Teddy, Don't kick yourself about this! I am new to APRS in the last month. I find it dificult to separate the old data from the newer, and every location is different, depending on the setup of the local digis. Further, the TNC's built for APRS tracking and messaging are not always full featured and each is different in some way. When I was starting, I found some old data recommending the Paccomm PicoPacket and two days after I bought one on eBay I found the OT2m. The combination of tracking, waypoints on the GPS and messaging seemed too good to pass up so I bought an OT2m and a Nuvi. But there are disadvantages with that configuration. The biggest one, IMO is that once a waypoint is plotted, it is in your favorites and on your screen forever. To keep your screen current, you have to delete all your waypoints periodically. The problem is different when traveling, another workaround is to set maxrange to 5 or 10 miles, then any waypoint you see near you or in front of you on the screen as you drive should be in radio range. I guess what I am saying is there are a lot of subtleties in the use of this system, and the only way to come to understand them is to use it. That's what you are doing, and you are learning along the way, as are we all. 73, Al K5TAN
--- On Sun, 10/11/09, Teddy Banks <[email protected]> wrote: From: Teddy Banks <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [tracker2] Re: T2-135 and Garmin Nuvi 350 To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, October 11, 2009, 4:05 PM Well I guess I was going about it all wrong, when I sent a message to it from, and to, my Kenwood TM710A, it worked as it should, I guess I did not know how the messaging part worked, I thought one could send a message from say UI-VIEW, to the Nuvi, and from the Nuvi to UI-VIEW, this appears not to be the case, I guess I am too stupid to use APRS. I appreciate all the effort that was put into working on with me, it's sad that I don't understand the technical side of APRS, I did change the BMODE to Auto, I am glad it is working though, as I plan to take it to a Boy Scout JOTA function at our local Lake on the 17th to demonstrate what one can do with APRS. imagine me doing that. ----- Original Message ----- From: Al Waschka To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 10:51 AM Subject: Re: [tracker2] Re: T2-135 and Garmin Nuvi 350 Good point - I don't have a clue what it does if A side is set to Garmin. Maybe the T2 doesn't either :) Al --- On Sun, 10/11/09, Rudy <ben...@vianet. ca> wrote: From: Rudy <ben...@vianet. ca> Subject: [tracker2] Re: T2-135 and Garmin Nuvi 350 To: track...@yahoogroup s.com Date: Sunday, October 11, 2009, 11:47 AM That is what I suspect, but I was not sure if that applied when AMODE was set to Garmin. --- In track...@yahoogroup s.com, Al Waschka <awasc...@...> wrote: > > When you set the B side to FLOW it is acting as flow control for the A-side, > not as an independent port. You need to set the B side to Auto. > > Al > > ------------ --------- --------- ------ Yahoo! Groups Links
