Lee2
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Registered: Jan 2003
Location: B.C.
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I guess you have to look at a few things. Is the GPS unit powered through the USB cable?
If it is the you'll have to get power to it. I would then see if there is any data coming out of the GPS without the computer "talking" to it. As I said I the earlier post USB devices expect to see a controler, that's why you can use lots of USB devices at the same time, the computer controls them. For this reason they can't talk to each other. It may be possible that the GPS unit will send out data in some sort of a standard format if it has power, but it's a bit of a longshot. You would still have to convert it to a speed and voltage level that the handspring (with a serial adapter) can handle. I have a feeling you're going to be stuck using THAT GPS unit with a laptop. There are a few models for just over $100us that have serial out, you'd still have to get the serial cable, nul modem and a serial cradle for the VIsor. I know of a web page that goes into making up cables for this sort of thing in quite a bit of detail if you are still interested.
Lee
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