Starling 2 Max GPS Issue

[RyanH]

On the Starling 2 Max product page, it notes the following: "there are performance issues with GPS on the current iteration of this design, an updated GPS is in development."

Do you know when this issue will be resolved? Will it be possible to retrofit any drones purchased in the mean-time?

Related post: https://forum.modalai.com/topic/4226/starling-2-max-no-gps-data

[Alex Kushleyev]

Hello @RyanH ,

The GPS interference work is still ongoing. Currently, the solution that works is elevating the GPS using a mast with some shielding right under the mast, as described in the thread you referenced.

We recently added a feature to voxl-portal to allow you to see the individual satellite signal strengths in order to help with debugging the signal quality. The GPS page can be located under the Debug section of voxl-portal, you should get the recent nightly build of voxl-portal in order to try it.

Elevating the GPS receiver by about 4 inches with shielding has shown to completely eliminate the interference, but you will also need an extended cable that plugs between the GPS receiver and VOXL2.

If you need more details about the workaround, I can prepare better documentation and I'll see if we can have replacement cables or extensions available to make the electrical connection easier.

Alex