From c2e0ea1ba588e6d65a4280eb1e30d0923bba296a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sanjeev Gupta Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 00:51:38 +0800 Subject: Updating documentation in contrib/ Tested that webgps.py works, and updated README Signed-off-by: Gary E. Miller --- contrib/README | 15 +++++++++------ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'contrib/README') diff --git a/contrib/README b/contrib/README index db9f7ae4..70e634a0 100644 --- a/contrib/README +++ b/contrib/README @@ -22,6 +22,15 @@ lla2ecef transforms latitude/longitude/altitude (aka north-east-up or local tangential plane) coordinates into the earth-centered-earth-fixed frame. If invoked as "ecef2lla" it will transform coordinates in the opposite manner. +ppscheck watches a specified serial device for changes in handshake lines +CD, RI, and CTS by running ioctl(...., TIOCMIWAIT, ...) in a loop. When it +sees a state change it emits a timestamped line of output dumping the state +of the handshake signals. It's useful for checking whether a device is +emitting 1PPS. There is troubleshooting advice in the header comment. + +------ +The files below have been tested to work with gpsd v3.14, as of 2015-03-23 + webgps.py draws a sky view of the satellites and their tracks using HTML5. It needs to run continuously in order to build a history and generate the satellite tracks. Your browser must be able to display the element to @@ -34,12 +43,6 @@ ntpoffset generate an estimate of your GPS's offset from a peerstats file. For instructions on how to use this script, see the GPSD Time Service HOWTO in this distrubution, in the www/ subdirectory. -ppscheck watches a specified serial device for changes in handshake lines -CD, RI, and CTS by running ioctl(...., TIOCMIWAIT, ...) in a loop. When it -sees a state change it emits a timestamped line of output dumping the state -of the handshake signals. It's useful for checking whether a device is -emitting 1PPS. There is troubleshooting advice in the header comment. - ------ The files below do not work with current versions of gpsd. -- cgit v1.2.1