Unfortunately, You are SOL with a DR. There is no access to the TNC or data through anything. The port on the -8R and DR was for programming only. With the VX8GR there is/was a serial port socket just like the sockets on the D7A, D7A(g) and D72A. One could select the port to output waypoints so a handheld mapping GPS could read and plot them.
I confirmed with an -8GR owner a couple of years ago that the cable for with the round plug for the Kenwoods worked with the -8GR. I looked up online on the GR manual and confirmed there is menu selection to output the waypoints. It will work except the GR is out of production. The -8R/DR is a closed system. Absolutely no access to the TNC whatsoever. Cannot plug into Xastir and use it as a Packet or KISS TNC so Xastir can control the rig like the Kenwoods. You'd have to connect your -8DR to an external TNC to be able to do that. Sort of defeats the purpose, huh? Kurt KC9LDH -------------------------------------------- On Mon, 6/29/15, Thomas Sprinzing <[email protected]> wrote: Subject: Re: [Xastir] Who's current on Garmin handheld GPS models? To: "Xastir - APRS client software discussion" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, June 29, 2015, 2:56 PM Am 29.06.2015 um 20:27 schrieb Kurt: > Yup, > The round port cable works with the Kenwood D7a series D72A and the Yaesu VX-8GR. > The GR, one uses the same cable as is used with the Kenwoods so one would get that > one even though it says it's only for Kenwood. The dataport on the GR can be set to > output waypoints. Now you got me interested - i have a first-gen VX-8 DR . The only thing i know from disseminating the interface back then is: 9600 baud 3.3v - non-standard NMEA, stupid "interpreter" looking for positions in the strings rather than finding the commas... Others weren't better off either http://www.f4fxl.org/2013/03/05/connecting-an-external-gps-to-the-yaesu-vx8/ It's a nice hack, but i just need the radio operable, not in clone mode. Did yaesu finally come to grips with that thing on the GR ? Where would i find documentation for this? Thomas _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir
