Re: [Gpsbabel-misc] Bluetooth GPS Receiver

[Peter A. <mas...@gm...>]

On Aug 25, 2006, at 8:24 AM, Jon Burgess wrote:

> On Thu, 2006-08-24 at 20:13 -0400, Peter Apockotos wrote:
>> How can I access my bluetoth GPS receiver if it is not a Garmin or
>> Magellen one?  It does support NMEA 0183 sentences.  But it does not
>> work with either type of GPS receiver.
>
> I don't have one myself, but the docs with gpsdrive suggest that they
> are typically accesible via the Bluetooth serial driver (rfcomm). Once
> connected, the virtual serial port should emit NMEA data just like a
> physically connected GPS device.
>
> Hope this helps,
> 	Jon
>
>
> [ from gpsdrive-2.10pre3/Documentation/README.Bluetooth ]
>
> maybe you have to pair the devices first
>
> moby:~# hcitool scan
> Scanning ...
>         00:15:7F:00:51:08       Bluetooth GPS
>
> moby:~# hcitool cc      00:15:7F:00:51:08
> moby:~# hcitool con
> Connections:
>         < ACL 00:15:7F:00:51:08 handle 41 state 1 lm MASTER
>
> moby:~# rfcomm bind /dev/rfcomm0 00:15:7F:00:51:08
>
> moby:~# cat /dev/rfcomm0 count=10
>
> moby:~# killall -9 gpsd
>
> moby:~# gpsd -p /dev/rfcomm0
>
>

The Bluetooth GPS is paired with my Mack Book and works in a lot of  
other GPS programs for the Mac.  I really want to use this app in  
combination of Google Earth.

Peter Apockotos
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