Re: [gpsd-users] question : gpssimulator

[Paul Fox]

charles wrote:
 > On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:03:48 +0700
 > bino oetomo <address@hidden> wrote:
 > 
 > > Kindly please forgive me if this is the wrong place to ask my
 > > question.
 > 
 > This is the right place to ask.
 > 
 > > 
 > > i'm writing a python script that "will" read GPS sentences from
 > > serial port.
 > 
 > Why? That is what gpsd does, and it does it quite well. Why re-invent
 > the wheel?

sounds like this might not have been the right place to ask, after
all.  ;-)

 > 
 > > 
 > > But currently I don't have GPS on-hand.

in addition to gpsfake, there's an old tcl script floating around the
net called gpsfeed+.  it's a bit primitive, but i've used it in the
past when testing RoadMap.  ah, here:  http://gpsfeed.sourceforge.net/

an advantage over gpsfake (i think) is that you don't need logfiles
from a "real" gps unit -- gpsfeed can create GPS data from scratch,
and simulate travel in a few shapes -- circle, square, etc.  it's a
handy tool for some kinds of testing.

paul


 > > Can I use GPSD as simulator (including create a pseudo tty) ?
 > > If so, kindly please give me any info or url on how todo it ?
 > 
 > man gpsfake
 > 
 > except that if you insist on writing your own, you will have to modify
 > gpsfake to launch your program instead of gpsd.
 > 
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