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Turn on your bluetooth GPS dongle and find its bluetooth mac address with this command: | Turn on your bluetooth GPS dongle and find its bluetooth mac address with this command: | ||
'''hcitool scan''' | |||
''' | '''Scanning …''' | ||
Scanning … | |||
00:1E:EE:00:11:22 LG KU990 | '''00:1E:EE:00:11:22 LG KU990''' | ||
00:02:78:99:FF:00 SJ GPS | |||
00:12:EE:55:00:FF Device01''' | '''00:02:78:99:FF:00 SJ GPS''' | ||
'''00:12:EE:55:00:FF Device01''' | |||
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You need to install gpsd and setup bluetooth config files, so let’s first install gpsd: | You need to install gpsd and setup bluetooth config files, so let’s first install gpsd: | ||
'''su - | '''su -''' | ||
yum install gpsd gpsd-clients -y''' | |||
'''yum install gpsd gpsd-clients -y''' | |||
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and add these lines: | and add these lines: | ||
rfcomm0 { | |||
# Automatically bind the device at startup | # Automatically bind the device at startup | ||
bind yes; | bind yes; | ||
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# Description of the connection | # Description of the connection | ||
comment “GPS Bluetooth dongle”; | comment “GPS Bluetooth dongle”; | ||
} | } | ||
After reboot check if you have /dev/rfcomm0 device with: | After reboot check if you have /dev/rfcomm0 device with: | ||
'''ls -al /dev/rfcomm0''' | '''ls -al /dev/rfcomm0''' | ||
If after reboot (or you don’t wan’t to reboot) you still don’t have /dev/rfcomm0 then just issue this command: | If after reboot (or you don’t wan’t to reboot) you still don’t have /dev/rfcomm0 then just issue this command: | ||
'''rfcomm bind rfcomm0''' | '''rfcomm bind rfcomm0''' | ||
Now start gpsd daemon: | Now start gpsd daemon: | ||
'''gpsd /dev/rfcomm0''' | '''gpsd /dev/rfcomm0''' | ||
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Install gps applications like tangogps, gpsdrive and gpsbabel | Install gps applications like tangogps, gpsdrive and gpsbabel: | ||
yum install tangogps gpsdrive gpsbabel | |||
'''yum install tangogps gpsdrive gpsbabel''' |
Revision as of 13:53, 22 October 2008
If you have bluetooth GPS dongle that you have laying around, or can borrow one from somebody, and like driving a bike or a car around then this is the guide for you.
You need to have bluetooth wireless chip already installed on your laptop. If you have a laptop or a desktop without bluetooth you can buy and use USB bluetooth dongle.
You can check if you have a bluetooth and that it is working correctly using this command:
hcitool dev
Then let’s make sure you have bluetooth service running:
service bluetooth status
if it is not running just start it with:
service bluetooth start
Turn on your bluetooth GPS dongle and find its bluetooth mac address with this command:
hcitool scan
Scanning …
00:1E:EE:00:11:22 LG KU990
00:02:78:99:FF:00 SJ GPS
00:12:EE:55:00:FF Device01
If you find more than one bluetooth device you should know the name of your GPS dongle. My GPS dongle has a “GPS” in its name so it is easy to catch its mac address: 00:02:78:99:FF:00 (SJ GPS)
You need to install gpsd and setup bluetooth config files, so let’s first install gpsd:
su -
yum install gpsd gpsd-clients -y
Then you need to edit bluetooth config file so that gpsd connects automatically to GPS bluetooth dongle.
gedit -etc/bluetooth/rfcomm.conf
and add these lines:
rfcomm0 {
- Automatically bind the device at startup
bind yes;
- Bluetooth address of the device
device 00:12:EE:55:00:FF;
- RFCOMM channel for the connection
channel 1;
- Description of the connection
comment “GPS Bluetooth dongle”; }
After reboot check if you have /dev/rfcomm0 device with:
ls -al /dev/rfcomm0
If after reboot (or you don’t wan’t to reboot) you still don’t have /dev/rfcomm0 then just issue this command:
rfcomm bind rfcomm0
Now start gpsd daemon:
gpsd /dev/rfcomm0
Now you can start having fun! :)
Install gps applications like tangogps, gpsdrive and gpsbabel:
yum install tangogps gpsdrive gpsbabel