RTKBase: a GUI for your own Gnss Base Station

GPS / RTK / GNSS
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If you use tailscale, you don’t need an IP (provided by tailscale), and you don’t need to open a port.

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Hi @Stefal! There is a project on Github to output system data to the SSD1306 display, via the i2c bus. is it possible to integrate this into your project?
vadzimyatskevich/SSD1306: Add OLED display with system information to your board (github.com)

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It’s not difficult. I think RTKBase is mainly Python.

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Hi!
I don’t think I will integrate this inside RTKBase.

But !

But it could be interesting to offer an access to various RTKBase informations. Adding an API might be a solution. And i’ve already drafted some code to easily detect a base station running on a network.
I don’t know when a release with it will be available.

EDIT : Sending these informations to a Mqtt broker could be useful too.

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Thanks for the reply. I will be waiting for the new release)

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My base suddenly is getting banned on rtk2go. They claim it starts the send but doesn’t complete the send. Anyone else seeing this. Local caster is working fine.

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I am trying to send radio corrections via RTKBase. I purchased Ardusimple XLR kit. I cant get the base and rover to connect. I had it once but have been unsuccessful since. I did try changing some settings in XTCU but I am unable to configure the XLR. Is there a way to do that otherwise?

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Typically if you are using the Xbee radios you shouldn’t use RTKbase. The radios talk base F9P (base) —> Xbee sender —-> xbee receiver—-> F9P (Rover)

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I am wanting the option of ntrip or radio so I thought I would go through the RTKBase. I also need the RTKBase for sending 1008 messages for Trimble.

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The kit from arduSimple comes pre configured. The only setting you might need to change is the Xbee serial baud rate but you can change that in rtkbase.

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RTKBase v2.6 will be available soon.
If you want to test the latest release candidate, you can :

  • Download the update from here
  • Open the RTKbase web interface on this page: http://ip_of_your_base/manual_update
  • Choose the file you’ve just downloaded and press the submit button
  • You won’t see any progress during the update, you will have to go to http://ip_of_your_base/ manually after a few minutes. If you want to follow the update process : sudo tail -f /var/log/syslog or sudo journalctl

If you find a bug, please let me know so that I can fix it before the final release.

release note : rtkbase/CHANGELOG.md at 04c38a99079da7db92f13ab125f39f40b2491764 · Stefal/rtkbase · GitHub

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863

Brilliant, supports the Mosaic X5.

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@stefal. Thanks for this terrific software.
For safety, I am trying to validate that my reference GNSS antenna has not been moved before using it for RTK purposes.
When I power cycle the base station computer, I get convergence of
RTKLIB demo5 b34i PPP-static mode (STATUS tab of RTKBase web page) that looks something like the graph below.
ppp_converge_after_power_cycle

Showing East and North error in meters.
My question:
To your knowledge, is there an easy way to initialize the PPP-static solution so that the convergence is much faster in the (likely) case where the antenna LLA position is known and unchanged?

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Anybody know how to disable the Raspberry Pi cooling fan, or at least adjust the temperature setpoint? Mine has gotten pretty loud and the on/off cycle every ten seconds is driving me nuts…I could cut the wires but would prefer a software solution

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Same here. Just happened the other day. Local caster is good, and I’m also sending to rtkdata.online, and that is good there. Some sort of Rtk2Go problem I think. After this latest ban I’m done with rtk2go. I’ll stick with rtkdata.online and also my local caster over vpn.

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Hi im using emlid for a while now and I noticed a problem I’m unable to resolve. Sometimes I lose rtk, when I connect to the base using Tailscale the base is working fine but Ntrip checker shows that data is not being transmitted and aog shows only the number 12. After I restart the Ntrip A service it works fine, sometimes for days

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I guess my complaint against rtk2go was misplaced then. I can believe str2str sometimes goes stupid. Not sure how to detect that and fix it preemptively, though.

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@martinmcc @Orin_farmer @torriem
Which Operating system do you run on your base?

I’ve noticed that sometimes with buster and bullseye, the main service doesn’t connect successfuly with the F9P. I don’t have any feedback on this problem with bookworm.

But in these cases, all services ntrip/local_caster/serial/… didn’t stream any data at all

If you can, please take a look at the logs.

another possibility: a problem related with this bug : The b34i version has buffer overrun issues in NTRIP · Issue #302 · rtklibexplorer/RTKLIB · GitHub

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Im using Orange pi zero Debian 11 Bullseye

Found this on the web https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/update-upgrade-debian-11-to-debian-12-bookworm/#google_vignette

Can a os be updated this way

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Yes. Its possible to upgrade a Linux system this way. You have to read it carefully.