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GT-1612-MTBD
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Revision: V2.0.1-January 2015
3.3. Antenna Status Indicator
GT-1612-MTBD module supports automatic antenna switching function. The GPTXT sentence can be used to
identify the status of external active antenna.
If
ANTSTATUS=OPEN
, it means external active antenna is not connected or has poor contact with antenna feeding
point and the internal antenna is used.
If
ANTSTATUS=OK
, it means external active antenna is connected and the module will use external active antenna.
If
ANTSTATUS=SHORT
, it means active antenna is short circuited and the internal patch antenna will be used
automatically.
When you use external active antenna and the “OPEN” is displayed in the GPTXT of NMEA sentence, you have
to check the connection status of external active antenna.
If the external active antenna is short-circuited, the “SHORT” will be displayed in the GPTXT of NMEA
sentence.
Because antenna short protection is enabled by default, GT-1612-MTBD will switch to embedded patch antenna
automatically in case that external active antenna is short-circuited, which will avoid GT-1612-MTBD from
damage. Meanwhile, you need to check the external active antenna.
Example
“OPEN” is displayed in the GPTXT sentence as below
Figure 15:
Patch Antenna Status Description in GPTXT