[OSM-newbies] Using i-gotU gps data logger with linux

Michael Hofmann mh21 at piware.de
Thu Mar 26 10:15:15 GMT 2009


Hi,

> Some progress has been made in using the i-gotU gps device with linux.
> If you follow these instructions:
> "
> Try the navman driver instead.  You can either add the device id to
> the
> driver and rebuild it, or do this before you plug the device in:
>       modprobe navman
>       echo -n "0x0df7 0x0900" >
>       /sys/bus/usb-serial/drivers/navman/new_id
> and then plug your device in and see if that works.
> "
> you have read-only access to the device and you can use it as nmea
> data source
> for gpsd.

Igotu2gpx 0.1.1 has been released.

Igotu2gpx is a linux command line program to dump the internal flash of
the gps tracker and decode the stored tracks and waypoints. It uses
libusb, so you shouldn't use the navman kernel module.

Changes in 0.1.1:
- more reliable usb connection to the gps tracker
- new command line paramter --verify to get an idea what data is sent to
  the gps tracker
- Debug messages are send to stderr per default

Homepage: https://launchpad.net/igotu2gpx
Source tarballs are available from https://launchpad.net/igotu2gpx/+download
Ubuntu packages are available from https://launchpad.net/~igotu2gpx/+archive
Report bugs at https://bugs.launchpad.net/igotu2gpx

Let me know how it goes. Comments, contributions, bugs, bug fixes and
feature requests welcome!

Best regards
  Michael




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