Hi Phil, I believe the GTRANS-9F is wired to plug directly into a PC. The PC has a male connector. I use it now as a GPS on my laptop. Keep in mind that the full collection of sentences are not available. For instance, the sentence that provides all the satellites in use is not there, but it does provide Valid FIX status; 2D vs 3D is not available. I have connected it to my D-Star radio as well as my laptop. For all intents and purposes, the GTRANS looks like a NMEA flavor GPS to whatever is connected to it. Best regards, Fred
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of liquid_squelch Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 22:27 To: [email protected] Subject: [tracker2] Re: Sharing the OT2m's Nuvi 350 with D-Star ? Fred, One last question - This cable here should work, right? [GTRANS-9F] ?? That is the DB-9 GTRANS cable. The 2.5mm is Out of Stock. Lastly- have you tried to connect the output of the GTRANS cable to the serial port on your laptop? Does that work as a GPS? I'm thinking that if I don't use it to drive the GPS on my IC91AD, I can still use it to drive DRATS or XASTIR and send the GPS data out via software to the radio. Thanks Phil --- In track...@yahoogroup <mailto:tracker2%40yahoogroups.com> s.com, "Fred Hillhouse" <fmhillho...@...> wrote: > > Hi Phil, > > That is the picture and I made my cable. > > I am using a Garmin GPS V not the Nuvi 350. But that is not anything to > wonder about too much. Both receivers talk the same protocol known as the > Garmin Protocol. > > If you were to follow my path somewhat, you would need a cable to connect > the Nuvi350 to the OT2m. That keeps the OT2/GPS connection easy. > > I ordered a Kenwood version of the GTRANS. I didn't have any right angle > 2.5mm connectors at the time whereas I have a ton of DE-9 connectors. The > right angle USB cable is sitting in the project box. If you buy the Kenwood > version, just remember the tip and ring need to be swapped. > > There are two reasons I followed this path. First, I wanted to use the > Garmin Protocol for communication with the GPS. By doing so, I get an > antenna for a repeater object, a car for a vehicle, etc. In NMEA mode, I get > dots. So, a dots or an antenna, car, etc? I chose the cool icons! Second, I > wanted less clutter. With the GTRANS inside the OT2 it sees no strain or > stress of the cables. You could certainly splice the GTRANS in anywhere you > like. > > My OT2 has five connectors on the back. One is for the LCD which exits the > grommeted hole. One is for the radio and the other three are in a three > headed beast (rather than the two headed version Scott sells) that provides > a PC (Port A), GPS (Garmin Protocol/Port B) and GPS (NEMA/Port C, Pin 1) > connection. Port C is my addition! > > I would bet your IC-91AD uses NMEA only. That makes it easy. There is also > no need for more than that. The radios do not send waypoints to the GPS > anyway. Of course my assumption is based on the radio I have, the IC-U82 > (UHF only) and my friends radio, the ID-800 (VHF/UHF). Okay, inquiring minds > have to know: A total 5 sentences, RMC, GGA, GLL, GSA and VTG are available > according to the manual (page 58). > > More manual information (page 34): The IC-91A*/91AD can be operated in > digital voice mode and low-speed data operation for both transmit and > receive. It can also be connected to a GPS receiver (compatible with an > RS-232 output/NMEA format/4800 bps) and transmit/receive position data. > > Best regards, > Fred > > > > > _____ > > From: track...@yahoogroup <mailto:tracker2%40yahoogroups.com> s.com [mailto:track...@yahoogroup <mailto:tracker2%40yahoogroups.com> s.com] On Behalf > Of liquid_squelch > Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 15:29 > To: track...@yahoogroup <mailto:tracker2%40yahoogroups.com> s.com > Subject: [tracker2] Re: Sharing the OT2m's Nuvi 350 with D-Star ? > > > > > Fred, > I think I found your pictures here: > http://groups. > <http://groups. <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tracker2/photos/album/508316112/pic/186481172 > yahoo.com/group/tracker2/photos/album/508316112/pic/186481172 > 3/view?picmode=&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=1&count=20&dir=asc> > yahoo.com/group/tracker2/photos/album/508316112/pic/1864811723/view?picmode= > &mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=1&count=20&dir=asc > > Are you using this cable from Argent? > https://www. > <https://www. <https://www.argentdata.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=113> argentdata.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=113> > argentdata.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=113 > > So I assume you are running the FMI cable from the Nuvi to the OT2m. Inside > the OT2m you have the GTRANS's USB side of the cable cut? > > Maybe I am lost, but wouldn't it have been easier to have the GTRANS cable > come off the NUVI, and split before it hit the serial port of the OT2m? I > think I am missing something.. > > I will have to look and see if the IC92 and IC91 speak the same language. I > would think they do. > > And yes, the purpose of this is to keep the clutter down, and put all of my > data tracking into one easy to grab kit. > > Thanks again for the help > 73 > Phil / w2lie >
