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libgpsd
service library for GPS applications
C:
#include <gpsd.h>
void gpsd_init
struct gps_t * session
char devtype
char * dgpsserver
int gpsd_activate
struct gps_t * session
void gpsd_deactivate
struct gps_t * session
int gpsd_poll
struct gps_t * session
void gpsd_wrap
struct gps_t * session
void gpsd_report
int d
const char * fmt
...
Python:
import gpsd
session = gpsd.gpsd(device="/dev/gps", bps=4800,
devtype='n', dgps=None, logger=None)
session.activate()
session.deactivate()
session.set_raw_hook(hook=None)
session.poll()
del session
DESCRIPTION
libgps
is a service library which supports querying GPS devices; link it with
the linker option -lgps. There are
two interfaces supported in it; one high-level interface that
goes through
gpsd1
and is intended for concurrent use by several applications, and one
low-level interface that speaks directly with the serial or USB device
to which the GPS is attached. This page describes the low-level
interface, whic
gpsd1
itself uses. See
gpsd3
for a description of the high-level interface, which is almost
certainly what you want.
Calling
gpsd_init()
initializes a session structure to hold the data collected by the GPS.
You must specify a device type by key letter; to list key
letters, run gpsd -h. It is generally safe to
specify 'n', as most modern GPSes speak NMEA.
You may optionally specify a DGPS server, either as a string
containing a server name or a string containining server name followed
by a colon and a port name or number. To specify no DGPS, pass the
null pointer.
After the session structure has been set up, you may modify some
of its members.
gpsd_device
This member should hold the path name of the device; it defaults to
/dev/gps.
baudrate
Communication speed in bits per second. The default is set by
the driver type.
raw_hook
A hook function to be executed on each NMEA
sentence as it is read from the GPS. The data from non-NMEA GPSes like
the EarthMate will be translated to an NMEA sentence before being
passed to the hook.
gpsd_activate()
initializes the connection to the GPS.
gpsd_deactivate()
closes the connection. These functions are provided so that
long-running programs can release a connection when there is no
activity requiring the GPS, and re-acquire it later.
gpsd_poll()
queries the GPS and updates the part of the session structure that
holds position, speed, GPS signal quality, and other data returned
by the GPS. It returns the number of characters waiting (-1 if the
GPS is inaccessible)
gpsd_wrap()
ends the session, implicitly performing a
gpsd_deactivate().
The calling application must define one additional function:
gpsd_report().
The library will use this to ordinary status messages. Use
first argument of 0 for errors, 1 for ordinary status messages,
and 2 or higher for debugging messages.
The Python implementation supports the same facilities as the C
library, but only for straight NMEA devices with a 1-second send cycle
(no Zodiac binary-protocol support). gps_init()
is replaced by the initialization of a gpsd session object; the other
calls are methods of that object. Resources within the session object
will be properly released when it is garbage-collected.
SEE ALSO
gpsd1
libgpsd3
AUTHOR
Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> based partly on earlier work by
Remco Treffkorn, Derrick Brashear, and Russ Nelson.