<div>DO you think this would work on the 260? I know someone who just got one. Also, how do you pry the little critter open? </div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 1, 2008 1:18 AM, Steve Noskowicz <<a href="mailto:noskosteve@yahoo.com">noskosteve@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><br><br> In case you didn't know, Garmin has the complete Nuvi interface protocol spec<br>on their web site. I got a 750 and saw reference to their interface 'cable'<br>
and I downloaded the spec. I was curious, but just glanced at it since I don't<br>plan to get into USB just yet.<br><br>73, Steve, K9DCI<br>
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<div class="Wj3C7c"><br><br>--- "Greg D." <<a href="mailto:ko6th_greg@hotmail.com">ko6th_greg@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>><br>> Wow, I wonder if this would work on the other Garmin USB-based GPS's? I see<br>
> it's not listed for their service, but I have a eTrek Vista HCx in the mail,<br>> due for delivery tomorrow. I figured I would have to keep using my GPS-III<br>> (with the display going out), or pick up a simple serial GPS module and put<br>
> it in a plastic box, for attachment to my Kenwood D7. Instead, maybe this?<br>><br>> Does the cable have a standard mini-USB end on it (the small kind), or is it<br>> something special? If standard, then they must be emulating a USB host in<br>
> there, because there aren't any extra pins on the connector to do anything<br>> other than USB.<br>><br>> Greg KO6TH<br>><br>><br>> > -----Original Message-----<br>> > From: <a href="mailto:aprssig-bounces@lists.tapr.org">aprssig-bounces@lists.tapr.org</a><br>
> > [mailto:<a href="mailto:aprssig-bounces@lists.tapr.org">aprssig-bounces@lists.tapr.org</a>]On Behalf Of Scott Miller<br>> > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 11:01 PM<br>> > To: TAPR APRS Mailing List<br>
> > Subject: [aprssig] APRS and Garmin Nuvi<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > I discovered something interesting today. Here I've been telling people<br>> > all along that the newer USB-only Garmin receivers like the Nuvi are<br>
> > worthless for APRS. Turns out I was wrong.<br>> ><br>> > When I heard about Garmin's fleet management interface, I decided it'd<br>> > be worth checking out. It needs a special cable, though - for the Nuvi<br>
> > 350 I picked up, it's Garmin p/n 010-10813-00. By the looks of it, it's<br>> > probably just got a level converter inside, but I'm not sure.<br>> > Apparently there's a serial interface of some sort that can share the<br>
> > USB connector.<br>> ><br>> > The fleet management protocol looked suspiciously like a subset of<br>> > Garmin's regular binary serial protocol, so (once I figured out the<br>> > cable pinouts and soldered on a DB9) I fired up the test program I'd<br>
> > written, and sure enough, it spit out a list of supported protocols.<br>> ><br>> > I plugged it straight into a stock Tracker2 and the activity light<br>> > started blinking green, showing a good fix. I piped in some recorded<br>
> > APRS traffic and the map screen started showing APRS stations. Here are<br>> > some pictures I took (haven't tried the screen capture program yet):<br>> ><br>> > Map screen (2D mode): <a href="http://n1vg.net/images/nuvi-map.jpg" target="_blank">http://n1vg.net/images/nuvi-map.jpg</a><br>
> > Waypoint list: <a href="http://n1vg.net/images/nuvi-list.jpg" target="_blank">http://n1vg.net/images/nuvi-list.jpg</a><br>> > Station detail: <a href="http://n1vg.net/images/nuvi-detail.jpg" target="_blank">http://n1vg.net/images/nuvi-detail.jpg</a><br>
> ><br>> > It's not perfect - the waypoint set is different, for one. You can see<br>> > that all of the cars are now up on lifts with the hood up! The digis do<br>> > show up as antenna towers, at least, and the houses are there. I'll<br>
> > have to find out if it'll take custom symbols. Also, it seems to have<br>> > some quirks about showing waypoints at different zoom levels.<br>> ><br>> > The Nuvi 350 has a USB port on the side and another one on the clip-on<br>
> > base, so you can power it and plug it in to the tracker at the same<br>> > time. When I find out how the serial interface adapter works, I'll see<br>> > if I can power it from the tracker, or maybe vice versa. I'll also see<br>
> > about a cheaper substitute for the cable - this one cost me $30 after<br>> > shipping. It probably wouldn't be hard to build an equivalent circuit<br>> > into a DB9 shell.<br>> ><br>> > The bad news is that the Tracker2 (at least the OT2m version) is totally<br>
> > sold out right now. My only two spares are going out for CE EMC<br>> > certification shortly. The factory producing the boards is snowed in<br>> > right now and hasn't even been able to get the parts for the next batch<br>
> > - DHL's had them sitting at the depot for days. It'll probably be the<br>> > end of February before I have any more. The T2-135 (for the Alinco<br>> > DR-135) is shipping, albeit slowly due to limited production capability<br>
> > here. (The Tracker2 page has moved to<br>> > <a href="http://www.argentdata.com/products/tracker2.html" target="_blank">http://www.argentdata.com/products/tracker2.html</a> if you're looking for<br>> > more information.)<br>
> ><br>> > Hopefully by the time the boards come in I'll have figured out all of<br>> > the Nuvi's quirks and dealt with them. I also hope to make some use of<br>> > the fleet management interface for some new features. Most importantly<br>
> > - it does text messaging.<br>> ><br>> > Scott<br>> > N1VG<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > aprssig mailing list<br>> > <a href="mailto:aprssig@lists.tapr.org">aprssig@lists.tapr.org</a><br>
> > <a href="https://lists.tapr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aprssig" target="_blank">https://lists.tapr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aprssig</a><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > _______________________________________________<br>
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