From: Johannes Wolf (mp2100_at_mail-gw.estec.esa.int)
Date: Mon Aug 02 2004 - 01:44:31 PDT
Using GPSMap you can even define an initialisation string.
It would be also possible to start a simple terminal program first and send
the init string using that program.
Cheers
Johannes
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> [mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net]On Behalf Of Peter H. Coffin
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> On Sun, Aug 01, 2004 at 04:11:07PM -0400, Vincent Juliano wrote:
> > Hi does anyone know if i need a special driver for each diffrent gps
> > card? Or will one driver work for all? Does anyone know a good
> > driver to use? ANd does anyone know a good card that is completly
> > comapdable with the newton and the driver?
> Most GPS cards work by making hardware look like a serial interface to
> the device the card is inserted into. The GPS function happens over that
> serial interface link, but is pretty rigorously standardized into the
> NEMA protocol. So, if the Newton can recognize the serial hardware well
> enough to use it, it will be able to work with the GPS onboard. (There
> are *some* older, ultra cheap GPS recievers not on cards that would be
> tempting for Newt applications, but they require "special"
> initialization strings to start doing the NEMA send, and the Newt
> doesn't know to send the string. These are the GPS equal of CueCats.)
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