[aprssig] advice on purchesing GPS for use with D-710

[Stephen H. Smith]

On 8/28/2011 3:46 PM, J T wrote:
> Or the new Garmin Montana series.  The Montana 650t comes preloaded with topo 
> maps although you can load other maps into them, too.  It has a large 
> touch-screen display (very nuvi-like), a serial port for direct connection to 
> a D710, and can also be used as a portable GPS.
>
> -Jerome, W0JRT
>


 From what I can determine from Garmin's own description/specs, it appears to 
only have a USB interface.

There is no mention of a classic RS-232 serial port (required to connect to a 
Kenwood), nor any mention of FMI support (that allows the USB interface to 
"morph" into a serial port when a special cable is attached).

Note that USB client devices (like this Garmin) CAN NOT be converted to serial 
with the usual USB<-->serial dongles.  USB client devices can only link up with 
a computer-based master (a.k.a. "server") running appropriate device-specific 
driver software.


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