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I am trying to get ublox zed f9p module work with raspi 4. I am using this module

I am running on ubuntu 20.04 desktop version on raspi 4 and i have connected the module serially(/dev/ttyS0) to my raspi 4. When i do sudo cat /dev/ttyS0, I get stream of data initially but later I get this weird messages $GNTXT,01,01,01,NMEA unknown msg*46.

I am sure that i have done serial configurations correctly on raspi-config and my wiring is correct too(works in nano).

I have found in other threads running this sudo stty -F /dev/ttyS0 -echo solved problem for many but it didnot work for me. I have also tried disabling bluetooth but no luck.

also when i try to parse the data in python using serial.serial, i get the stream of data initially but then it throws input/output error.

i tried debugging it through dmesg but it doesnot show any error with respect to dev/ttyS0.

$ dmesg | grep /dev/ttyS0

[    0.000000] Kernel command line:  coherent_pool=1M 8250.nr_uarts=1 snd_bcm2835.enable_compat_alsa=0 snd_bcm2835.enable_hdmi=1 bcm2708_fb.fbwidth=640 bcm2708_fb.fbheight=480 bcm2708_fb.fbswap=1 smsc95xx.macaddr=DC:A6:32:8E:99:AC vc_mem.mem_base=0x3ec00000 vc_mem.mem_size=0x40000000  net.ifnames=0 dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty1 root=LABEL=writable rootfstype=ext4 elevator=deadline rootwait fixrtc quiet splash
[    1.685255] printk: console [ttyS0] disabled
[    1.685287] fe215040.serial: ttyS0 at MMIO 0x0 (irq = 16, base_baud = 62500000) is a 16550
[    1.691208] printk: console [ttyS0] enabled
[  154.826729] ttyS ttyS0: 1 input overrun(s)

However the module works well if i connect it through usb. some insights on this would be helpful.

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  • My experience is that using Windows newbie friendly Ublox U-centre starts up smoothly, while Rpi4B Linux CLI GPSS tools have a very steep learning curve. (1) electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/557417/… (2) electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/519711/…
    – tlfong01
    Sep 15, 2021 at 8:33
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    you reckon its the problem with power supply?
    – siddharth
    Sep 15, 2021 at 10:04
  • No I did not hint that power supply might be a problem. I think it is very unlikely. I noticed that you said USB works. This is a big tip. I would forget Rpi4B on board serial ports., and try USB serial port first. ubuntu 20.04 might also have a teething problem. I still recommend the evil guy Windows. NEO9 might have some tricks with Widnows, and they don't care about Linux. I did have a painful experience messing with CLI．
    – tlfong01
    Sep 15, 2021 at 13:23
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    ultimately were you able to figure out a solution for your ubuntu 20.04 and raspi4?
    – siddharth
    Sep 16, 2021 at 5:12
  • Well (1) Mine is Matek M9N: item.taobao.com/…, (2) I have been using Win10 Ublox U-centre and Rpi4B USB serial ports successfully. I have not tried ubuntu 20. So I am only suggesting some troubleshoot tricks.
    – tlfong01
    Sep 16, 2021 at 5:27

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I finally managed to somehow figure out the solution for it. it was because of this [email protected] which was blocking any other data from ttyS0. Just do the following:

sudo systemctl stop [email protected]
sudo systemctl disable [email protected]

and you are good to go.

NOTE: This is only tested for serial port(/dev/ttyS0) in raspi 4B with ubuntu 20.04.
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    How nice you have found the way to go. Very good news for ubuntu fans.
    – tlfong01
    Sep 16, 2021 at 14:40
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    Thanks mate! hope the needy ones find this thread
    – siddharth
    Sep 17, 2021 at 5:35

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