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authorEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2009-01-21 07:04:53 +0000
committerEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2009-01-21 07:04:53 +0000
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nmeasend and ubxsend are no more.
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@@ -13,11 +13,6 @@ 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.
-nmeasend is probably only useful to people developing new protocols
-or testing odd features of their hardware. it takes the body of an
-NMEA sentence (without the $ or the *checksum) and ships a properly
-formatted NMEA sentence to the specified tty.
-
sirfctl might be used to reset an uncooperative sirfstar receiver to
a usable state. For whatever reason sometimes they do not respond to
a protocol switch command; this spams the receiver with configuration
@@ -33,8 +28,6 @@ have the PHP-GD installed to use this script.
ashctl is like nmeasend or sirfctl, but for Ashtech receivers.
-ubxsend is like nmeasend or sirfctl, but for u-blox receivers.
-
motosend is like nmeasend or sirfctl, but for receivers that use the motorola
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.