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free tool to see nmea from extrex?
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| 4MLA1FN 2007-03-23, 10:33 pm |
| does the etrex (vista cx) emit nmea? if so, when it's connected to my
pc (via usb), is there a tool i can use to see nmea sentences? i've
downloaded from gps monitoring apps, but they only see to look at the
com port (though they claim they can also see a gpsr on usb).
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| Klatch 2007-03-23, 10:33 pm |
| "4MLA1FN" <eff1fan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> does the etrex (vista cx) emit nmea? if so, when it's connected to my
> pc (via usb), is there a tool i can use to see nmea sentences? i've
> downloaded from gps monitoring apps, but they only see to look at the
> com port (though they claim they can also see a gpsr on usb).
There should be an interface setting under setup to allow you to choose NMEA
or Garmin.
Spanner will make a virtual com port. A free download from Garmin. It says
it is for the GPS 18, but I have used it successfully with my 76CS (just for
fun, since it does have an serial output) and others have used it with USB
only units.
http://www.garmin.com/support/downl...ils.jsp?id=1627
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| 4MLA1FN 2007-03-25, 4:33 am |
| On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 02:51:18 GMT, "Klatch" <beavernevi23@yahoo.com>
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>Spanner will make a virtual com port.
many thanks. i hadn't heard of this. i tried it, but it doesn't seem
to work with the vista cx. :(
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| Jack Erbes 2007-03-25, 3:33 pm |
| 4MLA1FN wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 02:51:18 GMT, "Klatch" <beavernevi23@yahoo.com>
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> many thanks. i hadn't heard of this. i tried it, but it doesn't seem
> to work with the vista cx. :(
I couldn't get it to work with Windows 2000 either.
Jack
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Jack Erbes in Ellsworth, Maine, USA (jackerbes at adelphia dot net)
(also receiving email at jacker at midmaine dot com)
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| Klatch 2007-03-25, 10:33 pm |
| "Jack Erbes" <jackerbes@adelphia.net> wrote in message
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> 4MLA1FN wrote:
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> I couldn't get it to work with Windows 2000 either.
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> Jack
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> Jack Erbes in Ellsworth, Maine, USA (jackerbes at adelphia dot net)
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I can make it work with an old version of Streets and Trips that requires an
nmea stream from a serial port. That is with XP home.
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| 4MLA1FN 2007-03-25, 10:33 pm |
| On Sun, 25 Mar 2007 13:03:46 -0500, Jack Erbes
<jackerbes@adelphia.net> wrote:
>I couldn't get it to work with Windows 2000 either.
thanks for the sanity check. i'm on xp pro. in the meantime, i
discovered "gps gate". it's not free, but using their 14-day demo
with freeware apps that'll capture nmea from a *com* port, i was able
to capture some nmea.
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