Hi Henry,

I am making a bit of progress on reading the GPS.
It is on port ttyusb0 according to lsusb
Bus 008 Device 006: ID 1163:0200 DeLorme Publishing, Inc.


I found a gpsd daemon and installed it but I don't know how to get
it to send data to the Ubuntu 10 terminal or anywhere
else for that matter.

The system monitor does not tell me it is running.
The GPS is plugged in and blinking.

Any tips on that?

Paul Lamar

I about where you are in getting my GPS to talk to me.  Difference is
that my GPS doesnt blink at me, the red light is just steady.

I used the Ubuntu Synaptic Package Monitor and installed minicom.

On my computer the GPS plugged into usb port is usually recognized as
ttyusb0, but when the system locks up due to my fiddling around, and I
plug it in again, it will sometimes come up as ttyusb1, and once I even
saw ttyusb2 show up in the /dev directory. ???????

When I run minicom and tell it to communicate with the correct USB port,
it just sits there and listens; no data seems to be streaming from the
GPS.  I am wondering if there is some sort of a "go" command that the
GPS is looking for.

On another topic.  I just bumped into a neighbor a few minutes ago at
our local recycling center, and I mentioned my aircraft project.  He
says he has a 2004 RX8 engine in his garage that belongs to his buddy.
Says that he thinks the seals are bad. He wanst to get it out of his
garage.
What's it $worth?

R Berglund

What version of Ubuntu are you using Robin?
There are at least 2 formats in use. Most popular
is ASCII NEMA 0183. I think the other is binary.

Offer him $50 :)


Paul Lamar

Paul,

I think NEMA calls for 4800 baund 8N1, (8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop
bit.) Did you set your terminal to communicate at that baud rate and
8N1 setting? Once connected, it should show data. Also, remove your
gpsd for now. It talks to the gps and present data to your application
if I am not mistaken. So it should not be there.

regards,

Henry

I have not been messing with it as I am trying to get a bit of
practice in on the RV4 as my check ride starts on Wednesday in Oregon.
The newsletter will be shut down for a week. No wi fi where I will
be up.

Paul Lamar