Come on guys, the serial port has BOTH "A" and "B" available, hence two GPS's can be read.
See James' port layout below. 73 - Dale. KG5LT On Oct 21, 2009, at 5:19 PM, Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr) wrote: > So, the question stands, how did Clay (N7QNM) "I didn't need a 'Y' > cable." in "The Nuvi is on one port and a puck style GPS (2 Deluo, one > Garmin) is on the other."? > > The RADIO connector goes to the radio, but to hook up TWO GPSes, they > BOTH need to come out the SERIAL port, but how did Clay manage to do > this without a Y connector? > > Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Still Struggling to Understand! > > James Ewen wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 3:07 PM, twobores <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > >> I must be missing something obvious here, but where do you plug > the radio in? > >> > > > > The radio gets plugged into the radio port... hence the term radio > > port. Serial connections on the serial port, for similar reasons. > > > > As per the OT2 user manual: > > > > RADIO Connector > > 1: Audio out > > 2: COR / Squelch input > > 3: PTT out > > 5: Audio in > > 6: Ground > > 7: Power in > > 8: PTT in > > > > SERIAL Connector > > 2: Data in (port A) > > 3: Data out (port A) > > 4: Power output for GPS > > 5: Ground > > 7: Data out (port B) or CTS > > 8: Data in (port B) or RTS > > > > James > > VE6SRV > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tracker2/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tracker2/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
