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Package: gpsd
Version: 2.34.dfsg-6
Severity: normal
When the 'raw' output is translated NMEA data, such as from my Garmin
60CSx via a USB connection, gpsd does not produce any 'GSA' sentences in
the output.
The GSA sentence contains information somewhat similar to the 'q'
command, so this is hopefully not too difficult to achieve.
The GSA sentences are used extensively by gpsdrive to evaluate whether
the unit has a 3D or 2D fix. I have also filed bug #456149 against
gpsdrive earlier in relation to this problem.
The GSA sentences themselves seem to provide useful information which is
not straightforwardly available in the other NMEA output, so it would be
useful to provide this if it is not too complicated.
In case it's usefule here's some of the NMEA output from gpsd, showing
the lack of GSA sentences:
m
GPSD,M=3
q
GPSD,Q=11 1.20 0.00 0.56 0.56 1.33
q
GPSD,Q=11 1.20 0.00 0.56 0.56 1.33
q
GPSD,Q=11 1.20 0.00 0.56 0.56 1.33
r
GPSD,R=1
$GPGSV,3,1,11,16,08,118,15,08,33,235,24,10,07,228,00,23,27,007,17*79
$GPGSV,3,2,11,19,57,067,22,03,45,116,16,28,11,290,38,11,02,019,32*71
$GPGSV,3,3,11,13,59,335,17,27,58,221,14,25,76,193,20*47
$GPGGA,063755,4106.5418,S,17452.2880,E,1,11,,90.8,M,16.836,M,,*44
$GPRMC,063755,A,4106.5418,S,17452.2880,E,0.5443,340.630,171207,,*38
$GPGSV,3,1,11,16,08,118,15,08,33,235,24,10,07,228,00,23,27,007,17*79
$GPGSV,3,2,11,19,57,067,22,03,45,116,16,28,11,290,38,11,02,019,33*70
$GPGSV,3,3,11,13,59,335,17,27,58,221,14,25,76,193,20*47
$GPGGA,063756,4106.5415,S,17452.2882,E,1,11,,90.5,M,16.836,M,,*45
$GPRMC,063756,A,4106.5415,S,17452.2882,E,1.0691,33.550,171207,,*0F
$GPGSV,3,1,11,16,08,118,15,08,33,235,24,10,07,228,00,23,27,007,18*76
$GPGSV,3,2,11,19,57,067,22,03,45,116,16,28,11,290,38,11,02,019,33*70
$GPGSV,3,3,11,13,59,335,17,27,58,221,14,25,76,193,20*47
$GPGGA,063757,4106.5411,S,17452.2881,E,1,11,,90.8,M,16.836,M,,*4E
$GPRMC,063757,A,4106.5411,S,17452.2881,E,0.7581,20.680,171207,,*01
$GPGSV,3,1,11,16,08,118,14,08,33,235,24,10,07,228,00,23,27,007,18*77
$GPGSV,3,2,11,19,57,067,22,03,45,116,16,28,11,290,38,11,02,019,33*70
$GPGSV,3,3,11,13,59,335,17,27,58,221,14,25,76,193,20*47
$GPGGA,063758,4106.5407,S,17452.2882,E,1,11,,90.9,M,16.836,M,,*44
$GPRMC,063758,A,4106.5407,S,17452.2882,E,0.9719,15.300,171207,,*0C
r
GPSD,R=0
Regards,
Andrew McMillan.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (990, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-rc5-hippy (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_NZ.UTF8, LC_CTYPE=POSIX (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages gpsd depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.17 Debian configuration management sy
ii libc6 2.7-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libdbus-1-3 1.1.2-1 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libgps16 2.34.dfsg-6 C library for communicating with G
ii lsb-base 3.1-24 Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip
ii netbase 4.30 Basic TCP/IP networking system
ii python 2.4.4-6 An interactive high-level object-o
Versions of packages gpsd recommends:
ii gpsd-clients 2.34.dfsg-6 Clients for the GPS daemon
-- debconf information excluded
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