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author | RALOVICH, Kristof <tade60@freemail.hu> | 2013-10-11 22:06:47 +0200 |
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committer | RALOVICH, Kristof <tade60@freemail.hu> | 2013-10-11 22:06:47 +0200 |
commit | 4993d1143c87bfeaf1a5ad076956804835c2b544 (patch) | |
tree | 43b6892f57be097bd0ff52c9e3ee546bc9dc7983 /src/gant | |
parent | 326d70c59a66987f819282abce87e05de98e6bb1 (diff) |
gant: write man page
replace README
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-rw-r--r-- | src/gant/gant.1 | 166 |
2 files changed, 166 insertions, 32 deletions
diff --git a/src/gant/README b/src/gant/README deleted file mode 100644 index c258f23..0000000 --- a/src/gant/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,32 +0,0 @@ -Test version of 405 download -Needs lots of work! - -Usage: - -Put 405 in pairing mode -./gant -f paul -a auth405 - -This gives your garmin a name of "paul" and an auth file of "auth405" -The 405 will ask you if you wish to pair with "paul". Obviously -you might want to use a different name :) - -Download with: -./gant -nza auth405 > output - -or -Dnza if you want lots of debug output - -It doesn't seem to be very reliable at starting the download and -I haven't investigated why yet. So, if it doesn't start downloading -press ctrl-c and try again. I find it helps to take the watch out -of power save mode. - -If you've already downloaded the data, then you'll need to set -"force send" to yes on the watch. - -Compare output with .TCX file produce by windows ANT Agent. - -Patch gant.c -Send me patches! - -Paul - diff --git a/src/gant/gant.1 b/src/gant/gant.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..263aae0 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/gant/gant.1 @@ -0,0 +1,166 @@ +.\" -*- coding: utf-8-unix -*- +.\" groff -man -Tutf8 gant.1 +.\" Copyright © 2013 by Kristóf Ralovich +.\" +.\" Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this +.\" manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are +.\" preserved on all copies. +.\" +.\" Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this +.\" manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the +.\" entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a +.\" permission notice identical to this one +.\" +.\" Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by +.\" the source, must acknowledge the copyright and authors of this work. +.\" License. +.\" +.TH gant 1 "2013-10" "gant" "ANT+ client" +.SH "NAME" +gant \- console based ANT+ information retrieval client for Garmin GPS products +.SH "SYNOPSIS" +.BI "gant [ " "OPTIONS" " ] " +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B "gant" +is a small command-line utility to retrieve information (sports +tracks, etc.) from Garmin GPS products over the wireless ANT/ANT+ +protocols. Currently supported devices are the Forerunner 405. +.SH "OPTIONS" +.TP +.BI "\-a " "authfile" +Provide authfile (default ~/.gant). +.TP +.BI "\-f " "name" +Assign a name to the ANT device. (default garmin) +.TP +.BI "\-d " "devno" +ttyUSB +.I "devno" +Device no. (default 0) +.TP +.BI "\-i " "id" +ID for pairing (default random) +.TP +.BI "\-m " "mydev" +(default 0) +.TP +.BI "\-p" +Passive +.TP +.BI "\-v" +Verbose +.TP +.BI "\-D " "level" +Debug +.TP +.BI "\-r" +Reset the device +.TP +.BI "\-n" +Do not write auth file +.TP +.BI "\-z" +Do not pair +.SS "Help options" +.TP +.BI "\-h" +Show command line options. +.SH "EXAMPLE 1" +Put 405 in pairing mode +./gant -f paul -a auth405 + +This gives your garmin a name of "paul" and an auth file of "auth405" +The 405 will ask you if you wish to pair with "paul". Obviously +you might want to use a different name :) + +Download with: +./gant -nza auth405 > output + +or -Dnza if you want lots of debug output + +It doesn't seem to be very reliable at starting the download and +I haven't investigated why yet. So, if it doesn't start downloading +press ctrl-c and try again. I find it helps to take the watch out +of power save mode. + +If you've already downloaded the data, then you'll need to set +"force send" to yes on the watch. + +Compare output with .TCX file produce by windows ANT Agent. +.SH "EXAMPLE 2" + HOWTO USE gant + +1. plugin your ANT+ stick +2. the system will load the kernel module "cp210x" +3. to find out what ttyUSB device is used run +.LP +.RS +# dmesg|grep "cp210x converter" +.RE +.RS +[...] cp210x 3-1:1.0: cp210x converter detected +.RE +.RS +[...] usb 3-1: cp210x converter now attached to ttyUSB3 +.RE +.LP +In this case you have to use the optione "-d 3". If it is +ttyUSB0 then you don't need the -d option because 0 is the +default +4. put the watch into paring mode (menu -> configuration -> ANT+ -> + computer -> pairing on) +5. pair the computer with the watch ("mywatch" as name for the watch and + the file "auth405" as an authorization file which will be created) +.LP +.RS +# gant -d 3 -f mywatch -a auth405 +.RE +.LP +6. download saved tracks from the watch +.LP +.RS +# gant -d 3 -f mywatch -nza auth405 +.RE +.LP +You get the possible options with +.LP +.RS +# gant -h +.RE +.LP +To convert the downloaded TCX file (e.g. 2011-07-22-123456.tcx) you can use gpsbabel: +.LP +.RS +# gpsbabel -t -i gtrnctr -f 2011-07-22-123456.tcx -o gpx -F 2011-07-22-123456.gpx +.RE +.LP +\-\- 2011-07-22 Noèl Köthe <noel@debian.org> +.SH "DEVICES" +Wireless ANT communications happens over a USB2ANT dongle. Under Linux +the dongle is driven by +.B cp210x +kernel module, and presented to user-space as a USB serial port, +.B /dev/ttyUSBxxx +where +.B xxx +is an integer. The dongle is typically carrying the USB vendor id/product id +pair of 0fcf/1004 or 0fcf/1008. Recent Linux systems employ +.B udev +to handle device nodes and permissions, thus appropriate +.SH "FILES" +.TP +\fB/lib/modules/`uname \-r`/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/cp210x.ko\fR +Kernel driver module for USB2ANT dongle. +.TP +.B /dev/ttyUSBxxx +Serial device created for dongle. +.TP +.B $HOME/.gant +Default authentication file. +.SH "AUTHOR" +.B gant +was written by paul@ant.sbrk.co.uk, Wali and Klaus@Ethgen.de. This man +page is Copyright © 2013 Kristóf Ralovich. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.UR "http://code.google.com/p/antpm" +.BR "http://code.google.com/p/antpm" |