GPS driver for GTA01 available

Tim Shannon shannon.timothy at gmail.com
Thu Nov 29 21:52:33 CET 2007


This phone is going to be so great for geoCaching.



On Nov 29, 2007 2:25 PM, Michael Shiloh <michael at openmoko.org> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Thanks to a tremendous amount of hard work by many people, we have ready
> a release of gllin, the GPS drives. Here is how you can get it:
>
>
> 1. Visit http://3rdparty.downloads.openmoko.org/
>
> Enter the gllin directory and accept the EULA
>
> 2. Download and install gllin_1.0+r350-r0_fic-gta01.ipk to Neo,
> something like:
>
>        scp  gllin_1.0+r350-r0_fic-gta01.ipk root at 192.168.0.202:/tmp/
>        ssh root at 192.168.0.202
>        cd /tmp
>        ipkg install gllin_1.0\+r350-r0_fic-gta01.ipk
>
> 3. On Neo:
>
>        cd /home/root/gllin
>        ./gllin
>
> 4. In another shell,
>
>        cat /tmp/nmeaP
>
> you should see the NMEA data coming in now, something like this:
>
> $GPGGA,235946.99,,,,,00,00,5.0,,M,0.0001999,M,0.0020199,*57
> $GPRMC,235946.99,V,,,,,,,120180,,,N*78
> $GPGSA,A,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,11.2,5.0,10.0*36
> $PGLOR,IGR,81.2,7,71397,0,1*02
> $GPGGA,235946.99,,,,,00,00,5.0,,M,0.0001999,M,0.0020199,*57
> $GPRMC,235946.99,V,,,,,,,120180,,,N*78
> $GPGSA,A,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,11.2,5.0,10.0*36
> $GPGGA,235946.99,,,,,00,00,5.0,,M,0.0001999,M,0.0020199,*57
>
> After a while you should get a fix, and then it looks like this:
>
> $GPGGA,194851.00,3746.451804,N,12230.144387,W,1,04,0.5,029.0,M,0.053001,M,
> 0.0090515,*50
> $GPRMC,194851.00,A,3746.451804,N,12230.144387,W,000.0,300.0,291107,,,A*46
> $GPGSV,2,1,07,04,60,088,32,09,59,256,21,02,54,168,34,12,38,310,33*78
> $GPGSV,2,2,07,17,25,056,,05,21,306,,28,08,110,*4D
> $GPGSA,A,3,02,04,09,12,,,,,,,,,1.1,0.5,1.0*3A
> $PGLOR,FIX,1.0,ST,U,NS,A,DR,N,PS,A*2A
>
> Note that the GPGSA line changed from A,1 to A,3. That shows that you
> now have a fix.
>
> Your location will be in the first line (GPGGA). In the sample above,
> I'm at
>
>        37 degrees 46.451804 minutes North
>        122 degrees 30.144387 minutes west
>
> Which is correct for me.
>
>
> Have fun!
>
> Regards,
> Michael
>
>
>
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