[aprssig] [SPAM] Re: Messaging on the NUVI GPS

[Kai Gunter Brandt]

Jason KG4WSV skrev:
> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Scott Miller <scott at opentrac.org> wrote:
> 
>> I'm not
>> really clear on what can be done through the other connectors.  Is there
>> a way to get it to send a message through the serial interface?
> 
> like the D700, you can use it as a TNC, but not when it is in APRS mode.
> 

The 710 can pass trough the APRS data to this PS2 connector when the 
radio is in APRS mode.

> I thought it had been reported here that the D710 could be used as a
> TNC while in APRS mode, but according to the Kenwood reps at the
> Huntsville Hamfest this is not the case.
> 

Then they are wrong...

I have made a program connecting to the display unit on the TM-D710 
enabling me to send/receiver messages from the PC even if the radio is 
in APRS mode.

Kai Gunter
LA3QMA