GPSBabel

On 22 May 2007, at 19:29, Al Bogner wrote:
> gpsbabel -i wbt -f /dev/ttyS1 -o kml -F out.kml
> WBT-100/200: Read error (-3)

Do you have a terminal program that you could use to make a direct  
connection to that port? If you can you should see NMEA data  
streaming from it. The baud rate should be set to 57600.


-- 
Andy Armstrong, hexten.net

Hi Andy,

> > gpsbabel -i wbt -f /dev/ttyS1 -o kml -F out.kml
> > WBT-100/200: Read error (-3)
>
> Do you have a terminal program that you could use to make a direct
> connection to that port?

Good question.  I have some terminal-programs, but it has been years I used 
one. I use Suse Linux at the moment and I can use Debian Etch for tests. I 
have no idea, but maybe the needed commands are included in the bash (3.1.17)?

I found
comgt
gnome-terminal
kterm
minicom
mlterm
nautilus-open-terminal

Please could you give me a _syntax_ of any terminal-program I mentioned for a 
try? It would also be no problem to install another terminal-program, since I 
have root-rights.


> If you can you should see NMEA data 
> streaming from it. The baud rate should be set to 57600.

I will post the output, if you tell me which commands I should try.

Al

> > gpsbabel -i wbt -f /dev/ttyS1 -o kml -F out.kml
> > WBT-100/200: Read error (-3)
> 
> Do you have a terminal program that you could use to make a direct  
> connection to that port? If you can you should see NMEA data  

cu -s 57600 -l /dev/ttyS1

RJL

On 22 May 2007, at 21:05, Al Bogner wrote:
> Good question.  I have some terminal-programs, but it has been  
> years I used
> one. I use Suse Linux at the moment and I can use Debian Etch for  
> tests. I
> have no idea, but maybe the needed commands are included in the  
> bash (3.1.17)?
>
> I found
> comgt
> gnome-terminal
> kterm
> minicom
> mlterm
> nautilus-open-terminal
>
> Please could you give me a _syntax_ of any terminal-program I  
> mentioned for a
> try? It would also be no problem to install another terminal- 
> program, since I
> have root-rights.

You should be able to do

$ sudo minicom -s

or login as root and then

# minicom -s

Configure minicom to use the appropriate port at 57600 baud. As soon  
you connect you should see data scrolling down the screen.

I'm more interested in whether you see the data than what the data  
actually is :)

-- 
Andy Armstrong, hexten.net

Am Dienstag, 22. Mai 2007 22:12 schrieb Andy Armstrong:

Hi Andy,

> Configure minicom to use the appropriate port at 57600 baud. As soon
> you connect you should see data scrolling down the screen.

I used everything default, except the port I changed to  /dev/ttyUSB0 and then 
I saw some data, probably my current position.

I think I have to tell you, what my aim is. I would like to sync my pictures 
and write GPS-data with exiftool using a bash-script.

So I would like to extract:

Time
GPS Altitude (in meter)
GPS Latitude (best as decimal-value)
GPS Latitude Ref (could also be calculated, if the value is negative)
GPS Longitude
GPS Longitude Ref

Al

On 22 May 2007, at 21:41, Al Bogner wrote:
> Am Dienstag, 22. Mai 2007 22:12 schrieb Andy Armstrong:
>
> Hi Andy,
>
>> Configure minicom to use the appropriate port at 57600 baud. As soon
>> you connect you should see data scrolling down the screen.
>
> I used everything default, except the port I changed to  /dev/ 
> ttyUSB0 and then
> I saw some data, probably my current position.
>
> I think I have to tell you, what my aim is. I would like to sync my  
> pictures
> and write GPS-data with exiftool using a bash-script.
>
> So I would like to extract:
>
> Time
> GPS Altitude (in meter)
> GPS Latitude (best as decimal-value)
> GPS Latitude Ref (could also be calculated, if the value is negative)
> GPS Longitude
> GPS Longitude Ref

Well when we get it working you should be able to :)

Can you run your gpsbabel command again adding the -D9 switch and  
mail me the output please?

$ gpsbabel -D9 -i wbt -f /dev/ttyS1 -o kml -F out.kml > debug.txt

-- 
Andy Armstrong, hexten.net

Am Dienstag, 22. Mai 2007 22:45 schrieb Andy Armstrong:

> Can you run your gpsbabel command again adding the -D9 switch and
> mail me the output please?
>
> $ gpsbabel -D9 -i wbt -f /dev/ttyS1 -o kml -F out.kml > debug.txt


Hmmh, it looks like you would like to know more.



gpsbabel -D9 -i wbt -f /dev/ttyS1 -o kml -F out.kml > debug.txt
GPSBabel Version: 1.3.1
WBT-100/200: Read error (-3)

# cat debug.txt
options: module/option=value: wbt/erase="0" (=default)
Opening port...
gbser_init("/dev/ttyS1")
Sending: $PFST,FIRMWAREVERSION
Sending:

Cmd: $PFST,FIRMWAREVERSION



gpsbabel -D9 -i wbt -f /dev/ttyUSB0 -o kml -F out.kml > debug.txt
GPSBabel Version: 1.3.1
WBT-100/200: Read error (-2)

cat debug.txt
options: module/option=value: wbt/erase="0" (=default)
Opening port...
gbser_init("/dev/ttyUSB0")
Sending: $PFST,FIRMWAREVERSION
Sending:

Cmd: $PFST,FIRMWAREVERSION


Al

On 22 May 2007, at 22:19, Al Bogner wrote:

> Am Dienstag, 22. Mai 2007 22:45 schrieb Andy Armstrong:
>
>> Can you run your gpsbabel command again adding the -D9 switch and
>> mail me the output please?
>>
>> $ gpsbabel -D9 -i wbt -f /dev/ttyS1 -o kml -F out.kml > debug.txt
>
>
> Hmmh, it looks like you would like to know more.

gpsbabel 1.3.1 doesn't support the WBT-201 :)

More info here:
  http://hexten.net/wiki/index.php/WBT-201

There's a patch in the latest gpsbabel source so the next release / 
will/ support WBT-201.

-- 
Andy Armstrong, hexten.net

Am Dienstag, 22. Mai 2007 23:27 schrieben Sie:

Hi Andi,

> gpsbabel 1.3.1 doesn't support the WBT-201 :)
>
> More info here:
>   http://hexten.net/wiki/index.php/WBT-201
>
> There's a patch in the latest gpsbabel source so the next release /
> will/ support WBT-201.

That's good news. I will try it to install gpsbabel from cvs and inform you if 
I could get it work. When do you think 1.3.4 will be released? Weeks, months?

FYI: I use at the moment this version:
apt-cache policy gpsbabel
gpsbabel:
  Installiert: 1.3.1-12
  Kandidat: 1.3.1-12
  Versionstabelle:
 *** 1.3.1-12 0

Will a Repository for OpenSuse 10.2 and 1.3.4  exist? I use smart as packet 
manager.


Al

Hi Al,

> Will a Repository for OpenSuse 10.2 and 1.3.4  exist? I use smart as packet
> manager.

currently NOT. The best way for SuSE (open-) is the source rpm. Download the 
file and make a rebuild:

rpm --rebuild gpsbabel-...src.rpm
rpm -Uhv /usr/src/packages/RPMS/[PLATFORM]/gpsbabel-...rpm

O.K.

Am Dienstag, 22. Mai 2007 23:27 schrieb Andy Armstrong:

> gpsbabel 1.3.1 doesn't support the WBT-201 :)
>
> More info here:
>   http://hexten.net/wiki/index.php/WBT-201

I tried to compile the cvs-version with Debian-Etch and got the error:

