Also mention plugin in README and attribute Nicolas in AUTHORS file.
Mirko Buffoni <briareos at eswat.org>
- Port/Socket selection in the MySQL plugin.
+Nicolas Jourden <nicolas.jourden at laposte.net>
+ - gps plugin.
+
Niki W. Waibel <niki.waibel at newlogic.com>
- Initial autotools fixes.
- libltdl code.
- gmond
Receive multicast traffic from Ganglia instances.
+ - gps
+ Monitor gps related data through gpsd.
+
- hddtemp
Hard disk temperatures using hddtempd.
Used by the `network' plugin for encryption and authentication.
<http://www.gnupg.org/>
+ * libgps (optional)
+ Used by the `gps' plugin.
+ <http://developer.berlios.de/projects/gpsd/>
+
* libhal (optional)
If present, the `uuid' plugin will check for UUID from HAL.
<http://hal.freedesktop.org/>
collectd-threshold.pod \
collectd-unixsock.pod \
postgresql_default.conf \
- gps.pod \
types.db.pod
.pod.1:
#@BUILD_PLUGIN_FILECOUNT_TRUE@LoadPlugin filecount
#@BUILD_PLUGIN_FSCACHE_TRUE@LoadPlugin fscache
#@BUILD_PLUGIN_GMOND_TRUE@LoadPlugin gmond
+#@BUILD_PLUGIN_GPS_TRUE@LoadPlugin gps
#@BUILD_PLUGIN_HDDTEMP_TRUE@LoadPlugin hddtemp
@BUILD_PLUGIN_INTERFACE_TRUE@@BUILD_PLUGIN_INTERFACE_TRUE@LoadPlugin interface
#@BUILD_PLUGIN_IPC_TRUE@@BUILD_PLUGIN_IPC_TRUE@LoadPlugin ipc
# </Metric>
#</Plugin>
+#<Plugin gps>
+# Host "127.0.0.1"
+# Port "2947"
+# Timeout 15
+# Pause 1
+#</Plugin>
+
#<Plugin hddtemp>
# Host "127.0.0.1"
# Port "7634"
=back
+=head2 Plugin C<gps>
+
+The C<gps plugin> connects to gpsd on the host machine.
+The host, port, timeout and pause are configurable.
+
+This is useful if you run an NTP server using a GPS for source and you want to
+monitor it.
+
+Mind your GPS must send $--GSA for having the data reported!
+
+The following elements are collected:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<satellites>
+
+Number of satellites used for fix (type instance "used") and in view (type
+instance "visible"). 0 means no GPS satellites are visible.
+
+=item B<dilution_of_precision>
+
+Vertical and horizontal dilution.
+It should be between 0 and 3.
+Look at the documentaiton of your GPS to know more.
+
+=back
+
+Synopsis:
+
+ LoadPlugin gps
+ <Plugin "gps">
+ # Connect to localhost on gpsd regular port:
+ Host "127.0.0.1"
+ Port "2947"
+ # 15 seconds timeout
+ Timeout 15
+ # Pause of 1 second between readings:
+ Pause 1
+ </Plugin>
+
+Available configuration options:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<Host> I<Host>
+
+The host on which gpsd runs. Defaults to B<localhost>.
+
+=item B<Port> I<Port>
+
+Port to connect to gpsd on the host machine. Defaults to B<2947>.
+
+=item B<Timeout> I<Seconds>
+
+Timeout in seconds (default 15 sec).
+
+=item B<Pause> I<Seconds>
+
+Pause to apply between readings in seconds (default 1 sec).
+
+=back
+
=head2 Plugin C<hddtemp>
To get values from B<hddtemp> collectd connects to B<localhost> (127.0.0.1),
+++ /dev/null
-=encoding UTF-8
-
-=head1 NAME
-
-gps - Documentation of collectd's C<gps plugin>
-
-=head1 SYNOPSIS
-
-LoadPlugin gps
-<Plugin "gps">
- # Connect to localhost on gpsd regular port:
- Host "127.0.0.1"
- Port "2947"
- # 15 seconds timeout
- Timeout 15
- # Pause of 1 second between readings:
- Pause 1
-</Plugin>
-
-
-=head1 DESCRIPTION
-
-The C<gps plugin> connects to gpsd on the host machine.
-The host, port, timeout and pause are configurable.
-
-This is useful if you run an NTP server using a GPS for source and you want to
-monitor it.
-
-Mind your GPS must send $--GSA for having the data reported!
-
-=head1 OPTIONS
-
-=over 4
-
-=item B<Host> I<Host>
-
-The host on which gpsd runs. Defaults to B<localhost>.
-
-=item B<Port> I<Port>
-
-Port to connect to gpsd on the host machine. Defaults to B<2947>.
-
-=item B<Timeout> I<Seconds>
-
-Timeout in seconds (default 15 sec).
-
-=item B<Pause> I<Seconds>
-
-Pause to apply between readings in seconds (default 1 sec).
-
-=back
-
-=head1 NOTIFICATION DATA FORMAT
-
-=over 4
-
-=item B<satellites>
-
-Number of satellites used for fix (type instance "used") and in view (type
-instance "visible"). 0 means no GPS satellites are visible.
-
-=item B<dilution_of_precision>
-
-Vertical and horizontal dilution.
-It should be between 0 and 3.
-Look at the documentaiton of your GPS to know more.
-
-=head1 SEE ALSO
-
-L<collectd(1)>,
-L<collectd.conf(5)>,
-gpsd
-
-=head1 AUTHOR
-
-Nicolas JOURDEN E<lt>nicolas.jourden at laposte.netE<gt>
-
-=cut