1GPSMAN(1) User Commands GPSMAN(1)
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6 gpsman - a (graphical) manager of GPS data
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9 gpsman [-dev [usb=]DEVICE]
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13 gpsman GPS Manager (GPSMan) is a graphical manager of GPS data that
14 makes possible the preparation, inspection and edition of GPS data in a
15 friendly environment. GPSMan supports communication and real-time log‐
16 ging with Garmin, Lowrance and Magellan receivers and accepts real-time
17 logging information in NMEA 0183 from any GPS receiver.
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19 To comunicate with the GPS port the user must have been granted
20 read/write permissions for the corresponding device.
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22 For use in graphical mode GPSMan must be invoked as in the first form
23 above, where the usb= prefix to the device path enforces the use of the
24 Garmin USB protocol. The use in this mode is not further described
25 here, a full description being given in the User Manual available along
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28 GPSMan can also be used in command line mode (with no graphical inter‐
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33 In non-graphical mode GPSMan exits with either a 0 if COMMAND was suc‐
34 cessfully executed, or a 1 if not. Some commands will write information
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36 to the standard error channel, but most of the errors will not be
37 explained. In case of doubt the graphical mode should be used to see if
38 there are problems with files or the receiver.
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41 Apart from the -dev option all other options are only for use in non-
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44 -dev DEVICE gives the device path.
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46 -log creates a log file of the serial communication
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49 -rec Garmin | Lowrance | Magellan
50 changes the brand of the receiver (NOTE: at present will only
51 work with Garmin); this option can be useful to override the
52 options in the preferences file; cannot be used with the readput
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58 the user preferences file); cannot be used with the -rec option.
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62 cannot occur before the -rec option; the show protocols command
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65 Options not related with COMMAND will be silently ignored.
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68 Some commands accept parameters in the form NAME=VALUE. The term PARAM
69 when used here referring to arguments of a command has always this
70 meaning. Care should be taken if the value part is a string with spaces
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76 There is no room in a manual page to describe in detail the available
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82 exits with 0 if a connection check with the receiver succeeds.
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84 show WHAT writes help information to the standard output; WHAT is one
85 of: datums, formats (data file formats), help, projections, protocols,
86 symbols (waypoint symbols), transfs
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89 haslib LIBRARY checks availability of library
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91 getwrite INTYPES FORMAT [OUTTYPES] [OUTPARAMS] PATH transfers data from
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94 readput FORMAT [INPARAMS] [INTYPES] PATH [OUTTYPES] transfers data from
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97 getrtimelog PATH [INTERVAL] gets the real-time log from the receiver
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100 getfix PATH [TIMEOUT] gets the current fix data from the receiver and
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103 getalmanac PATH gets the current almanac data from the receiver and
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106 read IN-FORMAT [PARAMS] [TYPES] PATH reads a data file and launches the
107 graphical interface (in GPSMan scripts the behaviour is different; see
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110 start travel [INTERVAL] launches the graphical interface and starts
111 real-time logging, animation and travelling.
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113 translate FORMAT [INPARAMS] [INTYPES]PATH FORMAT [OUTPARAMS] [OUTTYPES]
114 PATH translates from a file format to another.
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116 project LATD LONGD DATUM PROJECTION [PARAMS] writes to the standard
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119 georef IMGPATH TRANSF LATD LONGD LATD LONGD [LATD LONGD] DATUM X Y X Y
120 [X Y] PROJECTION [PARAMS] writes to the standard output a map informa‐
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123 geopicts IN-FORMAT [IN-PARAMS] IN-TYPE IN-PATH [PROC-PARAMS] [OUT-FOR‐
124 MAT] [OUT-PARAMS] OUT-PATH PICT-PATHS geo-references files either based
125 on their time-stamps and a given track, or by using the sequence of
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128 source PATH executes a Tcl/Tk script.
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133 This manual page was written by Miguel Filgueiras <mig@ncc.up.pt> using
134 a previous version by Rogerio Reis <rvr@ncc.up.pt>.
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136 GPSMan: developed and maintained by Miguel Filgueiras, with contribu‐
137 tions by Brian Baulch, Rogerio Reis, Andreas Lange, Alessandro Palmas,
138 Niki Hammler, Martin Ostermann, Valere Robin, David Wolfskill, Rob
139 Buitenhuis, Frank Kujawski, Tri Agus Prayitno, Matt Martin, Stefan
140 Heinen, Heiko Thede, Sabine Broda, Alberto Morales, Martin Buck, David
141 Kaplan, Jean H. Theoret, Paul Scorer, Nigel Orr, David Gardner.
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144 Report bugs to <mig_AT_ncc.up.pt>.
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147 Copyright (C) 1998-2007 Miguel Filgueiras and Rogerio Reis
148 LIACC & DCC Faculdade de Ciencias/ University of Porto
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150 This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is
151 NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
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155 Miguel Filgueiras, GPSMan User Manual, Version 6.3.2, June 2007
156 This manual, in both PDF and HTML, is part of the distribution of GPS‐
157 Man and can be retrieved from the GPSMan site at
158 http://www.ncc.up.pt/gpsman.
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