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GPS dongle on USB issue

TomNick
in Allwinner sunxi

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Hi everbody,

 

I am trying to get my GPS dongle connected to my USB but it does not work. The idea is, to have Opencpn installed and GPS connected to it.

My system:
Orange Pi 1
ARMBIAN 5.59 stable Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch) 4.14.65-sunxi
GPSD installed

My ifonfig: 

wlx20e816009606: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.1.50  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.1.255
        inet6 fd9b:3717:53b3::3e2  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x0<global>
        inet6 fd9b:3717:53b3:0:7f5f:c66e:cfc3:ca21  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x0<global>
        inet6 fe80::db2f:fae5:558e:15b  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        ether 20:e8:16:00:96:06  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 186339  bytes 69238420 (66.0 MiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 49531  bytes 8489936 (8.0 MiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

wlxec086b1498ff: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 172.24.1.1  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 172.24.1.255
        inet6 fe80::ee08:6bff:fe14:98ff  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        ether ec:08:6b:14:98:ff  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 50382  bytes 7292103 (6.9 MiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 21  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 63911  bytes 60916357 (58.0 MiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

sudo dmesg | grep usb

  

[    0.000000] Kernel command line: root=UUID=2331b890-814a-4e3a-80ff-35597e4af7d6 rootwait rootfstype=ext4 console=tty1 console=ttyS0,115200 hdmi.audio=EDID:0 disp.screen0_output_mode=1920x1080p60 panic=10 consoleblank=0 loglevel=1 ubootpart=e0d6de9e-01 ubootsource=mmc usb-storage.quirks=0x2537:0x1066:u,0x2537:0x1068:u   sunxi_ve_mem_reserve=0 sunxi_g2d_mem_reserve=0 sunxi_fb_mem_reserve=16 cgroup_enable=memory swapaccount=1
[    0.379600] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[    0.379636] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[    0.379702] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[    0.818697] sun4i-usb-phy 1c19400.phy: Couldn't request ID GPIO
[    0.910938] ehci-platform 1c1a000.usb: EHCI Host Controller
[    0.910964] ehci-platform 1c1a000.usb: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
[    0.911665] ehci-platform 1c1a000.usb: irq 27, io mem 0x01c1a000
[    0.918319] ehci-platform 1c1a000.usb: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
[    0.918604] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[    0.918611] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[    0.918617] usb usb1: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[    0.918623] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 4.14.65-sunxi ehci_hcd
[    0.918628] usb usb1: SerialNumber: 1c1a000.usb
[    0.920054] ohci-platform 1c1a400.usb: Generic Platform OHCI controller
[    0.920076] ohci-platform 1c1a400.usb: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
[    0.920231] ohci-platform 1c1a400.usb: irq 28, io mem 0x01c1a400
[    0.975563] usb usb2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[    0.975571] usb usb2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[    0.975576] usb usb2: Product: Generic Platform OHCI controller
[    0.975582] usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 4.14.65-sunxi ohci_hcd
[    0.975587] usb usb2: SerialNumber: 1c1a400.usb
[    0.976804] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[    1.006513] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[    1.006516] usbhid: USB HID core driver
[    1.041264] ehci-platform 1c1b000.usb: EHCI Host Controller
[    1.041324] ehci-platform 1c1b000.usb: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
[    1.041837] ehci-platform 1c1b000.usb: irq 29, io mem 0x01c1b000
[    1.048327] ehci-platform 1c1b000.usb: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
[    1.048539] usb usb3: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[    1.048547] usb usb3: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[    1.048553] usb usb3: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[    1.048558] usb usb3: Manufacturer: Linux 4.14.65-sunxi ehci_hcd
[    1.048564] usb usb3: SerialNumber: 1c1b000.usb
[    1.049827] ehci-platform 1c1c000.usb: EHCI Host Controller
[    1.049850] ehci-platform 1c1c000.usb: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
[    1.050063] ehci-platform 1c1c000.usb: irq 31, io mem 0x01c1c000
[    1.056358] ehci-platform 1c1c000.usb: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
[    1.056541] usb usb4: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[    1.056548] usb usb4: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[    1.056553] usb usb4: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[    1.056559] usb usb4: Manufacturer: Linux 4.14.65-sunxi ehci_hcd
