No GPS function in RAKWireless RAK2245 pi hat

LPWAN Developer Gateways / Concentrators
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I’m from Colombia, I buy a Rak 2245 for gateway function OK, but GPS don’t function, I do all you say. thanks.

for_gateway $ gateway-version Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.1, OS "10 (buster)", 4.19.97-v7l+. RAKWireless gateway RAK2245 version 4.2.6R install from source code. Gateway ID: DCA632FFFE05F7E9.
for_gateway $ cat /dev/ttyAMA0 ▒$GPRMC,,,,,,,,,,N*30 $GPGGA,,,,GPGSA,A,9,99.99*8,02,,,2PGSV,5,2,26,13,,,,,28,16 $GPGSV24,,,26,0,28,,,31*74 $G▒▒▒▒▒▒}▒$GPRMC,,,,,,,,,,N*30 $GPGGA,,,,GPGSA,A,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,99SV,6,1,21,01,,,27,02,,,2PGSV,6,2,21,06,,,25,08,,$GPGSV,6,3,21,13,,,27,14 $GPGSV,6,4,21,19,,,23,72 $GPGSV,6,5,21,26,,,26*70 $GPGSV,6,6,21,31,,64 ▒b ▒▒▒▒▒▒i~$GPRMC,,,,,,,,,,N*30 $GPGGA,,,,GPGSA,A,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,99SV,6,1,21,01,,,26,02,,,2PGSV,6,2,21,06,,,25,08,,$GPGSV,6,3,21,13,,,26,14 $GPGSV,6,4,21,19,,,22,70 $GPGSV,6,5,21,26,,,26*7D $GPGSV,6,6,21,31,,64 ▒b p"▒▒▒▒▒U:$GPRMC,,,,,,,,,,N*30 $GPGGA,,,,GPGSA,A,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,99SV,6,1,21,01,,,26,02,,,2PGSV,6,2,21,06,,,25,08,,$GPGSV,6,3,21,13,,,26,14 $GPGSV,6,4,21,19,,,22,70 $GPGSV,6,5,21,26,,,27*7D $GPGSV,6,6,21,31,,^C

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INFO: Reference latitude is configured to 10.000000 deg
INFO: Reference longitude is configured to 20.000000 deg
INFO: Reference altitude is configured to -1 meters
INFO: fake GPS is disabled
INFO: Beaconing period is configured to 0 seconds
INFO: Beaconing signal will be emitted at 869525000 Hz
INFO: Beaconing channel number is set to 1
INFO: Beaconing channel frequency step is set to 0Hz
INFO: Beaconing datarate is set to SF9
INFO: Beaconing modulation bandwidth is set to 125000Hz
INFO: Beaconing TX power is set to 27dBm
INFO: Auto-quit after 20 non-acknowledged PULL_DATA
INFO: found local configuration file local_conf.json, parsing it
INFO: redefined parameters will overwrite global parameters
INFO: local_conf.json does not contain a JSON object named SX1301_conf
INFO: local_conf.json does contain a JSON object named gateway_conf, parsing gateway parameters
INFO: gateway MAC address is configured to DCA632FFFE05F7E9
INFO: packets received with a valid CRC will be forwarded
INFO: packets received with a CRC error will NOT be forwarded
INFO: packets received with no CRC will NOT be forwarded
This is uart for GPS.
INFO: [main] TTY port /dev/ttyAMA0 open for GPS synchronization
INFO: [main] concentrator started, packet can now be received
INFO: [down] PULL_ACK received in 0 ms

INFO: Disabling GPS mode for concentrator’s counter…
INFO: host/sx1301 time offset=(1613530552s:552067µs) - drift=1533758083µs
INFO: Enabling GPS mode for concentrator’s counter.

INFO: [down] PULL_ACK received in 0 ms
INFO: [down] PULL_ACK received in 0 ms
WARNING: [gps] could not get GPS time from GPS

2021-02-17 02:56:25 GMT

[UPSTREAM]

RF packets received by concentrator: 0

CRC_OK: 0.00%, CRC_FAIL: 0.00%, NO_CRC: 0.00%

RF packets forwarded: 0 (0 bytes)

PUSH_DATA datagrams sent: 0 (0 bytes)

PUSH_DATA acknowledged: 0.00%

[DOWNSTREAM]

PULL_DATA sent: 3 (100.00% acknowledged)

PULL_RESP(onse) datagrams received: 0 (0 bytes)

RF packets sent to concentrator: 0 (0 bytes)

TX errors: 0

BEACON queued: 0

BEACON sent so far: 0

BEACON rejected: 0

[JIT]

SX1301 time (PPS): 32400677

src/jitqueue.c:448:jit_print_queue(): INFO: [jit] queue is empty

[GPS]

Invalid time reference (age: 1613530585 sec)

no valid GPS coordinates available yet

END

JSON up: {“stat”:{“time”:“2021-02-17 02:56:25 GMT”,“rxnb”:0,“rxok”:0,“rxfw”:0,“ackr”:0.0,“dwnb”:0,“txnb”:0}}
INFO: [up] PUSH_ACK received in 0 ms
INFO: [down] PULL_ACK received in 0 ms
INFO: [down] PULL_ACK received in 0 ms
WARNING: [gps] could not get GPS time from GPS
INFO: [down] PULL_ACK received in 0 ms

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Hei @jprpower104 ,

Where is the antenna positioned, are you sure it has a visible clear sky, so it can get a connection to the satellites?
Did you correctly install it?

Regards
Vladislav