GPS woes. /dev/ttyUSB# does not get created

[TIsomewhereME]

When I connect my Garmin GPS18 USB to Pineapple Mark V (firmware version 2.0.4) It shows up in dmesg:

usb 1-1.2: USB disconnect, device number 4
usb 1-1.2: new full-speed USB device number 6 using ehci-platform

however there is no corresponding new tty device listed in /dev. Only a new USB device under /dev/bus/usb/001/004

I have attempted to install GPSD on the sd card, but was unable to get it to enable at boot, so I removed it & installed in on the Mark V.

I can start gpsd from the command line (with gpsd /dev/bus/usb/001/004), and telnet to localhost:2947 and get the following:

telnet localhost 2947
{"class":"VERSION","release":"3.7","rev":"3.7","proto_major":3,"proto_minor":7}

So I know GPSD is installed & runs, I know my GPS is seen by the system, however I cannot get the two to talk consistently as the USB device number changes between reboots (usually between 4& 5)

Short of a factory reset and trying again, I am not sure where to go from here to get GPS working on the Mark V.

[barry99705]

Might not have the proper kernel module for it.

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/USB_Garmin_on_GNU/Linux

[Sebkinne]

Might not have the proper kernel module for it.

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/USB_Garmin_on_GNU/Linux

This is the most likely answer. We don't support all GPS devices out of the box.

Best Regards,

Sebkinne

[TIsomewhereME]

Looks like I'm off to learn how to add a kernel module to the Mark V.

[BeNe]

This is the most likely answer. We don't support all GPS devices out of the box.

Best Regards,

Sebkinne

Is there a list for all supported GPS deviced?

[barry99705]

Is there a list for all supported GPS deviced?

Anything that uses a generic pl-23xx module will work.