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author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2011-06-27 03:09:36 -0400 |
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committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2011-06-27 03:09:36 -0400 |
commit | 50b2f7c9805d8644ed345ec0bdfc01c03b8e820c (patch) | |
tree | 81239fd29ebb8aaf2f6e45d67f09df5d34b185ae /gpsmon.xml | |
parent | 5ab7d662b32628f6e198f2d43c1030a0a852e07f (diff) | |
download | gpsd-50b2f7c9805d8644ed345ec0bdfc01c03b8e820c.tar.gz |
Cleanup after the gsmon featurectomy.
Diffstat (limited to 'gpsmon.xml')
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1 files changed, 16 insertions, 33 deletions
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ BSD terms apply: see the file COPYING in the distribution root for details. <cmdsynopsis> <command>gpsmon</command> - <arg choice='opt'>-F <replaceable>control-socket</replaceable></arg> <arg choice='opt'>-L </arg> <arg choice='opt'>-V </arg> <arg choice='opt'>-h </arg> @@ -49,15 +48,9 @@ BSD terms apply: see the file COPYING in the distribution root for details. <para><application>gpsmon</application> is a monitor that watches packets coming from a GPS and displays them along with diagnostic information. It supports commands that can be used to tweak GPS -settings in various ways; some are device-independent, some vary -with the GPS chipset type.</para> - -<para>This tool used to be called 'sirfmon', and worked only on SiRF -devices (and the command set has changed to resemble the command -switches of <application>gpsctl</application>). It now has support for -a range of NMEA and other other binary-protocol devices as well. It -will behave sanely, just dumping packets, when connected to a GPS type -it knows nothing about.</para> +settings in various ways; some are device-independent, some vary with +the GPS chipset type. It will behave sanely, just dumping packets, +when connected to a GPS type it knows nothing about.</para> <para><application>gpsmon</application> differs from a navigation client in that it mostly dumps raw data from the GPS, with only enough @@ -293,14 +286,15 @@ leap-second and local time-zone offsets.</para> <varlistentry> <term>M</term> <listitem> -<para>(Direct mode only.) Set (M1) or clear (M0) static navigation. The SiRF documentation -says <quote>Static navigation is a position filter designed to be used -with motor vehicles. When the vehicle's velocity falls below a -threshold, the position and heading are frozen, and velocity is set to -zero. This condition will continue until the computed velocity rises -above 1.2 times the threshold or until the computed position is at -least a set distance from the frozen place. The threshold velocity and -set distance may vary with software versions.</quote></para> +<para>(Direct mode only.) Set (M1) or clear (M0) static +navigation. The SiRF documentation says <quote>Static navigation is a +position filter designed to be used with motor vehicles. When the +vehicle's velocity falls below a threshold, the position and heading +are frozen, and velocity is set to zero. This condition will continue +until the computed velocity rises above 1.2 times the threshold or +until the computed position is at least a set distance from the frozen +place. The threshold velocity and set distance may vary with software +versions.</quote></para> <para>Non-static mode is designed for use with road navigation software, which often snaps the reported position to the nearest road @@ -312,9 +306,10 @@ zero and position changing in large jumps.</para> <varlistentry> <term>P</term> <listitem> -<para>(Direct mode only.) Toggle navigation-parameter display mode. Toggles between -normal display and one that shows selected navigation parameters from -MID 19, including the Static Navigation bit toggled by the 'M' command.</para> +<para>(Direct mode only.) Toggle navigation-parameter display mode. +Toggles between normal display and one that shows selected navigation +parameters from MID 19, including the Static Navigation bit toggled by +the 'M' command.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> @@ -324,18 +319,6 @@ MID 19, including the Static Navigation bit toggled by the 'M' command.</para> </refsect2> </refsect1> -<refsect1 id='files'><title>FILES</title> - -<variablelist> -<varlistentry> -<term><filename>/var/run/gpsd.sock</filename></term> -<listitem> -<para>The default location of the control socket.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> - -</refsect1> <refsect1 id='bugs'><title>BUGS AND LIMITATIONS</title> <para>If you run <application>gpsmon</application> in client mode, |