RTKBase: a GUI for your own Gnss Base Station

andyinv · 12 October 2022 21:27

Try this, but for what its worth, it doesn’t need to be bang on accurate. Only if surveying where absolute precise location is required, from what I can see. You’ll get usable results watching the bar graphs for half an hr, letting it settle and updating the location.

github.com

lansalot/FreeRTK/blob/main/ConfigLocation.md

# Configuring your location

It's all plain sailing from here. No more screens full of text, just a couple of buttons and you're done!

So, on the previous page, you saw my RPI had picked an IP address of 192.168.1.20. Without a doubt, yours almost certainly will be different. So ensure you enter YOUR ip address into your browser, and you should see something like this and **this is not the password you set when you configured your Raspberry pi on first boot!!!**. eg, it'll be http://192.168.1.20 or something similar.

Here, the default password is "admin", so stick that in.

![Login page](rtkbase1.png)

And hey presto - you're into rtkbase !

![Satellite page](rtkbase2.png)

Not very useful tho, is it.... but pay attention to that little clipboard icon with the red underline.

In a moment or two - as long as your antenna has a clear view of the sky, you'll see something like this! And note - you want as many of those bars as possible in the green. Lots of red/yellow is not good. Consider your siting position if it's not looking health. Check the [Siting](Siting.md) page for more info.

![Satellite page](rtkbase3.png)

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16759 · 15 October 2022 08:03

Thanks for the link, it was exactly what I needed!

GialucaRav · 22 October 2022 11:26

Hi, is it possible to use ublox m8t for the RTK base station?

NorthernFarmer · 22 October 2022 11:52

Possible but not a good idea. These days you want a dual frequency 4 constellation GNSS receiver and m8t would not bring any significant savings.

GialucaRav · 22 October 2022 12:26

I have one sleeping inside a box, so before buy another f9p would like to try. Should I do something for m8t configuration?

andyinv · 22 October 2022 14:32

Try it - if you have it set up in u-center first (as the config file that rtkbase pushes appears to be specifically for f9p), I don’t see why it wouldn’t give something useful. This might come in handy… RTK base station with M8T help - #10 by Francois

GialucaRav · 30 October 2022 08:04

Little upgrade. Thanks to a guy named geofis from github, I have installed his version of TouchRTKStation on Raspberry pi4 and 3.5inch screen. Very easy to do following his steps.

Kim_SE_Denmark · 2 November 2022 20:50

HI GialucaRav
Do you have a link to geofis from github? I’am having a tough time finding that GitHub repository.
Regards from
SE Denmark

GialucaRav · 3 November 2022 06:20

GitHub - geofis/TouchRTKStation: Single-Frequency RTK-GNSS Rover/Base Station based on RTKLIB here’s the link

malman · 21 December 2022 17:20

(long time later…) in reply to my earlier post
My file issues was a defective SD-card…

Stefal · 22 January 2023 16:45

Hi!

I’m working on the RTKBase next release since some months, and the first public beta is available.

What’s new ? See the Changelog

It’s a beta, so things could go wrong. Please don’t use it on a Gnss base you need to use.

If you find some bugs, please create a ticket on Github

To install it, start with a clean Os and:

wget https://rtkbase.eu/rtkbase_release/rtkbase_2.4b5.sh -O rtkbase_2.4b5.sh
chmod +x rtkbase_2.4b5.sh
sudo ./rtkbase_2.4b5.sh --all bundled

I’ll provide a beta release to upgrade an existing RTKBase installation during the coming weeks.

Wynsum · 23 January 2023 04:25

Thanks for all you’ve done on this! I really appreciate being able to have a simple gui to run my base.

Krisby · 23 January 2023 12:11

Port number for the web server is configurable in settings.conf

Very good idea.

Is it possible to add a preview of active connections ip address?

Stefal · 23 January 2023 20:38

Hi!

What do you mean? I don’t understand.

Krisby · 23 January 2023 23:07

I mean an additional tab “users” in which you can see who is connected to the base

torriem · 24 January 2023 04:01

Is it possible to run RTKBase without it setting up the F9P for me? I’d like to try it but I already have my F9P set up the way I need it for my base station (with specified coordinates) currently, but I’d like to play with the RTKBase software.

WildBuckwheat · 24 January 2023 04:25

RTKBase will only automatically set up the F9P if the F9P is connected using USB the very first time you boot RTKBase. On subsequent boots it will not automatically set anything up.

Just don’t have your F9P plugged in the first time you boot and it won’t change your F9P. If you do this and later decide that you want RTKBase to configure your F9P, just follow steps 7 and 8 of the other installation on the main GitHub page.

I haven’t played with U center too much but I assume that you can pull and save configs? Best to make a backup before starting?

Pat · 24 January 2023 06:18

Rtkbase doesn’t use the F9P rctm messages, it calculate it using rtklib from ubx messages.

You must note your coordinates and put it back through the setup page after installation.

Stefal · 24 January 2023 06:20

Ok, I understand.
When you use a Ntrip caster like rtk2go, there is no “user” connected.
It could be useful only when the local caster is enabled.
Is this relevant ? I don’t know, I should think about it.

Krisby · 24 January 2023 06:56

This is only a proposal. It’s not important, but it would be nice to have such an opportunity when we share the base with friends.

I don’t use rt2go I have an external ip I can forward port 80 and especially now I can easily change it great option