GPS::Lowrance 0.31

GPS::Lowrance is a Perl module connect to Lowrance and Eagle GPS devices.

REQUIREMENTS

The following modules are required to use this module:

Carp::Assert
GPS::Lowrance::LSI 0.23
Parse::Binary::FixedFormat
Win32::SerialPort or Device::SerialPort

If you will be using the "get_plot_trails", "set_plot_trails", "set_waypoints" or "get_waypoints" methods, then you will need the following modules:

GPS::Lowrance::Trail 0.41
Geo::Coordinates::DecimalDegrees
Geo::Coordinates::UTM
XML::Generator

If you want to use the screen capture or icon download functions in GPS::Lowrance::Screen, you also need the following module:

GD

This module should work with Perl 5.6.x. It has been tested on Perl 5.8.2.
SYNOPSIS ^
use GPS::Lowrance;
use GPS::Lowrance::Trail;

$gps = GPS::Lowrance->connect(
Device => com1,
BaudRate => 57600,
);

$trail = $gps->get_plot_trail( plot_trail_number => 0 );

$gps->disconnect;

This module provides a variety of low- and high-level methods for communicating with Lowrance and Eagle GPS receivers which support the LSI 100 protocol. It also provides some utility functions for converting data.