[aprssig] Waypoints...

Rodney Padmore rodpadmore at ns.sympatico.ca
Wed May 11 09:39:31 EDT 2005


Hi Jason and thanks for the response. I will give this a try and report 
back. 73 de Rod.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason Winningham" <jdw at eng.uah.edu>
To: "TAPR APRS Mailing List" <aprssig at lists.tapr.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 5:56 PM
Subject: Re: [aprssig] Waypoints...


>
> On May 10, 2005, at 3:31 PM, Rodney Padmore wrote:
>
>> I have a D-700 being fed data from a GPS18PC. I also have a GPSIII+ and 
>> would like to get waypoints displayed on the GPS screen from the 
>> D-700,GPS18PC set up. Is this possible through the DB-9 connector?
>
> I'd think it would be easier to just switch to the III+ instead of the 18, 
> but since you asked:
>
> I doubt you could get waypoints through the DB9, but you could probably 
> make a 2.5mm cable such that the TX and ground go to the III+, and the RX 
> and ground go to the 18.  The 700 would hear the 18 and talk to the III+. 
> Since you don't really need to talk to the 18 anyway, this could be your 
> permanent cable, with a dangling DB9 waiting to plug into the III+ when 
> you want to use it.  I haven't actually tried this, so be sure and let us 
> know if it works. (:
>
> I have a similar issue occasionally, in that I have a Trimble SV6 (engine 
> only, no display) in the truck, but once in a while I would like to use 
> the MAP60 on the dash.  I just swap the 2.5mm cables on the D700, which 
> isn't too much trouble with my rig's installation.
>
> -Jason
> kg4wsv
>
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