SharkRF openSPOT, User Manual

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The following setup is described using the Icom ID51's menu structure. The
menu structure of your transceiver may be different, but the names of the
settings should be the same or similar.
Enabling the GPS receiver
Go to Menu > GPS > GPS Set > GPS Select and select Internal GPS .
Selecting the position data format
Go to Menu > GPS > GPS TX Mode and select D-PRS (DV-A) . This is the
easiest method. You can enable the Course/Speed extension.
Now your radio will transmit location information during your calls if it has a
GPS fix and you hold the PTT for at least 5-10 seconds. The APRS® location
comment will be your D-STAR® radio's TX message (
Menu > My Station > TX
Message ).
Advanced settings
If you want to select your own APRS® symbol, SSID and comment for your
transceiver then enable
Advanced mode, go to the Connectors page, open the
APRS® connector settings, and enable forced SSID/symbol/comment.
You can also set the APRS® symbol and SSID in your transceiver without using
forced settings on the web interface: select the
NMEA(DV-G) GPS TX mode.
Enable the RMC and GGA GPS sentences. Other sentences are ignored by the
openSPOT4 so turn them off.
You can set the APRS® symbol for your transceiver by entering it as the first 2
characters of the
GPS Message . You can use the symbol selector on the
openSPOT4's web interface at the APRS® connector settings to find out the
character code of a symbol.
You can set an SSID for your transceiver by entering it after the APRS® symbol
in the GPS Message.
Setting a symbol and an SSID is optional. You can enter 2 space characters for
the APRS® symbol, or nothing for the SSID, or you can leave the GPS message
completely empty if you want.
GPS message examples:
House symbol with no SSID:
/y
Car symbol with SSID 9:
/>9
Default symbol with SSID 12:
..12
(replace the 2 dots with 2 spaces)