Tech Support by Vendors - Columbus — v-800

How to change Baud Rate, Output Sentences and Refresh Rate of V-800 Mark III GNSS?

Posted by jack wu on

After installing the driver, the default V-800 MarkIII factory settings are :Multi-GNSS: GPS, GLONASS, BeiDouNMEA sentences: $GNGGA, $GNGSA, $GPGSV, $BDGSV, $GLGSV, $GNRMC, $GNVTG.Update rate: 1Hz (output once every second).Baud rate: 38,400bps. If you want to modify the parameters, please follow this instruction.

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Firmware update for Columbus GPS (V-990, V-900 & V-800+, sold between years 2010-2015)

Posted by shaojie wu on

The firmware update is to resolve “GPS Week Number Rollover” Issue. This issue only affects models sold during years between 2010-2015 (which are using the MTK3329 chipset). The current models sold after 2015 (which are using the MTK3339 chipset) don’t affected by this issue. No update is needed. Download firmware update for V-900 and V-990; Download firmware update for V-800+.

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What are the cables' length of Columbus V-800 / V800+ GPS receiver/logger.

Posted by jack wu on

What are the cables' length of Columbus V-800 / V800+ GPS receiver/logger.

They are same. Both are 180cm.

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Side by side comparison for Columbus V-800, V-900, V-990, V1000 and P-1

Posted by jack wu on

For detail, please click here.

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Setup "Baud Rate", "Output Sentences" and "Refresh Rate" for Columbus V-800 usb GPS.

Posted by jack wu on

New features for Columbus V-800 usb GPS. Now you can setup "Baud Rate", "Output Sentences" and "Refresh Rate" yourself. Click here to download the instructions and tools.

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