gps2val

GPS Feeder

consumes gpsd as datasource and pushes location to kuksa.val server. The gpsd_feeder.ini contains kuksa.val and gpsd configuration.

Before starting the gps feeder, you need start kuksa.val and gpsd:

<path to kuksa.val>/kuksa.val

gpsd -S <gpsd port> -N <gps device>

If you do not have a gps device, you can use your cellphone to forward gps data to gpsd. For example gpsd-forward is an open source android app. You can start gpsd with the following command to receive data from the app:

gpsd -N udp://0.0.0.0:29998

Install dependencies and execution

pip install -r requirements.txt
python gpsd_feeder.py

Using docker

You can also use docker to execute the feeder platform independently. To build a docker image:

docker build -t gpsd_feeder .

You can also download docker images from the release page.

To run:

docker run -it -p 29998:29998/udp -v $PWD/config:/config gpsd_feeder

Test with gpsfake

You can also use gpsfake to playback a gps logs in e.g. nmea format. To install gpsfake, follow the command in this link. After installation, run the following command to simulate a gps device as datasource:

gpsfake -P 2947 simplelog_example.nmea

Note: You need to use the gpsfake with the same version like the installed gpsd.

There are several tools for generating nmea log files:

• nmea-gps logger
• nmeagen