----- "Kevron Rees" <kevron_m_r...@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> > Hi, > > > > Geoclue master provider uses gconf key to set the gps device for > Gypsy. > > Below is one of the example which sets the path to bluetooth > device. > > > > gconftool-2 -t string -s > > /apps/geoclue/master/org.freedesktop.Geoclue.GPSDevice > 00:02:76:C5:81:BF > > > > AFAIK, gypsy has support for Serial gps devices and Bluetooth gps. > Hence, > > I > > was wondering how gypsy will be talking to AGPS, SUPL for different > set of > > Meego devices ? > > > > Cheers , > > Sanny > > > > AFAIK, there is no supl support in gypsy at the moment. The problem > is, > there seems to be no standard way to feed agps data back to the gps > device. Device mfg's use proprietary command sets to achieve this. > Getting the agps data from supl is probably the easy part. Finding a > generic way to feed that data to the gps device is a bit harder. > > > > > On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 10:26 PM, Kevron Rees > > <kevron_m_r...@linux.intel.com > >> wrote: > > > >> [snip] > >> >> Hi nasa, > >> >> > >> >> gypsy requires some application to have knowledge of the device > and > >> to > >> >> set > >> >> it up via the gypsy dbus api. I was told that gypsy should > really be > >> >> used > >> >> with some sort of management layer like geoclue which I assume > has > >> >> some > >> >> sort of configuration that it reads. > >> >> > >> >> In IVI, this management layer should start automatically when > an > >> >> application requests a gps fix (via the dbus launching > mechanism). I > >> >> don't know if this is the case however. > >> >> > >> >> Hope that helps. As I understand, the qt-mobility location > backend > >> >> for > >> >> meego will be geoclue/gypsy. So that should at least abstract > >> >> application > >> >> writers from having to know the details of the device. > >> >> > >> >> cheers, > >> >> -Kevron > >> > > >> > Thanks Kevron, > >> > > >> > so I get gypsy/geoclue and I noted that navit can/does use gypsy > (not > >> sure > >> > about geoclue). It seems unclear to me (and I guess you as well) > how > >> to > >> > configure gpysy to use an actual gps device. Looking on gypsy's > >> website > >> > ( http://gypsy.freedesktop.org/wiki/ ) doesn't help with figuring > that > >> > out. > >> > And, of course, geoclue is another layer above gypsy. > >> > > >> > I also thought I read somewhere that geoclue works with gpsd... > Is > >> that > >> > correct? > >> > > >> > >> geoclue can work with either gpsd or gypsy. If you have geoclue > >> running, > >> and configured correctly, it should set up gypsy with the right > device > >> (i > >> think). After that it's just a matter of getting navit to use it. > >> Ok, So I've been trying for the last day to configure navit.xml.local to get the data from gypsy (or should it be geoclue?) without much love. Does anyone know how to get this to work? For additional points -- this there a way to check gps data from geoclue without navit? Thanks Nasa _______________________________________________ MeeGo-dev mailing list MeeGo-dev@meego.com http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-dev
