Trimble FMX

chester

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Somerset

• Mar 24, 2021

• #1

Have the above and it seems to loose Gps signal easily when going under trees and takes several minutes to regain signal. It only has 8 satellites in the middle of the field. How can we get it receiving more satellites? We are near Taunton FYI.

 

Northern farmer

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North

• Mar 24, 2021

• #2

Which correction signal are you using? 8 sounds OK for EGNOS but low for other correction signals.

 

chester

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Location

Somerset

• Mar 24, 2021

• #3

Northern farmer said:

Which correction signal are you using? 8 sounds OK for EGNOS but low for other correction signals.

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We are using RTK with VRS correction via sim.

 

Slick

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Location

Beds

• Mar 24, 2021

• #4

Is it unlocked for Glonass?

 

chester

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Location

Somerset

• Mar 25, 2021

• #5

Slick said:

Is it unlocked for Glonass?

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Don’t know, how do I check please?

 

Slick

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Location

Beds

• Mar 25, 2021

• #6

There is an unlocks tab on one of the home screens, it's been a while since I've been in front of an FMX.
It gives you a list of the features with either a padlock or blue tick to show what is unlocked.

 

chester

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Location

Somerset

• Mar 26, 2021

• #7

Slick said:

There is an unlocks tab on one of the home screens, it's been a while since I've been in front of an FMX.
It gives you a list of the features with either a padlock or blue tick to show what is unlocked.

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Had a look and no it’s not unlocked for Glonass, enquired and going to cost £600 to unlock, is it worth it?
Hopefully get a demo of it first.

 

Northern farmer

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North

• Mar 26, 2021

• #8

chester said:

Had a look and no it’s not unlocked for Glonass, enquired and going to cost £600 to unlock, is it worth it?
Hopefully get a demo of it first.

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At £600 you could get an AgOpenGPS setup running on RTK with a dual frequency quadruple constellation (GPS/Glonass/Galileo/Beidou) GNSS receiver. Not exactly apples-to-apples comparison but gives an idea what £600 should give you.