[Xastir] New toy, but doesn't work yet.....

[Tom Russo]

On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 11:06:12AM -0500, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <kurt at badgers-hill.net> flavor, containing:
> I just got a Sprint AirCard (Merlin EX720) that has GPS capabilities. 
> It's on a MacBook Pro.  I can see the data:
> 
> kosh:dev kurt$ cat /dev/cu.wwancntl2
> $GPGGA,235945.0,5717.746771,N,05717.746771,E,0,32,99.9,1.0,M,,,,*3B
> $GPGSA,A,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,*1E
> $GPGSV,3,1,12,14,65,320,,22,63,035,,18,42,084,,31,29,191,*7F
> $GPGSV,3,2,12,21,17,154,,09,16,039,,19,14,275,,06,11,236,*76
> $GPGSV,3,3,12,30,11,118,,03,08,248,,12,07,085,,26,07,050,*7B
> $GPVTG,,T,,M,,N,,K*4E
> $GPRMC,,V,,,,,,,,,,N*53
> $GPGGA,235945.0,5717.746771,N,05717.746771,E,0,32,99.9,1.0,M,,,,*3B
> $GPGSA,A,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,*1E
> $GPGSV,3,1,12,14,65,320,,22,63,035,,18,42,084,,31,29,191,*7F
> $GPGSV,3,2,12,21,17,154,,09,15,039,,19,14,275,,06,11,236,*75
> $GPGSV,3,3,12,30,11,118,,03,08,248,,12,07,085,,26,07,050,*7B
> $GPVTG,,T,,M,,N,,K*4E
> $GPRMC,,V,,,,,,,,,,N*53
> 
> The permissions of the port are:
> 
> kosh:dev kurt$ ls -l cu.wwancntl2
> crw-rw-rw-  1 root  wheel   17,  11 Jun  5 10:38 cu.wwancntl2
> 
> However, comma, when I define it in Xastir, I get an interface error.
> It's defined as a Serial GPS on /dev/cu.wwan2cntl2  I left the port 
> settings and Port Style on their defaults.
> 
> Anybody ever done this before?  I'm thinking that the ioctls to set the 
> settings are barfing and resulting in the errors:
>          ENOENT ERROR

This is the "No such file or directory" error.  Check your spelling:

> crw-rw-rw-  1 root  wheel   17,  11 Jun  5 10:38 cu.wwancntl2

vs.

> /dev/cu.wwan2cntl2

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