[aprssig] Garmin NUVI & messaging?

[Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr)]

Bottom line as I see it: Only the Nuvi 350 does everything the way you 
would expect it to work in any of the currently available Garmin FMI 
line.  And the 350 is discontinued and only available as closeouts 
periodically.

I'm still not parting with either one of mine!  The T2-135/OT2m and the 
Nuvi 350 just play too well together!

Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and Win32

On 2/8/2011 5:38 PM, Scott Miller wrote:
> Sorry folks, I missed this thread until now.  The current situation is 
> this:
>
> The Tracker2 in all its versions supports the Garmin fleet management 
> interface protocol.  Someone already posted the list of supported 
> units.  The GTRANS cable will also translate to and from NMEA for the 
> D700/D710 and (with the right pinout) the FTM-350 and other radios.
>
> Waypoint creation was NOT originally part of the FMI spec.  It's a 
> quirk that it happens to work (thanks to old code they forgot to 
> remove) on the 350, and to a limited extent on some other old models - 
> the limitation being that moving waypoints leave a trail.
>
> With FMI 2.5 and above, waypoint creation is officially supported, and 
> so is waypoint deletion, so the T2 and GTRANS can delete old 
> waypoints.  The trouble is that the spec did NOT include anything 
> about the user interface behavior, and (at least on the nuvi 1300 and 
> 1490) received waypoints show up at inconsistent zoom levels, with a 
> narrow range - maybe 2 or 3 zoom levels, it seems to be variable - and 
> they don't show labels unless you touch them.
>
> If Garmin gets this fixed, we'll be in good shape.  FMI 2.5 added not 
> only deletion capability, but also categories, so everything the T2 or 
> GTRANS creates is marked 'APRS' (again, the UI isn't working right on 
> the nuvi side and this might not show up) and can be deleted separately.
>
> Hope that clears things up...
>
> Scott
> N1VG
>
>
> On 2/2/2011 11:06 AM, mwbesemer at cox.net wrote:
>> I'm 99.9999% sure that the only one that works properly is the Nuvi350.
>> All the others have some sort of issues.
>>
>> Granted, they're getting long in the tooth, but my -350 works flawlessly
>> and it gets me where I need to go to-boot... and they can still be found
>> for around $100.
>>
>>
>> Mike
>> WM4B
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 2:01 PM, Stephen H. Smith wrote:
>>
>>> On 2/2/2011 9:44 AM, Keith VE7GDH wrote:
>>>> Earl KD5XB wrote...
>>>>
>>>>> I wonder if this will work with the Garmin 465t -- do you know?
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
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