[time-nuts] Re: Knowing when the PPS signal is locked to the satellite.

[Andy Talbot]

The status flag in the $GxRMC message tells you if the unit is 'locked'
The PPS appears more-or-less when that flag goes from 'V' to 'A'


Andy
www.g4jnt.com



On Wed, 22 Jun 2022 at 14:23, Dave via time-nuts <time-nuts at lists.febo.com>
wrote:

> I am using a NEO-6M to provide a PPS signal for an experiment but I need
> to know when it is locked or not.
>
> Does anyone know if there is a way to find out from either the NMEA data
> stream or via the proprietary protocol ??
>
> At the moment I have it programmed to only provide a PPS signal when it
> is locked (or nothing if not) and monitor
> the PPS signal in the microprocessor, but it's not entirely satisfactory
> and I need a better mechanism.
>
> Dave
>
>
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