Re: MS Streets & Trips' maps in GPS?
- From: dold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 00:04:41 +0000 (UTC)
Gilles Kohl <gilles_delete_this@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hmm, some of these devices only support their proprietary protocol
over USB (they do not provide a serial port emulation driver) - in
combination with the fact that most laptops do not have a serial port
anymore, the OP is at least "de facto" right - out of the box, you
cannot connect e.g. a Garmin GPSMap 76C device to a modern laptop and
use it with S&T (or any other software that does not support the
manufacturers proprietary protocol).
Additional investment in hardware (Garmin serial port cable plus
serial port to USB converter plus driver) or software (Franson
GPSGate) is necessary. With modern laptops, NMEA isn't the standard it
used to be.
What kind of an argument is that?
You can't use it unless can use it?
Unless you buy MS S&T. Unless you have a cable that fits both your GPS and
your PC. Unless you buy software that works.
NMEA is a protocol. Nothing is said about how it gets from one device to
another. The serial cables still exist, less than $20. The GPSGate works
if you want to use a USB port, but it costs more than a serial cable.
If your laptop doesn't have a serial port, that seems like a laptop
limitation, obviated by the purchase of an adapter.
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