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X10 AirPad Android Tablet => AirPad General Discussions => AirPad wish list => Topic started by: nwmoham on October 28, 2011, 03:10:01 PM

Title: GPS on the AirPad.
Post by: nwmoham on October 28, 2011, 03:10:01 PM

Did I miss it being asked before?
Has anyone found a way to use a USB GPS receiver with a AP? Need that driver......

TK

Title: Re: GPS on the AirPad.
Post by: tommy_v on October 28, 2011, 06:17:23 PM

Quote from: nwmoham on October 28, 2011, 03:10:01 PM

Did I miss it being asked before?
Has anyone found a way to use a USB GPS receiver with a AP? Need that driver......

TK

Some folks are working on it over on Slatedroid.  Not on the X10 Airpad, specifically, but on the "Lanyu 910" --- the Airpad is just a rebranded Lanyu 910, running almost identical firmware.

See thttp://www.slatedroid.com/topic/22401-fview-7-pro-lanyu-910-android-usb-devices/ (http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/22401-fview-7-pro-lanyu-910-android-usb-devices/), http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/22543-kernel-discussion-for-fview-7-pro-lanyu-910-tablets/ (http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/22543-kernel-discussion-for-fview-7-pro-lanyu-910-tablets/) and http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/22147-lanyu-910-x10-airpad/ (http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/22147-lanyu-910-x10-airpad/).

Note that this is deep hackage --- you have to build your own kernel modules and then get them into an update image.  I haven't dared to try to reproduce their work yet, waiting until they get the details more completely hashed out.  Then again, the last post was sort of a "eureka" so perhaps they're already done and need a little nudging to post the complete results so that others can copy without reinventing the wheel.

Title: Re: GPS on the AirPad.
Post by: everydayflyer on October 29, 2011, 07:14:09 AM

One member's solution.

http://forums.x10.com/index.php?topic=24540.msg139836#msg139836