Can't get GPS fix outdoors

Wed 2020.04.22

While taking a break from evaporating memory discovery ;-) this post caught my eye as I hadn't played with GPS in over a year, and hadn't attempted on a Bangle, yet. Now mine is a Beta KickStarter,

>process.env
={
  VERSION: "2v04.218",
  GIT_COMMIT: "5439331a",
  BOARD: "BANGLEJS",
  FLASH: 524288, RAM: 65536,

>process.memory()
={ free: 2035, usage: 65, total: 2100, history: 31,

After reviewing my post from a year ago, contains links and images:

Programming the Ublox NEO-6M GPS

plucked out the spec on data packets:

http://www.gpsinformation.org/dale/nmea.­htm#RMC

Here is what I did while sitting at my kitchen table fifteen feet from my sliding patio door/window:

Used verbatim the second code block provided by @Martin

Bangle.setGPSPower(1);
Bangle.on('GPS-raw', function(gps) {
  if (Date().getSeconds() % 5 === 0){
    print(gps);
  }
});

As the GPS has never been activated before, the return data is null as expected:

$GNTXT,01,01,02,ANTSTATUS=OK*25
$GNRMC,,V,,,,,,,,,,N*4D
$GNVTG,,,,,,,,,N*2E
$GNGGA,,,,,,0,00,99.99,,,,,,*56
$GNGSA,A,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,99.99,99.99,99.99­*2E
$GPGSV,1,1,00*79
$GNGLL,,,,,,V,N*7A
$GNRMC,,V,,,,,,,,,,N*4D
$GNVTG,,,,,,,,,N*2E
$GNGGA,,,,,,0,00,99.99,,,,,,*56
$GNGSA,A,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,99.99,99.99,99.99­*2E
$GPGSV,1,1,00*79
$GNGLL,,,,,,V,N*7A
$GNRMC,,V,,,,,,,,,,N*4D
$GNVTG,,,,,,,,,N*2E

After two to five minutes, the first satellite was detected and packet GNRMC starts to render the first [ 161332.70 ] detected:

$GNGGA,,,,,,0,00,99.99,,,,,,*56
$GNGSA,A,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,99.99,99.99,99.99­*2E
$GPGSV,1,1,01,08,,,30*73
$GNGLL,,,,,,V,N*7A
$GNRMC,161332.70,V,,,,,,,,,,N*60
$GNVTG,,,,,,,,,N*2E
$GNGGA,161332.70,,,,,0,00,99.99,,,,,,*7B­
$GNGSA,A,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,99.99,99.99,99.99­*2E
$GPGSV,1,1,01,08,,,30*73
$GNGLL,,,,,161332.70,V,N*57
$GNRMC,161333.00,V,,,,,,,,,,N*66
$GNVTG,,,,,,,,,N*2E
$GNGGA,161333.00,,,,,0,00,99.99,,,,,,*7D­
$GNGSA,A,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,99.99,99.99,99.99­*2E
$GPGSV,1,1,01,08,,,30*73
$GNGLL,,,,,161333.00,V,N*51
$GNRMC,161334.00,V,,,,,,,,,,N*61

And after five minutes the date [ 220420 ] 22nd of April, 2020 popped up:

$GNGGA,161342.00,,,,,0,00,99.99,,,,,,*7B­
$GNGSA,A,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,99.99,99.99,99.99­*2E
$GPGSV,1,1,01,08,,,31*72
$GNGLL,,,,,161342.00,V,N*57
$GNRMC,161343.00,V,,,,,,,,,,N*61
$GNVTG,,,,,,,,,N*2E
$GNGGA,161343.00,,,,,0,00,99.99,,,,,,*7A­
$GNGSA,A,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,99.99,99.99,99.99­*2E
$GPGSV,1,1,01,08,,,31*72
$GNGLL,,,,,161343.00,V,N*56
$GNRMC,161344.00,V,,,,,,,,,,N*66
$GNVTG,,,,,,,,,N*2E
$GNGGA,161344.00,,,,,0,00,99.99,,,,,,*7D­
$GNGSA,A,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,99.99,99.99,99.99­*2E
$GPGSV,1,1,01,08,,,32*71
$GNGLL,,,,,161344.00,V,N*51
$GNRMC,161345.00,V,,,,,,,220420,,,N*61
$GNVTG,,,,,,,,,N*2E
$GNGGA,161345.00,,,,,0,00,99.99,,,,,,*7C­
$GNGSA,A,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,99.99,99.99,99.99­*2E
$GPGSV,1,1,01,08,,,32*71
$GNGLL,,,,,161345.00,V,N*50
$GNRMC,161346.00,V,,,,,,,220420,,,N*62
$GNVTG,,,,,,,,,N*2E

After a good ten minutes I started to notice data populate GPGSV and slot three (option base 1) of that data packet now shows three sattelites detected, and five seconds after that, ten:

$GNGGA,163756.00,,,,,0,00,99.99,,,,,,*78­
$GNGSA,A,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,99.99,99.99,99.99­*2E
$GPGSV,1,1,03,04,,,19,09,,,27,11,,,22*7A­
$GNGLL,,,,,163756.00,V,N*54
$GNRMC,163801.00,V,,,,,,,220420,,,N*68
$GNVTG,,,,,,,,,N*2E
$GNGGA,163801.00,,,,,0,03,4.49,,,,,,*4F
$GNGSA,A,1,11,04,09,,,,,,,,,,4.60,4.49,1­.00*19
$GPGSV,3,1,10,01,03,153,,04,17,179,18,05­,00,301,,07,69,312,*74
$GPGSV,3,2,10,08,68,090,,09,39,209,26,11­,37,141,22,16,14,066,*78
$GPGSV,3,3,10,27,40,051,,28,14,257,*72
$GNGLL,,,,,163801.00,V,N*59
$GNRMC,163802.00,V,,,,,,,220420,,,N*6B
$GNRMC,163806.00,V,,,,,,,220420,,,N*6F

Would it make sense to attempt to flash the older firmware, just to allow @Martin a sanity test, as that version will not load current widgets or apps? (still waiting my device to flash my Bangle)