also try a baud rate of 9600 (instead of the historic 4800 baud) on these devices. IIRC my ublox 8 device (CAM-M8) defaults to 9600 baud.
-Jason kg4wsv On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 3:19 PM Curt Mills <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh yea, also disconnect Minicom from that port, and set the GPS to > send out NMEA format strings at 4800 baud. Typically on Linux it would > be something like port /dev/ttyS0 or /dev/ttyS1, but could be other > ports if using a USB to Serial Port adapter cable. > > On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 1:14 PM Curt Mills <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The use of Minicom tells me he's using a serial GPS. The Xastir > > interface to use is "Serial GPS". He may be running into trouble with > > permissions on the serial port he is using. Typically he'd add his own > > account to /etc/group for the "dialout" group, log out and in again to > > gain the new permissions. Depending on the particular Linux that last > > may be slightly different. > > > > On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 1:10 PM MJ Inabnit <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > hi all, > > > > > > this is a RELAY from km6liq <he is without email/web> > > > > > > how do I tell xastir which protocol to use for this device? > > > I load minicom and see data flowing constantly. Any help > > > greatly desired! > > > Carl km6liq via 2m phone net > > > > > > tnx guys, I don't know the gps stuff for xastir and unable to help him! > > > > > > 73 > > > j > > > > > > -- > > > Wishing you well > > > Jaye Inabnit, ke6sls > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Xastir mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir > > > > > > > > -- > > Curt, WE7U http://xastir.org http://www.sarguydigital.com > > > > -- > Curt, WE7U http://xastir.org http://www.sarguydigital.com > _______________________________________________ > Xastir mailing list > [email protected] > http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir > -- -Jason kg4wsv _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir
