PyMaemo/Python-GPSbt
[edit] Introduction
Python-GPSbt is a binding, based on libgpsbt, that provides access to GPS data through osso-gpsd. It only depends on a Bluetooth GPS device already paired. How it works
Libgpsbt allows to connect with Bluetooth GPS devices and uses osso-gpsd daemon to provide a socket where you can send/receive information.
After a gps.start() its possible to send commands (trhough query) and receive data from GPS. Almost all information acquired from socket is stored inside a structure called 'fix'. To fill it just call the get_fix(). It does a query to get all necessary information from GPS device.
To finish the Bluetooth connection just call the gps.stop() method, providing the context (returned by gps.start()). API
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gpsbt.start
- establishes a new GPS connection and returns a context. This one is is used to inform stop method what connection to be ended.
context = gps.start()
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gpsbt.stop
- ends an active connection, passed through the context. gps.stop(context) -
gpsbt.gps()
- the class that gets information from GPS. Through it its possible to query, get_fix, get_position, etc. -
gpsbt.gps.get_fix()
- fills in the 'fix' structure with GPS data. The fields are: mode, time, ept, latitude, longitude, eph, altitude (meters), epv, track (degrees from true north), speed (knots), climb (meters per second), epd, eps and epc. -
gpsbt.gps.get_position()
- its a shortcut to return (latitude, longitude) info. -
gpsbt.gps.query()
- allows user to send one letter commands to the GPS device. Its possible to group a sequence of commands to send, e.g.:-
gpsbt.gps.query('a')
fills in the altitude field of 'fix' structure -
gpsbt.gps.query('as')
fills in the altitude and speed fields
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gpsbt.gps.satellites
- contains a list of detected satellites, including information about usage and quality.
[edit] Example
The code below shows how to connect with a GPS device, get data and close this connection:
import gpsbt import time def main(): context = gpsbt.start() if context == None: print 'Problem while connecting!' return # ensure that GPS device is ready to connect and to receive commands time.sleep(2) gpsdevice = gpsbt.gps() # read 3 times and show information for a in range(4): gpsdevice.get_fix() time.sleep(2) # print information stored under 'fix' variable print 'Altitude: %.3f'%gpsdevice.fix.altitude # dump all information available print gpsdevice # ends Bluetooth connection gpsbt.stop(context) main()
Download source code here.
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