# pinephone GPS happens in EG25 modem # serial control interface to modem is /dev/ttyUSB2 # after enabling GPS, readout is /dev/ttyUSB1 # # minimal process to enable modem and GPS: # - `echo 1 > /sys/class/modem-power/modem-power/device/powered` # - `screen /dev/ttyUSB2 115200` # - `AT+QGPSCFG="nmeasrc",1` # - `AT+QGPS=1` # this process is automated by my `eg25-control` program and services (`eg25-control-powered`, `eg25-control-gps`) # - see the `modules/` directory further up this repository. # # now, something like `gpsd` can directly read from /dev/ttyUSB1, # or geoclue can query the GPS directly through modem-manager # # initial GPS fix can take 15+ minutes. # meanwhile, services like eg25-manager or eg25-control-freshen-agps can speed this up by uploading assisted GPS data to the modem. # # support/help: # - geoclue, gnome-maps # - irc: #gnome-maps on irc.gimp.org # - Matrix: #gnome-maps:gnome.org (unclear if bridged to IRC) # # programs to pair this with: # - `satellite-gtk`: # - shows/tracks which satellites the GPS is connected to; useful to understand fix characteristics # - `gnome-maps`: uses geoclue, has route planning # - `mepo`: uses gpsd, minimalist, flaky, and buttons are kinda hard to activate on mobile # - puremaps? # - osmin? # # known/outstanding bugs: # - `systemctl start eg25-control-gps` can the hang the whole system (2023/10/06) # - i think it's actually `eg25-control-powered` which does this (started by the gps) # - best guess is modem draws so much power at launch that other parts of the system see undervoltage # - workaround is to hard power-cycle the system. the modem may not bring up after reboot: leave unpowered for 60s and boot again. # # future work: # - integrate with [wigle](https://www.wigle.net/) for offline equivalent to Mozilla Location Services { config, lib, ... }: { # test gpsd with `gpspipe -w -n 10 2> /dev/null | grep -m 1 TPV | jq '.lat, .lon' | tr '\n' ' '` # ^ should return services.gpsd.enable = true; services.gpsd.devices = [ "/dev/ttyUSB1" ]; # test geoclue2 by building `geoclue2-with-demo-agent` # and running "${geoclue2-with-demo-agent}/libexec/geoclue-2.0/demos/where-am-i" # note that geoclue is dbus-activated, and auto-stops after 60s with no caller services.geoclue2.enable = true; services.geoclue2.appConfig.where-am-i = { # this is the default "agent", shipped by geoclue package: allow it to use location isAllowed = true; isSystem = false; # XXX: setting users != [] might be causing `where-am-i` to time out users = [ # restrict to only one set of users. empty array (default) means "allow any user to access geolocation". (builtins.toString config.users.users.colin.uid) ]; }; systemd.services.geoclue.after = lib.mkForce []; #< defaults to network-online, but not all my sources require network users.users.geoclue.extraGroups = [ "dialout" # TODO: figure out if dialout is required. that's for /dev/ttyUSB1, but geoclue probably doesn't read that? ]; sane.services.eg25-control.enable = true; sane.programs.where-am-i.enableFor.user.colin = true; }