On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 8:52 PM, Tom Lancaster <tom at grubbyconsulting.com> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 8:47 PM, Jean Christophe Andr? > <jean-christophe.andre at auf.org> wrote: >> Tom Lancaster a ?crit : >>> what's tricky is the proprietary garmin interface (round with 4 pins). >> Is it just a connector problem or is there some electronic inside their >> cable? >> >> Because if it's only about the connector, I'm pretty sure you can ask >> people in Vietnam (some student in electronic? or even just electricity) >> to make a custom-bust-still-professional cable for about a few USD (just >> don't forget to pay the student too ;-) )? >> >> Is the use of the 4 pins documented somewhere? There is not that much >> possibilities though? Probably 1 for RX, 1 for TX, 1 for ground and may >> be 1 for synchronization clock? >> > > Here's a diagram: http://www.pfranc.com/projects/g45contr/assemb.htm (Dr. TV)
Scratch that - here's a picture that shows it's not the round garmin interface. I don't know if this picture means anything to anyone: http://gpsbitz.co.uk/shop/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=22 Tom > > If there are any handy volunteers to make some cables I'll tell OSM to > send us as many Geko's as they can (Hai Phong needs mapping, too) > > Tom > >>> On the Garmin website they're selling them for ~ $60, which is close to >>> half the cost of the GPS unit! >>> >> At that price I doubt it's only a cable. Probably more a dongle? And may >> be not compatible with Linux at all? May be the easiest way is to ask >> for all these information to the OSM project? >> >> -- >> Jean Christophe "????" ANDR? ? ? ? Responsable technique r?gional >> Bureau Asie-Pacifique (BAP) ? ? ? http://www.asie-pacifique.auf.org/ >> Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AuF) ? ? ? http://www.auf.org/ >> Adresse postale : AUF, 21 L? Th?nh T?ng, T.T. Ho?n Ki?m, H? N?i, Vi?t Nam >> T?l. : +84 4 9331108 ? Fax : +84 4 8247383 ? Cellul. : +84 91 3248747 >> ? Note personnelle: merci d'?viter de m'envoyer des fichiers PowerPoint ? >> ? ou Word, cf http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.fr.html ? >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> POST RULES : http://wiki.hanoilug.org/hanoilug:mailing_list_guidelines >> _______________________________________________ >> HanoiLUG mailing lists: http://lists.hanoilug.org/ >> HanoiLUG wiki: http://wiki.hanoilug.org/ >> HanoiLUG blog: http://blog.hanoilug.org/ >> >
