[aprssig] Garmin emulation

[Scott Miller]

Not sure I follow.  The point of this piece of software is to pretend to be
a Garmin GPS, to allow mapping programs to download waypoints through their
usual process.  Only instead of getting waypoints from a GPS, you're getting
a list of all active stations from UI-View or some other APRS app.  Yeah,
I'd probably add a manual gate function to send waypoints as objects, but I
don't think that'd cause any problems.

Scott
N1VG 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org 
> [mailto:aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org] On Behalf Of Stan - N0YXV
> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 9:14 PM
> To: TAPR APRS Mailing List
> Subject: RE: [aprssig] Garmin emulation
> 
> Somewhat a side thought. If you make it so the data can be 
> played back can
> you make it so that the data only shows up on the screen and 
> doesn't get
> IGated back to APRS-IS? Maybe it could even have a safety 
> switch so that it
> can't run if your connected to the internet.
> 
> Just some food for thought.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org
> > [mailto:aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org]On Behalf Of Scott Miller
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 1:48 PM
> > To: 'TAPR APRS Mailing List'
> > Subject: [aprssig] Garmin emulation
> >
> >
> > Just wanted to see what everyone thinks of an idea I had.  I've
> > been working
> > a lot with the Garmin binary protocol for my new project, and in
> > the course
> > of the development process came up with a test program to emulate
> > functions
> > of a Garmin GPS.  I found that by connecting a null modem cable
> > between two
> > serial ports, I could transfer waypoints to and from any 
> mapping program
> > that supports Garmin protocol - which is most of them.
> >
> > I think something like this might be easiest to deploy as a
> > UI-View plugin,
> > at least initially.  It wouldn't be completely seamless 
> from the mapping
> > side, since you'd have to manually start transfers, but it 
> might open up a
> > lot more software options.
> >
> > I'm not looking forward to writing a virtual com port 
> driver, though.  And
> > all of the commercial loopback drivers I've seen start at $100.  In
> > Unix/Linux it's absolutely trivial to set one up, but it 
> could be a real
> > pain in Windows.  If anyone knows of a cheap (or free) 
> solution to create
> > fake com ports, let me know.
> >
> > Scott
> > N1VG
> >
> >
> >
> >
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