LeseSolm Files

LeseSolm 0.0.1
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LeseSolm is an AWK script for downloading the track log of the "Solmeta Geotagger Pro", which is a direct geotagger for certain Nikon SLR cameras.

LeseSolm comes without any warranty.
USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.


INSTALL
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The script file "LeseSolm" must be placed in the directory from where you call it. Open a terminal there. Make the script executable by "chmod +x LeseSolm".


USAGE
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Connect the Geotagger to an USB port, open a terminal and change to the directory where you put the LeseSolm script. Turn the logger on and start LeseSolm by

./LeseSolm COMPORT

Replace COMPORT by the serial interface to the logger. If COMPORT is omitted it defaults to "/dev/ttyUSB0". If there are other USB-COM devices you may have to replace 0 by a higher number. You need read and write permissions to the serial interface file. In Opensuse 11.3 it is sufficient to be member of the group "dialout".

>LeseSolm 0.0.1: Auslesewerkzeug für Solmeta Geotagger Pro
>Leseprozeß mit PID 6784 gestartet, öffne Schnittstelle /dev/ttyUSB0, 4800
>Befehl: Version (v), Download (d), Löschen (erase), Ende (q), Abbrechen (abort)

Type "v" for showing the version (#Ver) and the used memory (#mem) of the Geotagger.

>Version anzeigen, 4800
>#Ver: Solmeta PRO V1.0-4 (Dec 03 2009)
>#mem:167KB

If nothing is shown try it again. Sometimes the Geotagger is ignoring commands.

"d" downloads the track log from the logger and saves the data into the file "Solmeta_YYYY-MM-DD-HHMMSS.nmea", where YYYY-... denotes the date and time of the first track point. Wait until the download is complete.

>Auslesen
>#connect
>Sende #down, 115200
>#download029e
>Lese Zeile  3149.
>#downcomplete
>3149 Zeilen gelesen.
>14 GPGGA Zeilen gefunden.
>NMEA Daten nach Solmeta_2011-01-22-114732.nmea geschrieben.
>Umschalten auf 4800

In this example 3149 lines have been saved into the file "Solmeta_2011-01-22-114732.nmea". Among them are 14 $GPGGA sentences which correspond to the track points where pictures were taken by the camera. You obtain this information only when the Geotagger was operational and mounted on the flash socket of the camera.

Now check the NMEA file for completeness. If everything is OK, you can erase the Geotagger memory by typing "erase". Wait approximately one minute until the process is finished.

>Logger leeren, 4800
>#StartErase
>Löschen läuft, bitte warten.
>#erasecomplete
>Logger geleert.

"v" will show you that the Geotagger is empty now.

>Version anzeigen, 4800
>#Ver: Solmeta PRO V1.0-4 (Dec 03 2009)
>#mem:0KB

Type "q" to quit. Turn the logger off.


REMARKS
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1. You can abort the download and erase processes with "abort". This may confuse the Geotagger and you may have to turn it off. Use this option only when the Geotagger hangs.

2. The LeseSolm script is experimental, it works fine for my configuration:
Old hardware version of "Solmeta Geotagger Pro"
Opensuse 11.3, gawk-3.1.6-31.1.i586, coreutils-7.1-11.1.1.i586

3. For me LeseSolm works better than the Windoze tool, which often hangs. The USB-COM driver is already part of the Linux kernel. No need to install drivers. The NMEA files created by LeseSolm are given reasonable file names.

4: "d" does not overwrite existing Solmeta_YYYY...SS.nmea files, instead the log is written into the file Solmeta_YYYY-...SS-xxxx.nmea, where xxxx is a number starting from 0001.