Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 22:25:45 -0700 (PDT) From: "Keith F. Stark" To: scign@igscb.jpl.nasa.gov Subject: [SCIGN-946] Sharc downloading software Message-ID: Sender: owner-scign Precedence: bulk ****************************************************************************** SCIGN Electronic Mail 17 May 22:24:59 PDT 2001 Message Number 946 ****************************************************************************** Author: Keith F. Stark Sharc -- SHarc Acquires Receiver Contents Available from http://sharc.sourceforge.net/ Sharc is an open source command line interface to download and delete files directly from commonly used geodetic quality GPS receivers. It has been extensively tested in the Southern California Integrated GPS Network (SCIGN) which is predominately composed of Ashtech Z-12 receivers. Sharc is extremely portable and is known to compile on several different operating systems and hardware platforms. It supports high speed (115200bps) direct transfers, remote modem connections, and remote freewave connections. It also supports several different receiver types. XModem and ZModem protocols are implemented without calling external programs. This is currently _BETA_ level software. GPS Receiver Support: Ashtech Z-12 Ashtech Micro-Z (using ZModem) TurboRogue Leica CRS-1000 Trimble(1) Operating System Compatibility(2): Linux 2.2-2.4 glibc2 based Sun Solaris Windows NT with Cygnus tools (www.cygnus.com) Other versions of UNIX using the GCC compiler (untested) Sharc is also capable of doing session programming on the Ashtech Z-12 receiver. Support for session programming can be added in for the other receiver types. Used in conjunction with teqc, Sharc provides the ability to download and rinex data with minimal user interaction. A perl script is supplied with the distribution which uses Sharc and TEQC to mimic the functionality of Ashcan(3). The ability to call teqc directly from Sharc (ie. Download and Rinex in one command) is planned. Sharc/teqc is now the recommended backend for the EGADS downloading system. Using the ashcan.exe perl script provided, it is possible to replace the current ashcan.exe binary without any changes to system configuration files. Sharc has been released under the GNU General Public License. We encourage anyone with an interest in supporting future development to submit bug reports, patches, and enhancements directly to the author. Primary Developer: Keith F. Stark US Geological Survey stark@dukester.com 626-583-6729 Thanks to Sergei Podshivalov (Ashtech) for making the remote33 perl utilities available. Thanks to Dana Caccamise (University of Hawaii) for making a Leica available for testing. (1)A framework for the Trimble receiver support has been added to Sharc, but I am unable to complete the support without access to a Trimble receiver. (2)Not all systems have been tested with all receiver types. (3)Ashcan has been deprecated by the Sharc/teqc combination. --Keith =============================================================== Keith F. Stark Phone: (h)818 343 6226 (w)818 634-0339 Stark Consulting, LLC FAX: (h) (w)818 755-4655 4936 Matula Drive USGS: (v)626-583-6729 (f)626 583-7827 Tarzana, CA 91356 Email: stark@dukester.com ===============================================================