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 "id": "meshcore-s-companion-protocol-exposes-no-gps-fix",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "MeshCore's companion protocol exposes no GPS fix status, satellite count or signal level, so a GPS problem cannot be diagnosed through it at all",
 "symptom": "A node reports latitude and longitude as zero. There is no way to tell whether the receiver has no fix, is still searching, cannot see any satellites, or is not present, because nothing distinguishes those cases.",
 "hw": [
  "ht-n5262",
  "t114",
  "nrf52840",
  "gps"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "meshcore"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "aarch64"
 ],
 "intent": "Find out why a MeshCore node is not reporting a position",
 "date": "2026-08-20",
 "status": "working",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "body": "",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check"
 ],
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}