Holux GPS, gpsd, and GpsDrive

skmassey · 10-31-2006, 10:13 AM

I'm having problems reading GPS information from my GPS receiver, a Holux GR-213 Sirf Star III chipset. I'm currently running Arch with the 2.6.18-ARCH Kernel. First I'll start with all the information my system gives me about the device.

cat /proc/bus/usb/devices

Code:

T:  Bus=03 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=02 Cnt=01 Dev#=  4 Spd=12  MxCh= 0
D:  Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=067b ProdID=2303 Rev= 3.00
S:  Manufacturer=Prolific Technology Inc.
S:  Product=USB-Serial Controller
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=80 MxPwr=100mA
I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=pl2303
E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=  10 Ivl=1ms
E:  Ad=02(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS=  64 Ivl=0ms
E:  Ad=83(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS=  64 Ivl=0ms

Dmesg when I plug in the device

Code:

ohci_hcd 0000:00:03.1: wakeup
usb 3-3: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 5
usb 3-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
pl2303 3-3:1.0: pl2303 converter detected
usb 3-3: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0

Note that I am running udev so it is actually being mounted at /dev/tts/USB0

output of lsusb

Code:

Bus 003 Device 005: ID 067b:2303 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2303 Serial Port

What I've tried so far is running various different flags through gpsd and trying to get it to read the gps information.

Code:

gpsd -p /dev/tts/USB0

gpsd -K -s 4800 -p /dev/tts/USB0

As far as what these commands have done, so far I have gotten little to no result. GpsDrive still tells me that no GPS is used, I am unable to cat output from /dev/tts/USB0, and telnet localhost 2947 yields no output either. My ultimate goal is to get the GPS working with GpsDrive and Kismet.

skmassey · 11-05-2006, 10:28 PM

Fixed it. For whatever reason GPSD wouldn't read the usb device as a normal user so I had to run it as root. I feel like an idiot now, but I guess that's part of the learning experience. =\

Code:

sudo gpsd -p /dev/tts/USB0
telnet localhost 2947
R=1 #to read gps info in real time
$GPGGA,042656.000,3119.5509,N,08920.7786,W,1,08,1.3,48.7,M,-26.5,M,1118.8,0000*41
$GPGSA,A,3,29,07,26,22,10,06,21,18,,,,,1.9,1.3,1.4*38
$GPGSV,3,1,11,26,65,075,17,06,57,224,35,29,54,055,33,21,44,320,32*77
$GPGSV,3,2,11,18,39,272,23,07,29,306,34,10,16,055,24,09,11,149,25*71
$GPGSV,3,3,11,22,07,255,33,02,02,115,13,30,00,207,*4D
$GPRMC,042656.000,A,3119.5509,N,08920.7786,W,0.00,11.02,061106,,,A*43
$GPVTG,11.02,T,,M,0.00,N,0.0,K,A*3F
$GPGGA,042657.000,3119.5509,N,08920.7787,W,1,08,1.3,48.7,M,-26.5,M,1118.8,0000*41

wilsonae · 11-06-2006, 11:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skmassey

I'm having problems reading GPS information from my GPS receiver, a Holux GR-213 Sirf Star III chipset. I'm currently running Arch with the 2.6.18-ARCH Kernel. First I'll start with all the information my system gives me about the device.

cat /proc/bus/usb/devices

Code:

T:  Bus=03 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=02 Cnt=01 Dev#=  4 Spd=12  MxCh= 0
D:  Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=067b ProdID=2303 Rev= 3.00
S:  Manufacturer=Prolific Technology Inc.
S:  Product=USB-Serial Controller
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=80 MxPwr=100mA
I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=pl2303
E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=  10 Ivl=1ms
E:  Ad=02(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS=  64 Ivl=0ms
E:  Ad=83(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS=  64 Ivl=0ms

Dmesg when I plug in the device

Code:

ohci_hcd 0000:00:03.1: wakeup
usb 3-3: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 5
usb 3-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
pl2303 3-3:1.0: pl2303 converter detected
usb 3-3: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0

Note that I am running udev so it is actually being mounted at /dev/tts/USB0

output of lsusb

Code:

Bus 003 Device 005: ID 067b:2303 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2303 Serial Port

What I've tried so far is running various different flags through gpsd and trying to get it to read the gps information.

Code:

gpsd -p /dev/tts/USB0

gpsd -K -s 4800 -p /dev/tts/USB0

As far as what these commands have done, so far I have gotten little to no result. GpsDrive still tells me that no GPS is used, I am unable to cat output from /dev/tts/USB0, and telnet localhost 2947 yields no output either. My ultimate goal is to get the GPS working with GpsDrive and Kismet.
:Peng/dev/ttyUSB0y:

The dmesg listing indicates that the mount point of the device is /dev/ttyUSB0

do a ls -l on /dev/ttyUSB0 after the device is attached

skmassey · 11-06-2006, 02:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skmassey

Fixed it. For whatever reason GPSD wouldn't read the usb device as a normal user so I had to run it as root. I feel like an idiot now, but I guess that's part of the learning experience. =\

I got it fixed. Also if you notice, I'm running udev so although dmesg says its mounting it as /dev/ttyUSB0 udev is taking over and mounting it as /dev/tts/USB0

Quote:

Originally Posted by skmassey

Note that I am running udev so it is actually being mounted at /dev/tts/USB0