Manual:System/GPS

Applies to RouterOS: v3, v4, v5 +

Summary

Sub-menu: /system gps
Standards: GPS, NMEA 0183, Simple Text Output Protocol

Global Positioning System (GPS) is used for determining precise location of a GPS receiver. There are two types of GPS service:

• Precise Positioning Service (PPS) that is used only by U. S. and Allied military, certain U. S. Government agencies, and selected civil users specifically approved by the U. S. Government. Its accuracy is 22m horizontally, 27.7m vertically and 200ns of time
• Standard Positioning Service (SPS) can be used by civil users worldwide without charge or restrictions except that SPS accuracy is intentionally degradated to 100m horizontally, 156m vertically and 340ns of time

GPS system is based on 24 satellites rotating on 6 different orbital planes with 12h orbital period. It makes that at least 5, but usually 6 or more satellites are visible at any time anywhere on the Earth. GPS receiver calculates more or less precise position (latitude, longitude and altitude) and time based on signals received from 4 satellites (three are used to determine position and fourth is used to correct time), which are broadcasting their current positions and UTC time.

MikroTik RouterOS can communicate with many GPS receivers which are able to send the positioning and time via asynchronous serial line using NMEA 0183, NMEA/RTCM or Simple Text Output Protocol.

Precise time is mainly intended to be used by built-in NTP server, which can use it as a time source without any additional configuration if GPS is configured to set system time.

Properties

Property	Description
(string; Default: <>)
(string; Default: "")

Note: .

Monitor

This command is used for monitoring the data received from a GPS receiver

Pparameters:

Basic examples

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