Re: gpssnmp / number of satellites

[Hans Mayer]

Hi Gary, hi David,

Many thanks for your support. Yes, with the latest pull it's working fine.

I didn't know that I am so far behind with the version. The time passed 
so quickly. Sorry to bother you with unnecessary questions instead of 
trying the latest version immediately.


Kind regards

Hans

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On 26.06.22 06:26, David Taylor wrote:
> On 25/06/2022 22:40, Hans Mayer wrote:
> > Dear All,
> >
> > I was looking for a possibility to log how many satellites are 
> > available/used
> > over a time period.
> > Reading the man page for „gpssnmp“ says it should be possible. But it 
> > doesn’t
> > work so easy.
> >
> > # gpssnmp -g .1.3.6.1.2.1.25.1.32
> > gpssnmp: ERROR: connection failed
> >
> > What are the prerequisites to run this tool ?
> > I compiled the source code version 3.24.1~dev (revision
> > release-3.24-138-g5a53fe309)
> > on Debian 11 bulsseye.
> >
> >
> > Kind regards
> > Hans
>
> Hans,
>
> You need the most recent version of gpsd, try a "pull" and compile again:
>
> sudo su
> cd gpsd
> sudo git pull origin master --rebase
> scons --config=force && scons install
> exit (out of superuser mode)
>
> Gary recently fixed an error causing this.  My original notes are here:
>
>   https://www.satsignal.eu/raspberry-pi/monitoring.html#gps
>
> I've since extended my work to return the precision variables returned 
> from the
> GPS receiver.
>
> Cheers,
> David
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