[OSM-newbies] Fedora and bluetooth gps (openstreetmap.org) howto ?

[H.S.Rai]

On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 9:27 PM, Valent Turkovic
<valent.turkovic at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Any tips for gps+bluetooth+fedora are welcome. After I get this working I'll
> setup a fedora wiki page explaining how to do it...

You also need to setup hcid.conf, rfcomm.conf, and establish RF
communication.

Visit:

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_use_Bluetooth_GPS_device_(_with_GPSD_)
http://srijanlabs.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/bluetooth-gps-devices-with-linux

Issue commands something like following after installing required packages:

hcitool dev
hcitool scan
edit /etc/bluetooth/pin to enter 0000
hcitool scan
rfcomm connect 0 00:0A:3A:27:62:96

gpsd -N /dev/rfcomm0


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