From: J. L. <vwy...@gm...> - 2011-03-21 01:42:12
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Not sure really what commands your trying to send or what you have or have not tried but sending commands to a GPS is not very common in my world with autopilots other than just reading the data stream and turning on and off the GPS. But this may be of use also cloning the repo will lead you to some great gps example code that could hopefully help http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/GPS Try looking up also other autopilots such as ardupilot, there are also a bunch of sub based drones on diydrones.com you could look that and maybe ask for a little advice on what your trying to do there with the GPS JL On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 6:32 PM, TJ <jor...@gm...> wrote: > Hey Bob > > Yeah - I've been pouring over those docs. I know there are operating > modes - I just dont know how to use them from the linux side. There > must be some way of sending commands to a module... > > > > > On 21 March 2011 14:20, Bob Cochran <bco...@ve...> wrote: > > TJ, > > > > I would check the U-Blox website for their documentation on the module. > > In particular, please look at the > > > > LEA-5, NEO-5, TIM-5H - Hardware Integration Manual > > > > on the u-blox.com website. Page 10, Section 1.3.2, "Operating Modes", > > indicates there is a Power Saving mode. You can download the 68-page pdf > > and check it out. > > > > Thanks > > > > Bob Cochran > > > > > > On 03/20/2011 09:02 PM, TJ wrote: > >> Hey all > >> > >> Has anyone had any luck sending commands to the GPS module on the > >> Gallop43? I'm trying to figure out a way to put it into a low power > >> state but cant send any commands to it at all. > >> > >> gpsd doesnt allow commands to be sent TO the module for security > >> reasons. gpsctl -b doesnt appear to work. > >> > >> A weird thing is that the module is hardware configured so that it > >> should boot in NMEA @ 38400 baud, but when I use gpsd and view the > >> data coming from the gps using cgps or gpsmon, it's coming in at 9600. > >> This implies that something, somewhere is able to (and is) changing > >> the mode by sending a software command to the module. So how can I do > >> that? > >> > >> Any help would be appreciated. > >> > >> TJ > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> Colocation vs. Managed Hosting > >> A question and answer guide to determining the best fit > >> for your organization - today and in the future. > >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d > >> _______________________________________________ > >> gumstix-users mailing list > >> gum...@li... > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > >> > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Colocation vs. Managed Hosting > > A question and answer guide to determining the best fit > > for your organization - today and in the future. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d > > _______________________________________________ > > gumstix-users mailing list > > gum...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Colocation vs. Managed Hosting > A question and answer guide to determining the best fit > for your organization - today and in the future. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > |