Gps Simulator is a simple nodejs gps simulator that send nmea sentences (GGA, GSA, RMC) through a serial port. It has been design to work as a virual test gps devices for your app that receive nmea data through serial port
In this case you will need additional tools depending on your operating system.
On windows you will need com0com. It's a serial port emulator for windows.
It create virtual port that can be paired together to simulate the input and output of a device.
In our case we can create and paired COM29 & COM30 port.
COM29 port will be the input of the gps simulator & COM30 will be the output port where data are received in your own app.
You can find here com0com here.
On Linux you will need a very similar tools called tty0tty. Basically it does the same thing as com0com on windows. You don't need to pair port as pair are automatic.
tty0tty will create port in dev/tnt* (0, 1, 2, etc...)
port tnt0 and tnt1 will be automatically paired.
to install tty0tty0 on linux follow these commands
git clone https://github.com/freemed/tty0tty
cd tty0tty/module
sudo make
sudo cp tty0tty.ko /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/misc/
sudo depmod
sudo modprobe tty0ttyYou need nodejs to run this app.
Once node is installed clone this repo.
If your are on windows find the line in app.js that contains COM29 and replace it with your desired port.
On linux do the same with /dev/tnt* (replace * par the port number)
Then run
node app.js- On linux the very first message to write will failed but others are ok.