Subject: Ipaq GPS
From: ACRE NL
Date: 3/25/2002, 9:32 AM


How does the IPAQ hook up to that Magellan 310? A friend
has the teletype GPS
software I can "try out" on my IPAQ
...Chrissi

Cozy Mk-IV 13B-turbo
 www.CozyGirrrl.com


If you have the serial cable or cradle with serial cable it
should plug right in.

Finn


You probably have to switch the send/receive pairs.  I believe that the
IPAQ acts as DCE (data carrier equipment) and not DTE (Data terminal
Equipment) since it plugs directly into the PC serial port without a
converter.  I wired up my Garmin GPS 90 directly to my PC and it worked
but didn't work with the IPAQ.  The IPAQ cable provides a Male 9 pin DIN
connector while the PC has a Female connector (typical of DCE and DTE
equipment respectively).  A gender converter didn't work (yet).  I believe
it will work as soon as I switch the tx and rx wires on one end of the
gender converter.  I believe these are pins 2 & 3 but I can't confirm
looking it until I look it up somewhere.

Del


 
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