Re: [gpsd-dev] Support for Qualcomm Gobi 2000

[Paul Fertser]

Hi,

On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 02:31:43PM +0400, Vsevolod Kozlov wrote:
> I have a Qualcomm Gobi 2000 3g modem (USB ID: 05c6:9205), and its built-in
> GPS receiver works fine as a generic NMEA device once the string "$GPS_START"
> (from my testing, it works both with or without a trailing '\n') is written 
> into
> it.  "$GPS_STOP" may be used to disable the receiver, presumably to save 
> power.
> 
> It would be nice if gpsd could send these strings automatically.  

It can if you add e.g. a suitable "echo" invocation to
/etc/gpsd/device-hook (read the man page for the details).

HTH
-- 
Be free, use free (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html) software!
mailto:address@hidden