Garmin 16a

Kayos Frawg · 11-11-2003, 04:13 PM

I'm in process of aquiring my car, which means I'll be putting a carputer in soon. I was wondering what software works with the Garmin 16a reciever.

Is there any software that can update the position of my car to like a website so i could monitor its position from a separate computer.

I've already got the mobile inernet access solved and was wondering if there was software that allowed tracking already or if i was going to have to make something on my own.

fluffy2097 · 11-11-2003, 04:49 PM

and you will find your answers. I'm in a good mood tonight so I'll save you the trouble, but the answers ARE out there.

The Garmin GPS 16 has a serial port interface. any GPS software should be able to use it, unless it requires a propritary recever (Copilot 2003). Just set the proper com port and off you go.

AFAIK Copilot live 7 is the only GPS software that allows internet reporting of location. Copilot live 7 will support your GPS16a too, so just get the software and skip using their GPS. There hasn't been much use of the live feature in copilot, so I can't tell you how well it works, but it seems to be a pretty cool way of doing things. You can even send Instant messenges to the person. If you go that route, please tell us how it works. My mobile net connection isn't stable enough to use live at the moment.

Kayos Frawg · 11-11-2003, 04:51 PM

Thanks for the quick response. I did try to search, but I suck at googling. I can almost never find what i want.

fluffy2097 · 11-11-2003, 06:36 PM

Read the website in my sig. Even some of the most seasoned of geeks can learn a thing or to from it. I did.