Can't set fixed position over the mesh

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I’m using the Android app to set configuration values through the admin channel over the mesh on some devices.

I have found that although I can turn “fixed position” on and off, I can’t set latitude and longitude values. I can set these values with no problem using a Bluetooth connection to the device.

I’m not sure if this is just an Android issue, or if it is intentional or an oversight, or if I’m just overlooking something. Suggestions welcome.

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This process was a mystery to me too…it doesn’t behave the way you’d think it should…

  1. Turn on sending GPS data from the phone to the mesh
  2. Set the radio configuration to GPS Enabled…even if it doesn’t have on-board GPS
  3. Put the phone as close as possible to the node’s mounting point, allow GPS to settle down and acquire a solid lock.
  4. Turn on “fixed position” in the radio configuration, it should auto populate the lat/long/alt it’s received from the phone.
  5. Turn off sending phone GPS data to mesh
  6. Set your radio configuration to send its position to the mesh every XX seconds
  7. Leave GPS set to enabled in the radio, it will come through to the app as zero satellites tracked but will, indeed broadcast your fixed position according to your settings in step 5

I’m not sure why this is as unintuitive as it is, and if there’s a better process for this, I’d like to know…but this only has to be done once, so it’s not horrible.

Best,
Pol

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No, I’m not connecting my phone to the device that has the problem. I’m trying to manage a remote device using the admin channel from another device, which is connected to my phone. The device I’m trying to configure is several miles away. I could be wrong, but I don’t think your solution applies to my case.

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Ah, you’re right…I don’t think there’s any way to do what you’re talking about though…you have to have the source of the GPS info within range of the node. I seem to remember an older thread discussing remotely setting those coordinates and the devs, at the time, decided it was too much of a security risk to allow nodes to set other nodes positions.

I know…not real intuitive at all…as the same thing bit me after I’d hung a remote node in a really inconvenient location!

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Thanks for trying. I guess I’ll have to go and get the thing. I suppose there could be a security issue, although an odd thing to pick on since almost every other configuration can be set over the admin channel.