It will work. The GPS will appear as a serial device (in Linux /dev/ttyUSB0. Not sure about Macs, but it'll be somewhere).
73, Andrew On Saturday, 9 May 2015, Skyler F <[email protected]> wrote: > So if I get that particular USB GPS and it does not work on Macintosh, will > it work on Ubuntu if I install a partition on my computer? > > On Friday, May 8, 2015, Tom Russo <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > wrote: > > > On Fri, May 08, 2015 at 03:35:20PM -0600, we recorded a bogon-computron > > collision of the <[email protected] <javascript:;> > <javascript:;>> flavor, > > containing: > > > Running xastir on my macbook on mountain lion, what USB gps recevier > will > > > work? > > > > > > Will this one work? > > > > > > > > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000PKX2KA/ref=s9_psimh_gw_p422_d1_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=desktop-1&pf_rd_r=0VM3811R2A427M91KB0W&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=2079475242&pf_rd_i=desktop > > > > > > Is it plug in and play, or do I need to set up code for it. Are USB > gps's > > > and compatible with xastir > > > > Xastir can't talk directly to USB gps units unless they provide virtual > > serial port in some manner (some do, as do some bluetooth GPS units) --- > > and I > > can't speak to which units will do tha on OS X. However Xastir *can* > > connect > > to a "gpsd" daemon, and gpsd is generally able to grok USB gps units of > all > > sorts. > > > > It works great on Linux machines but one of our Mac users on the group > will > > have to help you with getting gpsd set up on your machine. On Linux it > is > > often as simple as telling a package manager to install gpsd, then > plugging > > in the gps -- gpsd gets started automagically, and then you just tell > > Xastir > > to connect to it (by creating a "networked gpsd" interface and starting > it > > up). I have no idea if gpsd even runs on OS X, but it probably does. > > > > -- > > Tom Russo KM5VY SAR502 DM64ux > http://www.swcp.com/~russo/ > > Tijeras, NM QRPL#1592 K2#398 SOC#236 > > http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?DDTNM > > echo "prpv_a'rfg_cnf_har_cvcr" | sed -e 's/_/ /g' | tr [a-m][n-z] > > [n-z][a-m] > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Xastir mailing list > > [email protected] <javascript:;> <javascript:;> > > http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir > > > > > -- > Skyler Fennell > amsatnet.info > KDØWHB > [email protected] <javascript:;> > _______________________________________________ > Xastir mailing list > [email protected] <javascript:;> > http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir > _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir
