Hi Thomas, Thanks, this can help those that have a bluetooth gps. Perhaps we should have this on the wiki ? Feels somewhat comforting that your usb dongle didn't work with gpsd either... But, of course it would be good if it worked ;-) 73 de Per mån 2007-03-19 klockan 21:55 +0100 skrev Thomas Couperus: > Per, > > The Bluetooth GPS recipe for me is: > Enable bluetooth on laptop (mandriva seems to be unable to work with my > usb-dongle, but in Ubuntu its plugnplay...I'll look into this later...) > > As root run `hcitool inq` to find the deviceID (00:0D:b5:62:b9:87 in my case) > Then still as root run `hcitool cc $deviceID` then `hcitool auth $deviceID` > you will then be asked for the devices pin-number. > Then run `rfcomm bind /dev/rfcomm0 $deviceID`. > Now run `gpsd -p /dev/rfcomm0` and you are done. > > Don't forget the `hcitool auth` command, as this will pair your gps device > with the pc....tomtom gps otherwise disables itself after 1,5 minutes....to > save battery ;) > > Just my 2 cents... :) > > Thinkcow/Thomas Couperus > > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht ----- > Van: "Rein Couperus" <rein@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Aan: pskmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Verzonden: 18/03/07 15:34 > Onderwerp: [pskmail] Re: Gpsd and Mandriva 2007 works > > Yes, a telnet client is necessary to test the gpsd server. > (also don't forget to include gpsd, gpsstat.pl and GPSstat.glade, and of > course gpsget.pl for those gps's not working wih gpsd). > > As soon as the beta is ready I will test it here (thinkcow has a bluetooth > gps as well). > > I guess the problem has been the sequence of events... You probably need to > manually start gpsd instead of via gpsdrive, to control how it starts. > Moreover, gpsd would only start as root once I had installed it. That is good > for > having it do the ntp stuff. > > So first connect the gps, then start gpsd. > > 73, > > Rein PA0R > > > -----Ursprngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: pskmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Gesendet: 18.03.07 15:25:55 > > An: pskmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Betreff: [pskmail] Re: Gpsd and Mandriva 2007 works > > > > > > Whoa, that is some good news! > > So what I was missing all along was to send "o" to the daemon ? > > I am working on the cd just now, should telnet be onboard ? > > > > 73 de Per > > > > sn 2007-03-18 klockan 13:28 +0100 skrev Rein Couperus: > > > Per, > > > > > > I just did the following: > > > > > > * travelled to the camper (difficult on 1 foot) > > > * loaded the live CD (2007_1_1.iso) on the laptop > > > * got the network going with my PRO-wireless 2200 > > > * installed gpsd from urpi > > > * connected the gps via USB/RS232 converter > > > * opened a terminal > > > * started (as root) gpsd /dev/ttyUSB0 > > > * installed netkit-telnet client from urpi > > > * netkit-telnet localhost 2947 > > > * entered 'o' ('GPSD') > > > * entered another 'o' > > > * got the position + time stamp from the gps (magellan 320) > > > > > > So I guess it works also with gpsd. > > > > > > 73, > > > > > > Rein PA0R > > > > > > > > > > > That means I really have to get going with testing the new cd hi hi. > > > > Also, I have to look at the gpsd "replacement" once more (gpsget.pl), it > > > > works but could be better I guess. > > > > There are lots of changes in the server and client now so a new cd is > > > > really needed. Thanks and 73 de Per, sm0rwo > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >