Has anyone gotten an FEI-Zyfer 380 to talk to a control program? Can't seem to get it to talk to GPSCon or TAC32. Supposedly, it wants a program called "GPSMon" but I do not find the program with Google. Jim Robbins N1JR

GPS Monitor can be downloaded from my one drive account. Two files, not sure which is which though as they are both GPS monitor. https://1drv.ms/f/s!AmMj2HdT5zCUhLckfpNYGebG0Js-bw -=Bryan=- ________________________________ From: time-nuts <time-nuts-bounces@febo.com> on behalf of James Robbins <jsrobbins@earthlink.net> Sent: May 3, 2017 4:40 PM To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: [time-nuts] How get FEI-Zyfer 380 GPSDO to talk with computer? Has anyone gotten an FEI-Zyfer 380 to talk to a control program? Can't seem to get it to talk to GPSCon or TAC32. Supposedly, it wants a program called "GPSMon" but I do not find the program with Google. Jim Robbins N1JR _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts time-nuts Info Page - American Febo Enterprises<https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts> www.febo.com time-nuts is a low volume, high SNR list for the discussion of precise time and frequency measurement and related topics. To see the collection of prior postings to ... and follow the instructions there.

gpsmon is part of the gpsd package. http://www.catb.org/gpsd/ But you can try simply connecting the serial data to a terminal window and reading what comes out. On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 4:40 PM, James Robbins <jsrobbins@earthlink.net> wrote: > Has anyone gotten an FEI-Zyfer 380 to talk to a control program? Can't > seem > to get it to talk to GPSCon or TAC32. Supposedly, it wants a program > called > "GPSMon" but I do not find the program with Google. > > > > Jim Robbins > > N1JR > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/ > mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California

Hi I have a nasty suspicion that the “GPSMon" Zyfer is talking about is not the same program that is part of the Linux package. It’s a fairly obvious name. I’d bet it got re-used a couple of times. The docs on gpsd refer to it’s own tangled history in this regard. It’s certainly worth trying. I simply would not chuck the GPSDO in the trash if it does not work :) Bob > On May 3, 2017, at 9:49 PM, Chris Albertson <albertson.chris@gmail.com> wrote: > > gpsmon is part of the gpsd package. http://www.catb.org/gpsd/ > > But you can try simply connecting the serial data to a terminal window and > reading what comes out. > > On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 4:40 PM, James Robbins <jsrobbins@earthlink.net> > wrote: > >> Has anyone gotten an FEI-Zyfer 380 to talk to a control program? Can't >> seem >> to get it to talk to GPSCon or TAC32. Supposedly, it wants a program >> called >> "GPSMon" but I do not find the program with Google. >> >> >> >> Jim Robbins >> >> N1JR >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >> To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/ >> mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> > > > > -- > > Chris Albertson > Redondo Beach, California > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there.

Yes, "gpsmod" is a name that make have been used of by many developers. There might be many programs called gpsmon around. But I think all this one does is respond to NMEA sentences. So it might be useful. The first step in figuring this out is to look if there is any data coming out. Put a scope on the TX pin and see if there is data. Then if there is data pipe it to a terminal On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 7:24 PM, Bob kb8tq <kb8tq@n1k.org> wrote: > Hi > > I have a nasty suspicion that the “GPSMon" Zyfer is talking about is not > the same > program that is part of the Linux package. It’s a fairly obvious name. I’d > bet it got > re-used a couple of times. The docs on gpsd refer to it’s own tangled > history in this > regard. It’s certainly worth trying. I simply would not chuck the GPSDO > in the trash > if it does not work :) > > Bob > > > On May 3, 2017, at 9:49 PM, Chris Albertson <albertson.chris@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > gpsmon is part of the gpsd package. http://www.catb.org/gpsd/ > > > > But you can try simply connecting the serial data to a terminal window > and > > reading what comes out. > > > > On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 4:40 PM, James Robbins <jsrobbins@earthlink.net> > > wrote: > > > >> Has anyone gotten an FEI-Zyfer 380 to talk to a control program? Can't > >> seem > >> to get it to talk to GPSCon or TAC32. Supposedly, it wants a program > >> called > >> "GPSMon" but I do not find the program with Google. > >> > >> > >> > >> Jim Robbins > >> > >> N1JR > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > >> To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/ > >> mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > >> and follow the instructions there. > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Chris Albertson > > Redondo Beach, California > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/ > mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/ > mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California