gpsinit (8)
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Title: gpsinit
Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section]
Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
Date: 18 Jan 2013
Manual: GPSD Documentation
Source: The GPSD Project
Language: English
NAME
gpsinit - initialize CAN kernel modules for GPSDSYNOPSIS
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gpsinit [-n control] [-s speed] module_name [interface_name]
- gpsinit -h
- gpsinit -v
- gpsinit -h
DESCRIPTION
At present, all modes of this tool are concerned with setting up kernel-level interfaces to hardware on a CAN (Control Area Network) speaking NMEA2000.
The program accepts the following options:
-h
- Display a brief help text.
-v
- Display the version of gpsinit.
-n
- Set the CAN network number. The default is 0.
-s
- Set the baudrate to be used to communicate over the serial line to the CAN hardware. The default is 38400 baud.
The parameter module_name is mandatory. The socket CAN driver module module_name.ko will be loaded. gpsinit recognize the following module names:
plx_pci, esd_usb2, vcan, slcan
- The parameter interface_name and -s speed can used here.
beaglebone
- The dcan module needed for the beaglebone is part of the Linux kernel, so no module is loaded in this case.
The parameter interface_name is needed for slcan hardware only. It gives the name of the serial device to which the SL CAN hardware is connected. The default is /dev/ttyUSB0.
EXAMPLES
sudo gpsinit plx_pci
- Attempt to load the module plx_pci and initialize net 0 for the connection to a NMEA2000 network. It will set the baudrate to 250kBits.
sudo gpsinit -n 1 plx_pci
- As above, but use net 1.
sudo gpsinit -s 38400 slcan /dev/ttyUSB0
- Attempt to load the module slcan and talk to the hardware at 38400 baud connected to port /dev/ttyUSB0.
gpsinit -h
- Display a brief help message.
gpsinit -v
- Display the version of gpsinit.
SEE ALSO
gpsd(8), gps(1), libgps(3), libgpsd(3).
AUTHOR
Reinhard Arlt <reinhard.arlt@t-online.de>.