The device is attached as /dev/usb/tts/0 (after the installation of kmod-usb-serial and kmod-usb-serial-pl2303, before the installation it wasn't attacched to any device in the /dev filesystem). If I use microcom (I don't have picocom packaged for whiterussian) and I set the speed to 4800 baud I don't see anything.
On Thu, 2008-05-29 at 17:10 -0400, Mark Kelly wrote: > You do not need any garmin drivers, as long as the device is set to > standard NEMA output, you can install picocom and see the stream. > > #picocom -b4800 /dev/tts/0 > > If it's stuck in binary mode you want see any useful info. > > sirfmon is in gpsd utilities and will switch the device back to NMEA > mode so you can see the stream, but sirfmon is not in the gpsd package > for openwrt, you will need to interface with your pc to put it in NMEA > mode. > > > > > > On Thu, 2008-05-29 at 13:54 -0700, Geoff Levand wrote: > > Massimiliano Marcon wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I'm trying to make a usb GPS (Garmin18) work with a linksys wrtsl54gs. > > > I'm running on it whiterussian 0.9. I installed the packages > > > kmod-usb-serial and kmod-usb-serial-pl2303, now as soon as I connect it > > > to the usb port I see it as /dev/usb/tts/0, and dmesg says: > > > usbserial.c: Generic converter detected > > > usbserial.c: Generic converter now attached to ttyUSB0 (or usb/tts/0 for > > > devfs) > > > > > > So in theory I should be able to invoke a cat /dev/usb/tts/0 and see > > > something, instead I don't see anything. If i run gpsd, the daemon which > > > get data from a gps device I don't get any information as well. > > > > > > Any idea about this issue? > > > > This is not specific to OpenWRT. You need to use the garmin driver > > garmin_gps. It emulates a serial device. Look for it using the > > lsmod command. > > > > You need to send the device a command before it will send back data, so > > a cat will not work. > > > > -Geoff > > > > _______________________________________________ > > openwrt-devel mailing list > > openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org > > http://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel > > > _______________________________________________ > openwrt-devel mailing list > openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org > http://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel _______________________________________________ openwrt-devel mailing list openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org http://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
