C code to read GPS via USB port

kennyha85 · 10-29-2009, 07:11 AM

Hi gus,
I got a USB-GPS receiver ( Haicom 204E), but I don't have its driver in linux. I wanna to write a C program to read data from this GPS receiver via USB port (dev/ttyUSB0), but I don't know how to do it. I'm newbie in linux

this is some parameters of my GPS receiver:
- output port: USB port
- baud rate: 4800 8N1
- data type: NMEA108
thanks in advance.

TB0ne · 10-29-2009, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by kennyha85

Hi gus,
I got a USB-GPS receiver ( Haicom 204E), but I don't have its driver in linux. I wanna to write a C program to read data from this GPS receiver via USB port (dev/ttyUSB0), but I don't know how to do it. I'm newbie in linux

this is some parameters of my GPS receiver:
- output port: USB port
- baud rate: 4800 8N1
- data type: NMEA108
thanks in advance.

Don't need a drive for it...it shows up as a serial device, with the communications parameters you noted (4800,8,N,1). It should show up as /dev/ttyUSB0, or the like.

Just write your C program to read serial data from that device.