[Xastir] Can you view GPS data?

[Curt, WE7U]

On Sat, 2 Feb 2008, Earl Needham wrote:

> >I got the "128" from the DEBUG_LEVELS file.
> >
> >Once you get practiced at reading the output, you might be able to
> >find what you need.
>
>          The problem is that Xastir seems to "lose" my GPS from time
> to time.  I'd like to be able to see the NMEA strings, so I can tell
> if the data is getting from the GPS to Xastir, and it's just lost
> lock or something, or whether the virtual serial port has keeled over and died.

Go to View->GPS Status and it should tell you when it last heard
from the GPS.

Another way:  Go to File->Configure->Change Debug Level
and enter 128, then click OK.  You should start seeing the GPS
strings on the xterm you started Xastir from.  Enter a '0' on that
same dialog and hit OK again to stop the output.

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