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| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2015-04-15 08:14:19 -0400 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2015-04-15 08:14:19 -0400 |
| commit | 7aa3dbf2a85357baa554f87cdc48e5a3461a7c34 (patch) | |
| tree | 8e737b260ba672392fa391031aa7c7d6de6fd9ae /gpsmon.xml | |
| parent | 03d95bbd51ded9f1975c698a02f9c0da3ea505e4 (diff) | |
| download | gpsd-7aa3dbf2a85357baa554f87cdc48e5a3461a7c34.tar.gz | |
Make gpsmon's behavor on extended NMEA devices a bit less obscure.
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@@ -61,6 +61,14 @@ particular, this tool does not do any interpolation or modeling to derive climb/sink or error estimates. Nor does it discard altitude reports when the fix quality is too low.</para> +<para>Unlike <application>gpsd</application>, +<application>gpsmon</application> never writes control or probe +strings to the device unless you explicitly tell it to. Thus, while +it will auto-sync to binary packet types, it won't automatically +reecognize a device shipping an extended NMEA protocol as anything +other than a plain NMEA device. Use the <option>-t</option> option or +the <command>t</command> to work around this.</para> + <para><application>gpsmon</application> is a designed to run in a terminal emulator with a minimum 25x80 size; the non-GUI interface is a design choice made to accommodate users operating in constrained |