N900 GPS Reverse Engineering

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acquire packets like:
acquire packets like:
  strace -p $(pidof location-daemon) -e read=6 2>&1|grep '| 000'
  strace -p $(pidof location-daemon) -e read=6 2>&1|grep '| 000'
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alternatively you can capture them from the network interface, but this will include other modem information:
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tcpdump -i phonet0 -s 0 -w phonet.cap
== Packet Graph ==
== Packet Graph ==
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== Packet Analysis ==
== Packet Analysis ==
*??? = mode: The mode of the fix  
*??? = mode: The mode of the fix  
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*??? = fields: A bitfield representing which items of this tuple contain valid data  
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*??? = fields: A bitfield representing which items of this tuple contain valid data
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*00 = ISI sequence ID (seems to be always 0 for GPS)
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*01 = GPS Data Opcode (0x92)
*10,11 = time year
*10,11 = time year
*12 = time month
*12 = time month
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*18,19 = time seconds and milliseconds (in milliseconds)
*18,19 = time seconds and milliseconds (in milliseconds)
*1a,1b = *probably* ept: Time accuracy, but *always* 0, so no way to verify
*1a,1b = *probably* ept: Time accuracy, but *always* 0, so no way to verify
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*20,21,22(,23?) = latitude / 360 * 256*256*256(*256?)
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*20,21,22,23 = latitude / 360 * 256*256*256*256
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*24,25,26(,27?) = longitude / 360 * 256*256*256(*256?)
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*24,25,26,27 = longitude / 360 * 256*256*256*256
*28 =
*28 =
*2b,2c = 0590-12a9 (hex)
*2b,2c = 0590-12a9 (hex)
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*46,47 = climb: Current rate of climb in cm/s
*46,47 = climb: Current rate of climb in cm/s
*48,4a = epc: Climb accuracy, in cm/s
*48,4a = epc: Climb accuracy, in cm/s
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== Wireshark ==
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[[User:sre|Sebastian Reichel]] writes a lowlevel library to access the N900's modem features and a wireshark plugin to analyze the packages. The information from above is currently only included in the Wireshark Plugin:
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* [https://elektranox.org/n900/images/wireshark/04.png Screenshot]
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* [https://git.ring0.de/libisi/tree/wireshark-plugin Plugin]
[[Category:N900 Hardware]]
[[Category:N900 Hardware]]

Revision as of 02:14, 5 October 2010

acquire packets like: 

strace -p $(pidof location-daemon) -e read=6 2>&1|grep '| 000'

alternatively you can capture them from the network interface, but this will include other modem information: 

tcpdump -i phonet0 -s 0 -w phonet.cap

Contents

Packet Graph 

| 00000  00 92 01 00 00 00 00 xx  05 00 00 00 09 03 00 10
         S------------------- T4  DL S-------------------
| 00010  07 da 07 15 00 xx xx 00  xx xx 00 00 09 02 00 1c
         S------------- TL TS --        S----------------
| 00020  xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx  00 00 xx xx 00 00 08 8b
         DL---       DL--- TS     S----       S---- ^eph^
| 00030  xx 00 xx xx xx xx xx xx  09 04 00 14 62 7e xx xx
            S- DL TS---    DL MS  S---------- track SS---
| 00040  xx xx 00 xx xx xx 00 xx  00 xx 00 00 09 05 00 74
         DL--- S-    TL    S- DS  S- DS S------------- DL
| 00050  09 00 00 00 00 02 xx xx  00 xx xx xx xx xx 00 00
         DL S---------- T4--- MS  S- TS--- I  TS MI S----
| 00060  00 04 xx xx xx xx xx xx  xx xx 00 00 00 xx xx xx
         S- T4 T3 TS S- TL TS MS  TS MD S------- T4 TS---
| 00070  00 xx xx xx xx xx 00 00  00 xx xx xx 00 03 xx xx
         S- TS--- I  TS MS S-------- T3 MS MS S- DL TS MS
| 00080  xx xx 00 00 00 xx xx xx  00 xx xx xx xx xx 00 00
         TS MD S------- T3 TS MS  S- TS--- MS TS MI S----
| 00090  00 xx xx xx 00 03 xx xx  xx xx 00 00 00 xx xx xx
         S- TS------ S- DL TS MD  TS MS S------- TS SS+TS
| 000a0  00 xx xx xx xx xx 00 00  00 xx xx xx 00 xx xx xx
         S- TL TS MS TS MD S-------- TS------ S- TL TS MI
| 000b0  xx xx 00 00 00 xx xx xx  00 xx xx xx xx xx 00 00
         TS--- S------- TS--- MS  S- TS--- MI TS MS S----
| 000c0  09 08 00 0c xx xx xx xx  xx xx xx xx
         DL----------------------------------

Key

  • S = Static, unchanging normally
  • MS = Mostly static, varying in value normally slightly
  • SS = Sometimes static, completely different values sometimes
  • I = Incrementing
  • MI = Incrementing, but not every packet
  • D = Decrementing
  • MD = Decrementing, but not every packet
  • TS = Time-sensitive; changes over (short) durations of time
  • TL = Time-sensitive, longer duration
  • T3 = "
  • T4 = ", overnight
  • DS = Distance-sensitive; changes over at least 30m distance
  • DL = Distance-sensitive, like across the world

Packet Analysis

  • ??? = mode: The mode of the fix
  • ??? = fields: A bitfield representing which items of this tuple contain valid data
  • 00 = ISI sequence ID (seems to be always 0 for GPS)
  • 01 = GPS Data Opcode (0x92)
  • 10,11 = time year
  • 12 = time month
  • 13 = time day
  • 15 = time hour
  • 16 = time minute
  • 18,19 = time seconds and milliseconds (in milliseconds)
  • 1a,1b = *probably* ept: Time accuracy, but *always* 0, so no way to verify
  • 20,21,22,23 = latitude / 360 * 256*256*256*256
  • 24,25,26,27 = longitude / 360 * 256*256*256*256
  • 28 =
  • 2b,2c = 0590-12a9 (hex)
  • 2e,2f = eph (cm)
  • 30 =
  • 32,33,,36,37 = altitude; ((p32;33) - (p36;37)) / 2 = meters
  • (34?,)35 = (double epv: Vertical position accuracy) * 2
  • 3c,3d = track: Direction of motion in hundredths of a degree
  • 3e,3f = epd: Track accuracy (in hundredths?)
  • 42,43 = speed, in centimetres per second
  • 44,45 = eps: speed accuracy, in centimetres per second
  • 46,47 = climb: Current rate of climb in cm/s
  • 48,4a = epc: Climb accuracy, in cm/s

Wireshark

Sebastian Reichel writes a lowlevel library to access the N900's modem features and a wireshark plugin to analyze the packages. The information from above is currently only included in the Wireshark Plugin:

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