Re: [Gpsbabel-misc] GPilotS

[Robert L. <ro...@sc...>]

> [GPilotS' host mode is ] actually an interesting option for the endless 
> stream of reports
> I get for hardware I don't have.  (Garmin has been downright rude in
> requests for simulators, eval units, etc.)


With a fairly minor tweak to basically let it ignore this outtage in
the emulation, the only thing you really lose is you incur a timeout on
startup and you can't use the "create me a waypoint from where I am"
mode.  That doesn't seem so bad.

Spot-checking shows I can transmit and receive waypoints.

I can't recall if you can build from source or not.  If so, try this.
If not, let me know what OS you need a binary built for and I'll spin
you one.

RJL


Index: jeeps/gpsapp.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/gpsbabel/gpsbabel/jeeps/gpsapp.c,v
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -p -u -r1.10 gpsapp.c
--- jeeps/gpsapp.c      12 Mar 2004 06:18:01 -0000      1.10
+++ jeeps/gpsapp.c      24 Mar 2004 04:32:30 -0000
@@ -5234,10 +5234,19 @@ int32 GPS_A700_Get(const char *port, dou
     if(!GPS_Get_Ack(fd, &tra, &rec))
        return gps_errno;

+    /*
+     * This is a little tacky.   The GPilotS Garmin simulator doesn't
+     * correctly implement the D700 packets.  The only thing we really give
+     * up in this absence is the "create a wayoint with the current position"
+     * feature which is a pretty small loss.  So by not propogating the
+     * error up the stack, yet returning success anyway, we allow real Garmins
+     * to continue to work and fake Garmins merely get an error announcement
+     * but work anyway.
+     */
     if(!GPS_Packet_Read(fd, &rec))
-       return gps_errno;
+       return 1; /* gps_errno; */
     if(!GPS_Send_Ack(fd, &tra, &rec))
-       return gps_errno;
+       return 1; /* gps_errno; */

     switch(gps_position_type)
     {