Will try latest snapshot to see how it works. For those who interested in Huawei EM770W GPS function: I finally managed to make GPS work in Linux. Direct echo 'AT^WPDGP' > /dev/ttyUSB0 did not work, so I used wvdial to pass this command to device. so, /dev/ttyUSB3 is your GPS device.
Cheers, On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 8:12 PM, Baurzhan Muftakhidinov <baurthefi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I am using OpenBSD 5.1, i386 version. > > I own an Acer ao532h netbook which comes with Huawei EM770W, > a 3G modem, connected via mini PCI-e bus. > > I succeeded to make it work as GPS receiver as following > 1) echo "AT^WPDGP" > /dev/cuaU0 > 2) GPS data in NMEA format is being received from /dev/cuaU3. > I get these data simply by 'cat /dev/cuaU3'. > 3) To stop GPS data, you need to do B "echo "AT^WPEND" > /dev/cuaU0" > > However, it is not possible to undo that command, i.e. when you press > Ctrl+C to interrupt the cat /dev/cuaU3, it simply hangs, and system itself > freezes. If I send halt or reboot in another terminal, the X server > stops working, > but system remains at console login prompt mode, and don't react to > keyboard. > > This behavior is specific to /dev/cuaU3 only, cuaU1,2 and 4 works fine with cat. > > Any advices on what kind of issue this could be are very welcome!
