On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 2:56 PM, Curt, WE7U <[email protected]> wrote:
> We already send out "$GPWPL" strings to an attached GPS under > certain circumstances. I believe it was tied into the distance > parameter for audio alerts Yep, I remember that because I found the waypoint code grepping through the source, but couldn't figure out how to turn it on. You had to tell me. (: > so you get waypoints posted to your GPS within > that radius. Good enough? I haven't used in in a while, so forgive me if I'm remembering wrong, but IIRC it only plots a generic waypoint (pretty much identical behavior to D7/00), which is certainly helpful. With the Garmin specific $PGRMW sentence, you can supplement this basic waypoint with a custom icon, altitude, and status text in the waypoint comment. (And it is supplementing, as it only updates an existing waypoint.) Again, assuming I've got everything straight, the code you posted in your next message is a bit misnamed, as it creates an NMEA waypoint, not a Garmin specific one. What I'm envisioning is a) an update to the GPS interface to include a "this device understands garmin $PGRMW sentences", and b) add a new function to call after create_garmin_waypoint(). Hmm, I guess I'd add "rename create_garmin_waypoint() to create_nmea_waypoint()" in there, too. -Jason kg4wsv _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
