Re: [gpsd-dev] ✘Patch queue is empty?

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Hal!

On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 11:45:13 -0700
Hal Murray <address@hidden> wrote:

> address@hidden said:
> > git head handles them fine.  I added skytraq (venus 8) support for
> > some units I got.   
> 
> What do you mean by "handles them fine"?

It decodes all the Skytraq NMEA, Private NMEA and Serial that my Venus 8
GPS send out.

> Does it know it is dealing
> with a Venus chip?

Yes, it dumps the software revision in INFO.

> Does it do anything special if it finds one?

For now, it just dumps the software revision in INFO, and then decodes
the binary.  Both new features.

>  Or
> is it just a generic NMEA device.

There are some proprietary NMEA sentences, and Skytraq/Venus unique
binary.
 
> Where does that "8" come from?

Version 8.  Version 6 and 7 are still common.  Like the u-blox 6, 7, and 8.

> I'm using the Sparkfun breakout board.
>   https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11058
> It says "Venus638FLPx".  Mine may be old enough that it's using the
> older Venus634LPx

That would be a Venus 6.

> My copy of the datasheet says 638 and is dated 2012.  I don't think
> my unit is that old.

Two generations old, and lot of new binary messages in the 8.

The 8's can do BeiDou and GLONASS, that is helpful.

RGDS
GARY
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