Serial Port
Serial Port¶
AIS-catcher
-e
port
-ge
[setting value]
...
AIS-catcher
-e
baudrate
port
-ge
[setting value]
...
Settings specific for reading NMEA lines from a serial port can all be set with the e switch fow now, e.g. on Linux:
AIS-catcher -e 368400 /dev/serial1
To dump the raw input from the serial device on-screen use -ge print on`.
Summary Settings¶
| Key | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Generic Options | |||
| SAMPLE_RATE | integer | N/A | Sampling rate in Hz (0-20,000,000) |
| BANDWIDTH | integer | 0 | Tuner bandwidth in Hz (0-1,000,000, 0=off) |
| FREQOFFSET | integer | 0 | Frequency correction in PPM (-150 to +150) |
| FORMAT | string | TXT | Data type for input source |
| Specific Options | |||
| BAUDRATE | integer | 38400 | Serial port speed |
| PORT | string | 0 | Serial port device path/name |
| boolean | false | Enable debug printing of received data |