Re: [gpsd-users] [time-nuts] does anybody have software for the DeLorme LT-20 Earthmate?

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo walter!

On Mon, 6 Jun 2016 16:14:10 -0700
walter shawlee 2 <address@hidden> wrote:

> already sent you an update, it runs with the command cgps,
> not cpgs, as you had it.  does this only work in the terminal, window,
> or does the later one work as a GUI?

There are many gpsd clients.  You can try xgps, 'gpspipe -r', etc.

RGDS
GARY
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> 
> -walter
> 
> 
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> 
> On 2016-06-06 04:04 PM, Gary E. Miller wrote:
> > Yo walter!
> >
> > On Mon, 6 Jun 2016 15:55:13 -0700
> > walter shawlee 2 <address@hidden> wrote:
> >  
> >> did the apt-get install, and it worked, and installed properly as
> >> far as I can see.  
> > Cool.
> >  
> >>   however, it does NOT appear when queried via the
> >> ubuntu software search, and it does not execute.  
> > So, when you typed what I asked, what did it show:
> >  
> >>> To run it:
> >>>   # gpsd -n /dev/ttyUSB0
> >>>   # sleep 30
> >>>   # cpgs  
> > Sepcifically, what did cgps show when you ran it?
> >  
> >>   plus, digging
> >> through the files, it says works with serial gps only, so this
> >> early version may not see the usb device, although I see it fine
> >> using USBView.  rats...  
> > gpsd works just dandy with USB GPS, and, as the link I previsouly
> > sent says, gpsd works frion with the LT-20, which only comes in a
> > USB flavor.
> >
> >
> > RGDS
> > GARY
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Gary E. Miller Rellim 109 NW Wilmington Ave., Suite E, Bend, OR
> > 97703 address@hidden  Tel:+1 541 382 8588
> >  
> >> -walter
> >>
> >> Walter Shawlee 2, President
> >> Sphere Research Corporation
> >> 3394 Sunnyside Rd.,  West Kelowna,  BC
> >> V1Z 2V4  CANADA  Phone: (250) 769-1834
> >> address@hidden
> >> WS2: We're all in one boat, no matter how it looks to you.
> >> Love is all you need. (John Lennon)
> >> But, that doesn't mean other things don't come in handy. (WS2)
> >>
> >> On 2016-06-06 02:28 PM, Gary E. Miller wrote:  
> >>> Yo walter!
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, 6 Jun 2016 14:14:12 -0700
> >>> walter shawlee 2 <address@hidden> wrote:
> >>>     
> >>>> gary,
> >>>>
> >>>> actually all the delorme forum stuff is not much help (been there
> >>>> already), no links are still active, and everybody says *you need
> >>>> the serial emulator*, which no longer exists anywhere I can
> >>>> find.  
> >>> Uh, no.  The link I sent specifically said gpsd works fine and
> >>> specifically said how to put the LT-20 in NMEA mode.  Pretty much
> >>> what you need.  
> >>>>    if I
> >>>> could get that to work, I'd be done already. Every single link to
> >>>> it has disappeared.  
> >>> All you need is to install gpsd: i
> >>>   $ su -
> >>>   # apt-get install gpsd gpsd-clients
> >>>
> >>> To run it:
> >>>   # gpsd -n /dev/ttyUSB0
> >>>   # sleep 30
> >>>   # cpgs
> >>>     
> >>>> I unpacked the gpsd archive, but I just don't see how to use it,
> >>>> I have no idea how to compile it to be a linux executable in my
> >>>> version of Ubuntu. sigh.  
> >>> Try the apt-get first.  To see if you like it.
> >>>
> >>> If you like it the gpsd tar ball has a file called INSTALL that
> >>> tells you how to install gpsd.
> >>>
> >>> In essence, get root, untar the file, cd into the gpsd scource
> >>> directory, then:
> >>>   # scons --config=force qt=no && scons install && ldconfig
> >>>
> >>> Pretty simple.
> >>>
> >>> RGDS
> >>> GARY
> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>> Gary E. Miller Rellim 109 NW Wilmington Ave., Suite E, Bend, OR
> >>> 97703 address@hidden  Tel:+1 541 382 8588  
> >
> >  
>

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