gcc   -c   -I. -I./coldsync  -g -O2 -Wall transform.c -o transform.o
gcc     main.o globals.o queue.o route.o waypt.o filter_vecs.o util.o vecs.o 
mkshort.o csv_util.o strptime.o grtcirc.o vmem.o util_crc.o xmlgeneric.o 
uuid.o formspec.o xmltag.o cet.o cet_util.o fatal.o rgbcolors.o xhtmlent.o 
inifile.o garmin_fs.o gbsleep.o units.o gbser_posix.o gbser.o gbfile.o 
coldsync/util.o coldsync/pdb.o  jeeps/gpsapp.o jeeps/gpscom.o jeeps/gpsmath.o 
jeeps/gpsmem.o jeeps/gpsprot.o jeeps/gpsread.o jeeps/gpsdevice.o 
jeeps/gpsdevice_ser.o jeeps/gpsdevice_usb.o jeeps/gpsrqst.o jeeps/gpssend.o 
jeeps/gpsserial.o jeeps/gpsutil.o jeeps/gpsusbread.o jeeps/gpsusbsend.o 
jeeps/gpsusbcommon.o jeeps/gpsusbstub.o shapelib/shpopen.o shapelib/dbfopen.o 
zlib/adler32.o zlib/compress.o zlib/crc32.o zlib/deflate.o zlib/inffast.o 
zlib/inflate.o zlib/infback.o zlib/inftrees.o zlib/trees.o zlib/uncompr.o 
zlib/gzio.o zlib/zutil.o magproto.o gpx.o geo.o mapsend.o mapsource.o 
garmin_tables.o gtm.o gpsutil.o pcx.o cetus.o copilot.o gpspilot.o magnav.o 
psp.o holux.o garmin.o tmpro.o tpg.o tpo.o xcsv.o gcdb.o tiger.o 
internal_styles.o easygps.o quovadis.o gpilots.o saroute.o navicache.o 
psitrex.o geoniche.o delgpl.o ozi.o nmea.o text.o html.o palmdoc.o 
netstumbler.o hsa_ndv.o igc.o brauniger_iq.o shape.o hiketech.o glogbook.o 
coastexp.o vcf.o overlay.o kml.o google.o lowranceusr.o an1.o tomtom.o 
tef_xml.o maggeo.o pathaway.o vitosmt.o gdb.o bcr.o coto.o ignrando.o 
stmwpp.o msroute.o cst.o nmn4.o mag_pdb.o compegps.o yahoo.o unicsv.o 
wfff_xml.o garmin_txt.o axim_gpb.o gpssim.o wbt-200.o stmsdf.o gtrnctr.o 
dmtlog.o raymarine.o alan.o vitovtt.o ggv_log.o g7towin.o garmin_gpi.o 
position.o radius.o duplicate.o arcdist.o polygon.o smplrout.o 
reverse_route.o sort.o stackfilter.o trackfilter.o discard.o nukedata.o 
interpolate.o transform.o  -lm  -lexpat  -o gpsbabel
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lexpat
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [gpsbabel] Fehler 1





It looks like it worked with Opensuse 10.2:

/usr/local/bin/gpsbabel  -D9 -i wbt -f /dev/ttyUSB0 -o kml -F out.kml > 
debug.txt


GPSBabel Version: 1.3.4-beta20070415

@Andy, I well send you the file.

Al

On 22 May 2007, at 23:26, Al Bogner wrote:
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lexpat
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

You need to install libexpat (including its headers). That's probably  
libexpat-devel if I'm googling it correctly.

-- 
Andy Armstrong, hexten.net

> > Will a Repository for OpenSuse 10.2 and 1.3.4  exist? I use smart as packet

I don't have a plan for 1.3.4 yet. The plans I do have involve
travelling four weeks of the next six, and the demand for a post 1.3.3
release is low, so I don't see it happening soon.

If you need a snapshot, the CVS trees always have the latest code.

RJL

On 22 May 2007, at 23:34, Robert Lipe wrote:
>>> Will a Repository for OpenSuse 10.2 and 1.3.4  exist? I use smart  
>>> as packet
>
> I don't have a plan for 1.3.4 yet. The plans I do have involve
> travelling four weeks of the next six, and the demand for a post 1.3.3
> release is low, so I don't see it happening soon.
>
> If you need a snapshot, the CVS trees always have the latest code.

And if you /do/ manage to build it please let me have a copy for the  
wiki :)

-- 
Andy Armstrong, hexten.net

Am Mittwoch, 23. Mai 2007 00:57 schrieben Sie:

> Well that looks like it's working. Do you have a file called out.kml?

Yes, but it doesn't show the track with googleearth, while the track is shown, 
when exported with the Wintec-software as km_z_

When I tried

gpsbabel  -D9 -i wbt -f /dev/ttyUSB0 -o kmz -F out.kmz > debug.txt
GPSBabel Version: 1.3.4-beta20070415
Output type 'kmz' not recognized


When I view the kml-file it shows 2 way-points only.


<Folder>
      <name>Waypoints</name>
      <Placemark>
        <name>WP0001</name>
        <TimeStamp><when>2007-05-22T12:56:29Z</when></TimeStamp>
        <styleUrl>#waypoint</styleUrl>
        <Point>
          <coordinates>...</coordinates>
        </Point>
      </Placemark>
      <Placemark>
        <name>WP0002</name>
        <TimeStamp><when>2007-05-22T15:28:41Z</when></TimeStamp>
        <styleUrl>#waypoint</styleUrl>
        <Point>
          <coordinates>...</coordinates>
        </Point>
      </Placemark>
    </Folder>

It looks like these are manually set track-points. The same with gpx.


