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| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2015-03-24 13:49:31 -0400 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2015-03-24 13:49:31 -0400 |
| commit | 0dac112485e7a7117bd9ac735625f20e10750e79 (patch) | |
| tree | 855fbe63055875164382b2e6ba33597b777e73a6 /contrib/README | |
| parent | 8c7d91975cd63312272edee54aa7b8bdec1f7c17 (diff) | |
| download | gpsd-0dac112485e7a7117bd9ac735625f20e10750e79.tar.gz | |
Removed contrib/skyview.php amd contrib/maxsats.pl, they used the old protocol.
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1 files changed, 1 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/README b/contrib/README index 849bae44..6f51b025 100644 --- a/contrib/README +++ b/contrib/README @@ -8,13 +8,6 @@ with a log file. These utilities are not particularly clever - they merely slurp a tty's output into a file, or spray the contents of a file out of a tty. -skyview.php is used to generate pictures of your skyview, and may be -used to help determine if a given antenna placement is appropriate for -some purpose. This tool requires about 24hrs worth of "Y" messages and -outputs an image of accumulated SV position and signal strength. It is -sometimes entertaining to "see" occulted SVs using multipath. You must -have the PHP-GD library installed to use this script. - ashctl might be used to reset an uncooperative Ashtech receiver to a usable state. For whatever reason sometimes they do not respond to a protocol switch command; this spams the receiver with configuration @@ -25,11 +18,6 @@ protocol (like motorola oncore or rockwell jupiter). it's a little buggy with syncing up to the start of a packet, but it'll send control strings OK. -maxsats.pl analyzes a collection of "Y" messages and outputs records -describing periods of excellent visibility (ie. 10 or more PRNs tracked). -With over 30 SVs on orbit, there are periods where 14 PRNs are above the -horizon, 13 are tracking, and at least 12 are actually used in a solution. - lla2ecef transforms latitude/longitude/altitude (aka north-east-up or local tangential plane) coordinates into the earth-centered-earth-fixed frame. If invoked as "ecef2lla" it will transform coordinates in the opposite manner. @@ -44,7 +32,7 @@ to create a snapshot of the current sat view. ntpoffset generate an estimate of your GPS's offset from a peerstats file. For instructions on how to use this script, see the GPSD Time -Service HOWTO in this distrubution. +Service HOWTO in this distribution. ppscheck watches a specified serial device for changes in handshake lines CD, RI, and CTS by running ioctl(...., TIOCMIWAIT, ...) in a loop. When it |