Re: [gpsd-users] Sending NMEA data into the GPS device ?

[Eric S. Raymond]

Thomas <address@hidden>:
> maybe somebody can help me with with a short example. Is it possible
> and how, to send custom (NMEA0183-)string to the GPS device ?

No. This capability has ben deliberately omitted from the socket
command set for security reasons.

> A typical use-case would be to trigger custom NMEA commands to the
> GPS device, out of the application.

This is what gpsctl is for.  It uses a privileged control socket that
can only be accessed locally on the host machine. 
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                <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>