[aprssig] Really CHEAP Puck-type USB GPS Receiver
Stephen H. Smith
wa8lmf2 at aol.com
Fri Jan 20 15:50:48 EST 2012
On 1/20/2012 1:47 PM, r gilson wrote:
> OK now is there an adapter so this receiver can be interfaced to a D7 or D700
> Radio? Awesome and simple way to get on APRS.
> Ron WA2WWK
>
The "adapter" would be a complete PC.
USB is a master/slave protocol (more commonly known a server/client protocol).
USB devices (i.e. clients) can only talk to a PC running a fairly complex stack
of device-specific software. Until a computer master has initialized a USB
client device and has assigned it an identity, USB devices are completely
helpless.
There is no practical way to mate USB devices to other USB devices (or to
non-PC devices such as Kenwood radios, OpenTrackers, TinyTracks, etc) without a
computer master as middleman.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
Stephen H. Smith wa8lmf (at) aol.com
Skype: WA8LMF
Home Page: http://wa8lmf.net
***** NEW Precision Mapping 9 For UIview Released! *****
http://wa8lmf.net/aprs/PMap9_Notes.htm
Vista & Win7 Install Issues for UI-View and Precision Mapping
http://wa8lmf.net/aprs/UIview_Notes.htm#VistaWin7
30-meter HF APRS over PSK63
http://wa8lmf.net/APRS_PSK63/index.htm
"APRS 101" Explanation of APRS Path Selection & Digipeating
http://wa8lmf.net/DigiPaths
More information about the aprssig
mailing list