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Reply With QuoteI can't comment on the shutdown module (I don't have one), but I have a BookPC, a usb->serial adapter, and a serial GPS. The USB->Serial looks just like Com1 in Windows, so all of my GPS apps see it just fine except Streets&Trips 2001.
Anyone have good experience with USB->Serial ?
I was thinking of ridding myself of my DOS machine (too bulky) for a book PC... but I'd like to have a GPS and a shutdown module for it...
Since Book PCs don't have slots or serial ports, does anyone have any experience running GPS recievers and shutdown modules through a book pc USB port? From the looks of some posts, the USB converter does not look to be very useful in these situations... :-( just wondering if the tide has turned...
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I can't comment on the shutdown module (I don't have one), but I have a BookPC, a usb->serial adapter, and a serial GPS. The USB->Serial looks just like Com1 in Windows, so all of my GPS apps see it just fine except Streets&Trips 2001.
Delorme Earthmate GPS reciever has a USB-> serial adapter for it. It's not like the others since it will power up the GPS too through USB.
It works great..no more batteries, easy hookup.
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They will work in Windows, but not DOS.
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Aaron Cake
London, Ontario, Canada
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Ur JOking!!! the only decent GPS prog (since u can change font size) doesn't support the usb to serial adapter???? r u sure it's not the program but the reciever
I play on using a garmin and a data cable with adapter....
Of course!<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Aaron Cake:
They will work in Windows, but not DOS.
</font>Thats one of the main reasons for looking at Embedded SBC and book PCs... Dos was fun to play with and I have a working machine, but its casing is too big for my tastes... also, there are no options for using a GPS software in DOS< nor can DOS support any USB device, including an external CDRom drive which I am looking at cuz a normal one can't fit in my dash (darn Ford Taurus DIN shortcomings).
Windows is looking more and more favorable, when before it was not a choice at all.
;-P
peace,
-Francis
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