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authorEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2005-07-11 17:48:12 +0000
committerEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2005-07-11 17:48:12 +0000
commitf8a78c0981fb76eedb5c0ef63db8b3ae34726008 (patch)
treedb8f48c388abe8401237dfd9d97ae4f2f09edd8c /gpsd.xml
parent2419386a8b6112b87e2e76a0b595f94ee02ec196 (diff)
downloadgpsd-f8a78c0981fb76eedb5c0ef63db8b3ae34726008.tar.gz
Add support for the 2-field return of C to client libraries.
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diff --git a/gpsd.xml b/gpsd.xml
index 5cea0bed..ffda2ad5 100644
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+++ b/gpsd.xml
@@ -202,11 +202,15 @@ If the driver does not have the capability to change sampling rate,
this returns, as "C=%f", the cycle time in seconds only.</para>
<para>Either number may be fractional, indicating a GPS cycle shorter
-than a second; however, if >1 cycle time must be a whole number. This
-command will return '?' at start of session, before the first full
-packet has been received from the GPS, because its type is not yet
-known. To set up conditions for a real answer, issue it after some
-command that reads position/velocity/time information from the
+than a second; however, if >1 the cycle time must be a whole number. Also
+note that relatively few GPSes have the ability to set sub-second
+cycle times; consult your hardware protocol description to make sure
+this works.</para>
+
+<para>This command will return '?' at start of session, before the
+first full packet has been received from the GPS, because its type is
+not yet known. To set up conditions for a real answer, issue it after
+some command that reads position/velocity/time information from the
device.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>