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<gpx
 version="1.0"
creator="GPSBabel - http://www.gpsbabel.org"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/0"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/0 
http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/0/gpx.xsd">
<time>2007-05-23T09:17:00Z</time>
<bounds minlat="..." minlon="..." maxlat="..." maxlon="..."/>
<wpt lat=..." lon="...">
  <ele>422.000000</ele>
<time>2007-05-22T12:56:29Z</time>
  <name>WP0001</name>
  <cmt>WP0001</cmt>
  <desc>WP0001</desc>
</wpt>
<wpt lat="..." lon="...">
  <ele>423.000000</ele>
<time>2007-05-22T15:28:41Z</time>
  <name>WP0002</name>
  <cmt>WP0002</cmt>
  <desc>WP0002</desc>
</wpt>
</gpx>


Al

On 23 May 2007, at 10:37, Al Bogner wrote:

> Am Mittwoch, 23. Mai 2007 00:57 schrieben Sie:
>
>> Well that looks like it's working. Do you have a file called out.kml?
>
> Yes, but it doesn't show the track with googleearth, while the  
> track is shown,
> when exported with the Wintec-software as km_z_

You need to use the -t option to download tracks, -w to download  
waypoints. You can specify both.

See the examples here:

http://hexten.net/wiki/index.php/Wintec_GPSBabel_Usage

I think that should solve the problem :)

-- 
Andy Armstrong, hexten.net

Am Mittwoch, 23. Mai 2007 14:27 schrieben Sie:

> You need to use the -t option to download tracks, -w to download
> waypoints. You can specify both.
>
> See the examples here:
>
> http://hexten.net/wiki/index.php/Wintec_GPSBabel_Usage

Hi Andy,

Thanks, I've been there and tried to understand the gpsbabel-documentation, 
but there are so many possibilities, so I have to ask.

gpsbabel -t -w -i wbt -f /dev/ttyUSB0 -o kml -F out.kml

creates the _first_ track only. The result can be displayed with GoogleEarth. 
How do I get _all_ stored tracks.

I never used "-i wbt,erase" as mentioned at 
http://hexten.net/wiki/index.php/Wintec_GPSBabel_Usage so there should be more 
than 1 track stored.



I tried
gpsbabel -t -w -i wbt -f /dev/ttyUSB0 -o csv -F out.csv

which comes closer to my needs for syncing with exiftool.

The output is
GPS Latitude,GPS Longitude,comment

At least I need the date, time and the altitude in this csv-file too. Latitude 
Ref, Longitude Ref and GPS Altitude Ref would be fine.

Does the stream contain also GPS Version ID, GPS Measure Mode, GPS Map Datum? 
I think these are default values. I use at the moment:

[EXIF]          0x0000 GPS Version ID                  : 2.2.0.0
[EXIF]          0x000a GPS Measure Mode                : 3-Dimensional 
[XMP]                - GPS Altitude Ref                : Above Sea Level


Any other recommendations how to create a textfile with the mentioned data is 
welcome of course.

Al

On 23 May 2007, at 15:45, Al Bogner wrote:
> Hi Andy,
>
> Thanks, I've been there and tried to understand the gpsbabel- 
> documentation,
> but there are so many possibilities, so I have to ask.
>
> gpsbabel -t -w -i wbt -f /dev/ttyUSB0 -o kml -F out.kml
>
> creates the _first_ track only. The result can be displayed with  
> GoogleEarth.
> How do I get _all_ stored tracks.

Could you try this:

$ gpsbabel -t -w -i wbt -f /dev/ttyUSB0 -o gpx -F out.gpx

and mail me out.gpx please?

> Does the stream contain also GPS Version ID, GPS Measure Mode, GPS  
> Map Datum?
> I think these are default values. I use at the moment:
>
> [EXIF]          0x0000 GPS Version ID                  : 2.2.0.0
> [EXIF]          0x000a GPS Measure Mode                : 3-Dimensional
> [XMP]                - GPS Altitude Ref                : Above Sea  
> Level

The datum will always be WGS84. The GPS version and GPS Measure Mode  
won't be available in the data you get from gpsbabel.

-- 
Andy Armstrong, hexten.net

Am Mittwoch, 23. Mai 2007 17:46 schrieben Sie:

Hi Andy,

> > gpsbabel -t -w -i wbt -f /dev/ttyUSB0 -o kml -F out.kml
> >
> > creates the _first_ track only. The result can be displayed with
> > GoogleEarth.
> > How do I get _all_ stored tracks.
>
> Could you try this:
>
> $ gpsbabel -t -w -i wbt -f /dev/ttyUSB0 -o gpx -F out.gpx
>
> and mail me out.gpx please?

Done. It looks like the data was created by gpsbabel for all tracks, but isn't 
displayed with GoogleEarth.


Could you please tell me how to create an csv-output with

date, time,GPS Latitude,GPS Longitude,altitude?

I think this can be done with 
http://www.gpsbabel.org/htmldoc-development/Styles.html but I couldn't get it 
work till now.

Al