[aprssig] Kenwood D7 not working with Garmin 76C

[Chuck Gooden]

Does this also apply to the D700A?  Does any one know if there is an 
update available?



On 23 Jan 2005 at 21:13, Ian wrote:

> The latest firmware turns a TH-D7A/E into a TH-D7A/E(G2.0).  The G2.0
> version is compliant with the NMEA0183 version 3.0 data format.  The earlier
> TH-D7A's can't process the raw 3.0 format.  Maybe the 76C only puts out the
> new NMEA format?
> 
> 73 de Ian
> N8IK
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org [mailto:aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org]
> On Behalf Of Janet Kirk
> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 9:45 PM
> To: TAPR APRS Mailing List
> Subject: [aprssig] Kenwood D7 not working with Garmin 76C
> 
> Is anyone using a Kenwood D7 with a Garmin GPSMAP 76C? (or maybe its sister 
> 60CS)?
> 
> My older GPS III+ drove the D7 fine, but my new 76C will not cause the D7 
> to send a signal. I checked the 76C output on a terminal program and it 
> looks fine. Garmin tech  says the signal level/voltages are the same in 
> both units, although the 76C users a newer NMEA spec.
> 
> Is it possible that the Kenwood D7 will not work with the latest NMEA specs?
> 
> (Also, When checking it with the older III+, I  notice the D7 will continue 
> to send out the last posit data it has received from the GPS, without the 
> warning that it's an old posit, even after the GPS is turned off. That 
> seems like a D7 programming glitch, if true.)
> 
> Bob Kirk
> N3OZB
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