[Manifold-l] gps and usb

[Lee Maynus]

My experience with USB to serial converters is that the reliability of being able to make a seamless connection varies among the brands. If you buy a cable that does not work with the two devices being connected, then get another brand. Once you find a brand that works reliably, then stick with it. The more expensive cable are usually better bets towards finding a brand that works reliably. 


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I've had good success using a USB to serial converter with a Magellan and a laptop running WinXP. One thing to note though, some of the older converters are not comapatible with XP, so make sure you have one that ids fully XP compatible. 

Rich Friedman
GIS Supervisor



"Paul Barnes" <PBarnes at smpdd.com> 
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I have a Garmin GPS with a serial cable.  I also have to purchase a laptop, but the computer I want has no RS232 port. 
Has anyone been successful in using an RS232 to USB converter to read GPS in Manifold?  I tried it on my previous 
laptop and couldn't get it to work. 
  
  
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Paul Barnes 
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Southern Mississippi Planning and Development District 
9229 Highway 49 
Gulfport, MS 39503 
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