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

[Kurt A. Freiberger]

I hae to go outside to get a fix.  My Nuvi 350 works just fine indoors.

kf


Thomas Sprinzing wrote:
> 
> On 5-Jun-09, at 12:06 PM, Kurt A. Freiberger wrote:
> 
>> 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
> 
> a) try to run via gpsd.
> 
> b) why is the GPRMC broken, while GPGGA looks fine? The card has got a 
> fix, does it?
> 
> 
> cheers
> 
> Thomas
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Kurt A. Freiberger     Austin, TX	kurt at badgers-hill.net
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