Re: [gpsd-users] Trimble accutime GG

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Venkatesh!

On Fri, 12 Dec 2014 13:55:24 -0500
Venkatesh Sandilya <address@hidden> wrote:

> Yes, the GPS is outside and has been there for a few days powered on.

And a good sky view?

> The cable length is approximately about 50 '. What is strange is that
> if I use a Trimble accutime gold model, everything works fine. When I
> run the xgps client program, it displays both  the lat/Lon and the
> UTC. Its only when I use the Trimble accutime GG (newer substitute)
> that I see there is no fix. I also got in touch with Trimble support
> group. They asked me which NMEA message is the software looking for.

gpsd takes pretty much anything you can throw at it.

> What program should I run to look at the raw GPS output?

This is an easy one, if it is in NMEA mode:  cat /dev/ttyS0

Assuming /dev/ttyS0 is the right device and is already at the
right speed.

Otherwise start gpsd in debug mode, like: gpsd -nN -D 5 /dev/ttyS0

RGDS
GARY
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