GPS Ericsson FW5521GW no fix

Hello,
we've got two laptops (Thinkpad W540 & Thinkpad X230 Tablet) with Ericsson FW5521GW WWAN modules installed (Sim cards in each inserted as well).
However, none of the laptops manages to get a GPS fix at all after activation of GPS in the GPS Enabler.
Also additional tests with COM communication protocol from Visual Studio C# libraries does not yield any answer by the GPS module.
Both machines run Windows 7 Professional and are members of a Windows 2008R2 Standard & Windows 2012 Server Standard domain network.
The GPS is activated under Sensors.
Latest drivers for the FW5521GW [7.2.5.0] are installed.
Latest version of GPS Enabler [V2.8 - G1GP11WW] is installed.
Both machines have lastest Lenovo & Windows updates running.
Any ideas/suggestions?
Thanks for reading

I have done the same as you have and have no issues with GPS however reading other forums it can be due to your country and the amount of people using GPS at any one time
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and so on until stop the application...
My questions are
Why I'm receiving GPS data even if it hasn't got a FIX?
The GPS led at least blinked on both cases for every one? (by USB and GPIO)
Thanks!

Hi manasouza,
for a so called 2D fix are the position for at least three satellites needed. The position of known satellites is send within the GSA record.
$GPGSA,A,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,*1E
In your provided record it means that currently no satellites are used for the fix.
GSA Satellite status
A Auto selection of 2D or 3D fix (M = manual)
1 3D fix - values include: 1 = no fix
2 = 2D fix
3 = 3D fix
12x PRNs of satellites used for fix (space for 12)
, PDOP (dilution of precision)
, Horizontal dilution of precision (HDOP)
, Vertical dilution of precision (VDOP)
*1E the checksum data, always begins with *
See also additional information about GPS and the NMEA protocol
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPS_signals
http://www.gpsinformation.org/dale/nmea.htm
cheers
Frank

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My N97 gps is having difficulty getting a fix on my position.
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In order to GPS worked, its chip should be turned on.
I can't imagine why that error might appear.
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http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x24...
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Excuse me for my bad english!
I have purchased a new Nokia E72...
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Attachments:
Maps-3-0_SR6_EMEA_en_TOUCH-Update.pdf ‏292 KB

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┌───────────────────────────────────────────┐┌─────────────────────────────────┐
│    Time:       n/a                        ││PRN:   Elev: Azim: SNR: Used: │
│    Latitude:   n/a                        ││                                 │
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│    Speed Err:       n/a                   ││                                 │
│    Time offset:     n/a                   ││                                 │
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└───────────────────────────────────────────┘└─────────────────────────────────┘
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Thanks Tom for the answer. I think I have done all the modifications on raspberry files:
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ tail /etc/inittab
#T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 9600 vt100
#T1:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS1 9600 vt100
# Example how to put a getty on a modem line.
#T3:23:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -x0 -s 57600 ttyS3
#Spawn a getty on Raspberry Pi serial line
#T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyAMA0 115200 vt100
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ tail /boot/cmdline.txt
dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 console=tty1 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootfstype=ext4 elevator=deadline rootwait
It seems right, not?
And yes, I rebooted the raspberry several times :-(
Thanks

Nokia N95 and Nokia 6110 GPS Tracking and Duress S...

You can get a full software suite from here
http://tinyurl.com/2b6l45

How often do you use GPS?
The first Fix can take up to 45 minutes if you don't have or use A-GPS.
Try to leave the phone somewhere outside and wait for connection or buy an external BT GPS receiver which usually connects in a few seconds.
Why don't you as suggested just download the map data to your SD card? It is anyway for free.
Google Maps normally tries to use network positioning, which also works for Maps. Please check your setting in the GPS tab. If you need help please reply ;-)
Message Edited by tkwcare on 09-Jul-2009 07:45 AM

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