On 12/22/09, Bill Kenworthy <bi...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > On Mon, 2009-12-21 at 21:52 +0100, Michele Brocco wrote: >> On 12/21/09, Michele Brocco <ssj2mi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > thanks for the info guys. I will install zhone and report whether I >> > can find out something or not. Right now with fso disabled I can get >> > GPS NMEA data out of it. However no fix, position data or something >> > else interesting except sometimes some unreadable Date and Time (ZDA) >> > information which adjusted my time from year 1970 to 1999. >> > >> > On 12/21/09, Daniel Willmann <dan...@totalueberwachung.de> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> >> >> On 12/21/2009 02:54 PM, Michele Brocco wrote: >> >>> since i installed the latest SHR-U GPS seem to not work at all. The >> >>> SHR GUI for reading satellites shows no entry at all even after 20 >> >>> minutes outside. I think that may be related to the following problem >> >>> with the interface naming extracted from frameworkd.log: >> >> [...] >> >>> 2009.12.21 11:49:13.961 ogpsd WARNING (could not write >> >>> to '/sys/bus/platform/devices/neo1973-pm-gps.0/pwron': [Errno 2] No >> >>> such file or directory: >> >>> '/sys/bus/platform/devices/neo1973-pm-gps.0/pwron') >> >>> >> >>> but the file is called power_on here. Am I the only one experiencing >> >>> this (I know somebody having shr-u without that problem)? Is this >> >>> really the reason why I dont get a single entry in the satellite list >> >>> of the shr phoneui? >> >> >> >> This is "normal". Earlier kernel had pwron as node to control power to >> >> GPS and since the change ogpsd just writes to both (and will always >> >> complain about one not being there). >> >> If you install zhone (which should be possible on SHR) you can open the >> >> GPS tab and look at GPS in more detail. The chip will tell you which >> >> SVs >> >> it is currently looking for and if it is receiving data or not well >> >> before they appear in the SHR GUI. >> >> >> I the meanwhile I tried with zhone and it seems to search for >> approximately 13 different SVs without results for a loooong while >> (around 20 minutes). Power On seems to work since zhone's GPS icon >> activates after turning gps on through the shr settings gui. Also no >> time sync or any other value is set. >> > > > Use settings/position and "remove AGPS data" - I suspect that it > installs with a AGPS data file that by default doesnt suit your location > - I cant get a lock without cleaning it out after install, then its > fine. > > I tried to change GPS Antenna and to remove AGPS data but still no luck so far. I will try to change with a third antenna in the next days. Is there a way to see if there is some damage at the gps chip itself? gpspipe and cat produce some nmea data in a 1Hz rate. thats all i can see. but of course no fix data or meaningfull location data.
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