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In Unix and Linux systems access to the serial port is restricted. This means that either there is a program to lock the port with super-user privileges, or the permissions of the port are changed to give read/write access to a group of users or to all users. The latter is dangerous in that it creates security problems. In any case super-user privileges are needed to install the software or to give access to the serial port group.
The installation is done as with other such packages and there is no need for manual configuration. Users of GPSMan must belong to the group that owns the serial port to be used (normally dialout).
After unpacking the files (use tar xzvf gpsman-6.2.1.tgz) the
GPSMan main file,
gpsman.tcl, should be edited for
configuration (see below) and put where it can be
executed. The other GPSMan files should go into the directory whose
path is given at the beginning of gpsman.tcl.
The package includes a file
gpsman.sh in the util
directory that is a shell script to
call gpsman.tcl in graphical mode
with no need
to give the serial port as argument. This file should be edited for
configuration and placed where its can be executed.
The program is launched by calling
gpsman
(or gpsman.tcl) that may have no arguments or a
single argument with the path to the serial port device, in which case
the graphical interface will be used, or 2 or more arguments, in which
case the command-line mode will be
entered. 
An exception to this is the callgpsman [OPTIONS] start travel [INTERVAL]
that is parsed as if in command-linde mode, but then launches the
graphical interface (this will only work with Garmin
receivers).
GPSMan can be run under MacOS X systems by installing a suitable Tcl/Tk package and by using a USB to serial adapter. The following configuration is known to work (information kindly supplied by Mathias Herberts, Mathias.Herberts_at_iroise.net):
To install GPSMan, unpack the gpsman-6.2.1.tgz archive,
and edit the GPSMan main file,
gpsman.tcl for
configuration (see below) and put where it can be
executed. The other GPSMan files should go into the directory whose
path is given at the beginning of gpsman.tcl.
After unpacking the gpsman-6.2.1.zip archive the
GPSMan main file,
gpsman.tcl, should be edited for
configuration (see below) and put where it can be
executed. The other GPSMan files should go into the directory whose
path is given at the beginning of
gpsman.tcl.
GPSMan User Manualmig_at_ncc.up.pt, DCC-FC & LIACC,
Universidade do Porto, 2004 | | | Installation |