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| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2006-11-23 08:24:35 +0000 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2006-11-23 08:24:35 +0000 |
| commit | 4644b974be4cb771b506b36a655f9785ded4a834 (patch) | |
| tree | 8b5334e794cb25f746a7cf4ab37b05f4d2910700 /gpscat.xml | |
| parent | b0591cfbe3f1f9e621b8ee61988f210a2591b52e (diff) | |
| download | gpsd-4644b974be4cb771b506b36a655f9785ded4a834.tar.gz | |
Make gpscat able to set parity and stopbits.
Diffstat (limited to 'gpscat.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | gpscat.xml | 15 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
@@ -43,8 +43,11 @@ linefeed.</para> <varlistentry> <term>-s</term> <listitem> -<para>Set the port's baud rate before reading. Specifying -s 4800 -is frequently helpful with unknown devices.</para> +<para>Set the port's baud rate (and optionally its parity ad stop +bits) before reading. Argument should begin with one of the normal integer +baud rates (300, 1200, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, etc.). It may be +followed by an optional suffix [NOE][12] to set parity (None, Even, +Odd) and stop bits (1 or 2).</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -63,6 +66,9 @@ is frequently helpful with unknown devices.</para> </varlistentry> </variablelist> +<para>Specifying -s 4800N1 is frequently helpful with unknown +devices.</para> + </refsect1> <refsect1 id='see_also'><title>SEE ALSO</title> @@ -78,11 +84,6 @@ is frequently helpful with unknown devices.</para> </para> </refsect1> -<refsect1 id='bugs'><title>BUGS</title> - -<para>It is not yet possible to set parity and stop bits</para> - -</refsect1> <refsect1 id='maintainer'><title>AUTHOR</title> <para>Eric S. Raymond <email>esr@thyrsus.com</email>. There is a |