[Linux] Anyone interface a Garmin Geko 201 using linux?
Steven Benmosh
linux@flux.org
Thu, 1 Mar 2007 19:31:56 -0600
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Chip,
Maybe you can help, I am out of my wits with this device...
I am using a garmin geko 201, not moving while connected to the serial port
of a pc. I don't know if gpsd/xgps should work with such a set-up or not,
when I run the command gpsd -f /dev/ttys1, or ttys0, and then xgps, it tells
me there is no data arriving. I am using nmea protocol.
Using GPSMAN, I was at one time able to d/l the data. Right now, though, it
does not get anything out of either ttys1 or ttys0, during the check.
I looked at /proc/tty/driver/serial, used stty, setserial, etc. set the
gpsman.tcl file to use /dev/ttys1 and /dev/ttys0, nothing seems to work.
Any idea or suggestion? I will continue to read and try new software, but
this is driving me nuts. It should not be so hard.
Thanks,
Z.
On 2/28/07, Chris 'Chipper' Chiapusio <chipper@llamas.net> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 02:31:55PM -0600, Steven Benmosh wrote:
> > The Garmin Geko 201 and a cable to connect it to the serial port. I
> > installed gpsman (and a bunch of other software), connected the gps to
> the
> > computer, and tried to connect with a bunch of the possible interface
> > (NMEA, RTCM/NMEA, TEXT, RTCM/TEXT), and tried to scan from either
> side. No
> > connection.
> >
> > Needless to say, I do not have at this point a clue as to how to use
> the
> > software (or hardware) to use a computer to upload/download data from
> the
> > GPS.
> >
> > Anyone with experience using the Geko 201 and software to connect
> under
> > linux? Windows? I prefer FOSS, but would use windows for the time
> being if
> > left with no choice. My Mac notebook does not have a serial port, and
> I
> > have yet to get a usb/serial connector.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Z.
>
>
> You will want to set the GPS to NMEA and get the latest gpsd (2.34)
> installed. NMEA is the common standard protocol and you should be able to
> minicom the serial port at 9600 and see data, but gpsd is the right
> solution
> for multiplexing the gps data to other applications.
>
> Chip, Proud GPSMAN 60Csx owner.
>
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Chip,<br><br>Maybe you can help, I am out of my wits with this device...<br><br>I am using a garmin geko 201, not moving while connected to the serial port of a pc. I don't know if gpsd/xgps should work with such a set-up or not, when I run the command gpsd -f /dev/ttys1, or ttys0, and then xgps, it tells me there is no data arriving. I am using nmea protocol.
<br><br>Using GPSMAN, I was at one time able to d/l the data. Right now, though, it does not get anything out of either ttys1 or ttys0, during the check.<br><br>I looked at /proc/tty/driver/serial, used stty, setserial, etc. set the
gpsman.tcl file to use /dev/ttys1 and /dev/ttys0, nothing seems to work.<br><br>Any idea or suggestion? I will continue to read and try new software, but this is driving me nuts. It should not be so hard.<br><br>Thanks,<br>
<br>Z.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/28/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Chris 'Chipper' Chiapusio</b> <<a href="mailto:chipper@llamas.net">chipper@llamas.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 02:31:55PM -0600, Steven Benmosh wrote:<br>> The Garmin Geko 201 and a cable to connect it to the serial port. I<br>> installed gpsman (and a bunch of other software), connected the gps to the
<br>> computer, and tried to connect with a bunch of the possible interface<br>> (NMEA, RTCM/NMEA, TEXT, RTCM/TEXT), and tried to scan from either side. No<br>> connection.<br>><br>> Needless to say, I do not have at this point a clue as to how to use the
<br>> software (or hardware) to use a computer to upload/download data from the<br>> GPS.<br>><br>> Anyone with experience using the Geko 201 and software to connect under<br>> linux? Windows? I prefer FOSS, but would use windows for the time being if
<br>> left with no choice. My Mac notebook does not have a serial port, and I<br>> have yet to get a usb/serial connector.<br>><br>> Thanks,<br>><br>> Z.<br><br><br>You will want to set the GPS to NMEA and get the latest gpsd (
2.34)<br>installed. NMEA is the common standard protocol and you should be able to<br>minicom the serial port at 9600 and see data, but gpsd is the right solution<br>for multiplexing the gps data to other applications.<br>
<br>Chip, Proud GPSMAN 60Csx owner.<br><br>--<br>------<br> Please encrypt anything important.<br> PGP Key: <a href="http://wwwkeys.pgp.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x6CFA486D">http://wwwkeys.pgp.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x6CFA486D
</a><br>"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little<br> temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety " - Benjamin Franklin<br> quis custodiet ipsos custodes?<br>_______________________________________________
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