[SOLVED] Can't get data from usb GPS

em21701 · 06-13-2009, 09:55 PM

I just got a USB GPS stick (gisteq gr-110) I can't figure out where it is being loaded to so I can get gpsd to read it. I'm running 12.2.

dmesg:

Code:

[123532.178211] usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=067b, 
idProduct=2303
[123532.178214] usb 2-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, 
SerialNumber=0
[123532.178217] usb 2-2: Product: USB-Serial Controller D
[123532.178219] usb 2-2: Manufacturer: Prolific Technology Inc. 
[123532.178283] usb 2-2: uevent
[123532.182330] usb 2-2: usb_probe_device
[123532.182336] usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[123532.187866] usb 2-2: adding 2-2:1.0 (config #1, interface 0)
[123532.187899] usb 2-2:1.0: uevent
[123532.188147] drivers/usb/core/inode.c: creating file '006'
[123532.188186] hub 2-0:1.0: state 7 ports 8 chg 0000 evt 0004

lsusb

Code:

Bus 002 Device 006: ID 067b:2303 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2303 Serial 
Port

davidsrsb · 06-13-2009, 11:13 PM

The PL2303 is the most common chip in cheap USB to Serial adapters. Not all of them are actually this chip, as some copies seem to use the same IDs

You may have to set the serial speed to get NMEA data, try 9600 bps

em21701 · 06-14-2009, 06:26 AM

You may be correct about having to set the baud, I still do not know where it was mounted.

em21701 · 06-14-2009, 06:47 AM

UPDATE: I seem to be gaining on it. I am building the USB->serial kernel modules. I thought I had built those in already.

UPDATE2: That seems to have been the answer as dmesg now shows it being mounted on /dev/ttyUSB0

davidsrsb · 08-13-2009, 08:19 AM

Did you get this working in the end?

em21701 · 08-13-2009, 08:26 AM

I did, yes. The problem was that I did not have the USB -> serial modules in the Kernel.

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