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Chairboy · 03-31-2004, 08:15 PM

Problem with Earthmate is that it doesn't support NMEA, the standard language almost all GPSs use. It uses something called the Rockwell Binary protocol, and it would literally be cheaper to buy a new GPS then to buy the serial Rockwell->NMEA adapter.

If your program explicitly supports the Rockwell Binary protocol, on the other hand.... yes, you could use it.

03-31-2004, 08:15 PM	#2
Chairboy FLAC Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,379	Problem with Earthmate is that it doesn't support NMEA, the standard language almost all GPSs use. It uses something called the Rockwell Binary protocol, and it would literally be cheaper to buy a new GPS then to buy the serial Rockwell->NMEA adapter. If your program explicitly supports the Rockwell Binary protocol, on the other hand.... yes, you could use it.