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author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2005-07-20 16:04:52 +0000 |
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committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2005-07-20 16:04:52 +0000 |
commit | b5fa2f599470073d279ac70d346b709c62114a3e (patch) | |
tree | df1bc77d9203d8736d12931c15a528e88941f94c /rtcmdecode.1 | |
parent | fc2548d0076011f1f175f93c5cb32e6179767593 (diff) | |
download | gpsd-b5fa2f599470073d279ac70d346b709c62114a3e.tar.gz |
Ugh. Manual pages have to be in the repo in order for xmlto not to be required.
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diff --git a/rtcmdecode.1 b/rtcmdecode.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..667e26b0 --- /dev/null +++ b/rtcmdecode.1 @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +.\"Generated by db2man.xsl. Don't modify this, modify the source. +.de Sh \" Subsection +.br +.if t .Sp +.ne 5 +.PP +\fB\\$1\fR +.PP +.. +.de Sp \" Vertical space (when we can't use .PP) +.if t .sp .5v +.if n .sp +.. +.de Ip \" List item +.br +.ie \\n(.$>=3 .ne \\$3 +.el .ne 3 +.IP "\\$1" \\$2 +.. +.TH "RTCMDECODE" 1 "" "" "" +.SH NAME +rtcmdecode \- decode RTCM104 streams into a readable format +.SH "SYNOPSIS" +.ad l +.hy 0 +.HP 11 +\fBrtcmdecode\fR [\-v\ \fIdebuglevel\fR] +.ad +.hy + +.SH "DESCRIPTION" + +.PP +This tool is a decoder for RTCM\-104, an obscure and complicated serial protocol used for broadcasting pseudorange corrections from differential\-GPS reference stations\&. RTCM\-104 is expected on standard input; an equivalent, 100%\-information\-preserving text format is written to standard output\&. + +.PP +You can use this tool with \fBnc\fR(1) to examine RTCM feeds from DGPSIP servers\&. + +.PP +The decoder dump format is described in \fBrtcm\fR(5); these lines go to standard output\&. As well as data the decoder also prints decoder status messages to standard error, as necessary\&. + +.SH "OPTIONS" + +.PP +The \-v option sets a verbosity level\&. It is mainly of interest to developers\&. + +.SH "SEE ALSO" + +.PP + \fBgpsd\fR(8), \fBxgps\fR(1), \fBlibgps\fR(3), \fBlibgpsd\fR(3), \fBgpsprof\fR(1), \fBgnuplot\fR(1), \fBgpsfake\fR(1), \fBrtcm\fR(5)\&. + +.SH "APPLICABLE STANDARDS" + +.PP +The applicable standard is RTCM Recommended Standards for Differential NAVSTAR GPS Service RTCM Paper 194\-93/SC 104\-STD\&. + +.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" + +.PP +This program will fail quietly, never achieving sync lock with the RTCM stream, on a non\-little\-endian machine\&. The decoder logic is sufficiently convoluted to confuse some compiler optimizers, notably in GCC 3\&.x at \-O2, into generating bad code\&. + +.SH "AUTHOR" + +.PP +Eric S\&. Raymond <esr@thyrsus\&.com>\&. This is a somewhat hacked version of an RTCM decoder originally written by Wolfgang Rupprecht\&. There is a project page for gpsd here: \fIhttp://gpsd.berlios.de/\fR\&. + |