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BlueGPS for Linux

BlueGPS is a simple command line tool to download datalogs from the Royaltek RBT-3000 bluetooth GPS receiver under Linux.

Example session:

> ./bluegps -p 1234 -d testlog.nmea 00:02:C7:28:5A:C3
BlueGPS V1.0 (c) 2005 by Till Harbaum 
Initializing RBT-3000 ...
Device name: Tills GPS
Firmware version: 3.17.13.70
Datalog enabled.
Overwrite when datalog full.
Include altitude information into log.
Constant time log: 0 day, 0 hr, 0 min, 1 sec
Constant distance logging disabled.
Speeding limit: 100.00 km/h
Datalog contains 1399 entries
Remaining space: 95.37%
Downloading:
[###################################-----] 1073/1399

History

Download

You can also get a bluegps-ml.tgzversion modified by Martti Lumme for use with his Macintosh computer. While it breaks linux compatibility his version also includes some very interesting extensions like endian awareness and retransmissions for transfer problems. This should eventually be re-integrated into the main branch.

Links

For more details on GPS and Linux see e.g.:
Home Till Harbaum <Till@Harbaum.org>