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Setting up xgps...
#1
Hello

My mouse Gps works fine on /dev/ttyOP_GP.
Is there a way (or how ) to set up xgps from gpsd so that I can have the sky view ?
TIA

Pytheas
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#2
(2017-12-26, 01:56 PM)Pytheas Wrote: Hello

My mouse Gps works fine on /dev/ttyOP_GP.
Is there a way (or how ) to set up xgps from gpsd so that I can have the sky view ?
TIA

Pytheas

Quite a responsive forum, I see Tongue
From
(Cannot get gpsd working on Pi3)
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=138711
[url=https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=138711#p920438][/url]
I compiled the latest version of GPSD, (great if you're retired with an afernoon to kill), hunted for the latest version of python-gps, discovered how poor openplotter distrib is (no gdebi for instance)...
No luck: xgps won't run (as other python scripts). However compiled apps like gpsmon run fine
So I quit...


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#3
(2017-12-28, 03:35 PM)Pytheas Wrote:
(2017-12-26, 01:56 PM)Pytheas Wrote: Hello

My mouse Gps works fine on /dev/ttyOP_GP.
Is there a way (or how ) to set up xgps from gpsd so that I can have the sky view ?
TIA

Pytheas

Quite a responsive forum, I see Tongue
From
(Cannot get gpsd working on Pi3)
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=138711
[url=https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=138711#p920438][/url]
I compiled the latest version of GPSD, (great if you're retired with an afernoon to kill), hunted for the latest version of python-gps, discovered how poor openplotter distrib is (no gdebi for instance)...
No luck: xgps won't run (as other python scripts). However compiled apps like gpsmon run fine
So I quit...

what's skyview?  Looks like some sort of aircraft thing? Openplotter is very much designed for small boat nav which could explain the lack of response, that and everyone is eating turkey Wink
Could skyview take a tcp/udp feed? You might be able to connect to one of the output ports in the NMEA tab, maybe the signalk port?
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(2017-12-28, 07:14 PM)PaddyB Wrote: what's skyview?  Looks like some sort of aircraft thing? Openplotter is very much designed for small boat nav which could explain the lack of response, that and everyone is eating turkey Wink
Could skyview take a tcp/udp feed? You might be able to connect to one of the output ports in the NMEA tab, maybe the signalk port?

Skyview is just a visual plot of the GPS sats over your head. (see pic) Rolleyes  That's the quickest way I know to make sure that the GPS chain from (e.g.) the mouse to the input (device name and type) to Opencpn is OK.

How to use xgps in gpsd ?

Start it with

Code:
sudo gpsd /dev/ttyOP_GP -G -n -F /var/run/gpsd.sock

xgps

And don't forget to 
Code:
sudo killall gpsd
before you start Opencpn.


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(2017-12-28, 08:04 PM)Pytheas Wrote: Skyview is just a visual plot of the GPS sats over your head. (see pic) Rolleyes  That's the quickest way I know to make sure that the GPS chain from (e.g.) the mouse to the input (device name and type) to Opencpn is OK.

Ah, OK, not come across that before, looks interesting.

You can get some basic GPS satellite status  info in opencpn itself -

https://opencpn.org/wiki/dokuwiki/doku.p...and_status
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