Need help reading SerialPort for javaScript

[KSels]

I got my starter code for Serial write to work, but now I want to read SerialPort.

How do I read several strings at the same time? like the GPS sends.

Demo code from the GPS.

$GPGGA,123519,4807.038,N,01131.000,E,1,08,0.9,545.4,M,46.9,M,,*47

$GPGSA,A,3,04,05,,09,12,,,24,,,,,2.5,1.3,2.1*39

$GPGSV,2,1,08,01,40,083,46,02,17,308,41,12,07,344,39,14,22,228,45*75

$GPRMC,123519,A,4807.038,N,01131.000,E,022.4,084.4,230394,003.1,W*6A

$GPGLL,4916.45,N,12311.12,W,225444,A,*1D

$GPVTG,054.7,T,034.4,M,005.5,N,010.2,K*48

I want to get the GGA and RMC. How do I read these data only from the list at top?

Here is my GGA code (under), but I cant get the GGA and RMC data to work at the same time.

serialPort.on('data', function(data) {

var data_string = '' + data;

console.log(data_string);

ws.write(data_string);

if (data_string.substring(0,6) == '$GPGGA') {

gpgga_string = data_string.split('\n')[0];

gpgga_string = gpgga_string.replace('\n', '');

gps_data = gpgga_string.split(',');

console.log('data received: ' + gps_data);

var time_string = gps_data[1];

var gps_time = new Date();

var gps_time_hours = parseInt(gps_data[1].substring(0,2));

var gps_time_minutes = parseInt(gps_data[1].substring(2,4));

var gps_time_seconds = parseInt(gps_data[1].substring(4,6));

gps_time.setHours(gps_time_hours);

gps_time.setMinutes(gps_time_minutes);

gps_time.setSeconds(gps_time_seconds);

gps_lat = gps_data[2];

gps_lat_ns = gps_data[3];

gps_lon = gps_data[4];

gps_lon_ew = gps_data[5];

gps_pos_fix = gps_data[6];

gps_satt_qty = gps_data[7];

gps_hdop = gps_data[8];

gps_msl_alt = gps_data[9];

gps_unit = gps_data[10];

gps_geo = gps_data[11];

gps_geo_unit = gps_data[12];

if (gps_pos_fix == '1') {

console.log('GPS Fixed');

console.log('Time: ', gps_time);

console.log('Position: ' + gps_lat + gps_lat_ns + ',' + gps_lon + gps_lon_ew);

console.log('Altitude: ' + gps_msl_alt + 'M' + ' +/- ' + gps_hdop + 'M');

console.log('Satellites Qty: ' + gps_satt_qty + '\n');

}

if (gps_pos_fix == '2') {

console.log('DGPS Fixed');

console.log('Time: ', gps_time);

console.log('Position: ' + gps_lat + gps_lat_ns + ',' + gps_lon + gps_lon_ew);

console.log('Altitude: ' + gps_msl_alt + 'M' + ' +/- ' + gps_hdop + 'M');

console.log('Satellites Qty: ' + gps_satt_qty + '\n');

}

if (gps_pos_fix == '0') {

console.log('No GPS Fix');

}

}

});

[Carlos_M_Intel]

Hi Kim,

If you are going to use Serial Communication you can't read more than one value at a time, this is because there is only one RX line available so the system will be receiving the information continuously and not in parallel.

You will need to create a routine that will read first GCA and then RMC.

Regards,

Charlie

[KSels]

Looks like I got it working. It gives me the data I need right now. But time will tell when the javaScript gets bigger.

var com = require("serialport");

var serialPort = new com.SerialPort("/dev/ttyMFD1", {

baudrate: 9600,

parser: com.parsers.readline('\r\n')

});

// receive GPS (data)

var PMTK_SET_NMEA_UPDATE_1HZ = "$PMTK220,1000*1F";

var PMTK_SET_NMEA_UPDATE_5HZ = "$PMTK220,200*2C";

var PMTK_SET_NMEA_UPDATE_10HZ = "$PMTK220,100*2F";

// Baud Rate 0(default = 9600) - 115200

var PMTK_SET_NMEA_BAUDRATE_0 = "$PMTK251,0*28";

var PMTK_SET_NMEA_BAUDRATE_4800 = "$PMTK251,4800*14";

var PMTK_SET_NMEA_BAUDRATE_9600 = "$PMTK251,9600*17";

var PMTK_SET_NMEA_BAUDRATE_14400 = "$PMTK251,14400*29";

var PMTK_SET_NMEA_BAUDRATE_19200 = "$PMTK251,19200*22";

var PMTK_SET_NMEA_BAUDRATE_38400 = "$PMTK251,38400*27";

var PMTK_SET_NMEA_BAUDRATE_57600 = "$PMTK251,57600*2C";

var PMTK_SET_NMEA_BAUDRATE_115200 = "$PMTK251,115200*1F";

// turn on only the second sentence (GPRMC)

var PMTK_SET_NMEA_OUTPUT_RMC = "$PMTK314,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0*29";

// GGA only

var PMTK_SET_NMEA_OUTPUT_GGA = "$PMTK314,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0*29";

// turn on RMC and GGA

var PMTK_SET_NMEA_OUTPUT_RMCGGA = "$PMTK314,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0*28";

// turn on RMC, GGA and GSA

var PMTK_SET_NMEA_OUTPUT_RMCGGAGSA = "$PMTK314,0,1,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0*29";

// turn on ALL THE DATA

var PMTK_SET_NMEA_OUTPUT_ALLDATA = "$PMTK314,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0*28";

// turn off output

var PMTK_SET_NMEA_OUTPUT_OFF = "$PMTK314,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0*28";

// Standby

var PMTK_STANDBY = "$PMTK161,0*28";

//

var PMTK_Q_RELEASE = "$PMTK605*31";

// Ant off

var PMTK_ANT_OFF = "$PGCMD,33,0*6D";

// Active Interference Cancellation (AIC) Disable

var PMTK_AIC_OFF = "$PMTK286,0*22";

// Active Interference Cancellation (AIC) Enable

var PMTK_AIC_ON = "$PMTK286,1*23";

// DGPS Mode

var PMTK_DT_DGPS_MODE = "$PMTK401*37";

function delay(milliseconds)

{

var startTime = Date.now();

while (Date.now() - startTime < milliseconds);

}

serialPort.on('open',function() {

console.log('Port open');

serialPort.write(PMTK_SET_NMEA_OUTPUT_RMCGGA + "\r\n"); // RMC and GGA

console.log(PMTK_SET_NMEA_OUTPUT_RMCGGA);

delay(200);

serialPort.write(PMTK_DT_DGPS_MODE + "\r\n"); // DGPS

console.log(PMTK_DT_DGPS_MODE);

delay(200);

serialPort.write(PMTK_SET_NMEA_UPDATE_1HZ + "\r\n"); // 5Hz

console.log(PMTK_SET_NMEA_UPDATE_5HZ);

delay(200);

serialPort.write(PMTK_AIC_ON + "\r\n"); // AIC ON

console.log(PMTK_AIC_ON);

delay(200);

});

serialPort.on('data', function(data) {

//console.log(data);

var data_string = '' + data;

if (data_string.substring(0,6) == '$GPGGA') {

//console.log('GGA found');

gpgga_string = data_string.split('\n')[0];

gpgga_string = gpgga_string.replace('\n', '');

gps_data = gpgga_string.split(',');

console.log('GGA data received: ' + gps_data);

var time_string = gps_data[1];

var gps_time = new Date();

var gps_time_hours = parseInt(gps_data[1].substring(0,2));

var gps_time_minutes = parseInt(gps_data[1].substring(2,4));

var gps_time_seconds = parseInt(gps_data[1].substring(4,6));

gps_time.setHours(gps_time_hours);

gps_time.setMinutes(gps_time_minutes);

gps_time.setSeconds(gps_time_seconds);

gps_lat = gps_data[2];

gps_lat_ns = gps_data[3];

gps_lon = gps_data[4];

gps_lon_ew = gps_data[5];

gps_pos_fix = gps_data[6];

gps_satt_qty = gps_data[7];

gps_hdop = gps_data[8];

gps_msl_alt = gps_data[9];

gps_unit = gps_data[10];

gps_geo = gps_data[11];

gps_geo_unit = gps_data[12];

if (gps_pos_fix == '1') {

console.log('GGA GPS Fixed');

console.log('Time: ', gps_time_hours + ':' + gps_time_minutes + ':' + gps_time_seconds);

console.log('Position: ' + gps_lat + gps_lat_ns + ',' + gps_lon + gps_lon_ew);

console.log('Altitude: ' + gps_msl_alt + 'M' + ' +/- ' + gps_hdop + 'M');

console.log('Satellites Qty: ' + gps_satt_qty + '\n');

}

if (gps_pos_fix == '2') {

console.log('DGPS Fixed');

console.log('Time: ', gps_time);

console.log('Position: ' + gps_lat + gps_lat_ns + ',' + gps_lon + gps_lon_ew);

console.log('Altitude: ' + gps_msl_alt + 'M' + ' +/- ' + gps_hdop + 'M');

console.log('Satellites Qty: ' + gps_satt_qty + '\n');

}

if (gps_pos_fix == '0') {

console.log('No GPS Fix');

}

}

if (data_string.substring(0,6) == '$GPRMC') {

//console.log('RMC found');

gprmc_string = data_string.split('\n')[0];

gprmc_string = gprmc_string.replace('\n', '');

gps_data = gprmc_string.split(',');

console.log('RMC data received: ' + gps_data);

var time_string = gps_data[1];

var gps_time = new Date();

var gps_time_hours = parseInt(gps_data[1].substring(0,2));

var gps_time_minutes = parseInt(gps_data[1].substring(2,4));

var gps_time_seconds = parseInt(gps_data[1].substring(4,6));

gps_time.setHours(gps_time_hours);

gps_time.setMinutes(gps_time_minutes);

gps_time.setSeconds(gps_time_seconds);

gps_pos_fix = gps_data[2];

gps_lat = gps_data[3];

gps_lat_ns = gps_data[4];

gps_lon = gps_data[5];

gps_lon_ew = gps_data[6];

gps_speed = gps_data[7];

gps_track_...

[KSels]

I added GSA and SD card logging also to my GPS script. Still looking good.

var m = require('mraa'); //require mraa

var fs = require('fs'); // require filesystem

var com = require("serialport");

var serialPort = new com.SerialPort("/dev/ttyMFD1", {

baudrate: 9600,

parser: com.parsers.readline('\r\n')

});

// Create .txt file

var fs = require('fs');

var ws = fs.createWriteStream('/media/sdcard/GPS.txt');

// receive GPS (data)

var PMTK_SET_NMEA_UPDATE_1HZ = "$PMTK220,1000*1F";

var PMTK_SET_NMEA_UPDATE_5HZ = "$PMTK220,200*2C";

var PMTK_SET_NMEA_UPDATE_10HZ = "$PMTK220,100*2F";

// Baud Rate 0(default = 9600) - 115200

var PMTK_SET_NMEA_BAUDRATE_0 = "$PMTK251,0*28";

var PMTK_SET_NMEA_BAUDRATE_4800 = "$PMTK251,4800*14";

var PMTK_SET_NMEA_BAUDRATE_9600 = "$PMTK251,9600*17";

var PMTK_SET_NMEA_BAUDRATE_14400 = "$PMTK251,14400*29";

var PMTK_SET_NMEA_BAUDRATE_19200 = "$PMTK251,19200*22";

var PMTK_SET_NMEA_BAUDRATE_38400 = "$PMTK251,38400*27";

var PMTK_SET_NMEA_BAUDRATE_57600 = "$PMTK251,57600*2C";

var PMTK_SET_NMEA_BAUDRATE_115200 = "$PMTK251,115200*1F";

// turn on only the second sentence (GPRMC)

var PMTK_SET_NMEA_OUTPUT_RMC = "$PMTK314,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0*29";

// GGA only

var PMTK_SET_NMEA_OUTPUT_GGA = "$PMTK314,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0*29";

// turn on RMC and GGA

var PMTK_SET_NMEA_OUTPUT_RMCGGA = "$PMTK314,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0*28";

// turn on RMC, GGA and GSA

var PMTK_SET_NMEA_OUTPUT_RMCGGAGSA = "$PMTK314,0,1,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0*29";

// turn on ALL THE DATA

var PMTK_SET_NMEA_OUTPUT_ALLDATA = "$PMTK314,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0*28";

