Only released in EOL distros:
Package Summary
corobot_gps connects to a GPSd server and broadcasts GPS fixes using the NavSatFix message. The package is based of the gpsd_client package made by Rob Thomson and Ken Tossell.
- Author: Morgan Cormier/mcormier@coroware.com
- License: BSD
- Source: svn http://svn.code.sf.net/p/roscorobot/code/trunk/Electric/Corobot
Package Summary
corobot_gps connects to a GPSd server and broadcasts GPS fixes using the NavSatFix message. The package is based of the gpsd_client package made by Rob Thomson and Ken Tossell.
- Maintainer: Morgan Cormier <mcormier AT coroware DOT com>
- Author:
- License: BSD
- Source: git https://github.com/morgancormier/corobot.git (branch: master)
Package Summary
corobot_gps connects to a GPSd server and broadcasts GPS fixes using the NavSatFix message. The package is based of the gpsd_client package made by Rob Thomson and Ken Tossell.
- Maintainer: Morgan Cormier <mcormier AT coroware DOT com>
- Author:
- License: BSD
- Source: git https://github.com/morgancormier/corobot.git (branch: master)
Supported Hardware
This driver should works with any gps sensor
ROS API
corobot_gps
corobot_gps is a driver for gps sensors. This driver was designed to get gps data for the Corobot.Published Topics
extended_fix (corobot_msgs/GPSFix)- Send the gps data
- Send the gps data
Parameters
use_gps_time (bool, default: true)- use the time from the gps
- host name or ip address of the computer connected to the gps
- port where the gps sends data to
Troubleshooting
Here is what you can do to configure your system to use your GPS:
First find out which port the gps used. For that, disconnect et reconnect your gps and in a terminal type
dmesg
Now open the file /etc/default/gpsd
sudo gedit /etc/default/gpsd
and change the line DEVICES="" by DEVICES="/dev/ttyUSB0" making sure that the port is the one the command dmesg gave you.
Lastely, create a rules file to get permission to use the gps device
touch /etc/udev/rules.d/corobot.rules echo 'KERNEL=="ttyUSB0", GROUP="users", MODE="0666"' >> /etc/udev/rules.d/corobot.rules
Make sure the change the port, ttyUSB0, by the port dmesg gave you, generally in the form tty*.
Now you just need to restart the robot.
