[ gpsdrive ] Help with FreeBSD GPSD and GPDdrive

[stuart bell]

On 05/03/2008, James Slocum <jms44 at njit.edu> wrote:
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> Hello all,
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>             I am having a problem that is driving me up the wall. Here it is
> as plainly as I can put it. I am running FreeBSD 6.3 with GPSD 2.36 loaded
> from the ports collection. I have a Magellan eXplorist 210 GPS with a USB
> connection. Now, when I hook it into the computer, and I select NMEA 2.1 GSA
> it states the following…
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> ugen0: Thales Navigation Magellan eXplorist, rev 1.10/1.00, addr 3
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> Now I can clearly see that it is detected and assigned to /dev/ugen0. so
> when I start gpsd I try the following
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> $ gpsd –N /dev/ugen0
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> It doesn't fight me, however when I telnet to port 2947 to check the NMEA
> statements, it draws a blank. I clearly have a 3d lock according to the
> Magellan unit. So I should be getting something. If I start GPSdrive it says
> that it has timed out receiving data from the gps. I must admit I'm at a
> loss, I have tried several devices that I thought it could be
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> ugen0
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> ugen0.1
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> ugen0.2
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> ugen0.3
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> usb
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> usb0
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> And usb1, none of them give me any data. I don't understand what I am doing
> wrong, do I need to set a bit rate for the device? Can anyone shed some
> light on my problem? I have some other NMEA options, but the gpsd hardware
> site said to use 2.1 because the other options choke the gpsd program. I
> tried them anyway still to no avail. Thank you for taking the time to
> listen, I hope someone can help.
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>   Hi,
 Probably a daft question but you write "usb0"   mine is USB0   in
fact: its: /dev/tty/USB0

Stuart
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