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What can I do with a free GPS receiver with a coax connection?
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Stijn De Jong
Feb 14, 2017, 4:20:01 PM2/14/17
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Is the free T-Mobile temporary GPS unit useful for anything else?
I think the FBI intercepted my shipment to place a surreptitious bug
inside, but finally my free T-Mobile personal hotspot Internet-to-Ceullar
home microtower arrived yesterday!
http://i.cubeupload.com/uNXXgZ.jpg
It's confusing because T-Mobile MARKETING calls everything a "personal
hotspot":
http://i.cubeupload.com/dIGbMo.jpg
So it's hard to distinguish the cellular-only microtower from the
internet-cellular microtower, but now I have both.
http://i.cubeupload.com/WoN2gQ.jpg
Interestingly the Internet-micro-tower comes with temporary GPS:
http://i.cubeupload.com/HCc6Ss.jpg
Can that temporary GPS be used for anything useful?
I think the FBI intercepted my shipment to place a surreptitious bug
inside, but finally my free T-Mobile personal hotspot Internet-to-Ceullar
home microtower arrived yesterday!
http://i.cubeupload.com/uNXXgZ.jpg
It's confusing because T-Mobile MARKETING calls everything a "personal
hotspot":
http://i.cubeupload.com/dIGbMo.jpg
So it's hard to distinguish the cellular-only microtower from the
internet-cellular microtower, but now I have both.
http://i.cubeupload.com/WoN2gQ.jpg
Interestingly the Internet-micro-tower comes with temporary GPS:
http://i.cubeupload.com/HCc6Ss.jpg
Can that temporary GPS be used for anything useful?
Phoena Greene
Feb 14, 2017, 11:21:43 PM2/14/17
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"Stijn De Jong" <stijnd...@nlnet.nl> wrote in message
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isw
Feb 15, 2017, 12:53:04 AM2/15/17
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In article <o7vs9r$lid$1...@gioia.aioe.org>,
Stijn De Jong <stijnd...@nlnet.nl> wrote:
> http://i.cubeupload.com/HCc6Ss.jpg
The GPS unit will output single-line ASCII "sentences", some of which
will contain very precise location and time info (GPS time, that is).
If you're interested, google on "NMEA 0183" to get a list of the things
it can tell you.
Isaac
Stijn De Jong <stijnd...@nlnet.nl> wrote:
> http://i.cubeupload.com/HCc6Ss.jpg
The GPS unit will output single-line ASCII "sentences", some of which
will contain very precise location and time info (GPS time, that is).
If you're interested, google on "NMEA 0183" to get a list of the things
it can tell you.
Isaac
Stijn De Jong
Feb 15, 2017, 10:32:48 PM2/15/17
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On Tue, 14 Feb 2017 21:52:57 -0800, isw wrote:
> The GPS unit will output single-line ASCII "sentences", some of which
> will contain very precise location and time info (GPS time, that is).
>
> If you're interested, google on "NMEA 0183" to get a list of the things
> it can tell you.
NMEA 0183 is a combined electrical and data specification for communication
> The GPS unit will output single-line ASCII "sentences", some of which
> will contain very precise location and time info (GPS time, that is).
>
> If you're interested, google on "NMEA 0183" to get a list of the things
> it can tell you.
between marine electronics such as echo sounder, sonars, anemometer,
gyrocompass, autopilot, GPS receivers and many other types of instruments.
It has been defined by, and is controlled by, the National Marine
Electronics Association.
Can I somehow plug that NMEA-compliant cable into my phone?
Or into my laptop?
Or a desktop?
https://www.fugawi.com/knowledge_base/document/HD25110
The wiring looks like it can maybe go to a DB9 but do laptops even have
DB9s nowadays?
https://www.fugawi.com/knowledge_base/document/HD25700
isw
Feb 15, 2017, 11:43:55 PM2/15/17
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In article <o836gm$kn3$1...@gioia.aioe.org>,
http://www.gpsinformation.org/dale/nmea.htm
you can find a list of the "sentences" taht a GPS unit outputs/
> Can I somehow plug that NMEA-compliant cable into my phone?
