GPS receivers

General Info

• If a GPS receiver is connected to a camera its data is automatically written into the image's EXIF header.
• To check if the GPS is connected and outputs data

http://192.168.0.9:8081/meta

Fig.1 GPS records

Garmin GPS18x-5Hz serial

• Connected to the camera through a USB-to-Serial adapter (SBT-USC1K - also used to connect a PC to the camera's serial port)
• Output is NMEA0183 sentences

check GPS output lines

/usr/local/bin/nmea2exif /dev/ttyUSB0

...
Got NMEA string >>GPGGA,231752.4,4043.39074,N,11155.91606,W,2,07,1.1,1289.1,M,-13.8,M,,<<                                                                                  
Got NMEA string >>GPRMC,231752.6,A,4043.39074,N,11155.91606,W,000.02,086.1,150111,013.2,E<<
...

reinitialize

In telnet/ssh session:

/usr/html/start_gps_and_compass.php

Garmin GPS18x USB

TBA

Links

• SBT-USC1K USB-to-Serial adapter