[email protected] said: >>> Interesting that the three receivers with issues were all SiRF III >>> based. Do you know what firmware these were running? >> Nope. If you know the recipe to find out, I'll ask them. :) > Failing that, the "sirfmon" app that comes with gpsd might get the > receiver into binary mode and should let you talk to it, but I > haven't used it.
Thanks. That works for me. I started collecting low cost GPS receivers a year or two ago. I thought I had some with the SiRF-II chips. Either I can't find them or I didn't actually get any. GSW3.2.4_3.1.00.12-SDK003P1.00a GlobalSat BU-353 GSW3.2.2_3.1.00.12-SDK003P1.01a AmbiCom GPS-USB Rev 2.1 GSW3.2.2_3.1.00.12-SDK003P1.01a Navibe GM-720 GSW3.2.4Pat2_3.1.00.12-SDK001P1.00 Navisys GR-300 The first 3 are "GPS mice", small with long USB tails. The last one is a Thumb/Dongle, only a bit bigger than the typical USB Flash drive. They all use the Prolific PL2303 serial-to-USB chip. In case nobody hasn't noticed, the price for simple GPS "mice" has been dropping. It's easy to find them advertised for under $40. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to get good time out of the USB versions. The old Garmin GPS-18-USB was actually pretty good. The new 18x isn't very good. -- These are my opinions, not necessarily my employer's. I hate spam. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
