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Send Commands to Ultimate GPS Product ID: 4279

Post by wiredwrx »

Mates,

Sorry for the beginner type question.

I purchased one of the above units. It appears to be working fine, though in my application, I need NMEA data, and not GLONASS, which I believe is what it is outputting at the moment. I have the unit connected to my Mint Linux box. I RTFM and found the various commands for the unit, but I am a newb, and have no idea how to actually send the commands to the unit. I assume I can use terminal, but past that, I am unsure. Can anyone help? Do I need to address the unit specifically, by IP or device location (ttyUSB0). Do I need to use any particular app to send the commands? I also note that the commands need both <CR><LF>. How do I send those as well?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

TIA
Michael

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Re: Send Commands to Ultimate GPS Product ID: 4279

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Michael,

You probably could use screen or minicom on your Mint Linux box to talk to the GPS. We provide code examples for sending the NMEA commands using Python.

https://learn.adafruit.com/circuitpytho ... 2998829-28

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