GlobalSat DG100 GPS logger / utils for linux

Prerequisities

Linux kernel 2.6 with usb-serial and pl2303 (Prolific PL2303 USB to serial adaptor driver) support as module or fest comiliert.

Installation

$ ./configure

$ make 

# make install

Using it

• 1. Plug your DG100 device into one USB port
• 2. look what dmesg say:

  > $ dmesg
  > usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2
  > usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
  > usbcore: registered new driver usbserial
  > drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for generic
  > usbcore: registered new driver usbserial_generic
  > drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial Driver core
  > drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for pl2303
  > pl2303 3-1:1.0: pl2303 converter detected
  > usb 3-1: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0
  > usbcore: registered new driver pl2303
  > drivers/usb/serial/pl2303.c: Prolific PL2303 USB to serial adaptor driver
  

  If you see somthing like this, that's good. Here, the DG100 was attached to the /dev/ttyUSB0 device. If yours is attached to another device (can be if you plugged more than one DG100 or any other devices that use a serial to usb adapter as usb touchscreen controler...) use the --device /dev/ttyX parameter when invoking dg100.

• 3. Read the saved tracks

  $ dg100 list-tracks
  

  you should see the list of saved tracks, something like that:

  > $ dg100 list-tracks
  > [0] 2007-09-02 14:57:35 (UTC)
  > [1] 2007-09-02 15:13:36 (UTC)
  > [2] 2007-09-02 15:21:52 (UTC)
  

  note the number in the bracets: that's the track index
• 4. export a track into a .gps file
  For example let's say that we want to export the first track

  > $ dg100 export-track 0
  > exporting track 0 to track-2007-09-02 14:57:35.gpx
  

  That's all for now

  enjoy the DG100 under Linux and vive OpenStreetMap !

  Download

  dg100-0.1.tgz (233KB)

  Jean-Christophe Duberga,