Re: adding/removing ntrip devices via gpsdctl?

[Michael Haberler]

here we go:

> Am 20.10.2022 um 20:51 schrieb Gary E. Miller <gem@rellim.com>:
> 
> Yo Michael!
> 
> On Thu, 20 Oct 2022 17:17:52 +0200
> Michael Haberler <haberlerm@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I can use the built-in ntrip client when passing the ntrip URI to
>> gpsd at startup - after a few seconds gpspip -r shows
>> 
>> {"class":"DEVICE","path":"ntrip://rtk2go.com:2101/stiwoll","driver":"RTCM104V3","activated":"2022-10-20T15:12:47.397Z","flags":4}
> 
> Cool.
> 
>> I had less luck with trying to add/remove ntrip client URI's with
>> gpsdctl 
> 
> AFAIK, you are the first to try.
> 
>> like starting just with a GPS device, and later adding
>> 
>> gpsdctl add ntrip://rtk2go.com:2101/stiwoll
>> <ntrip://rtk2go.com:2101/Gutsche>
>> 
>> in this case gpspipe -r shows the device was activated, but no driver
>> was selected:
>> 
>> {"class":"DEVICE","path":"ntrip://rtk2go.com:2101/stiwoll","activated":"2022-10-20T15:14:57.435Z"}
> 
> Can you provide a -D4 log from gpsd when you try the add?  Then we can
> see what is going on.
> 
>> is that a scenario which is supposed to work?
> 
> Never been tested, so without evidence that is ever worked, I'd say: No.
> 
>> I'd like to get out of the network dependency for gpsd startup, and
>> possibly add/remove ntrip clients through UI interaction
> 
> I'd like a pony.  Maybe we can get this to work, dunno how hard that
> might be without the -D4 log.

I attach 2 logs
the first is from a 'gpsdctl add ntrip://rtk2go.com:2101/stiwoll' attempt
the second one is from starting gpsd with this ntrip URI from the command line

gpspipe says this about the two runs:

added via gpsdctl:
{

  "class": "VERSION",
  "release": "3.24.1~dev",
  "rev": "release-3.24-277-g0dbbb9b5c",
  "proto_major": 3,
  "proto_minor": 15
}

{
  "class": "DEVICES",
  "devices": [
    {
      "class": "DEVICE",
      "path": "/dev/ublox-zed-f9p",
      "driver": "u-blox",
      "subtype": "SW EXT CORE 1.00 (0fa0ae),HW 00190000",
      "subtype1": "ROM BASE 0x118B2060,FWVER=HPG 
1.32,PROTVER=27.31,MOD=ZED-F9P,GPS;GLO;GAL;BDS,SBAS;QZSS",
      "activated": "2022-10-20T19:47:22.072Z",
      "flags": 1,
      "native": 1,
      "bps": 9600,
      "parity": "N",
      "stopbits": 1,
      "cycle": 1,
      "mincycle": 0.02
    },
    {
      "class": "DEVICE",
      "path": "ntrip://rtk2go.com:2101/stiwoll",
      "activated": "2022-10-20T19:46:50.204Z"
    }
  ]
}


passed on cmd line:
{
  "class": "DEVICES",
  "devices": [
    {
      "class": "DEVICE",
      "path": "/dev/ublox-zed-f9p",
      "driver": "u-blox",
      "subtype": "SW EXT CORE 1.00 (0fa0ae),HW 00190000",
      "subtype1": "ROM BASE 0x118B2060,FWVER=HPG 
1.32,PROTVER=27.31,MOD=ZED-F9P,GPS;GLO;GAL;BDS,SBAS;QZSS",
      "activated": "2022-10-20T19:51:57.086Z",
      "flags": 1,
      "native": 1,
      "bps": 9600,
      "parity": "N",
      "stopbits": 1,
      "cycle": 1,
      "mincycle": 0.02
    },
    {
      "class": "DEVICE",
      "path": "ntrip://rtk2go.com:2101/stiwoll",
      "driver": "RTCM104V3",
      "activated": "2022-10-20T19:51:57.306Z",
      "flags": 4
    }
  ]
}

gpsd-D4-dynadd.txt
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gpsd-D4-cmdline.txt
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thanks for looking into this!

- Michael


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