> Or into my laptop?
> Or a desktop?
> https://www.fugawi.com/knowledge_base/document/HD25110
>
> The wiring looks like it can maybe go to a DB9 but do laptops even have
> DB9s nowadays?
> https://www.fugawi.com/knowledge_base/document/HD25700
You may have to go right to the GPS subunit to get the data, but you can
use any of several makes of serial-USB adapters, and any sort of TTY
emulator your OS supports. FWIW, I have found ones using CP-2102 and
Ft232 chips to be reliable, and ones with the PL2303 to be not so good.
Take care to get the polarity and voltages correct; most of the adapters
(but not all) use "TTL-level RS-232", where the logic one and zero
levels are inverted from "normal" RS-232. I have no idea what sort of
signal levels that particular device emits.
The GPS unit will output ASCII "sentences" which are plain text.
Isaac
> On Tue, 14 Feb 2017 21:52:57 -0800, isw wrote:
>
> > The GPS unit will output single-line ASCII "sentences", some of which
> > will contain very precise location and time info (GPS time, that is).
> >
> > If you're interested, google on "NMEA 0183" to get a list of the things
> > it can tell you.
>
> NMEA 0183 is a combined electrical and data specification for communication
> between marine electronics such as echo sounder, sonars, anemometer,
> gyrocompass, autopilot, GPS receivers and many other types of instruments.
> It has been defined by, and is controlled by, the National Marine
> Electronics Association.
Yes, it is. And if you look someplace like here:
>
> > The GPS unit will output single-line ASCII "sentences", some of which
> > will contain very precise location and time info (GPS time, that is).
> >
> > If you're interested, google on "NMEA 0183" to get a list of the things
> > it can tell you.
>
> NMEA 0183 is a combined electrical and data specification for communication
> between marine electronics such as echo sounder, sonars, anemometer,
> gyrocompass, autopilot, GPS receivers and many other types of instruments.
> It has been defined by, and is controlled by, the National Marine
> Electronics Association.
http://www.gpsinformation.org/dale/nmea.htm
you can find a list of the "sentences" taht a GPS unit outputs/
> Can I somehow plug that NMEA-compliant cable into my phone?
> Or into my laptop?
> Or a desktop?
> https://www.fugawi.com/knowledge_base/document/HD25110
>
> The wiring looks like it can maybe go to a DB9 but do laptops even have
> DB9s nowadays?
> https://www.fugawi.com/knowledge_base/document/HD25700
use any of several makes of serial-USB adapters, and any sort of TTY
emulator your OS supports. FWIW, I have found ones using CP-2102 and
Ft232 chips to be reliable, and ones with the PL2303 to be not so good.
Take care to get the polarity and voltages correct; most of the adapters
(but not all) use "TTL-level RS-232", where the logic one and zero
levels are inverted from "normal" RS-232. I have no idea what sort of
signal levels that particular device emits.
The GPS unit will output ASCII "sentences" which are plain text.
Isaac
Phoena Greene
Feb 16, 2017, 6:46:18 PM2/16/17
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"isw" <i...@witzend.com> wrote in message
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> In article <o836gm$kn3$1...@gioia.aioe.org>,
> Stijn De Jong <stijnd...@nlnet.nl> wrote:
>
> The GPS unit will output ASCII "sentences" which are plain text.
>
I plugged the GPS unit into a serial port on an old laptop and I started
> Stijn De Jong <stijnd...@nlnet.nl> wrote:
>
> The GPS unit will output ASCII "sentences" which are plain text.
>
PuTTY and when Raeanne walked by
This appeared
$RAEANNE,Swamp,Donkey*13
$RAEANNE,Slut*6
$RAEANNE,Bagwhore*10
$RAEANNE,Hillbilly*11
$RAEANNE,Incest,Crazed,Skank*21
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