Need help right away because I have race in next two days. I get the No Fix to Satellites error and have tried everything I have read (I even bought a brand new unit, as I have been using Qstarz and Qracing for last 2 years). I have Samsung Galaxy S6 and latest version of RaceChrono Pro v4.1.5 I have tried turning on and off the Bluetooth Fix in expert settings. Qstarz device is picking up satellites because the orange satellite icon is flashing. Background info: 1) devices pair, 2) in setup - external GPS is selected & Qstarz 1000ex is device & Use for Recording is checked, 3) Bluetooth is connecting, 4) I am getting same issue on my older Samsung Galaxy S4
Please advise.
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1) Enable "RaceChrono > Expert settings > Save device output"
2) Record one session with the GPS. Make sure the GPS seems to get proper lock to satellites (by looking at the LEDs).
3) Go to /RaceChrono/session_(date)_(time)/ folder on your phone. There should be device_x_output.nmea file.
4) Send the output file to tracks(at)racechrono.com
I will take a look.
Maybe it's time to re-enable my automatic MTK-II reconfiguration code... It was disabled due to some bluetooth problems, but maybe it could be enabled only when there's missing sentences.
The GPS comes with software that can be used to configure these sentences, and you can fix the issue temporarily by using it to re-enable RMC and GGA. I'm more interested if this is default behaviour on new devices or if it's some other app playing with the configuration.
There is an MTK utility app that you could try for enabling the GGA and RMC sentences:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adtdev.mtkutility&hl=en
You could try the "Default NMEA" button or if that does not work then set "GGA" and "RMC" to 1 and save settings at this page:
https://lh5.ggpht.com/ifksoZ6SrMyLLYcgPWWQ2dJxjkepWlZaf-N2WcuzpRxCh6erntw7trk9hYimHrUHvoo=h900-rw
You should end up seeing other sentences besides $GPRMC. It and $GPGGA are required, $GPGSV and $GPGSA do not hurt either.