[Xastir] Re: No communication between Garmin Rino and GPSMan

[Jim Tolbert]

Thanks, Wes...........

Okay... I am confused.   I thought waypoints were your position at the 
time polled.   What I want to see is the plot of the locations of all of 
the RINOs in the range with IDs starting with APRS.

Maybe I have been asking the wrong question.

I now have 200 packets that Xastir has recorded from the RINO.... I have 
two Rinos right now.. one at the laptop and one "in the field".  
Presumably those packets are locations.  How should Xastir be set up to 
plot them on the map?

Many thanx................. jt

Wes Johnston, AI4PX wrote:
> I'm a bit rusty, its' been a while since I used gpsman.  Make sure 
> GPSman is working by opening the gps and telling it to download 
> waypoints - using gpsman GUI interface.  Once you are that far close 
> gpsman and  xastir can command GPSman to download waypoints and place 
> them into a file that xastir then parses.  Note that if you use the 
> fetch rino waypoints, it will only get the waypoints, not your 
> position.  You must use another GPS on another serial port if you wish 
> to report your postion, speed and heading.
>  
> Wes
>
> On Dec 4, 2007 5:08 PM, Jim Tolbert <RiverRidge at centurytel.net 
> <mailto:RiverRidge at centurytel.net>> wrote:
>
>     Hi, Wes, Miguel, and Curt ..........
>
>     I have been unsuccessful in using the Garmin Rino 120 units with
>     Xastir.
>
>     Using minicom set to 4800  8,N,1 and the Garmin Rino 120 set to
>     NEMA, I
>     get readable strings of info.   If I change the Rino to "Garmin" and
>     minicom to 9600 8,N,1    I get characters, but not readable.   (If I
>     connect a KAM to the same port, I get the Kantronics header in
>     minicom).  Therefore, I think the port is addressable.
>
>     In Xastir compiled with GPSMan, I get nothing when I click on
>     Fetch Rino
>     Waypoint.
>
>     In GPSMan, clicking on "GPS receiver" with the Garmin Rino 120
>     attached
>     to the serial port, I have tried all the options in "Protocol".
>      When I
>     click on "Check", I get a window that says "Cannot open serial port
>     /dev/ttyS0".  Therefore, I assume that the Garmin signal is never
>     getting to Xastir.
>
>     So focusing on the Garmin Rino 120 setting options and the GPSMan
>     setting options, I have not been able to find the combination that
>     will
>     allow anything to appear on the GPSMan screen.   The two Rinos are set
>     on Channel 1, Code 0 and have names of "APRS14" and "APRS13".
>
>     Any ideas of what to try or of who I might talk to for ideas?
>
>     I have received some feedback that since this doesn't appear to be a
>     XASTIR issue, I should keep it off the XASTIR mailing list.   I am not
>     sure where to go to seek ideas.
>
>     Many thanks .............  jt
>
>     --
>     Jim Tolbert
>     RiverRidge Consulting, LLC
>     PO Box 536
>     Webster, WI 54893
>
>     715-866-4398 home office
>     715-349-8993 fax
>
>     RiverRidge at CenturyTel.net <mailto:RiverRidge at CenturyTel.net>
>
>
>
>
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Jim Tolbert
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PO Box 536
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