Connect Adafruit Ultimate GPS Logger Shield and Raspberry Pi

[autorun1992]

I'm trying to connect Adafruit Ultimate GPS Logger Shield with Raspberry Pi 2 B, and it still not working.

I tried to connect: Gnd, Rx, Tx, 5v. And it have signal at FIX leds. I also setup some command-line: sudo apt-get install gpsd gpsd-clients python-gps
and test it with 'cgps -s'

I also try to do something in this site: https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-ult ... i/pi-setup

and when I run this step 'cat /dev/ttyAMA0'. It didn't show anything.

Please help me what can I do next.
Thanks.

[paulie]

Did you edit & save inittab and cmdline.txt as shown on the Adafruit tutorial?

I have two Adafruit Ultimate GPS boards (not hats! ) and they work well. They require a few minutes to get first fix.
I have repurposed audio leads from old CD-rom drives, which have the right pin spacing for both GPIO and the soldered header.
Luckily the 3 of 4 connectors match gnd, data_out, and power (I don't use data_in to the GPS).
I have also connected a GPIO pin to 1_pps output from the GPS for NTP.

From what I remember from gpsd, it takes the output from the GPS, and allows you to point software at the port specified to obtain the data.

For an explanation, read the man page on gpsd.

I run an Amateur Radio package called Xastir, and have set up a serial GPS interface which reads the gpsd port

[bergymen]

I too had the same problem, I couldn't get any data on the Raspberry Pi. I then found out that I had to cross the tx and rx wires witch makes sens... so tx goes to rx and rx goes to tx and NOT rx to rx, tx to tx.

[warnergt]

I too had the same problem, I couldn't get any data on the Raspberry Pi. I then found out that I had to cross the tx and rx wires witch makes sens... so tx goes to rx and rx goes to tx and NOT rx to rx, tx to tx.

I had the same problem.
Plus, I had to throw the SoftSerial/Direct switch to SoftSerial.