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diff --git a/docs/configuration/vehicle.rst b/docs/configuration/vehicle.rst index 3d1769b9f..ee456fb37 100644 --- a/docs/configuration/vehicle.rst +++ b/docs/configuration/vehicle.rst @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ -==Vehicle Options== +Vehicle Options +=============== It's important to understand the separate but linked Navit concepts of a **vehicle** and [[Vehicleprofile| **vehicleprofile**]] element. A vehicle defines the source of positional data (suchas a USB GPS device), and how to present that data to the user on the map, where the vehicleprofile defines all aspects of routing. A simple vehicle definition looks like this: @@ -6,9 +7,7 @@ A simple vehicle definition looks like this: .. code-block:: xml -<source lang="xml"> - <vehicle name="My" enabled="yes" source="file://dev/ttyS0"/ active="1"/> -</source> + <vehicle name="My" enabled="yes" source="file://dev/ttyS0" active="1"/> Here some of the available options: @@ -25,7 +24,8 @@ Obsolete options: * **animate**: If set to 1, the cursor will be animated as a moving dotted line, to make it easier to see. --> -===GPS=== +GPS +--- Most essential detail is the gps source, that need to be adapted to your local setup. @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Linux: * source="file:/dev/ttyS0" - serial GPS connected to the first serial port (you may need to add the correct baudrate eg.: freerunner source="file:/dev/ttySAC1" baudrate="9600") * source="gpsd_dbus:" - via dbus, position reported by gpsd -**Network based:**<br> +**Network based:** If you want to connect multiple tools to your GPS, you need an multiplexer tool, as gpsd or gypsy. * source="gpsd://host[:port]" - gpsd://localhost, the default one, will try to connect to gpsd on localhost * source="socket:ipaddr:post" - socket connection (expects nmea stream) @@ -62,16 +62,15 @@ If you want to connect multiple tools to your GPS, you need an multiplexer tool, * source="demo://" : to use the demo vehicle. Set your Position and Destination, and vehicle will follow the calculated route. Useful if you have no nmea data source. * source="null://" : no GPS at all -===Logging tracks=== +Logging tracks +-------------- To record your trip , you can add a sub-instance "log" to the vehicle. It is possible to add multiple logs. .. code-block:: xml -<source lang="xml"> <log type="gpx" data="track_%Y%m%d%i.gpx" flush_size="1048576" flush_time="900" /> <log type="nmea" data="track_%Y%m%d%i.nmea" flush_size="1048576" flush_time="900" /> -</source> This will give a log file named YearMonthDaySequencenumber.gpx/.nmea which will be kept in memory and flushed to disk when it is 1048576 bytes large or the oldest data is older than 900 seconds. @@ -81,13 +80,13 @@ To display your track for more than one hour, you must use [[binfile]] to create .. code-block:: xml -<source lang="xml"> <log type="binfile" data="track.bin" flush_size="0"/> -</source> + For customizing what is stored, see [[GPX]] -===Vehicleprofile=== +Vehicleprofile +-------------- [[Vehicleprofile | Profiles to add in the navit.xml]] <br/> <!-- this is tricky, here we need a step by step introduction--> @@ -96,16 +95,14 @@ Defines the behaviour of the routing and are usually linked to a vehicle section .. code-block:: xml -<source lang="xml"> -<vehicleprofile name="bike" flags="0x40000000" flags_forward_mask="0x40000000" flags_reverse_mask="0x40000000" maxspeed_handling="1" route_mode="0"> - <roadprofile item_types="path,track_ground" speed="12" route_weight="5"> - </roadprofile> - <roadprofile item_types="track_gravelled,track_paved,cycleway,street_service,street_parking_lane,street_0,street_1_city,living_street,street_2_city,street_1_land,street_2_land,street_3_city" speed="25" route_weight="15"> - </roadprofile> - <roadprofile item_types="roundabout" speed="20" route_weight="10"/> - <roadprofile item_types="ferry" speed="40" route_weight="40"/> - </vehicleprofile> -</source> + <vehicleprofile name="bike" flags="0x40000000" flags_forward_mask="0x40000000" flags_reverse_mask="0x40000000" maxspeed_handling="1" route_mode="0"> + <roadprofile item_types="path,track_ground" speed="12" route_weight="5"> + </roadprofile> + <roadprofile item_types="track_gravelled,track_paved,cycleway,street_service,street_parking_lane,street_0,street_1_city,living_street,street_2_city,street_1_land,street_2_land,street_3_city" speed="25" route_weight="15"> + </roadprofile> + <roadprofile item_types="roundabout" speed="20" route_weight="10"/> + <roadprofile item_types="ferry" speed="40" route_weight="40"/> + </vehicleprofile> For details on the flags, see [[Vehicle profile flags]]. The speeds are in km/h. |