NO! NO! NO! Earthmate is Earthmate and Tripmate is Tripmate ... and nere the twain shall meet!
Earthmate outputs a Rockwell binary format ... period, end of discussion ... if you are bound and determined to use an Earthmate you can by a dongle for the DB9 plug for $45 called the "GST-1" from <http://www.byonics.com> which is a PIC based converter which will take in the Rockwell binary and spit out the NMEA sentences. The Tripmate feeds out NMEA sentences, BUT it needs to be fooled into thinking it's talking to DeLorme software. It spits out the string "ASTRAL" and wants to see it back ... you need to jumper pins 2 & 3 together so it feeds the ASTRAL right back at the Tripmate, after it gets the "ASTRAL" it starts spitting out NMEA sentences and pays no attention to the NMEA being fed back at itself ... cheers ... brian, n1bq -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Nigel Ballard Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 10:33 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [BAWUG] Delorme Earthmate and NetStumbler As I remember it, DeLorme messes with the serial output of the EarthMate GPS Upon bootup it is in proprietary Rockwell mode as opposed to industry standard NMEA mode which NetStumbler needs. There is a simple fix, and that is to spit a so-called 'hidden' keyword down the serial port to the TripMate, this turns it into an NMEA mode unit. I'm Trying to remember the word. It was something like *astral. Do a Google search for it. Cheers Nigel Nigel Ballard Chief Strategist Appear Networks Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: www.appearnetworks.com WWW: www.joejava.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of John M Stec Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 6:17 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [BAWUG] Delorme Earthmate and NetStumbler Despite the fact that the menu of NetStumbler shows the Delorme Earthmate GPS as being a possible GPS pick, I have been advised by Marius Milner, author of Netstumbler that it is not supported and is not expected to be anytime soon. Does anyone know of a product that would support the use of the Earthmate? John M Stec -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
