[Xastir] u-blox 8

[Jason KG4WSV]

also try a baud rate of 9600 (instead of the historic 4800 baud) on these
devices.  IIRC my ublox 8 device (CAM-M8) defaults to 9600 baud.

-Jason
kg4wsv


On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 3:19 PM Curt Mills <curt.we7u at gmail.com> wrote:

> Oh yea, also disconnect Minicom from that port, and set the GPS to
> send out NMEA format strings at 4800 baud. Typically on Linux it would
> be something like port /dev/ttyS0 or /dev/ttyS1, but could be other
> ports if using a USB to Serial Port adapter cable.
>
> On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 1:14 PM Curt Mills <curt.we7u at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > The use of Minicom tells me he's using a serial GPS. The Xastir
> > interface to use is "Serial GPS". He may be running into trouble with
> > permissions on the serial port he is using. Typically he'd add his own
> > account to /etc/group for the "dialout" group, log out and in again to
> > gain the new permissions. Depending on the particular Linux that last
> > may be slightly different.
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 1:10 PM MJ Inabnit <ke6sls at pobox.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > hi all,
> > >
> > > this is a RELAY from km6liq <he is without email/web>
> > >
> > > how do I tell xastir which protocol to use for this device?
> > > I load minicom and see data flowing constantly. Any help
> > > greatly desired!
> > > Carl km6liq via 2m phone net
> > >
> > > tnx guys, I don't know the gps stuff for xastir and unable to help him!
> > >
> > > 73
> > > j
> > >
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-Jason
kg4wsv