GPS setup

[TL NELSON]

How do I get the gps work?  I have a GPS puck plugged in and setting in a south facing window.  When I run the GPS option it appears to be unpopulated.

My GPS puck is a G-Mouse Stratux VK-162.

Thanks again for helping this old man.

Terry - WD3NA

[Mark Cohen]

I’ve not done this (yet) with the digipi, but I’ve done a LOT of GPS stuff over the years. 

When you plug it in, you should see a usb/serial device in the /dev/ device tree, that serial device is usually 4800 baud. (Though some devices can go up to 115200.)  

You should be able to connect to the device using something like minicom/tinycom/screen/tmux at that speed and will see the sentences populate. 

Give that a try and see if you can see anything coming from the GPS in the first place.

73 de K6EF

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[Craig]

That's really close, yah.  Plugin the GPS, then click SysInfo on the DigiPi, take note
of the device file Mark mentions here.

then Shell
password: raspberry
sudo remount
sudo nano /etc/default/gpsd   ## enter gps device file noted on SysInfo (ttyACM0, or ttyUSB0, or similar)


-craig
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[Mark Cohen]

Ha, glad you made it even easier! 

PS, always happy to see your checkins on Sunday nights at 8pm on 145.050. :)

73 de K6EF