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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:kkotch@earthlink.net">kkotch@earthlink.net</a> wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">I don’t know if this
emulator will work with other USB
gps but I don’t see why not. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">73,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Keith, KF4BXT<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Actually, all GPS devices produce traditional serial output.
In the USB-interfaced versions of these devices, the serial output is
converted, inside the GPS, to USB by the same kind of
application-specific IC (ASIC) used in stand-alone serial-to-USB
converter cable
"dongles". [ The net effect is exactly the same as if you had used a
serial GPS with an EXTERNAL serial-to-USB converter cable, but with the
added convenience of powering the GPS from the USB port. And of
course, a thinner, lighter cable with no mated male/female DB9s in the
middle.] <br>
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There are several different serial-to-USB chipsets, from different
vendors, in use. The drivers for these chips are very device specific,
and are NOT interchangable. Unless another USB GPS just happens to
use exactly the same USB chipset as the Delorme, the Delorme driver
will not work with it.<br>
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Stephen H. Smith wa8lmf (at) aol.com <br>
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