[NLRS] Software for Grid square display in rover.

[Dr. Gerald N. Johnson]

It may be possible to coerce the new GPS to send out plain location data 
without embellishments. Or it may be necessary to find a replacement for 
Roverlog that can handle the extra data.

73, Jerry, K0CQ

On 9/6/2013 11:18 AM, Gregg Lind wrote:
>
>
> I was wondering if anyone has PC software application that is basically a
> grid square calculator and display for Windows laptop. I updated to windows
> 7 64 bit mode and my old GPS does not work (rule of thumb do not use 64 bit
> mdoes), so I bought a new GPS this one works with everything else on my
> laptop but not Roverlog.  USB driver works great for the new GPS and all
> other USB devices I connect to the laptop...
>
> I am trying to get Roverlog to work with my new GPS and it does not work
> consistently.  It has something to do with the data format and additional
> data that the newer GPS sends out I think as the debug. I got some help to
> change the format of the strings and it works and I get the crids and
> location to show but the server of the GPS flashes with good data then
> blanks the fields with bad data ( i.e. extra gps data the GPS sends).
>
> Did the replacement below ---- but a new problem seems to come and go the
> gps info blanks out/flicker, as you can see it gets the lat/lon on
> occasion... but the other lines of the GPS must be screwing it up so after
> a while the GPS server on RoverLog gives up...
>
> 2013-09-04 19:14: Init_Data: Clearing variables
> 2013-09-04 19:14: Read_GPS: Got a $GPGGA line
> 2013-09-04 19:14: To_Grid: lat lon = 42.017218 -91.694465
> 2013-09-04 19:14: Read_GPS: Cancelling after job.
> 2013-09-04 19:14: Read_GPS: Scheduling after job.
> 2013-09-04 19:14: Read_GPS: Got a $GPRMC line
> 2013-09-04 19:14: Read_GPS: Invalid $GPRMC line
> 2013-09-04 19:14: Init_Data: Clearing variables
> 2013-09-04 19:14: Read_GPS: Got a $GPGGA line
> 2013-09-04 19:14: Read_GPS: Invalid $GPGGA line
> 2013-09-04 19:14: Init_Data: Clearing variables
>
> On Wednesday, September 4, 2013 6:37:31 PM UTC-5, AC9BJ wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 5:31 PM, Gregg Lind<gregg... at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> $GPGGA,222243.000,4201.0304,N,**09141.6660,W,2,08,1.3,259.1,M,**
>>> -33.5,M,1.8,0000*4B
>>> $GPGSA,A,3,02,05,10,12,25,04,**29,13,,,,,2.4,1.3,1.9*31
>>> $GPRMC,222243.000,A,4201.0304,**N,09141.6660,W,0.00,0.00,**040913,,,D*7A
>>>
>>
>> Roverlog's GPS module doesn't like the decimals on the time of day
>> (222243.000).
>>
>> If you replace the two occurrences of
>>        set utc [ lindex $parsed 1 ]
>>
>> with
>>        set utc [ lindex [ split [ lindex $parsed 1 ] "." ] 0 ]
>>
>> then you should be fine.
>>
>> --
>> -Thomas AC9BJ
>> Mount Horeb, WI  EN53da
>>
>
> I am looking for a simple solution to just display the grid locations on
> the laptop...
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Gregg Lind
> KC0SKM
> gregg at thelinds.net
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