RAK7244 GPS data

LPWAN Developer Gateways / Concentrators RAK7244
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I want to use my RAK7244 also as a simple GPS. So, is it there a way to get (i.e.: export to a bash variable) the current (human readable) GPS location coordinates?

Thanks,
Moacir

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I don’t understand what you mean, when you connect the GPS antenna to the gateway, its GPS value will appear in the log.

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I will check the logs but I am quite sure you are right. Anyway I would like to get the GPS value into a system variable so I can use it for other applications. For sure I will be able to do a “cat” into the logs and use “grep” to get this data out of the logs. But… Is it there any easier way to do it?

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Hi @moacir maybe you can try to use the MQTT broker to get the json data and extract only GPS data :wink:

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Dear Nicholas
Sorry for my intrusion into the post, in my case I don’t want to use GPS, but when I get a log of the gateway, what I show in the image appears. It seems that the GPS is continually being enabled and disabled. Is there a way to disable GPS permanently through software or hardware?

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Dear Danny，

Maybe you can delete or disable the GPS section in the global_conf.json file！

Enter modify command：

`sudo nano /opt/ttn-gateway/packet_forwarder/lora_pkt_fwd/global_conf.json`

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Best regards！

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