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NMEAsync
NMEasync is a 32 bits console application that uses the data supplied by a GPS receiver to synchronize the date and time of a PC running Windows.
The GPS receiver must generate NMEA sentences, and be connected to the PC using a serial cable.
NMEAsync uses the "$GPRMC" NMEA sentence to obtain the current date and time.
Usage is :
NMEAsync [/port=] [/mindiff=] [/maxdiff=] [/settime] [/leapseconds=]
/port= COM1, COM2, ..., COMn
/baudrate=n serial port baudrate
/mindiff=n do not set time if difference is less than n seconds
/maxdiff=n do not set time if difference is more than n seconds
/leapseconds=n add n seconds to the time supplied in NMEA message
(for buggy GPS's)
/settime actually set the time
The defaults values are /port=COM1 /baudrate=4800 /mindiff=2 /maxdiff=300. The system time will NOT be changed if /settime is not specified.
NMEAsync returns an errorlevel 0 if everything went OK, and a positive value otherwise.
NMEAsync is freeware.
Download NMEAsync_2_3.zip (+ 25 Kb - July 29, 2003)
NMEAsync.xml  |
Help, comments and suggestions are welcome: write to Christophe DAVID .
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