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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 14:02:27 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 14:02:27 -0400 |
| commit | 6d8bdc65446a704d0750217efd05532fc641ea7d (patch) | |
| tree | 8ae6d698b3c9801750a8b117b3842fb369872a3a /static/openbsd/man4/nmea.4 | |
| parent | 2f467bd7ff8f8db0dafa40426166491d7f57f368 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man4/nmea.4 b/static/openbsd/man4/nmea.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5c56c0c0 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man4/nmea.4 @@ -0,0 +1,121 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: nmea.4,v 1.28 2019/01/27 07:15:57 jmc Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2006, 2007 Marc Balmer <mbalmer@openbsd.org> +.\" +.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any +.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above +.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. +.\" +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES +.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF +.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR +.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES +.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN +.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF +.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: January 27 2019 $ +.Dt NMEA 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm nmea +.Nd NMEA 0183 timedelta sensor +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "pseudo-device nmea" Op Ar count +.Sh DESCRIPTION +This line discipline interfaces NMEA devices, +such as GPS receivers attached to a serial or USB port. +.Pp +The line discipline is enabled by the following sequence: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +#include <sys/ioctl.h> +int ldisc = NMEADISC, fildes; ... +ioctl(fildes, TIOCSETD, &ldisc); +.Ed +.Pp +The byte stream is unaltered by the line discipline which +maintains timedelta and position sensors using the NMEA data. +The sensors will appear as nmea* in the list. +The timedelta (nanoseconds difference between the received time +information and the local time), position (calculated latitude +and longitude in degrees), altitude and speed can be accessed +through the +.Xr sysctl 8 +interface. +.Pp +The +.Nm +line discipline decodes the following NMEA 0183 sentences: +.Bl -tag -width "RMCXX" +.It RMC +Recommended Minimum Specific GPS/TRANSIT Data. +The time and date information, position and speed are extracted. +The warning indication is used to provide the sensor status (see below). +If the attached device sends the RMC message in the 13-field format, +the operation mode of the GPS device is reported in the sensor description. +The sensor timestamp is copied from the tty timestamp if a device with PPS +is being used and tty timestamping has been turned on. +Otherwise the sensor timestamp is taken when the initial `$' character of +a message block is received from the NMEA device. +.It GGA +Current fix data. +The altitude in meters is extracted. +.El +.Pp +Messages source are recognised by the first two characters of the NMEA +sentence according to the following prefixes: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width "XXXXX" -offset indent -compact +.It GP +GPS +.It GA +Galileo +.It BD +BeiDou +.It GL +Glonass +.It GN +Generic GNSS +.El +.Sh SENSOR STATES +The quality of the timedelta is reported as the sensor status: +.Bl -tag -width "CRITICALXX" -offset indent +.It OK +The time information and position are valid. +The timedelta is safe to use for applications like +.Xr ntpd 8 . +.It WARN +The attached GPS receiver has been indicating a warning condition +for at least the last ten minutes. +The timedelta should be used with care. +.It CRITICAL +tty timestamping has been turned on but there is no PPS signal present or the +GPS receiver indicated a warning condition for at least the last twenty +minutes. +Check your hardware. +Some GPS units need PPS to be manually turned on. +.El +.Pp +The status of a second sensor is used to report the status of the +device itself: +.Bl -tag -width "CRITICALXX" -offset indent +.It OK +The clock is synchronized, e.g. a GPS receiver has a fix. +.It WARN +The device issued a warning condition, e.g. a GPS receiver has no fix. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr tty 4 , +.Xr ldattach 8 , +.Xr ntpd 8 , +.Xr sysctl 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +interface first appeared in +.Ox 4.0 . +.Sh AUTHORS +The +.Nm +line discipline was written by +.An Marc Balmer Aq Mt mbalmer@openbsd.org . |
