A little help for you. Axim with Garmin II+ GPS

DennisFranz · 03-12-03, 02:36 PM

Here is my GPS PAGE I made.

I really wanted to clean it up more but I just re-arranged a few items. Maybe soon I will but now that my yard isn't a quicksand-mailman-catcher anymore, I can mow it.

Plus my wife says I have to. I like to think it is my choice still.

gordy · 03-14-03, 03:10 PM

Just ordered the parts and going to see if can get it to work. I do not require voice or anything like that. Just want to be able to have a map that moves.

I use my GPS III+ all the time. It should not be hard to hide all the cables and power adapters. Not I just have to find a place to mount the GPS.

Regards

gordy

DennisFranz · 03-14-03, 07:00 PM

Yeah, due to the know fact the Axim speaker is about as loud as a mouse having his tail slammed in a door, vocal prompting is pretty useless. Plus I like my radio up anyways....

I used some zip ties for the power cable and serial cable. It makes it a little neater. That and velcro staps for the remaining 'extra' cabling.

Someone had a nice entry for the Garmin GPS via serial issue. The etrex has a weird DB9 setup and thus takes some pin swapping that required home made/modified parts. I am going to add that in the page for him.

Have fun!

gordy · 03-21-03, 02:07 PM

Ok i just got the parts needed. But I am inside work and do not have GPS signal of course. The Radio Shack Null Modem adapter 26-264B has a digram of the pin layout on back. The layout is exaclty like the one stated on your website.

I will give it a shot here in a few and report back

DennisFranz · 03-21-03, 03:18 PM

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Originally posted by gordy
Ok i just got the parts needed. But I am inside work and do not have GPS signal of course. The Radio Shack Null Modem adapter 26-264B has a digram of the pin layout on back. The layout is exaclty like the one stated on your website.

I will give it a shot here in a few and report back

If you have a stand alone unit. Put it in simulation mode. It will report back the LAT/LON of the point you set. Just for troubleshooting :D

gordy · 03-25-03, 11:11 AM

I have tried everything. I never could get the Axim to recognize the GPS III+. Any suggestions?

Regards

gordy

DennisFranz · 03-25-03, 12:42 PM

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Originally posted by gordy
I have tried everything. I never could get the Axim to recognize the GPS III+. Any suggestions?

Check the settings and the output of the GPS is NMEA at 4800 baud. Make sure ActiveSync is turned off.

JakeRich · 03-25-03, 01:43 PM

Start the GPS software first, let it start looking for the signals and THEN plug in the cable from the II+.