[    1.056564] usb usb4: SerialNumber: 1c1c000.usb
[    1.057762] ehci-platform 1c1d000.usb: EHCI Host Controller
[    1.057787] ehci-platform 1c1d000.usb: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
[    1.058634] ehci-platform 1c1d000.usb: irq 33, io mem 0x01c1d000
[    1.065337] ehci-platform 1c1d000.usb: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
[    1.065509] usb usb5: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[    1.065516] usb usb5: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[    1.065522] usb usb5: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[    1.065527] usb usb5: Manufacturer: Linux 4.14.65-sunxi ehci_hcd
[    1.065533] usb usb5: SerialNumber: 1c1d000.usb
[    1.066686] ohci-platform 1c1b400.usb: Generic Platform OHCI controller
[    1.066709] ohci-platform 1c1b400.usb: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 6
[    1.066865] ohci-platform 1c1b400.usb: irq 30, io mem 0x01c1b400
[    1.122490] usb usb6: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[    1.122497] usb usb6: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[    1.122503] usb usb6: Product: Generic Platform OHCI controller
[    1.122508] usb usb6: Manufacturer: Linux 4.14.65-sunxi ohci_hcd
[    1.122513] usb usb6: SerialNumber: 1c1b400.usb
[    1.123576] ohci-platform 1c1c400.usb: Generic Platform OHCI controller
[    1.123616] ohci-platform 1c1c400.usb: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 7
[    1.123766] ohci-platform 1c1c400.usb: irq 32, io mem 0x01c1c400
[    1.179484] usb usb7: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[    1.179491] usb usb7: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[    1.179497] usb usb7: Product: Generic Platform OHCI controller
[    1.179502] usb usb7: Manufacturer: Linux 4.14.65-sunxi ohci_hcd
[    1.179507] usb usb7: SerialNumber: 1c1c400.usb
[    1.180544] ohci-platform 1c1d400.usb: Generic Platform OHCI controller
[    1.180566] ohci-platform 1c1d400.usb: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 8
[    1.180748] ohci-platform 1c1d400.usb: irq 34, io mem 0x01c1d400
[    1.236494] usb usb8: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[    1.236501] usb usb8: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[    1.236507] usb usb8: Product: Generic Platform OHCI controller
[    1.236513] usb usb8: Manufacturer: Linux 4.14.65-sunxi ohci_hcd
[    1.236518] usb usb8: SerialNumber: 1c1d400.usb
[    1.237598] usb_phy_generic usb_phy_generic.0.auto: usb_phy_generic.0.auto supply vcc not found, using dummy regulator
[    1.237895] musb-hdrc musb-hdrc.1.auto: MUSB HDRC host driver
[    1.237905] musb-hdrc musb-hdrc.1.auto: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 9
[    1.238107] usb usb9: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[    1.238114] usb usb9: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[    1.238120] usb usb9: Product: MUSB HDRC host driver
[    1.238125] usb usb9: Manufacturer: Linux 4.14.65-sunxi musb-hcd
[    1.238130] usb usb9: SerialNumber: musb-hdrc.1.auto
[    1.240269] usb0-vbus: disabling
[    1.369373] usb 3-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-platform
[    1.377355] usb 4-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-platform
[    1.499142] usb 3-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=8178
[    1.499152] usb 3-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[    1.499158] usb 3-1: Product: USB WLAN
[    1.499163] usb 3-1: Manufacturer: 802.11n
[    1.499168] usb 3-1: SerialNumber: 00e04c000001
[    1.516869] usb 4-1: New USB device found, idVendor=148f, idProduct=7601
[    1.516878] usb 4-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[    1.516884] usb 4-1: Product: 802.11 n WLAN
[    1.516889] usb 4-1: Manufacturer: MediaTek
[    1.516894] usb 4-1: SerialNumber: 1.0
[    1.621375] usb 8-1: new full-speed USB device number 2 using ohci-platform
[    1.812386] usb 8-1: New USB device found, idVendor=1546, idProduct=01a7
[    1.812396] usb 8-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[    1.812400] usb 8-1: Product: u-blox 7 - GPS/GNSS Receiver
[    1.812405] usb 8-1: Manufacturer: u-blox AG - www.u-blox.com
[    6.104431] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_acm
[    6.411393] usb 4-1: reset high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-platform
[    6.428003] rtl_usb: rx_max_size 15360, rx_urb_num 8, in_ep 1
[    6.429510] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8192cu
[    7.151785] usbcore: registered new interface driver mt7601u

So on USB8 the dongle looks like installed. I am trying to get the signal from /dev/ttyUSB8 but nothing works. Anybody have any idea what I have been missing? Thanks for some help.
Tom

 

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2 hours ago, martinayotte said:

The device number 8 in USB doesn't mean that it is appearing as /dev/ttyUSB8, no related ...

Since "dmesg" says "registered new interface driver cdc_acm", check if it is appearing as /dev/ttyACM0 ...

