Datasheet

GPS (FONA808)

GPS Submodule (FONA 808 only)

The FONA 808 has a built in GPS module, you can use it for locating yourself in space! You will need to attach a GPS

antenna to the uFL connector and make sure the GPS antenna is outside and pointing up to towards the sky

You can start out by turning on the GPS module with O (capital-o) and query the status of the 'fix' with x. It will take a

minute or two to get a fix.

On FONA808 v1's the commands follow the AT+CGPSxxx pattern, on the v2's the commands are similar but look like

AT+CGNSxxx

Once you have a fix you can query and get the location/time data with L

The data is in a comma-seperated format:

0,4043.576433,7400.316980,58.647405,20150601201258.000,64,12,0.548363,100.442406

Can be parsed out to:

Make sure to use a PASSIVE GPS antenna!