There's no general-purpose device to connect a USB GPS to an RS-232 device, only the other way around, for the reasons I described in the article and my last message. You've got to have a PC to use an adapter.
Scott Ronny Julian wrote: > > > What you can do is use a USB to serail adaptor. Another alternative is > send me your USB GPS and I'll send you a serial one! > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* James Ewen <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Sun, December 6, 2009 8:47:28 PM > *Subject:* Re: [tracker2] USB gps puck > > On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 6:20 PM, John Salyer <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > About a year and a half ago, I bought a UT-41 GPS receiver to use with a > > computer. It has a USB outlet. Can I chop the connector off, find out > > what the four wire are. Two are for voltage, the other two +d and -d. > > Can I connect these to a serial input? > > Sure you can... it just has to be a Universal Serial Bus input... the > easy way to do that is to grab that connector you chopped off, and > reconnect it back to the cord you have hanging there. Then you can > plug it back into the USB port on your computer, and have a working > USB GPS again. > > USB is not RS-232. RS-232 is not USB. > > Wikipedia has a good page to start you out on learning about some of > the multitude of serial communication protocols out there... > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_communication > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_communication> > > We are even using a serial communications mode right now, as I am > typing characters in a serial format, and you are reading them in a > serial format. > > James > VE6SRV > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > (Yahoo! ID required) > > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tracker2/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tracker2/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
