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

[Skyler F]

>
> Look for "GPS-18" in the chart.

Well we have GPSD working fine, so why is there any reason why this GPS
would not work?

Other than the website claiming it won't work indoors, it doesen't say
anything about the GPS not working with GPSD.

On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 5:12 PM, Jason KG4WSV <kg4wsv at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> > On Jul 14, 2015, at 5:02 PM, Skyler F <electricity440 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > 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?
>
> For tracker use, yes.
>
> I don't know about general use under linux, a cursory Google indicates you
> may need a special driver and maybe extra software to do anything useful
> under Linux.
>
> -Jason
> kg4wsv
>
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