[kismac] Re: GPSD Support for KisMAC?

  • From: "N. Karras" <nkarras@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <kismac@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 12:43:44 -0400

When do you plan to have a version available with the new (non =
FourCoordinates) GPS code?

NPK
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From: "Michael Rossberg" <mick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <kismac@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 11:53 AM
Subject: [kismac] Re: GPSD Support for KisMAC?


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> hi,
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> if you all want to have gpsd integration, i am probably going to put =
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> into kismac. however i will just be busy the next two weeks. if =
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> else wants to write this feature, it would also be fine with me,=20
> however i changed a lot in the gps code, so write me a mail and i can=20
> give you my internal code....
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> >>>
> >>>  depending on how the server is implemented, only one process at a
> >>>  time can be talking to the server.
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> >> Well I'll have to peek and see if it spawns a new gpsd thread for=20
> >> every
> >> new connection to it or not, but I think we're missing the point.
> >>
> >> Okay, having this be UDP based would be neat, and more scaleable =
and
> >> flexible, but my point to begin with is that GPSd is out there, and
> >> while its obviously not a very polished protocol, its there.
> >
> > I'd be willing to work on it, if it weren't for the fact that KisMAC
> > does not currently work on my machine. (Or rather, MacJack causes it
> > to lock up.)
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> sorry. we are working on it :o(
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> > I'd suggest that the first step is a program that puts a graphical
> > front end on turning gpsd on and off, along with a menu for =
selecting
> > the serial device it is supposed to be talking to.  There is Apple
> > example code for enumerating all the serial devices on a machine
> > which is a good start for this.  There does not currently seem to be
> > Apple example code for a System Preferences panel, but people seem =
to
> > be able to write them none-the-less, which is sort of where I =
thought
> > this should go.
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> take a look at the sf wireless driver, they have an open source =
pane...
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