450M on junior looks good running 15.1.1
Checked a 450i on junior running 14.2.1 and it has GPS data as well.

On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 4:58 AM, George Skorup <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Yup, just tried one. 100% confirmed w/ a Rev i SB12. Turned on UGPS power
> on one of the 450i APs and now it sees the data. I don't remember if I
> wired the RJ12 with 1,2,3&6 or just 1,3&6 on that one. Knowing me, since I
> knew the SB12 can't take UGPS power anyway, I probably left pin 2
> disconnected.
>
> On 8/31/2017 3:42 AM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote:
>
> If you get a chance, try turning the uGPS power on on one of the non-uGPS
> powered ones...   Should be perfectly safe, since there isn't anything
> attached to that pin on the syncbox 12's.
>
> I'm glad to hear that data is working.   I've been so saturated with this
> rackinjector project that I haven't had a chance to keep up with the
> releases and test them.  I knew cambium was working on them, but when I
> keep hearing the data isn't there I just assume they haven't fixed it.
>  Now I have an answer for my tech support customers.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 2:32 AM, George Skorup <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Cool to hear GPS+GLONASS coming.
>>
>> 15.0.3 or 15.1 fixed the 450i GPS data. I forget which one. I'm now
>> running 15.1.1 on all 900 450i sectors. And I have some that don't display
>> the data. I had a suspicion that it had something to do with UGPS power
>> since the ones that don't work are on boxes with dedicated power and UGPS
>> power on those APs is off. I messed with the message checksum and it didn't
>> make a difference.
>>
>> All sectors with SBJ Aux boxes w/ UGPS power on = GPS data present.
>>
>> 900 450i sectors at sites mixed with 900 and 5.7 FSK on Rev i SB12's.
>> UGPS power off = no data. The FSK radios are seeing data just fine.
>>
>> So yeah, seems obvious that it's ignoring the GPS data if UGPS power is
>> off.
>>
>>
>> On 8/31/2017 2:57 AM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote:
>>
>> I've had a chance tonight to spend some time validating a new GPS
>> receiver with which adds GLONASS.  Looking good w/much better sensitivity.
>> Those of you who have been mentioning the desire for this don't have long
>> to wait - 30 days or so, really depends on how long the GPS module stock
>> lasts here.   Rev K will have the new GPS modules.
>>
>> In the process I've discovered that cambium in 15.1.1 (or perhaps
>> earlier) seems to have fixed a longstanding bug in the 450i that prevented
>> reliable reception of GPS status information on the GPS status screen.
>>
>> However, I've also discovered that in order to get GPS status at all, you
>> need uGPS power on, even for those devices such as a syncbox 12 which
>> doesn't need uGPS power.
>>
>> For those of you running 15.1.1 on a 450i/450m, and a packetflux timing
>> port sync device (aka a syncbox of some sort), I'm curious to find out if
>> enabling uGPS power and enabling 'verify gps message checksum' results in a
>> usable GPS status screen.   Note that you'll need pin 3 on the syncbox
>> connected to pin 4 on the 450i/m if you're using a timing port device (as
>> opposed to a syncbox junior Aux Port version which just needs a straight
>> through CAT5 cable.).
>>
>>
>> ​
>>
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>
>
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