GPSd position - Revision history

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2014-11-11T16:27:57Z

Hardware

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	[[File:GPS_Sirf3_USB.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|left\|USB GPS dongle]]		[[File:GPS_Sirf3_USB.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|left\|USB GPS dongle]]

	To get GPS in you groundstation laptop, simples is to use a USB GPS plug. There are many, quick search on the internet with "USB GPS" will no doubt give you a result.\		To get GPS in you groundstation laptop, simples is to use a USB GPS plug. There are many, quick search on the internet with "USB GPS" will no doubt give you a result.
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	=== Using gpsd ===		=== Using gpsd ===

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Hardware

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	[[File:GPS_Sirf3_USB.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|left\|USB GPS dongle]]		[[File:GPS_Sirf3_USB.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|left\|USB GPS dongle]]

	To get GPS in you groundstation laptop, simples is to use a USB GPS plug. There are many, quick search on the internet with "USB GPS" will no doubt give you a result.		To get GPS in you groundstation laptop, simples is to use a USB GPS plug. There are many, quick search on the internet with "USB GPS" will no doubt give you a result.\
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	=== Using gpsd ===		=== Using gpsd ===

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	== Hardware ==		=== Hardware ===

			[[File:GPS_Sirf3_USB.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|left\|USB GPS dongle]]

	To get GPS in you groundstation laptop, simples is to use a USB GPS plug. There are many, quick search on the internet with "USB GPS" will no doubt give you a result.		To get GPS in you groundstation laptop, simples is to use a USB GPS plug. There are many, quick search on the internet with "USB GPS" will no doubt give you a result.

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			== Hardware ==

			To get GPS in you groundstation laptop, simples is to use a USB GPS plug. There are many, quick search on the internet with "USB GPS" will no doubt give you a result.

	=== Using gpsd ===		=== Using gpsd ===
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	=== Using gpsd2ivy ===		=== Using gpsd2ivy ===

	It seams that you need to get first the location of your drone before having the one of your ground station. You might want to restart the gpsd2ivy program in order to force the calculation of a new position of your ground station (will staying in GCS).		It seams that you need to get first the location of your drone before having the one of your ground station. You might want to restart the gpsd2ivy program in order to force the calculation of a new position of your ground station (will staying in GCS).


	[[Category:Tools]] [[Category:User_Documentation]]		[[Category:Tools]] [[Category:User_Documentation]]

2014-03-07T17:11:02Z

Installing gpsd2ivy

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	=== ~~Installing~~ gpsd2ivy ===		=== Using gpsd2ivy ===
	It seams that you need to get first the location of your drone before having the one of your ground station. You might want to restart the gpsd2ivy program in order to force the calculation of a new position of your ground station (will staying in GCS).		It seams that you need to get first the location of your drone before having the one of your ground station. You might want to restart the gpsd2ivy program in order to force the calculation of a new position of your ground station (will staying in GCS).





	[[Category:Tools]] [[Category:User_Documentation]]		[[Category:Tools]] [[Category:User_Documentation]]

2014-03-07T17:10:46Z

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	./gpsd2ivy		./gpsd2ivy



			=== Installing gpsd2ivy ===
			It seams that you need to get first the location of your drone before having the one of your ground station. You might want to restart the gpsd2ivy program in order to force the calculation of a new position of your ground station (will staying in GCS).





	[[Category:Tools]] [[Category:User_Documentation]]		[[Category:Tools]] [[Category:User_Documentation]]

2014-03-07T17:06:37Z

Using gpsd2ivy

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	=== ~~Using~~ gpsd2ivy ===		=== Installing gpsd2ivy ===

	The small tool that gets the position info from gpsd and forwards that to the ivy bus so that the gcs can display it is called gpsd2ivy. It can be started through the '''GPSd position display''' in the Paparazzi Center Tools bar.		The small tool that gets the position info from gpsd and forwards that to the ivy bus so that the gcs can display it is called gpsd2ivy. It can be started through the '''GPSd position display''' in the Paparazzi Center Tools bar.

2014-03-07T16:40:04Z

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	The GPS receiver could be connected through a serial port, USB, Bluetooth, a network, ... The gpsd package is used to interface to the receiver. On some Linux distributions the gpsd daemon is started automatically by default (e.g. Ubuntu 9.10) and might confuse the modem operation that also uses the serial/USB port. It is a good idea to disable the automatic startup of gpsd or at least change the configuration to only access one given port as described below. It can be turned off by running		The GPS receiver could be connected through a serial port, USB, Bluetooth, a network, ... The gpsd package is used to interface to the receiver. On some Linux distributions the gpsd daemon is started automatically by default (e.g. Ubuntu 9.10) and might confuse the modem operation that also uses the serial/USB port. It is a good idea to disable the automatic startup of gpsd or at least change the configuration to only access one given port as described below. It can be turned off by running

	sudo dpkg-reconfigure gpsd		If gpsd is not installed, install it via:

			$ sudo apt-get install libgps-dev gpsd

			Then configure it via:

			$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure gpsd

	There are several ways to tell gpsd how to connect to your receiver. The simplest is to start gpsd (as root) with the device you want.		There are several ways to tell gpsd how to connect to your receiver. The simplest is to start gpsd (as root) with the device you want.

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	== Display a GPS position ==		== Display a GPS position ==

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	./gpsd2ivy		./gpsd2ivy

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2012-11-16T15:45:11Z

added info on libgps-dev dependency

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	The small tool that gets the position info from gpsd and forwards that to the ivy bus so that the gcs can display it is called gpsd2ivy. It can be started through the '''GPSd position display''' in the Paparazzi Center Tools bar.		The small tool that gets the position info from gpsd and forwards that to the ivy bus so that the gcs can display it is called gpsd2ivy. It can be started through the '''GPSd position display''' in the Paparazzi Center Tools bar.

	~~For now you have to build~~ gpsd2ivy ~~by hand.~~		Install the needed gps libraries:
			sudo apt-get install libgps-dev gpsd
			or
			sudo apt-get install --install-suggests paparazzi-dev

			Then compile gpsd2ivy via:

	cd sw/ground_segment/tmtc		cd sw/ground_segment/tmtc