cswaim / gps

Trimble Standard Interface Protocol (TSIP)

TSIP (Trimble Standard Interface Protocol)

Intro

This is a class implementation of the TSIP.

This class will access a Trimple GPS unit, sending and receiving msgs based on the TSIP protocol. The class currently supports specialized calls to get the gps time in utc and to get the lat/long/elev.

Install

To install,

• cd {yourpath}/gps
• mkdir build
• cd build
• cmake ..
• make
• sudo make install

two modules are installed - gps_test & gps_survey

Usage

• @code

• std::string prot = '/dev/ttyS0'
  

• tsip::xyz_t xyz;
  

• time_t gps_time;
  

• tsip gps(port);
  

• or

• tsip gps;
  

• gps.set_gps_port(port);
  

• gps_time = gps.get_gps_time_utc();
  

• xyz = gps.get_xyz();
  

• @endcode

Changes

2012-02-26 - Initial add 2012-04-18 - Modified constructor so the port name can be set after instantiation.