Emlid Troubleshooting Guide | Not Connected / Save Failed / Converging Local NTRIP Base for Drone

This video will walk through a troubleshooting process that will check the most common issues that arise when you are unable to get a fix solution with your drone while using an RS2/RS2+/RS3 as a base. A DJI Mavic 3 Enterprise is the drone used in this example, but troubleshooting steps will be similar for other RTK drones. 

Are you unable to connect to your base; save your RTK settings; stuck on converging when using your Emlid Reach base over local NTRIP? Let’s go through a few troubleshooting steps to achieve an RTK fix.  

First, let's confirm our custom network RTK settings match the credentials of our base. Next scroll down to the Status and if you see Not Connected, make sure your drone controller is connected to the same WiFi network as your base. If not, connect to the base’s hotspot. If your base is connected to another WiFi network, you need to connect the controller to the same network for this setup.  

Let's check our drone’s RTK status now that we are connected. If you see a coordinate for your base and are still converging there is an issue. In this example, it is fairly obvious that the coordinate from my base that is only a few feet away is way off from its true position. That being the case the calculations to acquire a fix solution cannot be solved and I will be stuck in converging. I’ll need to adjust my base settings and how I’m setting my base coordinate. Looks like I have a manual point set in my base but I meant to average a fixed solution from my base utilizing my state’s NTRIP service. I will change my base settings to average fix and turn on my NTRIP corrections. Now I should have a good coordinate for my base. 

Back in the Precise Positioning Setting of my drone I am seeing the new coordinate. My status has gone from Converging to Connected. My aircraft has a fixed solution. My RTK is ready and I can start my mission.