How to setup VectorNav vn-200 GPS/INS

Owned by Krishtof Korda
Last updated: Jun 18, 2020
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Minicom Setup

If you don’t have minicom installed, please do that first sudo apt install minicom. In this example we are using ttyUSB0 as the device the VectorNav-200 is connected to.

  1. sudo minicom -o -D /dev/ttyUSB0

    1. To enable sending carriage returns and local echo on (CTRL-A then E)

  2. Enter the cOnfigure Minicom menu (CTRL-A then O) and set the following:

    1. Desired baud rate

    2. HW flow control OFF

    3. SW flow control ON

Vectornav setup commands

The commands below can be sent via your favorite telnet program (i.e. Minicom, Screen, coolTerm, etc)

# Configure VectorNav - turn off async messages on both ports TX1 and TX2 $VNWRG,06,0,1*XX $VNWRG,06,0,2*XX
# Configure VectorNav - set baud rates of port TX1 $VNWRG,05,115200,1*XX
# Configure VectorNav - set baud rates of port TX2 $VNWRG,05,115200,2*XX

Vectornav setup script

The script can be run in Linux using:

  • ./setup_vectornav.sh

The script is located here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1QM8gX_eVcWawmcTPyzSGADgFphtBtkhE