Location fun. Tracking, logging, etc
The author chose the Adafruit Ultimate GPS Breakout (link) for this guide. YMMV with other boards.
armbian-config # Enable hardware uart2 and pps-gpio
# System
# Hardware
# Enable uart2 option
# Enable pps-gpio option
# Save/reboot
apt install gpsd gpsd-clients python-gps gpsbabel # necessary software
systemctl stop gpsd # stop gpsd to help with testin
gpsd -n -N -D 2 /dev/ttyS2 # run gpsd by hand
cgps -s # run a cli client to verify it works
Setup necessary gpsd
defaults (daemon that provides location data to programs).
Edit /etc/default/gpsd
/dev/ttyS2
to DEVICES
-n
to GPSD_OPTIONS
Setup PPS for chrony
cat >> /boot/armbianEnv.txt <<EOF
# Orange Pi PC 2e PPS Pin
# param_pps_pin=PA6
# Pine64 PPS Pin
# param_pps_pin=PH9
EOF
systemctl reboot
demsg | grep -i pps # Verify pps is enabled and shows in the kernel
Add GPS as a time source to chrony
cat >> /etc/chrony/chrony.conf <<EOF
# set larger delay to allow the NMEA source to overlap with
# the other sources and avoid the falseticker status
refclock SHM 0 refid GPS precision 1e-1 offset 0.9999 delay 0.2
refclock PPS /dev/pps0 lock NMEA
EOF
systemctl restart chrony
cgps # look for ```Status: 3D FIX```
chronyc sources -v # Should show PPS and GPS time sources as having a recent reading
chronyc tracking # Further details
To enable chrony on your lollipop as the ntp server for your local clients…
cat > /etc/Networkmanager/dnsmasq-shared.d/ntp.conf <<EOF
dhcp-options=option:ntp-server,172.30.0.1
EOF
GpxPod for NextCloud is a good viewer for GPX track recordings
### GPX Files
You can convert raw ```nmea``` data from ```gpspipe``` using ```gpsbabel```
Examples
- ```gpsbabel -t -r -w -i nmea -f /tmp/xxx.nmea -o gpx -F xxx.gpx```
- ```gpsbabel -t -i nmea -f /tmp/xxx.nmea -x track,pack,split=5m,title="LOG # %Y%m%d-%H%M" -o gpx -F out.gpx```
## Automatic Logging
The Python program used here is in the ```scripts``` directory.
``` bash
mkdir -p /tank/gps_data
chown -R gpsd:root /tank/gps_data
# put gpslog.py at /usr/local/bin
cat > /etc/systemd/system/gps-logger.service <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=Simple gps logger
After=gpsd.service gpsd.socket
[Service]
User=gpsd
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/gpslog.py
Restart=on-failure
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable gps-logger
systemctl start gps-logger
A handy trick for auto-converting your GPS log data as well as uploading it to NextCloud. The Python program used here is in the scripts
directory.
cat > /etc/systemd/system/gpsconvert.service <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=Merge GPS logs and upload to NextCloud
After=gps-logger
[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/gpsconvert.py
EOF
cat > /etc/systemd/system/gpsconvert.timer <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=Run GPS log merge
[Timer]
OnCalendar=hourly
Persistent=true
[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target
EOF
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable gpsconvert.timer
systemctl start gpsconvert.timer
This sets up a form of A-GPS to speed locks when indoors or having a hard time getting a lock in general.
This setup is specific to the Adafruit Ultimate GPS modules. You’ll need to adapt this if using a different GPS receiver.
apt install python-pip python-setuptools python-wheel python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-wheel geoip-bin
pip install -U pyserial && pip3 install -U pyserial
cd /opt
git clone https://github.com/f5eng/mt3339-utils.git
cd /opt/mt3339-utils
./eporetrieve
Note: this MUST be done from your main internet connection, NOT VPN
curl http://ifconfig.co
mkdir GeoLite2
cd GeoLite2
wget https://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLite2-City.tar.gz
tar -xzf GeoLite2-City.tar.gz
cd ..
pip3 install -U maxminddb
python3
import maxminddb
reader = maxminddb.open_database('./GeoLite2/GeoLite2-City_20190402/GeoLite2-City.mmdb')
rec = reader.get('anipaddress')
print('%s,%s,0' %(rec['location']['latitude'], rec['location']['longitude']))
exit()
systemctl stop gpsd gpsd.socket gpsconvert.timer gpsconvert.service gps-logger
./epoloader --speed 9600 --time - --location python_output ./MTK14.EPO /dev/ttyS2
systemctl restart gpsd gpsd.socket gpsconvert.timer gpsconvert.service gps-logger