"krj" wrote
Whoever you talked to at WM was not very well informed on the
products he was selling.

You think WM would hire someone like that?

Have you ever noticed that, when a salesperson latches onto you at the
door, escorts you to what you say you are interested in, and then
won't leave you alone, they usually don't know squat?

I usually slink in, say I know what I'm looking for, loop around the
back, and then go study the stuff myself. Maybe this behavior has led
them to think I'm shoplifting

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Roger Long

On 29 Jan 2006 14:46:02 -0600, Dave wrote:

On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 00:21:25 GMT, Gary said:

My GPS has a
junction box that allows me to send info to several things at one.

Do you know if that's sold as a separate item? It would save my having to
build one.

Just use any handy terminal strip - there's no magic or electronics
needed, as any NMEA talker should be able to drive four or more
listeners.

Have a look on my GPS/NMEA for my (somewhat complex) system...


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On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 18:08:37 GMT, "Roger Long"
wrote:

Come to think of it, do those little GPS units sold to plug into
laptop computers for street maps speak NMEA?

Yes they do, I've been using one for years. The Delorme's are decent
little units with WAAS capability. At one time you could buy them
with a serial port adapter cable but I believe the new ones are USB
only.

Wayne.B wrote:

On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 18:08:37 GMT, "Roger Long"
wrote:

Come to think of it, do those little GPS units sold to plug into
laptop computers for street maps speak NMEA?

Yes they do, I've been using one for years. The Delorme's are decent
little units with WAAS capability. At one time you could buy them
with a serial port adapter cable but I believe the new ones are USB
only.

I was told by the folks at Cap'n that those units will not work with
the computer charts. I've got one for land use with maps, but have
not tried to use it with the nav charts.


grandma Rosalie

Rosalie B. wrote in
:

I was told by the folks at Cap'n that those units will not work with
the computer charts. I've got one for land use with maps, but have
not tried to use it with the nav charts.


Hmmm....I wonder if my Virtual Serial Port software addresses the USB ports
as well as the Ethernet port. I'll have to do a little research. The
Virtual Serial Port software does very good a providing the Cap'n with COM
port data from the wireless Ethernet or wired Ethernet, now. Cap'n doesn't
know any better. It's getting data from COM2 as far as it's concerned...
(c;

If the VSP can be told to connect to a USB port and provide Cap'n with fake
serial data, too, wouldn't that be just peachy?....(c;

On 2006-02-18 10:28:06 -0500, Rosalie B. said:

Yes they do, I've been using one for years. The Delorme's are decent
little units with WAAS capability. At one time you could buy them
with a serial port adapter cable but I believe the new ones are USB
only.

A lot of the DeLorme units aren't designed to work with anything but
their own software and aren't true standalone GPS units. Another
reason to avoid them is that none AFAIK of their units are IPX7 water
resistant.

The low-end Garmin is probably a better bet.

Also on the issue of NMEA black boxes...they're generally called NMEA
multiplexers.. A good unit can be seen at:
http://www.shipmodul.com/en/miniplex-42bt.html

They make ones with RS-232, USB or Bluetooth capabilities. Also, some
of their units will translate from Raymarine Seatalk to NMEA.

Not really needed if you only have a few (usually up to 4—VHF, HF,
AutoPilot, PC) NMEA devices which need the NMEA output from your
GPS...the Bluetooth does make connecting your computer much simpler.

On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 05:16:16 GMT, in message
2006032200161616807-dog@nomailcom
dog wrote:

On 2006-02-18 10:28:06 -0500, Rosalie B. said:

Yes they do, I've been using one for years. The Delorme's are decent
little units with WAAS capability. At one time you could buy them
with a serial port adapter cable but I believe the new ones are USB
only.

A lot of the DeLorme units aren't designed to work with anything but
their own software and aren't true standalone GPS units.

My Delorme Earthlink USB works fine with the Fugawi charting software
on my notebooks.

Ryk
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