Modem reaches an unexpected GPS state: Galileo frames received, but no GPS frames

Hi,

I have observed a strange GPS-related behavior on my modem, that could be reproduced after a few modem software resets.

According to the logs, the modem seems to be correctly configured for GPS operation. However, despite this, I am only receiving Galileo frames and not GPS frames.

Configuration

AT+QGPS?
+QGPS: 1

OK

AT+QGPSCFG=“gpsnmeatype”
+QGPSCFG: “gpsnmeatype”,7

OK

AT+QGPSCFG=“gnssconfig”
+QGPSCFG: “gnssconfig”,6

OK

AT+QGPSCFG=“autogps”
+QGPSCFG: “autogps”,1

OK

By default, “glonassnmeatype” is set to 0, but I also tried setting it to 4 in order to receive more frames. However, no additional frames appeared.

It seems that GPS is actually being used even though the NMEA sentences do not arrive, because I only receive the following sentence:

[GAGGA,092755.00,4130.983454,N,00443.017736,W,1,10,0.6,707.4,M,53.8,M,,]

However, if I run the AT+QGPSLOC=2 command, I get 19 satellites instead of 10.
AT+QGPSLOC=2 +QGPSLOC: 092756.00,41.51639,-4.71696,0.6,707.4,1,,0.0,0.0,240326,19

This makes me think that the modem may be reaching an unexpected or inconsistent GNSS state.

Is there a newer firmware version that could fix this issue?
Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this behavior?

Thanks.

Dear @alvarofraile
What is your module?
Please share your configuration of GNSS.

Hi @silvia,

I attach model, firmware version and configuration (which was the same when I could reproduce this state):

Configuration

AT+CGMM
RG255C-GL

OK
AT+CGMR
RG255CGLABR01A04M4G

OK
AT+QGMR
RG255CGLABR01A04M4G_A0.300.A0.300

OK
AT+QGPS?
+QGPS: 1

OK
AT+QGPSXTRADATA?
+QGPSXTRADATA: 10080,“2026/03/27,14:00:00”

OK
AT+QGPSCFG=“gpsnmeatype”
+QGPSCFG: “gpsnmeatype”,7

OK
AT+QGPSCFG=“glonassnmeatype”
+QGPSCFG: “glonassnmeatype”,0

OK
AT+QGPSCFG=“galileonmeatype”
+QGPSCFG: “galileonmeatype”,5

OK
AT+QGPSCFG=“gnssconfig”
+QGPSCFG: “gnssconfig”,6

OK
AT+QGPSCFG=“autogps”
+QGPSCFG: “autogps”,1

OK
AT+QGPSCFG=“nmeasrc”
+QGPSCFG: “nmeasrc”,1

OK