hi friends
I have HOLUX GM-210 GPS reciver. I need software for PC to talk with this device... can anybody have idea about that

How do you mean "talk"?? For mapping, GPSdrive is a great program, and I'm sure there are others. If you want to run NTP off of it, as long as it's a NMEA compatible device, just plug it in, and tell NTP to use it.

Might also help to mention something about the hardware (USB? Serial?), and what version/distro of Linux you're using, and tell us more about what you're trying to do...

Hi,

Here, talk means..i just want to connect the Holux GM210 device to mylaptop which has ubuntu 8.10 operating system.

This Holux GM-210 receiver has USB to connect laptop.

What I Need ?

1. I want to read tha data from this GPS device into my laptop.

2.Store that GPS Log into mysql database for every 10 seconds.

3. Then i am planning to show this gps track data on google map.

What i am doing/did?

1. I came to know from google search, gpsd can read the data from Holux GM-210...then i installed gpsd like below article,

http://www.fsckin.com/2008/04/06/rev...-gps-packages/

But when i am trying to check,"gpsprof -f cycle"

Its taking so much time and not giving any output.

I read some where in google about xgps, i typed in my terminal then i got window..there it showing "gps status is not fix"

Please help me how to fix this problem or read the data from this device.

2) To store this GPS data log to mysql db i got one script in following link,(im my laptop mysql,php,apache2,phpmyadmin already installed)
http://www.virtualroadside.com/geoHist/

i tried to install like this site but i got error when i am configuring,

configure: error: "mysql client libraries are not installed!"

Please help me, regarding this stuff.

Thanks in advance,

sincerely,
srinivas

First, you do realize you have to be OUTSIDE for it to work, right? GPS signals rarely are strong enough to get picked up indoors. If it's a USB device, when you plug it in, you'll have to configure your GPS software (whatever it is), to read FROM that device. Chances are, it'll be something like /dev/ttyUSB0, etc. Look at the output of dmesg, then plug the device in, and look again. You should see what device it shows up as.

Ok...you need to install the mysql client libraries. There is alot of info on Google on how to do this.

Hi,
I tried my device from outside also but still same problem.

What I did:
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1. To check my device, "dmesg | grep tty"

[ 0.004000] console [tty0] enabled
[ 2.409466] serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
[ 2.409795] serial8250: ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
[ 2.411230] 00:09: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
[ 2.411976] 00:0a: ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
[ 162.922787] usb 1-2: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[ 306.451893] pl2303 ttyUSB0: pl2303 converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0
[ 379.268303] usb 1-1: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0

form this i understood..device at /dev/ttyUSB0

2. $ sudo gpsd -N -n -D 2 /dev/ttyUSB0
I got below data,

gpsd: launching (Version 2.37)
gpsd: listening on port gpsd
gpsd: successfully connected to the DBUS system bus
gpsd: running with effective group ID 0
gpsd: running with effective user ID 0
gpsd: opening GPS data source at '/dev/ttyUSB0'
gpsd: speed 9600, 8N1
gpsd: garmin_gps not active.
gpsd: gpsd_activate(1): opened GPS (5)
gpsd: speed 4800, 8N1
gpsd: ntpd_link_activate: 0
gpsd: FV 0x06: Firmware version: 231.000.000ES
gpsd: Firmware has XTrac capability


3. $ gpsprof -f cycle
gpsprof: looking for fix...\

When i am trying to fix it, its taking long time and not fixing also..i tried nearly 40 minute..still not fixing....i hope here only i am facing the problem.

4. telnet localhost 2947

then its giving,
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
after this, i pressed 'r' and entered it(to enter in raw mode). Then,

GPSD,R=1
$GPRMC,235959,V,0000.0000,S,00000.0000,W,0.0000,0.000,311269,,*3A
$GPRMC,235959,V,0000.0000,S,00000.0000,W,0.0000,0.000,311269,,*3A
$GPRMC,235959,V,0000.0000,S,00000.0000,W,0.0000,0.000,311269,,*3A
$GPRMC,235959,V,0000.0000,S,00000.0000,W,0.0000,0.000,311269,,*3A
$GPRMC,235959,V,0000.0000,S,00000.0000,W,0.0000,0.000,311269,,*3A
'
'
' same data is coming

After 5 minutes, i pressed 'p' and entered to get current position.
then data like below,

p
GPSD,P=?
$GPRMC,235959,V,0000.0000,S,00000.0000,W,0.0000,0.000,311269,,*3A
$GPRMC,235959,V,0000.0000,S,00000.0000,W,0.0000,0.000,311269,,*3A
$GPRMC,235959,V,0000.0000,S,00000.0000,W,0.0000,0.000,311269,,*3A
$GPRMC,235959,V,0000.0000,S,00000.0000,W,0.0000,0.000,311269,,*3A
$GPRMC,235959,V,0000.0000,S,00000.0000,W,0.0000,0.000,311269,,*3A
$GPRMC,235959,V,0000.0000,S,00000.0000,W,0.0000,0.000,311269,,*3A
'
'
'
5. I tried to get latitude, longitude and altitude etc. by using "xgps". Then, i got gui window and in that status is sowing not fix..and remainig deatails are not showing....

Please help me how to get the data from Holux GM-210 device.
Thanks in advance,

sincerely,
srinivas

Yes, we're trying to, now aren't we?

Did you read the man page on gpsprof? Specifically where you have to set the baud rate of the incoming device, which you're not doing. Also, I mentioned gpsdrive in my first post, which IMO, is a great way of determining if your GPS unit is working at all.

And have you checked the website? http://www.holux.com/JCore/en/suppor...loadCenter.jsp has drivers for Holux GPS receivers for Linux, which come with instructions.

I have installed gpsdrive...and trying to work with my gps-receiver(HOLUX GM-210),when i opened gpsdrive GUI,the status of gps is showing "not fix"
I set the Baud-rate but no improvement in output.

Did you get the drivers/software from Holux, as I suggested in my last post?