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Software / Google Maps For Qpegps

« on: December 08, 2006, 02:29:06 pm »

Hi,

Are there any pre-generated map packages available out there?

Or perhaps the option to set a single central point and designate a radius around that point to capture map data. I hate the hassle involved in aquiring maps. I would honestly buy maps if there were some available.

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Personal Java/Jeode/J2ME Personal Profile / Mobile Gmaps On The Zaurus

« on: February 03, 2006, 02:59:27 pm »

Anyone have any good ideas on how to do this ?

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Software / Gpsd Woes

« on: February 01, 2006, 11:51:00 am »

-n doesnt seem to tell me anything. I get no message of any kind in the terminal. I have no idea why gpsd would auto terminate. Is there some command that I can give it to tell it to run no matter what or maybe set it to never terminate its process? I watched it in the process manager and it runs for a couple of seconds and then just disapears. No message to error no nothing.

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Software / Gpsd Woes

« on: January 25, 2006, 11:06:59 pm »

ashikase,

Thanks for the help regardless of outcome.
If I understand qpegps2 will use the latest version of gpsd ?

If you dont mind me asking are you simply going to add in support for the latest gpsd or are there other new features being added in as well?

Gpsd daemon is crashing; is there a log somewhere that might give an error code from when gpsd is crashing. I realize alot of logging is turned off on the zaurus because of limited storage.

My bluetooth gps is mapped to /dev/rfcomm0. Could something else be trying to access rfcomm0 and disabling the gps ? Something that kills the daemon but wont or cant kill a program accessing rfcomm0 directly?

I will experiment and see if mapping the gps to rfcomm1,2,or 3 yield better results.

I look forward to seeing qpegps2. More developement in gps software is a must. The z has a lack of variety in the gps/mapping software dept. I think qpegps, zroadmap, and zgpsdrive are the only actively developed gps/mapping packages I have found so far.  Anything that can be done to improve features/utility is greatly appreciated.

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Software / Gpsd Woes

« on: January 25, 2006, 05:00:41 pm »

On the topic of GPSD.

I start the service from the command line with a "GPSD -p /dev/rfcomm0 -s 4800"
I telnet to localhost port 2947 and when I type in w+ I procede to get info from the gps. Shortly after I get A "connection closed by foreign host" and telnet closes. If I try to reconnect to to localhost port 2947 there is nothing to connect to.

Effectively gpsd is shutting down, is it not ? What can I do to fix this? The GPSD Daemon is shutting down or off on its own. This would be why qpegps has problems. What could be causing the gpsd process to die?

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Software / Gpsd Woes

« on: January 25, 2006, 04:28:52 pm »

I have a 16 channel bluetooth GPS made by Wonde-X. It was like $60 off of ebay. It has an external antenna port. And a built in rechargable battery and charging port. I can run it off of a car adaptor. Or run it on batteries. The battery lasts for like 22 hours on a single charge. It connects to my mappoint software on my laptop perfectly. And it will connect to zgps perfectly. I just have to figure out what is wrong with my qpegps.

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Software / Gpsd Woes

« on: January 25, 2006, 12:14:13 pm »

I would love to use the new version when it gets released with qpegps. I will keep an eye one the qpegps site for updates.

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Software / Gpsd Woes

« on: January 24, 2006, 02:49:13 pm »

zGPS doesnt use gpsd to run. It works perfectly well feeding off of the nmea info from my gps. I will have to try running gpsd from the command line. and telneting to port 2947. What should I expect to see when I telnet to 2947 if there was nothing wrong with gpsd?

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Software / Gpsd Woes

« on: January 18, 2006, 11:52:06 am »

It is the gpsd that installs with qpegps. If qpegps is installing the wrong version... well that would be novel. I have not tried overwriting GPSD with a different version than comes with qpegps. Should I be overwriting the version of gpsd that is installed when qpegps is installed? I have been trying to install the latest version of the qpegps ipk from the sourceforge site. Is there something I am failing to take into account ? When gpsd cuts out its after like 2 seconds of data from the gps.

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Software / Gpsd Woes

« on: January 16, 2006, 07:36:02 pm »

I am trying to get qpegps running on my sl-6000. I use a bluetooth gps mapped to rfcomm0. I was previously using zgps perfectly. Maps didnt work quite right but it connected to my gps and gave me streaming telemetry lat-long and compass heading. Zero issues getting data from the GPS. So I am now trying to get qpegps running because people seem to get maps running on it without too much trouble. But when it tries to connect to the GPS it works initially. Then it cuts out. And to get it back up I have to go to the configuration window and select the port and hit enter to refresh the connection. I dont know how or why it stops but it does. I am assuming that because the connection is driven by gpsd that GPSD is the source of my woes. Any thoughts on what might be wrong with GPSD and qpegps?

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General Discussion / Sl-6000 Poll

« on: December 23, 2005, 02:00:19 am »

I love mine. I am a big guy (big hands) and it is perfectly sized to work with and I dont feel like I am going to brake it. I just wish that there was a gui to use with it for bluez. I am assuming the sharp models with bluetooth have a bluez gui app but perhaps I assume wrong because I have never seen any screenshots of a sharp bluetooth gui. The builtin wifi works great. Opera looks stellar on the SL-6000 screen. It works excelent as a sip phone.

I would pay for a funtioning gui for blueZ and some better gps software. Or at least some gps software that does a better job of configuring connections to bluetooth gps devices. The screen on the sl-6000 is amazing for viewing maps but qpegps does not work well with my bluetooth gps for some reason and the issue is not with the gps. The GPS works great with my laptop and my wince device. So I am sure that I am misconfiguring it.  I use GPS software as a tool and so it has to work right the first time with no monkeying around.

I guess as a peice of hardware it is just about perfect. All it seems to lack are some specific applications. I suppose one could start a bounty on the apps that it seems to lack. I havent checked to see if there is a section on the forum for applications bounties.

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User Request for Applications / Bluez Gui Qtopia Project

« on: October 25, 2005, 03:38:10 pm »

Has anyone heard anything on Tumnus's Qtopia BlueZ GUI project ?

http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtopiabluezgui/

Site seems kind of non-updated since the middle of august.

Is anyone else working on any similar projects ?

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Accessories / FM Radio Tuner for Zaurus?

« on: October 19, 2005, 04:45:09 pm »

Is there any word on how this is coming along?

Has anyone completed enough of this to collect the bounty yet?

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Software / Sl-6000 And Zethereal

« on: October 13, 2005, 01:07:14 pm »

I am using the stock zaurus rom and I cannot find a Zethereal package that works. I found plenty of manual install instruction sets that give me a qtopia icon and whatnot but no ipkg packages that actually install.

Does anyone have a working Zethereal package that will install on the stock sharp sl-6000 rom ?

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General Discussion / Video Capture Card

« on: October 07, 2005, 05:26:44 pm »

http://www.japaninc.net/article.php?articleID=807

This link has a reference to something called the Sharp CE-VCR1. I apparently was a video capture card that would let you record shows or whatever directly to the Z's memory or sd card and let you play them back. It apparently was for the MI-E25DC (Zaurus SL-5500 with a camera builtin) sold in Japan.

Has anyone seen the capture card or any others that work with the zaurus specifically the sl-6000l (my preference because of the screen)