Re: [Xastir] New toy, but doesn't work yet.....

2009-06-06 Thread Gerry Creager
James Ewen wrote: On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 9:57 PM, Thomas Sprinzingtho...@sprinzing.org wrote: On 5-Jun-09, at 12:06 PM, Kurt A. Freiberger wrote: $GPGGA,235945.0,5717.746771,N,05717.746771,E,0,32,99.9,1.0,M*3B b) why is the GPRMC broken, while GPGGA looks fine? The card has got a fix,

Re: [Xastir] New toy, but doesn't work yet.....

2009-06-05 Thread David Flood
Are you running as root or a member of the wheel group? My guess is that your userid needs to be part of the groups that can access the device. And not having a Mac, I'm not sure how you do that. -Original Message- From: xastir-boun...@lists.xastir.org

Re: [Xastir] New toy, but doesn't work yet.....

2009-06-05 Thread Jason KG4WSV
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 11:16 AM, David Flooddavi...@mindspring.com wrote: Are you running as root or a member of the wheel group? My guess is that your userid needs to be part of the groups that can access the device. the perms are world rw - that should work just fine... -Jason kg4wsv

Re: [Xastir] New toy, but doesn't work yet.....

2009-06-05 Thread Tom Russo
On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 11:06:12AM -0500, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the k...@badgers-hill.net flavor, containing: 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

Re: [Xastir] New toy, but doesn't work yet.....

2009-06-05 Thread Floyd Rodgers
Just curious; Some of these types of cards from other vendors do have onboard GPS. I wonder if they would work (GPS wise) without being activated on the cell carrier? ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@lists.xastir.org

Re: [Xastir] New toy, but doesn't work yet.....

2009-06-05 Thread Tom Hayward
Just curious; Some of these types of cards from other vendors do have onboard GPS. I wonder if they would work (GPS wise) without being activated on the cell carrier? I know at least with Sprint, the GPS is heavily integrated with the cell system. The way the information was presented to me,

Re: [Xastir] New toy, but doesn't work yet.....

2009-06-05 Thread Kurt A. Freiberger
The percussive impact y'all have probably just heard is the sound of a hand hitting a forehead. I've been looking at that for an hour, and never saw it. We're up!!! I'll have to take it to the car later and drive around. This will be so great! Thanks very much! Kurt Tom Russo

Re: [Xastir] New toy, but doesn't work yet.....

2009-06-05 Thread Thomas Sprinzing
On 5-Jun-09, at 12:06 PM, Kurt A. Freiberger wrote: 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

Re: [Xastir] New toy, but doesn't work yet.....

2009-06-05 Thread Kurt A. Freiberger
No fix inside, where the Ethernet cable is. Works fine outside. The card has an antenna jack on it, but I don't know if that will help the GPS. Doubtful. kf James Ewen wrote: On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 9:57 PM, Thomas Sprinzingtho...@sprinzing.org wrote: On 5-Jun-09, at 12:06 PM, Kurt A.