Ok I tried:
  

sudo dmesg | grep tty
[    0.000000] Kernel command line: root=UUID=2331b890-814a-4e3a-80ff-35597e4af7d6 rootwait rootfstype=ext4 console=tty1 console=ttyS0,115200 hdmi.audio=EDID:0 disp.screen0_output_mode=1920x1080p60 panic=10 consoleblank=0 loglevel=1 ubootpart=e0d6de9e-01 ubootsource=mmc usb-storage.quirks=0x2537:0x1066:u,0x2537:0x1068:u   sunxi_ve_mem_reserve=0 sunxi_g2d_mem_reserve=0 sunxi_fb_mem_reserve=16 cgroup_enable=memory swapaccount=1
[    0.000193] console [tty1] enabled
[    0.874111] console [ttyS0] disabled
[    0.894260] 1c28000.serial: ttyS0 at MMIO 0x1c28000 (irq = 42, base_baud = 1500000) is a U6_16550A
[    0.894325] console [ttyS0] enabled
[    5.615161] cdc_acm 5-1.4:1.0: ttyACM0: USB ACM device

used /dev/ttyACM0 did not work either....the GPS dongle is blinking and receiving signal...

11 minutes ago, TomNick said:

Ok I tried:
 

used /dev/ttyACM0 did not work either....the GPS dongle is blinking and receiving signal...

here are some notices I wrote down as I used my BLOX USB GPS with armbian and gpsd (not OpenCDN) - maybe this could helpful for some configuration-files?

Spoiler

$ su - (or sudo -s )
# killall -9 gpsd ntpd
# gpsd -n /dev/ttyXX
# sleep 2
# ntpd -gN
# sleep 2
# cgps

root@PiHole:~# killall -9 gpsd ntpd
root@PiHole:~# /usr/sbin/gpsd -D 5 -n /dev/ttyACM0 -F /var/run/gpsd.sock
root@PiHole:~# ntpd -gN
root@PiHole:~# cgps -s
root@PiHole:~# ntpq -p
     remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset  jitter
==============================================================================
-yoda.dousse.eu  149.202.97.123   3 u   44   64    1  210.131  -86.548   3.725
+metronoom.dmz.c .PPS.            1 u   44   64    1  195.995  -76.241   9.432
*time.ume.tubita .PPS.            1 u   43   64    1   22.269  -12.244   0.827
+213.251.52.185  193.0.0.229      2 u   42   64    1   49.814    4.573   0.895
 SHM(0)          .GPS.            0 l    3   16    3    0.000  -118.66   5.580
 SHM(1)          .PPS.            0 l    -   16    0    0.000    0.000   0.000


apt-get install gpsd gpsd-clients
apt-get install ntpstat
apt-get install openntpd
/usr/sbin/gpsd -D 5 -S 1024 -n /dev/ttyACM0 -F /var/run/gpsd.sock
RPi1: /usr/sbin/gpsd -D 5 -n /dev/ttyACM0 -F /var/run/gpsd.sock

cgps -s 127.0.0.1:1024
RPi1: cgps -s
 
Latitude:    40.358424 N
Longitude:   28.909791 E  

Latitude:    40.358545 N
Longitude:   28.909723 E 

 /etc/default/gpsd
GPSD_OPTIONS="-n"

# Default settings for gpsd.
# Please do not edit this file directly - use `dpkg-reconfigure gpsd' to
# change the options.
START_DAEMON="true"
GPSD_OPTIONS="-n /dev/ttyACM0"
DEVICES=""
USBAUTO="true"
GPSD_SOCKET="/var/run/gpsd.sock"

 

or


# Default settings for gpsd.
# Please do not edit this file directly - use `dpkg-reconfigure gpsd' to
# change the options.
START_DAEMON="true"
GPSD_OPTIONS="-n"
DEVICES="/dev/ttyS0"
USBAUTO="false"
GPSD_SOCKET="/var/run/gpsd.sock"


sudo service gpsd start
sudo service gpsd stop

# Add the following to `/etc/ntp.conf`
# ==============================================
# GPS Serial data reference
server 127.127.28.0 minpoll 4 maxpoll 4
fudge 127.127.28.0 time1 0.0 refid GPS

# GPS PPS reference
server 127.127.28.1 minpoll 4 maxpoll 4 prefer
fudge 127.127.28.1 refid PPS
# ==============================================

To verify that the GPS module is indeed feeding ntpd, run the command `ntpq -p` in a terminal

ntpd -q -g
apt-get install ntpdate
ntpdate NTP-Server
ntpdate ptbtime1.ptb.de

root@Neo2:~# ntpdate  192.168.6.3
 8 Sep 22:48:37 ntpdate[2489]: step time server 192.168.6.3 offset 9.530871 sec

hwclock --systohc
 

 

 

do a ls -l /dev/ttyACM* check the permissions, if it isn't correct try chmod 666 /dev/ttyACM? where that is the relevant ACM device

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