[Debian] read GPS logger i-blue 747 on freerunner over USB

Ed Kapitein ed at kapitein.org
Wed Mar 11 18:07:26 CET 2009


Just for trouble shooting purposes:
What happens if you connect an USB stick?

Kind regards,
Ed

Carsten Gerlach wrote:
> Hello everybody,
>
> next week i want to go skiing and track the piste for Openstreetmap. But I 
> don't want to use the Freerunner for that but the i-blue 747 from Transystem. 
> I want to use the Freerunner only as storage device for the log files.
>
> So, I have installed mtkbabel for reading the logger.
> The kernel has the right module for this chipset, cp2101, wich I can load with 
> "modprobe cp2101".
>
> I know, that i have to set the Freerunner to USB host mode. I used the 
> openmoko-panel to switch to USB host mode.
>
> My problem now is, the Freerunner doesn't record, that I connect the i-blue to 
> it.
>
> On my Ubuntu desktop PC i get the following messages:
>
> carsten at laptop:~$ dmesg
> [ 2665.368067] usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
> [ 2665.550347] usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> [ 2665.677846] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial
> [ 2665.678744] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for generic
> [ 2665.679423] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
> [ 2665.679428] usbserial: USB Serial Driver core
> [ 2665.699452] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for cp2101
> [ 2665.700338] cp2101 2-1:1.0: cp2101 converter detected
> [ 2665.812054] usb 2-1: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 
> 2
> [ 2665.959323] usb 2-1: cp2101 converter now attached to ttyUSB0
> [ 2665.960230] usbcore: registered new interface driver cp2101
> [ 2665.960236] cp2101: Silicon Labs CP2101/CP2102 RS232 serial adaptor driver 
> v0.07
>
>
> But on the Freerunner I don't get any new message, wenn I put the i-blue to 
> the USB slot.
>
> My question now is, what do I have to install or configure, to get a 
> connection between the Freerunner and the i-blue? I would be glad for any hint 
> in the right direction.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Greetings, Carsten
>
>
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