T&T: Hockey Puck GPS and USB Adapters - NOT!

[Seasalt007 at aol.com]

I asked the original question and it had nothing to do with converting  
serial to USB. I already have a cable for that and it works just fine.
 
I wanted to know the best hockey puck GPS. Then we got into PS2 plugs vs  
USB and I got lost. I would like to know why anyone would  buy a hockey  puck 
GPS that has anything but a USB plug? Do the other ones work better?
 
RC
NT 42
Punta Gorda

 
 
In a message dated 9/1/2009 9:13:52 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
pascal at sandbarhopper.com writes:

i wonder  if we dont' have some confusion here... are we talking about 
harware to  convert Serial to USB or software?

afaik, most nav software can only  communicate with a GPS using serial 
ports 
so whenever you connect a USB or  BT GPS to a computer you need some kind 
of 
serial emulator/driver to  convert the data coming over the USB port to a 
standard serial port (COM  x) the software can recognize

for USB GPs, the software/driver is  supplied by the GPS manufacturer... 
like Garmin or the Delorme serial  emulator.

when using bluetooth GPS, it's a little easier since the  bluetooth Serial 
Port Profile is built in Vista. Any BT GPS should be  compatible with BT 
SPP 
and work out of the box.  Once linked, it's  jsut a matter of looking up 
the 
COM port in the BT manager and  setting  your nav software to listen to 
that 
COM  port.

Pascal
miami, fl
Hatteras 53MY
on M/Y Charmer, Jonhson  70, nantucket.
live helmcam @ www.sandbarhopper.com

----- Original  Message ----- 
From: "Chuck and Susan"  <sea_trek_2000 at yahoo.com>
To: "Trawler and Trawlering"  <trawlers-and-trawlering at lists.samurai.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September  01, 2009 8:56 AM
Subject: Re: T&T: Hockey Puck GPS and USB Adapters -  NOT!


>I can only add our experience, we have used our computer  software and a 
USB 
>to serial for GPS with two laptops, one running XP  and the other Vista 
with 
>no failures or problems at all as have many  folks we know. These things 
can 
>be very product or computer specific.  Of course if the USB device is 
>available it is always best to not have  to convert the ports. Chuck  
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