G1P
9 GLONASS L1OC
10 GLONASS L1SC
11 GLONASS G2CA
12 GLONASS G2P
13 GLONASS L2OC
14 GLONASS L2SC
15 GLONASS L3OC
16 GLONASS L3SC
17 BEIDOU B1
18 BEIDOU B2
19 BEIDOU B3
20 GALILEO E1
21 GALILEO E5A
22 GALILEO E5B
23 GALILEO E5AB
24 GALILEO E6
25 QZSS L1CA
26 QZSS L1SAIF
27 QZSS L1C
28 QZSS L2C
29 QZSS L5
30 QZSS LEX
31 SBAS L1CA
32 SBAS L5
33 NavIC L5
34 NavIC S1
35 BEIDOU B2A

Note: For X20P unit variants, GLONASS is disabled in current firmware v2.0. It is planned to be re-enabled in future releases.

L Band Modes

L Band Mode L Band Mode Name
0 Disabled
2 Omnistar Auto
3 Omnistar HP
4 Omnistar XP
5 Omnistar VBS
8 Omnistar G2
9 Omnistar HP+G2
10 Omnistar HP+XP
11 Trimble RTX
13 Omnistar L1 Only
14 Omnistar G4 Only
15 Omnistar G2+ Only
16 Omnistar G4+ Only

L Band Modes

L Band Satellite IDs

L Band Satellite ID Satellite Name
110 Auto
100 Custom
2 IOSAT
8 AORET
15 RTXMX
16 AMSAT
17 WASAT
18 OCSAT
19 RTXAL
20 RTXIO
22 CONNA
23 RTXNA
27 RTXPA
29 RTXEA
30 EMSAT

L Band Satellite IDs