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Purpose:<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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Initialize the system, spawn handlers, and loop to wait for events, sending commands to collect and process GPS data while updating specified variables.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

Enter:<\/h3>\n
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gps<\/strong> <device_name> <latitude_real_variable_label> <longitude_real_variable_label> <altitude_real_variable_label> <validity_logical_variable> <validity_timeout_in_seconds> <time_string_variable> <date_string_variable><\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

Where:<\/h3>\n
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device_name<\/td>\nSpecify the name stem of the device configuration file.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
latitude_real_variable_label<\/td>\nSpecify the latitude real variable label.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
longitude_real_variable_label<\/td>\nSpecify the longitude real variable label.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
altitude_real_variable_label<\/td>\nSpecify the altitude real variable label.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
validity_logical_variable<\/td>\nSpecify the validity logical variable.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
validity_timeout_in_seconds<\/td>\nSpecify the validity timeout value in seconds.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
time_string_variable<\/td>\nSpecify the time string variable.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
date_string_variable<\/td>\nSpecify the date string variable.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

Example:<\/h3>\n
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gps<\/strong> gps1 Lat_var Long_var Alt_var gps_valid 5 g_time g_date<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

Notes:<\/h3>\n
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Ensure all eight arguments are provided.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

See Also:<\/h3>\n
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Purpose: Initialize the system, spawn handlers, and loop to wait for events, sending commands to collect and process GPS data while updating specified variables. Enter: gps <device_name> <latitude_real_variable_label> <longitude_real_variable_label> <altitude_real_variable_label> <validity_logical_variable> <validity_timeout_in_seconds> <time_string_variable> <date_string_variable> Where: device_name Specify the name stem of the device configuration file. latitude_real_variable_label Specify the latitude real variable label. longitude_real_variable_label Specify the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"parent":1955,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3717","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3717\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}