GPS - GPSD

GPSD is a service which parses GPS data from a wide range of GPS vendors, including several binary protocols which normal NMEA parsers cannot decode.

Modern GPSD is a solid option for controlling most GPS receivers.

Extremely old distributions or versions of GPSD (prior to 2015 or so) may have various issues. Kismet still supports the now-ancient GPSD text protocol, but will default to the modern JSON protocol.

Configuration 

gps=gpsd:host=localhost,port=2947

To determine the proper path to your GPS unit, look below in the device options.

GPS options

Common options

name={ name }

Set an arbitrary human-readable name for the GPS. This will be used in the Kismet GPS logs.

reconnect={ true } / { false }

Automatically attempt to re-open the GPS if an error occurs or the connection is interrupted.

This is enabled by default.

GPSD options

host={ hostname-for-gpsd }

REQUIRED

Hostname to connect to; typically this will be localhost

port={ port }

REQUIRED

Port number for GPSD. Typically this will be 2947