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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 01/04/2013 12:09 AM,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:davidm@hisfeet.net">davidm@hisfeet.net</a> wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Below is the last part of dmesg tail
Seems to me that it takes note of the existence of the gps that I plugged
in, but doesnt know what it is. It seems to be identified as pl2303. When
I unpluggedit (third line from the bottom) it registered as disconnecting
from ttyUSB0.
In Linux (mimt13) how do I get this to be recognised as a gps device? And
then interact with gps clients? This is a deluo gps device with number
on the bottom: 239B followed by 002087.</pre>
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You nee:
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text-indent:0px;"><span style=" font-weight:600;">gpsbabel</span>
- Converts GPS waypoint, route and track data from one
format type to another</p>
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margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">GPSBabel
converts waypoints, tracks, and routes from one format to another,
whether that format is a common mapping format like Delorme,
Streets and Trips, or even a serial upload or download to a GPS
unit such as those from Garmin and Magellan. By flattening the
Tower of Babel that the authors of various programs for
manipulating GPS data have imposed upon us, it returns to us the
ability to freely move our own waypoint data between the programs
and hardware we choose to use. It contains extensive data
manipulation abilities making it a convenient for server-side
processing or as the backend for other tools. It does not convert,
transfer, send, or manipulate maps. We process data that may (or
may not be) placed on a map, such as waypoints, tracks, and
routes.<br>
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You also need: <span style=" font-weight:600;">gpsd</span> -
Service daemon for mediating access to a GPS
<p style=" margin-top:12px; margin-bottom:12px; margin-left:0px;
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">gpsd is
a service daemon that mediates access to a GPS sensor connected
to the host computer by serial or USB interface, making its data
on the location/course/velocity of the sensor available to be
queried on TCP port 2947 of the host computer. With gpsd,
multiple GPS client applications (such as navigational and
wardriving software) can share access to a GPS without
contention or loss of data. Also, gpsd responds to queries with
a format that is substantially easier to parse than NMEA 0183. A
client library is provided for applications. After installing
this RPM, gpsd will automatically connect to USB GPSes when they
are plugged in and requires no configuration. For serial GPSes,
you will need to start gpsd by hand. Once connected, the daemon
automatically discovers the correct baudrate, stop bits, and
protocol. The daemon will be quiescent when there are no clients
asking for location information, and copes gracefully when the
GPS is unplugged and replugged.<br>
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margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">You
might want: <span style=" font-weight:600;">gpsd-clients</span>
- Clients for gpsd with an X interface
<p style=" margin-top:12px; margin-bottom:12px; margin-left:0px;
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">xgps
is a simple test client for gpsd with an X interface. It
displays current GPS position/time/velocity information and
(for GPSes that support the feature) the locations of
accessible satellites. xgpsspeed is a speedometer that uses
position information from the GPS. It accepts an -h option and
optional argument as for gps, or a -v option to dump the
package version and exit. Additionally, it accepts -rv
(reverse video) and -nc (needle color) options. cgps resembles
xgps, but without the pictorial satellite display. It can run
on a serial terminal or terminal emulator.<br>
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<p style=" margin-top:12px; margin-bottom:12px; margin-left:0px;
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">You
might also want: <span style=" font-weight:600;">gypsy</span>
- GPS multiplexing daemon
<p style=" margin-top:12px; margin-bottom:12px;
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0;
text-indent:0px;">Gypsy is a GPS multiplexing daemon which
allows multiple clients to access GPS data from multiple GPS
sources concurrently. Without some sort of multiplexing
system, a GPS device can only safely be accessed by one
client. In a server situation this may not cause any
problems, but on modern desktop which could potentially have
multiple location aware devices, this could be an issue.<br>
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<p style=" margin-top:12px; margin-bottom:12px;
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0;
text-indent:0px;">You also nee: <span style="
font-weight:600;">libQgpsmm20</span> - Shared Qt library
for GPS applications
<p style=" margin-top:12px; margin-bottom:12px;
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0;
text-indent:0px;">This package provides the shared Qt
library for gpsd and other GPS aware applications<br>
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<p style=" margin-top:12px; margin-bottom:12px;
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0;
text-indent:0px;">And: <span style=" font-weight:600;">libgypsy0</span>
- GPS multiplexing daemon - Library
<p style=" margin-top:12px; margin-bottom:12px;
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0;
text-indent:0px;">Gypsy is a GPS multiplexing daemon
which allows multiple clients to access GPS data from
multiple GPS sources concurrently. Without some sort of
multiplexing system, a GPS device can only safely be
accessed by one client. In a server situation this may
not cause any problems, but on modern desktop which
could potentially have multiple location aware devices,
this could be an issue. <br>
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margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0;
text-indent:0px;">Possibly: <span style="
font-weight:600;">python-gpsd</span> - Client
libraries in C and Python for talking to a running gpsd
or GPS
<p style=" margin-top:12px; margin-bottom:12px;
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0;
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p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }</style>Here's a site you should visit:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://tuxmobil.org/linux_gps_navigation_applications.html">http://tuxmobil.org/linux_gps_navigation_applications.html</a><br>
Also:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.gps-practice-and-fun.com/gps-software-for-linux.html">http://www.gps-practice-and-fun.com/gps-software-for-linux.html</a><br>
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Hope this helps,<br>
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Fred<br>
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