Change u-blox GPS mode to Automotive on ALGIZ 8X

There is a setting in the u-center program, that solves a problem where the GPS doesn’t update the position when you are moving. The following solution improves the GPS when moving around.

  1. Open u-center.
  2. Connect to GPS module (default port is COM3, baudrate 9600).
    u-blox settings in windows
  3. Go to View > Configuration View.
  4. Click NAV5 (Navigation 5) on the left side list.
  5. Set Dynamic Model to 4 – Automotive.
  6. Click the Send button in the lower-left corner.
    u-blox settings in windows
  7. Switch to CFG (configuration) tab in left side list. Select “User-defined operation“. At Devices: select all 4 list entries. Make sure that all entries at Save are selected (to select entries, tap and hold pen/mouse on first entry and move down to last entry and release pen/mouse). Click the Send button in the lower-left corner.
    u-blox settings in windows
  8.  Click Receiver > Action > Save Config.
    u-blox settings in windows
  9. Done!
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