How to capture various datas using gps

[starry1803]

Hi,

I am quite new to labview and currently doing a project for my attachment company. Can anyone teach me or advise me on how to write a labview program on gps? The data to be captured are:

1) Datum being used

2) Date and time

3) Number of satellite in view

4) Quality of signal

5) Latitude and longitude

Thanks alot

Yours,

Meishan

[chilly_charly]

This is not a LabVIEW problem, but a GPS question.

The answer depend on the communication protocol that you'll be using : NMEA or proprietary. In the second case, you'll have to read the manual of the GPS brand you plan to use. In the first case, you need the details of the NMEA protocol. I'm afraid you'll have to pay the National Marine Electronic Association for it, since this is not a public document.

You should have a look here where there is an example vi which uses some NMEA functions.

Good luck...

[Brian_Beal]

All you need to do is set up your GPS to output the NMEA messages that contain that information.  I don't have that information in front of me, but it will be in your manual.  You don't need to know the NMEA protocol to interpret those messages.  There are several examples of reading GPS messages on this discussion forum.  You should be able to use those to get what you need.