here is the link to the product http://www.buygpsnow.com/Canmore-GT-730F(L)-USB-GPS-Tracker-Stick-Data-Logger-with-A-GPS-Support__1038.aspx

 I am having trouble installing this gps receiver on my ubuntu machine. It works fine on windows xp with the provided windows xp drivers.

The only drivers I can find for linux are the redhat drivers. I tried running "MAKE inst" in the linux terminal and I got many errors.

Can anyone please help.

Thanks!

Sorry but we only provide driver for Redhat Linux and it may not work at all for Ubuntu. Sorry.

 I got it to work.

1. in the linux terminal I sent sudo modprobe pl2303

2. I went to /etc/modules and added pl2303 to the bottom of the file

3. I plugged in the device, and sent cat /dev/ttyUSB0

Thanks for sharing.

Quick Question: Did you have to type in: "make inst" first prior those 3 steps above?

Thanks in advance.

 No, there was no need for "make inst", I guess the linux system will recognize it automatically if it has pl2303 module.

 It would have been good if the add stated drivers for linux is Redhat only then those like me would not have wasted our money.

dancer58

 

 Thanks giloosh

That's encouraging. I have not been able to get mine to work

I am using Ubuntu Intrepid, which Ubuntu are you using ?

If you think of anything else you might have done please leave a message

Thanks, I am glad I could help. I know how aggrevating this could be.

I am using UBUNTU EEE, but I also got this to work on Puppy Linux, and DSL (damnsmalllinux)

I will try to refine my steps, and hopefully this will solve your problem.


1. in the linux terminal I sent sudo modprobe pl2303

2. I went to /etc/modules and added pl2303 to the bottom of the file

3. I plugged in the device and sent dmesg which should tell you where your PL2303 device is attached to. Mine was attached to /dev/ttyUSB0.

4. Iso then i sen cat /dev/ttyUSB0

5. I got no errors, but nothing was printing out at first, so I had to change the baud rate to 4800 by sending:  stty 4800 < /dev/ttyUSB0

6. Then i sent  cat /dev/ttyUSB0 again and started seeing NMEA sentences.

7. hit ctrl C to stop.

 Mine works a little different

I enter "stty -F /dev/ttyS14 ispeed 4800" and it comes up right away. I tried faster ispeed but it would not work, must be 4800 I guess

I may use a batch file to start my mapping program so I don't have to enter the stty string

 Thanks

 Ok I can Cat /dev/ttyUSB0 and I see the GPS feed... any idea how to connect this to gpsd? 

 

thanks. jon

This worked for me on 9.04:

 

 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=966569

I  just purchased this usb gps stick. What's the best free gps software to use? Or what software is worth purchasing that will work well with the unit?

Thanks,

Sknyppy

I use Roadmap  in Ubuntu 9.04       http://roadmap.sourceforge.net/       also will need maps, instructions are available on site

 You will need to compile & install roadmap

It is still in development but works well

 

 

sknyppy:

I  just purchased this usb gps stick. What's the best free gps software to use? Or what software is worth purchasing that will work well with the unit?

Thanks,

Sknyppy