Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Control Components and Device Management Guide, Releases 26.x and Later

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Configuring GPS

Updated: June 9, 2026

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Configure GPS using a configuration group

Before you begin

Perform these steps to configure GPS for devices.

Procedure

1.

From the Cisco SD-WAN Manager menu, choose Configuration > Configuration Groups.
2.

Create and configure a GPS feature in a Transport and Management profile.
3.

Configure GPS.

Table 1. GPS

Field

Description

Type

Choose a feature from the drop-down list.

Feature Name*

Enter a name for the feature. The name can be up to 128 characters and can contain only alphanumeric characters.

Description

Enter a description of the feature. The description can be up to 2,048 characters and can contain only alphanumeric characters.

GPS

Click On to enable the GPS feature on the router.

GPS Mode

Select the GPS mode:

  • MS-based: Use mobile station–based assistance, also called assisted GPS mode, when determining position. In this mode, cell tower data is used to enhance the quality and precision in determining location, which is useful when satellite signals are poor.

  • Standalone: Use satellite information when determining position.

NMEA

 Click On to enable the use of NMEA streams to help with determining position. NMEA streams data from the router's cellular module to any marine device, such as a Windows-based PC, that is running a commercially available GPS-based application.

Source Address*

 Enter the IP address of the router's interface that connects to the external device reading the NMEA.

Destination Address*

 Enter the IP address of the external device's interface that's connected to router.
Destination Port*

Enter the number of the port to use to send NMEA data to the external device's interface.

What to do next

Refer to Deploy a Configuration Group in the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Configuration Groups Reference Guide.

Configure GPS using templates

Configure GPS using templates.

Note

You can configure GPS using Cisco SD-WAN Manager from Cisco vManage Release 20.6.1, with devices running Cisco IOS XE Catalyst SD-WAN Release 17.6.1a and later.

Configuring GPS is a prerequisite for geofencing. Refer to Geofencing in the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Location Services Configuration Guide.

Before you begin

Follow these steps to configure GPS.

Procedure

1.

From the Cisco SD-WAN Manager menu, choose Configuration > Templates.
2.

Create a new GPS feature template or edit an existing one.

  • To create a new GPS feature template, click Feature Templates, click Add Template, select a device type, and select the GPS template.

  • To update an existing GPS feature template, click Feature Templates, click ... adjacent to a template, and select Edit.
3.

For a new template, enter a name and description.
4.

Configure the GPS parameters.

Parameter Name

Description

GPS

Click On to enable the GPS feature on the router.

GPS Mode

Select the GPS mode:

  • MS-based: Use mobile station–based assistance, also called assisted GPS mode, when determining position. In this mode, a network data session is used to obtain the GPS satellite locations, resulting in a faster fix of location coordinates.

  • Standalone: Use satellite information when determining position.

    Note

    Standalone mode is currently not supported for geofencing.

NMEA

Click On to enable the use of NMEA streams to help in determining position. NMEA streams data from the router's 4G LTE Pluggable Interface Module (PIM) to any device, such as a Windows-based PC, that is running a commercially available GPS-based application.

Source Address

(Optional) Enter the IP address of the interface that connects to the router's PIM.

Note

This option is not used for configuring geofencing.

Destination Address

(Optional) Enter the IP address of the NMEA server. The NMEA server can be local or remote.

Note

This option is not used for configuring geofencing.

Destination Port

(Optional) Enter the number of the port to use to send NMEA data to the server.

Note

This option is not used for configuring geofencing.
5.

Click Save for a new template, or Update if updating an existing template.