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List:       gpsd-users
Subject:    Re: [Gpsd-users] GPSD as client?
From:       Eric Raymond <esr () thyrsus ! com>
Date:       2010-05-27 20:32:43
Message-ID: 20100527203243.GA5422 () thyrsus ! com
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Joe Bennett <jammer10000@ka3nam.com>:
> I have an application that currently utilizes GPSD as it only source for GPS
> data (it is not designed for direct serial access)... The issue is that I
> already use GPSD to distribute GPS data, so I am trying to figure out a way
> to see if GPSD could be used as a client... I am running Ubuntu 9.04 and
> have tried to use socat to connect to my current GPS server with a pty, then
> have my client machines' GPSD connect to the server via the pty... The
> issue with that is there is no way (that I have found yet) for socat to send
> the 'r' to the GPSD server to start sending data... Additionally, I wrote a
> script to log in to my GPSD server, send the 'r' and then output the data
> via pty, but the GPSD on the client machine does not seem to go for that...
> I'm sure I am overlooking something that could work, thanks in advance for
> any thoughts!

I have plans to implement a feature that will allow a gpsd instance to operate
other gpsd instances in client mode.  I know how the feature should be written,
but have not yet implemented it.
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		<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>
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