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-server
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
pip install -r requirements.txt
python gpsd_feeder.py
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 our container registry.
To run:
docker run -it -p 29998:29998/udp -v $PWD/config:/config gpsd_feeder
The container contains an internal gpsd daemon and the exposed UDP port can be used to feed NMEA data e.g. with gpsd-forward frm an Android phone. If you already have a configured GPSd, just modify the config file to point to it.
Keep in mind, that GPSd normally only listens on localhost/loopback interface. To connect it from another interface start gpsd with the -D option
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: