Win. CE Hardware for navigation. By Dale De. Priest - All. Generally. any gps that can be used with a laptop can also be used with Pocket. PC. There are general purpose units and there are special purpose. GPS navigation units running the Win.
CE operating system. Another rugged pockepc product is made by Symbol Technologies. It can use a. dedicated gps attachment called Global. Point GPS from linkspoint.
It is. based on a pocketpc from Panasonic. The basic unit. comes with Designator.
Mapping software which makes it a complete navigation solution. I. have also seen it for sale with Co. Pilot. Live software. The GPS itself is fully contained in the module. CF GPS device. The Navman solution is called the.
Pi. N and contains a copy of the Navman Smat. ST Navigator software. Co. Pilot also. has a soltuion using the Mio hardware. A new unit is available from Mobile Crossing. This unit. called the Way. Point, includes the mapping product in ROM with. GPS integration features in the unit.
It uses the Mapopolis. The GPS devices can be either a CF or Bluetooth. As shipped this is a full navigation solution with no. It has 1. 28 Meg of onboard map memory. Meg of RAM. It also has both a CF slot and an SD slot.
It contains a built- in GPS with. ROM. The is a full Pocket PC as well.
And any gps with a serial port can be hooked to a. All of these units. NMEA protocol so that programs that. One source for this is Bev.
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Alinco DR-135T, DR-135TG Amateur Mobile Transceivers. The Alinco DR-135 series features a full-featured 2 Meter 50 watt FM transceiver with an alphanumeric display. Phantom CD is a virtual CD/DVD drive. Mount your CD/DVD image files in Windows. Use disc images for your CD and DVD backup. Enjoy reading speed up to 200 times faster. For a good list of gps accessories check the Mobile Planet web site. Troubleshooting Hardware Problems. The first thing to do if you have problems with your gps. Main transceiver: Modes: LSB, USB CW, FSK FM, AM: RX: TX: 30 kHz - 60 MHz 142 - 152 MHz 420 -4 - 1300 MHz: 1705 - 30 000 kHz (100 W) 50 - 54 MHz (100 W).
Howard's web site. There is information for Jornada, Ipaq, Axim. The same connector is used in the 3. XX, the 3. 9XX. the 5. XX, the 5. 5XX, and the 2. PAQ units so a cable for one of these.
The new Toshiba. e. Other Toshiba. products such as the e. Dell has announced a serial port adapter for. Here. site that offers a solution as does Bev. Howard's web site. Here is a third site that has a solution.
Another interesting discusion is a pc- mobile. Another. problem that has been reported is the fact that the Axim thinks that. The trick to using a GPS that connects to the.
PPC's Activesync app. If you want to build your own interface to the Axim X5 try. Penthode. com. There may not be a. USB. solution with software to make the H1. USB master or some other.
R perhaps. If you want to build your own. R adapter try this solution.
There is. an announced solution from Avesta. I have no details on how they did it. If you really want a serial port there. Compact Flash to serial port adapters from Elan. Digital or Socket. Com. Many of. these devices can also be hooked to a pocketpc.
The Rand Mc. Nally units does have. Another unit is. from Holux that. But, because of their popularity on pc's there are some other. It offers. translation from Rockwell binary format used on the Earthmate and the.
Sony Skymap receiver to standard NMEA protocol allowing these. Pocketpc programs that don't directly. Rockwell format. Note the DTR from.
You should unplug it when not in use to save batteries. Delorme has announced a new gps that has a USB interface with. It uses the Si. RF chipset so it does. NMEA support and WAAS capability. Note that most pocketpc devices. USB host without third party software so serial.
Deluo Electronics. Deluo Electronics has entered. A CF receiver (described.
They come with Rand. Mc. Nally software or can be bundled with the Routis product. They have. interface cables for standard serial port, USB, i. PAQ. 3. 60. 0/3. 70. Jornada 5. 48/5. 68, and Dell Axim.
There is a review of this product. This. section covers general information for users want to build their own. Pocketpc devices generally come with. USB ports but since gps units use the serial. You can. make your own male to male gender changer by obtaining two male 9 pin. For Jornada and. some others try Bev.
Howard's page. A few sources for Garmin gps. To meet these needs there are now many companies. Play Phineas And Ferb Games Inators Of Doom on this page. Follow. the retail links on their site to buy them. Search for 1. 91.
One cable includes power as. They have a new line of power/interface cables that can power. I have a review of this product.
They also have. dongles for pcmcia/compact flash adapters if you lose yours. They can. also supply full cables these days. Note that Pfranc isn't just. Most are individuals working out of their garage and many. A Hong Kong. shop with IPAQ cables. No gps specific cables. GPSOZCustom cables for various gps to pocketpc devices.
Features. Garmin and Magellan specific interface cables. Will ship overseas from. German Source. They will ship overseas. Pocket. Goods. Garmin adapter cables for Compaq units. Pc- mobile. net. Good seleciton of cables. Compact Flash. One of the more popular gps connections to a Pocket.
PC is to use a. GPS that is designed to plug into a Compact Flash slot. The use of a. Compact Flash GPS unit avoids cables entirely for many users, which is. In addition, most of these units obtain power directly. Pocket. PC thus an external power source for the Pocket.
PC unit. will power both units. There. are many CF devices shown below in the hardware. The receiver only works in Garmin mode so a. Check i. Golf. GPS for example. Bluetooth devices are. They. have pcmcia, CF, as well as the first Blue.
Tooth model. Also check. Global. Point GPS although this may be the same model.
There are now. many new bluetooth devices on the market. These. devices slide onto the back of the Pocket.
PC and are specific to a. These are. covered in the next section. Note that many other companies. There is a tendency among gps vendors on pocket pc products to.
These. include serial interface mouse style units and CF devices. They can be. purchased with or without the Pocket. PC Navigator software. It uses the Si. RF chipset.
Royal Tek. There are the folks that make the Pretec and they have some. They also have a pcmcia version and. Transplant. Computing They provide a gps in compact flash form and. PAQ sleeve model. They also make a pcmcia version. TDC is a dealer in England that. Mobit is dealer for.
Italy. For europe try. Nav. Man Europe Navman. Smart. ST software if purchased from. Navman, but the hardware is often bundled in other products as. I do have a review of this product.
The CF unit features the ability to support an. There is a review. Leadtek. They make mouse and CF types based on Si. RF chipset and make. Destinator product. Pocket Copilot. Mouse, CF, and i.
Paq sleeve models. Comes bundled with. Greenwish. Instruments. A solution specifically designed for Cassio. Tom. Tom. Navigator. Tom Tom Navigator includes the Tomtom gps and. The gps receiver is from Lead.
Tek. Neo. GPSNeo. GPS includes 3 models of gps receivers for use with pocket pc and. CE devices including their own offering.
It is bundled with XMap from Delorme and has special. PAQ units as well as a standard 9- pin connector for. Win. CE devices or can be adapted to other units. Uses the lowpower Si. RF chipset. From control vision. Garmincf. Que 1. 62.
A Garmin CF based GPS with the Que software pioneered on the Palm. This product is only available as a bundle of hardware and. This is a full featured voice guidance system with door to.
Uses Garmin City Select maps which are available for. POI support. Can also use any. Garmin's extensive map sets.
A PC mapping program is. The GPS receiver only operates in Garmin mode. For a good list of gps accessories check the Mobile.
Planet web site. It was shipped in. Win. CE releases but is no longer shipped in the latest. In any of the programs you will need to set up the serial.
No parity, 8 bit words, and 1 stop. View the development screen to see the NMEA messages.
The pocket pc has. For example, on the i. PAQ 3. 97. 0 the serial ports are assigned. Ir. Da, 3 - Ir. Comm, 4 - expansion, 5. CIR Uart, 6 - 0. 10. Navman sleeve and CF products), 7 - Blue.
Tooth send, 8 - . Blue. Tooth receive, and 9 - the USB hotsync.
One item to check for is. All gps receivers may need some help to achieve a rapid lock if. The $GPGSA sentence can. This particularly true of the Si. RF. chipset since the NMEA messages are fully customizable. They have released a unit specifically for the ipaq.
Many pocketpc's have mounts available from the manufacturer but. Ram Mount for some.
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