Getting GPS console output with gllin - Revision history

Glenn: catchg

2009-07-19T07:14:44Z

catchg

2009-07-18T10:50:51Z

catspec

2008-08-31T12:35:44Z

Replacing 'Freerunner' with 'FreeRunner'

2008-08-15T20:31:48Z

Added intro comment

2008-07-13T09:23:45Z

catchg

2008-07-06T13:20:22Z

catchg

2008-03-20T09:17:54Z

2008-03-10T09:52:28Z

2008-01-14T09:22:17Z

‎Using grep

2008-01-13T20:08:23Z

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   awk -F, '/\$GPGGA/ {print (substr($3,0,2) + (substr($3,3) / 60.0)) $4,  (substr($5,0,3) + (substr($5,4) / 60.0)) $6}' /tmp/nmeaNP
-[[Category:GPS Applications]]
+[[Category:GPS]]
-[[Category:Application Developer]]

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   awk -F, '/\$GPGGA/ {print (substr($3,0,2) + (substr($3,3) / 60.0)) $4,  (substr($5,0,3) + (substr($5,4) / 60.0)) $6}' /tmp/nmeaNP
-[[Category:GPS]]
+[[Category:GPS Applications]]
 [[Category:Application Developer]]

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−	[[gllin]] is the driver used to access GPS data in the Neo 1973. If you have a ~~Freerunner~~ you don't need to look at this page.	+	[[gllin]] is the driver used to access GPS data in the Neo 1973. If you have a FreeRunner you don't need to look at this page.

	== How to see gllin output ==		== How to see gllin output ==

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-This article describes the "quick start" procedure allowing to see the first output and actually use the GPS device in the command line mode, using the [[gllin]] driver.
+[[gllin]] is the driver used to access GPS data in the Neo 1973. If you have a Freerunner you don't need to look at this page.
-After you download, scp and install the gllin_1.0+r350-r0_fic-gta01.ipk (or similar), it creates the folder 'gllin' in the root home. This folder contains the executable with the same name which starts the driver.
+== How to see gllin output ==
 To get the output of this driver, read the file /tmp/nmeaNP (it is actually a pipe, not a file). The simplest way is to open another ssh connection to the phone and use cat:

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 [[Category:GPS]]
-[[Category:Applications]]
+[[Category:Application Developer]]
-[[Category:Openmoko]]

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 From other interesting messages, device emits GPGSV (detailed information about satellites and where they are in the sky). See [http://gpsinformation.org/dale/nmea.htm NMEA documenation] for details.
-[[Category:GPS]]
-[[Category:Software]]
-[[Category:Applications]]
 == Using awk ==
 The awk tool provides some more elegant parsing capabilities.  For example, find your current location with
   awk -F, '/\$GPGGA/ {print (substr($3,0,2) + (substr($3,3) / 60.0)) $4,  (substr($5,0,3) + (substr($5,4) / 60.0)) $6}' /tmp/nmeaNP

← Older revision		Revision as of 20:08, 13 January 2008
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	From other interesting messages, device emits GPGSV (detailed information about satellites and where they are in the sky). See [http://gpsinformation.org/dale/nmea.htm NMEA documenation] for details.		From other interesting messages, device emits GPGSV (detailed information about satellites and where they are in the sky). See [http://gpsinformation.org/dale/nmea.htm NMEA documenation] for details.
	[[Category:GPS]]		[[Category:GPS]]
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		+	== Using awk ==
		+	The awk tool provides some more elegant parsing capabilities. For example, find your current location with
		+	awk -F, '/\$GPGGA/ {print (substr($3,0,2) + (substr($3,3) / 60.0)) $4, (substr($5,0,3) + (substr($5,4) / 60.0)) $6}' /tmp/nmeaNP