[Xastir] Okay, so it only transmits when the GPS interface is started?

[Gerry Wheeler]

On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 19:33, Curt Mills wrote:
> It appears that we set "my_position_valid" to zero when start up any
> GPS/networked-GPS port, otherwise its default is 1.  When we
> correctly parse GPS data, we set it to three.  Each time we transmit
> a posit if we're in GPS mode, we decrement it.  This keeps us from
> transmitting stale GPS data if we lose the signal.  In that case, if
> we're moving, dead-reckoning should take over on other people
> screens and cover us until we get GPS lock again.

What about overriding all of this if the station is set a Fixed Station
(in the "Configure Defaults" dialog). In that case, just send the posits
(as configured for the station) regardless of the GPS. (Or maybe it
already does?)
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