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| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2009-01-21 07:42:53 +0000 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2009-01-21 07:42:53 +0000 |
| commit | eccc8415e747fa9662ea36e2159ae7b01c11c533 (patch) | |
| tree | b21c97c1172ce321f897795f84a5985f0804e3eb /contrib/README | |
| parent | be3b6f303eb3c7d3103bb2cdb6e331c8d6f029e1 (diff) | |
| download | gpsd-eccc8415e747fa9662ea36e2159ae7b01c11c533.tar.gz | |
sirfctl goes away.
Now that gpsctl does the low-level reset thing by spamming at all
baud rates, sirfctl is redundant.
Diffstat (limited to 'contrib/README')
| -rw-r--r-- | contrib/README | 18 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/README b/contrib/README index 87fc203e..d3148e68 100644 --- a/contrib/README +++ b/contrib/README @@ -13,12 +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. -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 -commands, and hopefully it listens. This works at least as well as -the official SiRF tools. - 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 @@ -26,11 +20,15 @@ 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 installed to use this script. -ashctl is like nmeasend or sirfctl, but for Ashtech receivers. +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 +commands, and hopefully it listens. -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. +motosend is like ashctl, 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. maxsats.pl analyzes a collection of "Y" messages and outputs records describing periods of excellent visibility (ie. 10 or more PRNs tracked). |