How to migrate your NTRIP Correction Service to PointPerfect!

Have you heard? u-blox now has an NTRIP distribution of their PointPerfect service.
PointPerfect with NTRIP is a more affordable alternative to other correction services, give it a try!

It's easy to migrate your F9 high-precision GNSS modules to PointPerfect via NTRIP.  
Here are steps to quickly evaluate our service using a Windows computer and our u-center tool.  If you do not use Windows, most steps can be performed using any GPS client that supports NTRIP. 

1. Create a PointPerfect Thing on our Thingstream platform
   • Sign up for (or login to) a Thingstream account
   • Add a Location Thing / PointPerfect Thing, choose a friendly name, and Create your Thing
   • Select and Activate a PointPerfect plan that meets your needs 
     • we have free developer plans available for testing
   • Collect the NTRIP credentials while viewing your PointPerfect Thing details 
2. Connect your receiver+antenna and confirm your firmware version
   
   • Use a USB connection to connect your receiver to your computer 
     • Ensure your antenna is properly connected to your receiver and has a clear open-sky view
   • Download and install the latest u-center on your Windows system
   • Open u-center and connect to the COM port associated with your receiver
   • Confirm the firmware version for your device using u-center - View, Messages View, and read the UBX-MON-VER message.  Update your firmware version to the latest version to support PointPerfect 
3. Connect your receiver to PointPerfect
   • Within u-center, go to Receiver, NTRIP Client...
   • Use the NTRIP credentials of your Thing to connect and receive corrections
     • Endpoint is the Address
     • Port 2101 for TCP (Port 2102 for a more secure TCP/TLS connection - note that TLS is not supported by u-center) 
     • Username and password of your PointPerfect Thing
     • Update source table, and choose the NTRIP mount point related to your region
   • Click OK to connect
4. See PointPerfect being applied!
   • u-center's Data window (View, Docking Windows, Data) will update to a Float or Fix position (depending on the antenna's view) 
     • Enable the UBX-NAV-PVT message in u-center to see 2D accuracy values
   • in Thingstream, your PointPerfect Thing shows Connected, and the Event Viewer will show when it was connected

Need more information? 

• Details for signing up and creating a PointPerfect Thing are in the PointPerfect Getting Started guide.
• More about our NTRIP distribution can be found here:  PointPerfect NTRIP Distribution
• If you're having trouble, send a request to services-support@u-blox.com