# uConsole Meshtastic using GPS device on AIO?

**URL:** <https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/uconsole-meshtastic-using-gps-device-on-aio/18867>\
**Category:** uConsole\
**Tags:** help\
**Created:** [July 29, 2025, 1:26am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/uconsole-meshtastic-using-gps-device-on-aio/18867 "2025-07-29T01:26:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![bored99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@bored99](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/bored99)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 1:26am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/uconsole-meshtastic-using-gps-device-on-aio/18867/1 "2025-07-29T01:26:37Z")

</div>

hi all

i finally received my AIO board and had good fun getting all services running.

- Meshtastic
- GPS with gpsshare and GPSD
- TAR1090
- SDR  
etc etc.

I noticed that for meshtastic, even though i have set the GPS to the right port (e.g. /dev/ttyS0), it doesn’t seem to pick up the position of the device. The settings seems to indicate a “pin”. I am able to retrieve proper positioning directly though. i can manually feed the position to meshtastic via the commandline. Has anyone gotten meshtastic on uConsole to work with GPS position?

Thanks for any advice

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Rex](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/rex/32/16852_2.png) [@Rex](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Rex)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 1:52am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/uconsole-meshtastic-using-gps-device-on-aio/18867/2 "2025-07-29T01:52:08Z")

</div>

yes you just have to enable the gps in meshtastic web. it’s enable position i think.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![bored99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@bored99](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/bored99)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 7:30am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/uconsole-meshtastic-using-gps-device-on-aio/18867/3 "2025-07-29T07:30:28Z")

</div>

Hi @Rex… thanks for the pointer. i have GPS in meshtastic web set to “Smart Position”-\>ON  
GPS “Enabled” form Meshtastic Web. But looking at the Meshtastic MUI, the position says “00. 00”. is that the same for what you have tried?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![bored99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@bored99](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/bored99)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/uconsole-meshtastic-using-gps-device-on-aio/18867/4 "2025-07-29T14:20:24Z")

</div>

ah i figured out why… it seems that meshtasticd needs to directly probe the port and does not respond to just devices producing NEMA sentences… i have to shut down pygpsclient before being able to use it!