Thread: Maemo Mapper v0.2 Released
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2006-05-27 , 09:14
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Originally Posted by gnuite
Can you send me the NMEA output from your receiver (using GPSD or direct rfcomm/cat)? This would help me determine the nature of your problem.
I'm having trouble figuring out how to output the NMEA data to a text file. Can you give me an example command that would work from xterm? I have root enabled.

Originally Posted by gnuite
Maemo Mapper never sends any data to your receiver - it opens the bluetooth connection strictly for read-only access. What model of receiver do you have? Does it have a auto-power-save feature that would cause it to stop emitting NMEA data after 5 minutes of being disconnected?
I thought that was the case. I bet you are right about the 5 minute thing. Here is the info on my receiver:

Socket Bluetooth GPS

Originally Posted by gnuite
The combination of the two of your problems might imply that the connection is getting dropped soon after it is established. The next time that Maemo Mapper seems to get stuck at "Establishing GPS fix", try disabling the GPS receiver (in the menu) and re-enabling it, and see what happens.
Disabling and enabling the GPS receiver (in the menu) just leaves me showing the empty "Establishing GPS fix" bar again. So basically nothing changes. The dot IS gray, as you suspected. However, using my Mac and a program called GPSUtility, I'm seeing a fix and 11 satellites. I've PM'd you some text output from GPSUtility, but I'm not sure if it's a direct feed off the GPS unit or if it is cleaned up.

Originally Posted by gnuite
Did this change with v0.2? That is, did things work fine in v0.1?
Nothing seemed to change as far as the GPS problem between .1 and .2.
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