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[Ed Kapitein <ed@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks,

As soon as it is fixed, i will update my script :-)

Kind regards,
Ed

On Mon, 2015-05-11 at 08:13 +0200, Thomas Voß wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> we finally were able to pinpoint the issue. It happens in a low layer
> of the HAL and we are working on fixing the issue.
> I filed https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/location-service/+bug/1453661
> for tracking the issue.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>   Thomas
> 
> On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 11:02 PM, Johannes Renkl
> <renkljs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> ><SNIP><
> >> >Hi, Is there a way to read data from the GPS sensor itself?
> >> >ubuntu-location-serviced-cli must be getting its data from
> >> >somewhere Yesterday it had no satellites in sight, despite all
> >> >location services set to on. And after i left it on overnight, in
> >> >front of a window, it still had no satellites in sight. If i
> >> >encounter the same problem again, i'll send you the logs, for now
> >> >it is working again, after switching off and on all location
> >> >services. The values in the awk file are pure guessing, no logic
> >> >there :-)
> >> >>>11 = good reception  = Green
> >> >>< 11 = poor reception   = Blue
> >> >><   1 = No reception     = Red
> >> >>
> >> >>If you know better values for good and poor, please let me know.
> >> >>
> >> >I would propose to mark all satellites with
> >> >"have_almanac_data"/"have_ephimeris_data" as green, yellow for
> >> >satellites without that data with reasonable snr, and red for any
> >> >other reported satellite.
> >> >
> >> >Cheers,
> >> >
> >> >   Thomas
> >> Hi Thomas,
> >>
> >> Sounds like a good idea, but:
> >> I *never* have seen a satellite which had almanac data, ephimeris
> >> data, or was used in fix.
> >> Even when "Here" is working fine and the Sensor app is showing
> >> accurate time and lat long coordinates.
> >>
> >> Can a few people try and run:
> >> ubuntu-location-serviced-cli --bus system --get --property
> >> visible_space_vehicles from the commandline?
> >
> > I've tried that with my bq and I can confirm that observation. Even 20 minutes
> > after having working localization in HERE maps, OSM and the sensor app (didn't
> > check plausibility of the last one), als the properties below were 0. But in
> > may case even azimuth and elevation were 0...?!?
> >
> > Regards
> > Johannes
> >
> >> ( after "Here" and/or the SensorStatus app are showing reasonable results )
> >>
> >> And post the result if they do/don't have one or more of the following set:
> >> has_almanac_data:
> >> has_ephimeris_data:
> >> used_in_fix:
> >>
> >> I can't help but wondering if there is a difference between what the
> >> apps are using and what ubuntu-location-serviced-cli is showing.
> >>
> >> Kind regards,
> >> Ed
> >>
> >>
> >>
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