I just got a Sprint AirCard (Merlin EX720) that has GPS capabilities.
It's on a MacBook Pro. I can see the data:
kosh:dev kurt$ cat /dev/cu.wwancntl2
$GPGGA,235945.0,5717.746771,N,05717.746771,E,0,32,99.9,1.0,M,,,,*3B
$GPGSA,A,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,*1E
$GPGSV,3,1,12,14,65,320,,22,63,035,,18,42,084,,31,29,191,*7F
$GPGSV,3,2,12,21,17,154,,09,16,039,,19,14,275,,06,11,236,*76
$GPGSV,3,3,12,30,11,118,,03,08,248,,12,07,085,,26,07,050,*7B
$GPVTG,,T,,M,,N,,K*4E
$GPRMC,,V,,,,,,,,,,N*53
$GPGGA,235945.0,5717.746771,N,05717.746771,E,0,32,99.9,1.0,M,,,,*3B
$GPGSA,A,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,*1E
$GPGSV,3,1,12,14,65,320,,22,63,035,,18,42,084,,31,29,191,*7F
$GPGSV,3,2,12,21,17,154,,09,15,039,,19,14,275,,06,11,236,*75
$GPGSV,3,3,12,30,11,118,,03,08,248,,12,07,085,,26,07,050,*7B
$GPVTG,,T,,M,,N,,K*4E
$GPRMC,,V,,,,,,,,,,N*53
The permissions of the port are:
kosh:dev kurt$ ls -l cu.wwancntl2
crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 17, 11 Jun 5 10:38 cu.wwancntl2
However, comma, when I define it in Xastir, I get an interface error.
It's defined as a Serial GPS on /dev/cu.wwan2cntl2 I left the port
settings and Port Style on their defaults.
Anybody ever done this before? I'm thinking that the ioctls to set the
settings are barfing and resulting in the errors:
ENOENT ERROR
Fri Jun 05 10:56:03 CDT 2009:
Interface Error! Error opening interface 1 Hard Fail
ENOENT ERROR
Fri Jun 05 10:59:39 CDT 2009:
Interface Error! Error opening interface 1 Hard Fail
This will be a very cool toy to have.....
Thanks,
Kurt
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Kurt A. Freiberger Austin, TX [email protected]
Amateur Radio Callsign WB5BBW AIM Handle: WB5BBW
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