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"Ron Hunter" posted:
"... I suggest that if a GPS manufacturer wants me to connect my computer to the GPS and transfer megabytes of information, then 115kbps isn't going to hack it, ...." Unless you are downloading maps from the computer to the GPS, a GPS unit can be expected to transfer ... maybe ... a couple of *kilobytes* of information. Not "megabytes of information." Even if you are downloading maps, 115 kbps is fine ... you only have to do it once. |
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In article , Digital
Photo writes I want to use a GPS to record the location where I took a picture. Do any of you know of one that records the location, and time when the waypoint is marked? The Garmin GPS12 does this, I have one. I would like such a feature with a camera, perhaps also with a compass, so the EXIF record could include where and in what direction the photograph was taken; the again perhaps a notepad would be better, certainly cheaper. -- Ian G8ILZ |
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In article , Digital
Photo writes I want to use a GPS to record the location where I took a picture. Do any of you know of one that records the location, and time when the waypoint is marked? The Garmin GPS12 does this, I have one. I would like such a feature with a camera, perhaps also with a compass, so the EXIF record could include where and in what direction the photograph was taken; the again perhaps a notepad would be better, certainly cheaper. -- Ian G8ILZ |
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In article , Ron Hunter
writes Did I suggest they should remove the serial interface? I suggest that if a GPS manufacturer wants me to connect my computer to the GPS and transfer megabytes of information, then 115kbps isn't going to hack it, even if I didn't mind shutting the computer down to connect, and then disconnect the GPS (which I DO mind) I can understand the reluctance to use such a low speed connection for large amounts of data, but since changing the data would be infrequent I do not see at as a major disincentive. AS for switching the computer off to connect a serial device, WHY? I regularly connect and disconnect serial devices without switching anything off to do so, maybe it was important in the old days but modern systems are for more resilient. -- Ian G8ILZ |
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In article , Ron Hunter
writes Did I suggest they should remove the serial interface? I suggest that if a GPS manufacturer wants me to connect my computer to the GPS and transfer megabytes of information, then 115kbps isn't going to hack it, even if I didn't mind shutting the computer down to connect, and then disconnect the GPS (which I DO mind) I can understand the reluctance to use such a low speed connection for large amounts of data, but since changing the data would be infrequent I do not see at as a major disincentive. AS for switching the computer off to connect a serial device, WHY? I regularly connect and disconnect serial devices without switching anything off to do so, maybe it was important in the old days but modern systems are for more resilient. -- Ian G8ILZ |
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In article , Ron Hunter
writes and requires power cycling to connect and disconnect No it does not, my PCs at home and work do not; I regularly connect and disconnect their serial ports. -- Ian G8ILZ |
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In article , Ron Hunter
writes and requires power cycling to connect and disconnect No it does not, my PCs at home and work do not; I regularly connect and disconnect their serial ports. -- Ian G8ILZ |
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On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 20:10:45 -0500, Ron Hunter wrote:
Mxsmanic wrote: Ron Hunter writes: A serial port still? Sigh. This GPS owner will NOT buy another one until they abandon this artifact of a previous century! Why abandon it? It's adequate to the task and it's the most compatible interface around. Not at all. 90% of the problems people reported with communications before USB and Ethernet became common were caused by incorrect serial port connections, or setup. It's a SLOW and cumbersome method, and requires power cycling to connect and disconnect. It's fine for connecting a keyboard, but I wouldn't deal with it again for all the tea in China. I certainly won't buy another GPS receiver until they ditch the ancient interface. Where does this "power cycling" thing come from? I don't powercycle anything when connecting and disconnecting RS-232 devices. This is just plain wrong. I've been using RS-232 since the mid-80's, and none of the equipment needed to be shut down to connect or disconnect an RS-232 device. Dave Head |
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Ron Hunter writes:
I'm not drawing one. The analogy of batteries to serial connections was a bad one. It was entirely pertinent. You appear to favor change for the sake of change, so discarding AA batteries simply because there's something newer would make sense according to your reasoning, just as you seem to wish to discard serial interfaces just because there is something newer. I attempted to use it once, but couldn't decipher the software so I am not sure if the serial port was correctly configured, or not. The software was an example of software written by people who knew exactly how the system worked, but weren't ABOUT to let the user in on their secret. I discarded the idea of loading localized databases after a few tries. My Palm Pilot works perfectly over the serial port, and it did so from the instant I plugged it in. There was nothing to configure. I think you have a software problem, not a hardware problem. I love the GPS, and enjoyed using it on vacation this year (Alaskan Cruise), and would love to have one with the moving map, but the idea of trying to load several megabytes of data to it over a serial connection is just NOT something I would undertake. There are always paper maps. -- Transpose hotmail and mxsmanic in my e-mail address to reach me directly. |
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Ron Hunter writes:
I'm not drawing one. The analogy of batteries to serial connections was a bad one. It was entirely pertinent. You appear to favor change for the sake of change, so discarding AA batteries simply because there's something newer would make sense according to your reasoning, just as you seem to wish to discard serial interfaces just because there is something newer. I attempted to use it once, but couldn't decipher the software so I am not sure if the serial port was correctly configured, or not. The software was an example of software written by people who knew exactly how the system worked, but weren't ABOUT to let the user in on their secret. I discarded the idea of loading localized databases after a few tries. My Palm Pilot works perfectly over the serial port, and it did so from the instant I plugged it in. There was nothing to configure. I think you have a software problem, not a hardware problem. I love the GPS, and enjoyed using it on vacation this year (Alaskan Cruise), and would love to have one with the moving map, but the idea of trying to load several megabytes of data to it over a serial connection is just NOT something I would undertake. There are always paper maps. -- Transpose hotmail and mxsmanic in my e-mail address to reach me directly. |
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