Re: [NTLK] I found a GPS PCMCIA Card! But it won't work :(

From: Victor Rehorst (victor_at_newtontalk.net)
Date: Thu Sep 23 2004 - 06:39:40 PDT

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Brian wrote:
> On Wednesday, September 22, 2004, at 03:38 PM,
> newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net wrote:
>
>>On my eMate I installed PT100 and plugged this card in once again.
>>When I
>>connected PT100 to the serial port with the right parameters, I could
>>see the
>>NMEA sentences coming through. So, despite the error when inserting,
>>this
>>card still works!
>
>
>
> I'm still not sure where that error is from, but from the specs, the
> card sure SHOULD work.

Yeah. It does. GPSMap gets a fix no problem. Seems like it's not sending
some sentences that it should be, ones that TeleType seems to want to get. I
guess I'll just stick with GPSMap. Time to make some maps of Ontario and
Toronto...

> Great! Congrats, glad it's working. "You can't get better precision
> short of $5000". Truth. :)
>
> All your entries in Newtons Around the World should now be accompanied
> by a GPS screen capture in future :)

Darn Tootin' ;)

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