// turn off output

var PMTK_SET_NMEA_OUTPUT_OFF = "$PMTK314,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0*28";

// Standby

var PMTK_STANDBY = "$PMTK161,0*28";

//

var PMTK_Q_RELEASE = "$PMTK605*31";

// Ant off

var PMTK_ANT_OFF = "$PGCMD,33,0*6D";

// Active Interference Cancellation (AIC) Disable

var PMTK_AIC_OFF = "$PMTK286,0*22";

// Active Interference Cancellation (AIC) Enable

var PMTK_AIC_ON = "$PMTK286,1*23";

// DGPS Mode

var PMTK_DT_DGPS_MODE = "$PMTK401*37";

// Starting logging data to SD

var GPS_log = false;

function delay(milliseconds)

{

var startTime = Date.now();

while (Date.now() - startTime < milliseconds);

}

serialPort.on('open',function() {

console.log('Port open');

serialPort.write(PMTK_SET_NMEA_OUTPUT_RMCGGAGSA + "\r\n"); // RMC, GGA and GSA

console.log(PMTK_SET_NMEA_OUTPUT_RMCGGAGSA);

delay(500);

serialPort.write(PMTK_DT_DGPS_MODE + "\r\n"); // DGPS

console.log(PMTK_DT_DGPS_MODE);

delay(500);

serialPort.write(PMTK_SET_NMEA_UPDATE_1HZ + "\r\n"); // 1Hz

console.log(PMTK_SET_NMEA_UPDATE_5HZ);

delay(500);

serialPort.write(PMTK_AIC_ON + "\r\n"); // AIC ON

console.log(PMTK_AIC_ON);

delay(500);

GPS_log = true;

});

serialPort.on('data', function(data) {

//console.log(data);

var data_string = '' + data;

if (data_string.substring(0,6) == '$GPGGA') {

//console.log('GGA found');

gpgga_string = data_string.split('\n')[0];

gpgga_string = gpgga_string.replace('\n', '');

gps_data = gpgga_string.split(',');

console.log('GGA data received: ' + gps_data);

var time_string = gps_data[1]; // Fix Time HH:MM:SS

var gps_time = new Date();

var gps_time_hours = parseInt(gps_data[1].substring(0,2));

var gps_time_minutes = parseInt(gps_data[1].substring(2,4));

var gps_time_seconds = parseInt(gps_data[1].substring(4,6));

gps_time.setHours(gps_time_hours);

gps_time.setMinutes(gps_time_minutes);

gps_time.setSeconds(gps_time_seconds);

gps_lat = gps_data[2]; // Latitude

gps_lat_ns = gps_data[3]; // Latitude

gps_lon = gps_data[4]; // Longitude

gps_lon_ew = gps_data[5]; // Longitude

gps_pos_fix = gps_data[6]; // Fix Quality 1-8

gps_satt_qty = gps_data[7]; // Number of satellites

gps_hdop = gps_data[8]; // Horizontal dilution of position

gps_msl_alt = gps_data[9]; // Altitude above sea level

gps_unit = gps_data[10]; // Meters

gps_geo = gps_data[11]; // Height of geoid above WGS84

gps_geo_unit = gps_data[12]; // Meters

gps_dgps = gps_data[13]; // DGPS laste update time

gps_dgps_id = gps_data[14]; // DGPS station ID number

if (gps_pos_fix == '1') {

ws.write(data_string + '\n');

console.log('GGA GPS Fixed');

console.log('Time: ', gps_time_hours + ':' + gps_time_minutes + ':' + gps_time_seconds);

console.log('Position: ' + gps_lat + gps_lat_ns + ',' + gps_lon + gps_lon_ew);

console.log('Altitude: ' + gps_msl_alt + 'M' + ' +/- ' + gps_hdop + 'M');

console.log('Satellites Qty: ' + gps_satt_qty + '\n');

}

if (gps_pos_fix == '2') {

ws.write(data_string + '\n');

console.log('DGPS Fixed');

console.log('Time: ', gps_time);

console.log('Position: ' + gps_lat + gps_lat_ns + ',' + gps_lon + gps_lon_ew);

console.log('Altitude: ' + gps_msl_alt + 'M' + ' +/- ' + g...