gpsprobe.1

很好的一个gps daemon驱动,简单实用

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.TH "GPSPROBE" 1 "" "" ""
.SH NAME
gpsprobe \- probe a GPS for type, send-cycle time and accuracy information
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\fBgpsprobe\fR [\-n\ \fIpacketcount\fR] [\fIdevice\fR] [\-h]
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"

.PP
gpsprobe samples the NMEA data stream from a GPS and attempts to deduce various interesting pieces of information, including:

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the GPS type (what chipset it uses)
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\(bu
the inventory of NMEA sentence types it emits
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\(bu
its send cycle (frequency of updates)
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.PP
In addition, if the GPS is getting position fixes, gpsprobe generates a scattergram from them and plots a probable\-error circle\&. This data is only meaningful if the GPS is held stationary while gpsprobe is running\&.

.PP
The report and scattergram is generated as a \fBgnuplot\fR(1) script to standard output\&. View it with \fBgnuplot \-persist <foo>\fR where <foo> should be replaced with the name of the plot script\&.

.PP
Note: gpsprobe needs access to the raw GPS device\&. Therefore gpsd must not be running when you call gpsprobe\&. You will probably have to run as superuser to get access to the device\&.

.SH "OPTIONS"

.PP
The \-n option sets the number of packets to sample\&. The default is 100\&.

.PP
The \-h option makes gpsprobe print a usage message and exit\&.

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The argument, if given, sets the name of the GPS device\&. The default is \fI/dev/gps\fR\&.

.SH "BUGS AND LIMITAIONS"

.PP
This program handles only straight NMEA devices; it won't handle either Rockwell or SiRF binary protocols\&.

.SH "SEE ALSO"

.PP
 \fBgpsd\fR(1)  \fBlibgps\fR(3)  \fBlibgpsd\fR(3)  \fBgnuplot\fR(1) 

.SH "AUTHOR"

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Eric S\&. Raymond <esr@thyrsus\&.com>\&. There is a project page here: \fIhttp://www.berlios.de/gpsd/\fR\&.