From 67df92e5abd69a1fbff7fe17b40f92dab5506d78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pascal Martin <pascal.fb.martin@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2020 21:23:14 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Do not enable character echo with a GPS device

---
 hc_nmea.c | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/hc_nmea.c b/hc_nmea.c
index dfe3602..9b06ee5 100644
--- a/hc_nmea.c
+++ b/hc_nmea.c
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <time.h>
+#include <termios.h>
 
 #include "houseclock.h"
 #include "hc_db.h"
@@ -214,6 +215,16 @@ int hc_nmea_initialize (int argc, const char **argv) {
     hc_nmea_reset();
     gpsTty = open(gpsDevice, O_RDONLY);
 
+    // Remove echo of characters from the GPS device.
+    if (gpsTty >= 0) {
+        struct termios options;
+        int status = tcgetattr(gpsTty, &options);
+        if (status == 0) {
+            options.c_lflag &= (~(ECHO+ECHONL));
+            tcsetattr(gpsTty, TCSANOW, &options);
+        }
+    }
+
     gpsInitialized = time(0);
     return gpsTty;
 }