[Xastir] Do the garmin GPS's work for Trackers?

[Curt Mills]

Could maybe use "gpsd" to talk to it, then tie Xastir to gpsd?

http://www.catb.org/gpsd/hardware.html

Look for "GPS-18" in the chart.

On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 4:08 PM, Skyler F <electricity440 at gmail.com> wrote:
> So this USB garmin GPS documentation does not apply for the 18x?
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/USB_Garmin_on_GNU/Linux
>
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 4:08 PM, ZPO <geekdownrange at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The Garmin 18x USB outputs in Garmin proprietary format only.
>>
>> 73-KY9K/Brian
>> On Jul 14, 2015 3:02 PM, "Skyler F" <electricity440 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Thanks, My friend KD0MLV just bought a Garmin 18x USB gps (not the older
>> > serial one) and I am trying to help him through email get his station up.
>> >
>> > He has been working hard trying to install drivers but not much luck has
>> > been achieved.
>> >
>> > What can I tell him to help out on getting that GPS to work? I saw on an
>> > earlier message that the serial version is someones primary GPS.
>> >
>> > The Garmin 18x is simply a USB gps. No serial data or power, it gets
>> power
>> > from USB and sends signals via USB. According to the last message on this
>> > thread, are if there is no serial port does that mean we are out of luck?
>> >
>> > The Courage Classic bike tour starts this Saturday so between my BU-353
>> > which worked, my garmin Nuvi which I am having troubles with and his
>> garmin
>> > 18x we need two of those GPS's to work (or last minute find a compatible
>> > GPS at some store)
>> >
>> > We are both on Ubuntu and thanks for any patience. My friend and I are
>> > fairly new to linux and we're in high school.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Skyler KD0WHB
>> >
>> > And by the way thanks to everyone for so much help so far.
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 9:24 AM, Curt Mills <curt.we7u at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > > I'm no expert on all the models of Nuvi's.  I was using a Nuvi-350 in
>> > > the Jeep connected to a Tracker2 TNC and it worked fine.  However:  I
>> > > had to have the GPS in it's cradle to get power, then had to have a
>> > > separate data cable plugged into the side which gave me NMEA serial to
>> > > feed to/from the Tracker2.
>> > >
>> > > Check whether the Nuvi has a serial data cable available for it, and
>> > > whether you have to power the Nuvi separately from that cable (I did
>> > > for mine) to make it all work.  If there's no serial data cable
>> > > available for that model, then you won't be able to hook it to Xastir
>> > > or a TNC.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 2:10 PM, Skyler F <electricity440 at gmail.com>
>> > > wrote:
>> > > > I can confirm the BU-353 GPS works with XASTIR.
>> > > >
>> > > > I want to help my friend with APRS now, and am wondering if the
>> Garmin
>> > > nuvi
>> > > > 200w will work to send out location coordinates to xastir?
>> > > >
>> > > > It isn't just plug in and play like the other GPS was, so if it does
>> > > work,
>> > > > is there anything I have to do?
>> > > >
>> > > > Thanks
>> > > > Skyler KD0WHB
>> > > >
>> > > > --
>> > > > Skyler Fennell
>> > > > amsatnet.info
>> > > > KDØWHB
>> > > > electricity440 at gmail.com
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>> > >
>> > >
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