OpenCPN and GPSD

[jm2]

Hi All,
I'm running windows 7 and have developped in Java a very simplistic GPS simulator.
It uses the GPSD protocol and worked with 2.1.0 OpenCPN version.
It doesn't work with new 3.0 version.
OCPN send each second the command letters ('l' and 'O') on TCP/IP socket 2947,
but it never reads the GPS message.
After examination of source code (nmea.cpp) I can see that all code about GPSD protocol for Windows
is always present, but in Event Table, the association of socket event and OnSocketEvent function is now disabled :

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// NMEA Event Handler Implementation
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE(NMEAHandler, wxEvtHandler)
// EVT_SOCKET(SOCKET_ID, NMEAHandler::OnSocketEvent)
EVT_TIMER(TIMER_NMEA1, NMEAHandler::OnTimerNMEA)
END_EVENT_TABLE()

Grateful for any explanation
Many thanks
Jean Michel

[bdbcat]

Jean Michel

Thanks for your interest in OpenCPN and GPSD.

The code you refer to in nmea.cpp is obsolete. The GPSD wire protocol has changed, so that the OpenCPN code for this mode no longer works, and was disabled in the current version.

We plan to remove the support for the obsolete GPSD direct wire protocol in the next version, and substitute JSON support for direct GPSD access.

So, you have three choices:

1. Continue to use O Version 2.1
2. Modify the O Version 3.0 sources to use the old gpsd wire protocol, and recompile privately.
3. Wait for next Beta series which should include JSON support for gpsd direct access.

Sorry for the roadblock here. We have been chasing a moving target with gpsd.

Dave

[jm2]

Thank you Dave for your answer
and thank you for OpenCPN software
Jean Michel

[pa36651]

I use this simple nmea-generator.
http://homepage2.nifty.com/k8/gps/index.htm#004