[aprssig] D700/D710 to Garmin adapter
Ben Lindner
vk5jfk at activ8.net.au
Mon May 26 03:20:21 EDT 2008
will it work with the Garmin Street Pilot 2610 or does it have to be
serial GPS
Ben Lindner
VK5JFK
Scott Miller wrote:
> Just wanted to give a quick update on a project I mentioned at Dayton.
> I've built a protocol translator (largely based on code from the T2)
> that converts Garmin asynchronous binary protocol (including FMI data
> from the newer nuvi and StreetPilot units) to NMEA (GPGGA, GPRMC, and
> GPGLL), and also functions in reverse to create waypoints from GPWPL
> and PKWDWPL (D710) sentences.
>
> For the D710, it does symbol translation (picking the closest
> available Garmin native symbol), and includes the course/speed and
> altitude data in the comment details. Waypoint display works on just
> about any of the serial interface units (chartplotters, GPSmap
> handhelds, serial eTrex, etc), but so far of the nuvi/StreetPilot
> series, only the nuvi 350 works right. The rest will output position
> data, but not display waypoints.
>
> Anyway, the point is that there'll be an alternative to the $700 AvMap
> displays. Hopefully Garmin will come through with some fixes for the
> other models soon.
>
> For what it's worth, I've also added experimental support for the
> AvMap to the Tracker2. There doesn't seem to be much interest when it
> works natively with the Garmins, though.
>
> Next up, I get to squeeze this whole thing into a little tiny
> connector shell. Looks like I'll get to try my hand at soldering 7mm
> QFN48's...
>
> Scott
> N1VG
>
>
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