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author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2005-07-28 23:55:18 +0000 |
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committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2005-07-28 23:55:18 +0000 |
commit | 2d7f7282d103f0c4749ff223110644b41f31faf0 (patch) | |
tree | bfa1bb90cf98dd74abb1889cba6d7184a7629262 /rtcmdecode.1 | |
parent | 790805355a84025a1b11b853e23e11cdaafe4405 (diff) | |
download | gpsd-2d7f7282d103f0c4749ff223110644b41f31faf0.tar.gz |
Add and document -d and -e options for rtcmdecode.
Diffstat (limited to 'rtcmdecode.1')
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/rtcmdecode.1 b/rtcmdecode.1 index d9e77eca..f6d27d99 100644 --- a/rtcmdecode.1 +++ b/rtcmdecode.1 @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ rtcmdecode \- decode RTCM104 streams into a readable format .ad l .hy 0 .HP 11 -\fBrtcmdecode\fR [\-v\ \fIdebuglevel\fR] +\fBrtcmdecode\fR [\-d] [\-e] [\-v\ \fIdebuglevel\fR] .ad .hy @@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ The decoder dump format is described in \fBrtcm\fR(5); these lines go to standar .SH "OPTIONS" .PP +The \-d option tells the program to decode RTCM\-104 presented on standard input to a text dump in the format of \fBrtcm\-104\fR(5) on standard output\&. This is the default behavior\&. + +.PP +The \-e option option tells the program to encode a text dump in the format of \fBrtcm\-104\fR(5) to standard output\&. + +.PP The \-v option sets a verbosity level\&. It is mainly of interest to developers\&. .SH "APPLICABLE STANDARDS" @@ -52,7 +58,10 @@ The applicable standard is RTCM Recommended Standards for Differential NAVSTAR G .PP Ordering instructions are accessible from the website of the Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services: \fIhttp://www.rtcm.org/\fR under "Publications"\&. -.SH "BUGS" +.SH "BUGS AND LIMITATIONS" + +.PP +RTCM\-104 represents floating\-point quantities as an integer multiple of a fixed scale factor\&. Editing an RTCM\-104 dump can produce numbers that are not an integer multiple of the scale factor for their field\&. If you do this, the value actually packed into binary RTCM\-104 will be rounded down to the nearest scale unit, and dumping will show slightly different numbers than those you entered\&. .PP The decoder logic is sufficiently convoluted to confuse some compiler optimizers, notably in GCC 3\&.x at \-O2, into generating bad code\&. |