diff --git a/gpsd/gps-test.sh b/gpsd/gps-test.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28387230/use-gpsd-or-cgps-to-return-latitude-and-longitude-then-quit
+
+gpspipe -w -n 5 | grep DEVICES | tail -n1|cut -d":" -f5|cut -d"," -f1 | grep ttyUSB 
+if [[ $(gpspipe -w -n 5 | grep DEVICES | tail -n1|cut -d":" -f5|cut -d"," -f1 | grep ttyUSB) ]]; then
+
+  x=$(gpspipe -w -n 10 |grep lon|tail -n1|cut -d":" -f9|cut -d"," -f1)
+  y=$(gpspipe -w -n 10 |grep lon|tail -n1|cut -d":" -f10|cut -d"," -f1)
+  a=$(gpspipe -w -n 10 |grep lon|tail -n1|cut -d":" -f11|cut -d"," -f1)
+  echo "$x $y $a"
+elif
+  echo "0 0 0"
+fi
+
diff --git a/gpsd/gps.sh b/gpsd/gps.sh
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-#!/bin/bash
-
-# from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28387230/use-gpsd-or-cgps-to-return-latitude-and-longitude-then-quit
-
-x=$(gpspipe -w -n 10 |grep lon|tail -n1|cut -d":" -f9|cut -d"," -f1)
-y=$(gpspipe -w -n 10 |grep lon|tail -n1|cut -d":" -f10|cut -d"," -f1)
-a=$(gpspipe -w -n 10 |grep lon|tail -n1|cut -d":" -f11|cut -d"," -f1)
-echo "$x $y $a"
-