I haven't been following this thread closely, but I wanted to add that I just sent off the board layout for the GTRANS2 yesterday. It's a much larger board (around 1.3"x1.8") and it includes a 1-amp DC-DC converter to power the newer single-connector nuvis. It has multiple ID resistors, controllable through software, so it should be able to emulate different Garmin cables. I think it'll be able to replace the nuvi 350's power supply.
Scott [email protected] wrote: > > > Im not trying to modify anything. If the back power pins and the side > power pins are connected together inside the unit anyway, then it > doesn't matterwhere the power comes in.. It sounds like most of the > "advice" given here is not based on fact but only what will work with > off-the-shelf cabling. No one can buy a side power/FMI cable so they > assume it cant work that way. The problem is, no one seems to know for sure. > > Never mind..I'll figure it out. > Curt > KU8L > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:tracker2%40yahoogroups.com>, > <wyoming_semi_dri...@...> wrote: > > > > I just don't understand why everyone makes everything so hard. why > not just use the back power port and tape the two cords together and not > be trying to mode the gps and make it to where there might be a odd that > a 130.00 gps will not work again. not trying to start any fights just my > own opions and trying to understand people. it would be like me taking a > OT2m apart and trying to add my own stuff to it when it isn't made for > what I add to it and then the OT2m doesn't work and then I'm out of > 95.00. its just like when my OT2m stopped working one day I didn't even > try to take it apart at all, the first thing I did was ship it back to > scott. > > K7CDL > > Ron > > > > > > From: captc...@... > > Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 6:08 PM > > To: [email protected] <mailto:tracker2%40yahoogroups.com> > > Subject: [tracker2] Re: powering the nuvi 350 > > > > > > > > I thot the thing that triggered the FMI mode was the pinx to ground > with the 8.2K resistor at the side port?? > > > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:tracker2%40yahoogroups.com>, > Al Waschka <awaschka@> wrote: > > > > > > I believe the answer is no, you must use the power from the mount > in order to enable the fleet management interface which causes the 350 > to output location messages to the OT2 and receives POI data from the OT2. > > > > > > > > > > > > Al K5TAN > > > > > > > > > --- On Tue, 4/6/10, captcurt@ <captcurt@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > From: captcurt@ <captcurt@> > > > Subject: [tracker2] powering the nuvi 350 > > > To: [email protected] <mailto:tracker2%40yahoogroups.com> > > > Date: Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 6:28 PM > > > > > > > > > Sorry for all the basic questions..just don't want to mess anything up. > > > > > > The info I have read on this site says the Nuvi 350 must be powered > externally in order to work with the FMI interface. > > > > > > Can I use the side minib connector for both the data and power > connection by making up a cable? I dont have a powered mount for the > nuvi. The side connector is where I currently plug in the car > charger/power connector. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Curt > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ 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: [email protected] [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/
