On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 9:08 AM, Rudolf Streif <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> There's quite a bit more documentation in the AMB docs:
>>
>> https://github.com/otcshare/automotive-message-broker/blob/master/plugins/gpsnmea/README
>>
>> But it'd be good to have something on the tizen wiki as well.  I'll
>> add some information.
>>
> Yes, thanks. We looked at that too. Would be nice to have some sample code
> to easily test if it's working.
> The gpsd package comes with cgps and other clients that makes it rather easy
> to get things tested in a
> short time.
>

A lot of it probably has to do with tool familiarity.  gpsd has some
nice tools.  In AMB:

amb-listen Location
or
amb-get Location

will tell you if it's working.  If you want to know why it's not
working, running ambd with -d5 or -d7 will spit out a lot of debug
about the NMEA messages from the gps device.

> Would be good to have that for AMB too (and not just for GPS).There is the
> examples subdir in the repo but
> there is no repo for it. AMB is great and we are using it already but more
> documentation, readme's and HowTo's
> would drive adoption.
>

This type of feedback is really appreciated because it gives us an
idea where documentation and overall support needs to improve.  What
do you find useful in cgps?  Would adding a "SatellitesInView"
property that you can easily get via amb-get/amb-listen be useful?
Possibly a "GpsFix" property that tells you what level of fix (1, 2,
or 3D fix)?

>
>>
>> > multiple layers of software involved and gps receivers can be rather
>> > finicky
>> > we stuck with what we know. It would be good to have more documentation
>> > for
>> > ABM and the gps plugin. Is it actually using the gpsd libraries?
>> >
>>
>> It connects to the hardware directly.  Yes, gps devices can be
>> finicky.  I've tested with several different devices and have had to
>> make tweaks to get them to work.  If you find a device that doesn't
>> work, I'd like to know about it.
>>
> Will do. The device we are using right now is a BU-353S4, which I would
> expect to work since it's rather
> standard.
>
>  Rudi
>
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