Reply To: Possibly Dead Unit?

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Henry
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Internal GPS antenna

I purchased brand new pi zero W – just got it today via Amazon. I am using 2019-09-26-raspbian-buster-lite   Buster.

I am now out on the patio trying to use it

No FIX light is blinking – however, power light is on

running cat /dev/serial0  and screen /dev/serial0 9600  this is what screen is reporting even after 20 minutes of waiting

$GNGSA,A,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,99.99,99.99,99.99*2E
$GNGSA,A,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,99.99,99.99,99.99*2E
$GPGSV,1,1,00*79
$GLGSV,1,1,00*65
$GNGLL,,,,,,V,N*7A
$GNRMC,,V,,,,,,,,,,N*4D
$GNVTG,,,,,,,,,N*2E
$GNGGA,,,,,,0,00,99.99,,,,,,*56
$GNGSA,A,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,99.99,99.99,99.99*2E

 

 

Blip, blop, bloop…