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39: GPS Control

Currently only accessible from Viper devices. Used to interact with the device GPS service. In order to get GPS position data, you must used Position message (15).

FieldNameDescriptionType
5MethodRequest a service to be perform an action
Possible values:
  • 1: SET— Set one or more values that are provided in the message payload.
  • 2: GET— Get values for the associated message type.
  • 3: SUBSCRIBE— Subscribe to values for the associated message type. Can be used in conjunction with other header fields to define the subscription parameters, such as Interval, Duration, Timeout, Storage Level and Message Level. If no interval is provided, messages will be sent as and when new data is available. Some data, such as GPS position, may require a set interval to be provided.
  • 5: UNSUBSCRIBE— Unsubscribe from a previous subscription.
uint8
This is an extract of header fields that are relevant to this message type, you can find them all documented in the Headers section.

Payload

FieldNameDescriptionTypeUnit
1GPS is onStatus of the GPS, is it on?bool
2Corrections EnabledRequest and apply correction data to the GPS, such as RTK.
Possible values:
  • 0: Disabled
  • 1: Full RTCM stream
uint8
3Start ModeStart mode of the GPS module.
Possible values:
  • 1: Normal
  • 2: Cold
  • 3: Warm
  • 4: Hot
uint8

Code

For convenience, the following constants can be used to reference this message type.