[time-nuts] How get FEI-Zyfer 380 GPSDO to talk with computer?

2017-05-04 Thread Arthur Dent
I have sent a copy of FEI-Zyper GPSMonInstallerV1.14 (2007) to jsrobbins at earthlink.net -Arthur Dent

Re: [time-nuts] How get FEI-Zyfer 380 GPSDO to talk with computer?

2017-05-04 Thread Chris Albertson
Yes, "gpsmod" is a name that make have been used of by many developers. There might be many programs called gpsmon around. But I think all this one does is respond to NMEA sentences. So it might be useful. The first step in figuring this out is to look if there is any data coming out. Put a

Re: [time-nuts] How get FEI-Zyfer 380 GPSDO to talk with computer?

2017-05-03 Thread Bryan _
James Robbins <jsrobb...@earthlink.net> Sent: May 3, 2017 4:40 PM To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: [time-nuts] How get FEI-Zyfer 380 GPSDO to talk with computer? Has anyone gotten an FEI-Zyfer 380 to talk to a control program? Can't seem to get it to talk to GPSCon or TAC32. Supposedly, it wan

Re: [time-nuts] How get FEI-Zyfer 380 GPSDO to talk with computer?

2017-05-03 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi I have a nasty suspicion that the “GPSMon" Zyfer is talking about is not the same program that is part of the Linux package. It’s a fairly obvious name. I’d bet it got re-used a couple of times. The docs on gpsd refer to it’s own tangled history in this regard. It’s certainly worth trying.

Re: [time-nuts] How get FEI-Zyfer 380 GPSDO to talk with computer?

2017-05-03 Thread Chris Albertson
gpsmon is part of the gpsd package. http://www.catb.org/gpsd/ But you can try simply connecting the serial data to a terminal window and reading what comes out. On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 4:40 PM, James Robbins wrote: > Has anyone gotten an FEI-Zyfer 380 to talk to a

[time-nuts] How get FEI-Zyfer 380 GPSDO to talk with computer?

2017-05-03 Thread James Robbins
Has anyone gotten an FEI-Zyfer 380 to talk to a control program? Can't seem to get it to talk to GPSCon or TAC32. Supposedly, it wants a program called "GPSMon" but I do not find the program with Google. Jim Robbins N1JR ___ time-nuts mailing