Re: [gpsd-dev] How to identify GPS model ?

[Eric S. Raymond]

address@hidden <address@hidden>:
> Hello,
> 
> We are developing a Linux based product that uses a GPS receiver.
> The GPS is connected via the USB port and we use the gpsd module to
> get the GPS data.
> 
> We want to be able to support two different USB GPS receivers and
> need a way to identify the GPS receiver model.
> 
> Is there a way to get that GPS model information in order to
> identify it using gpsd or another library ?
> 
> Many thanks in advance,
> Dimy

Whether it is possible to distinguish them depends on several things
you have not told me.  First, what are the nakes and models of the GPSes
you are using? GPSD tries to prod every receiver it connects to into sending
it a device firmware identification, but many devices have no such request.
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                <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>