T&T: Connecting new GPS with older Raytheon radar
Scott H.E. Welch
scott at firstclass.com
Thu Dec 11 20:57:38 EST 2008
Peter Bennett <peterbb4 at interchange.ubc.ca> writes:
>Yes - NMEA occasionally adds new sentences but I think most things
>will still work. If your GPS has a choice of NMEA versions, you may
>need to use the earlier version.
For what it's worth, the "0183" in NMEA-0183 refers to "Version 01, 1983", so
the radar (made in 1990) should have no problems receiving data NMEA-0183
data from a modern GPS.
Scott Welch
FirstClass Product Manager
www.firstclass.com
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