USB GPS with KisMAC

MacDan · 07-25-2004

Hey, Me and a friend are getting into wardriving now that we have wireless cards and we want to try GPS with it.
As far as we can tell, we need an emulation driver to be able to use a USB GPS device with KisMAC.

Can anyone tell me where I could find a driver that will do this for us?

Thanks a lot,
Dan

Barry · 07-25-2004

Keyspan has usb-serial adapters. Works for me and my garmin.

MacEnvy · 08-04-2004

It looks like you are looking for a serial emulation driver for a USB GPS, not a KisMAC driver for a serial GPS, correct? KisMAC only supports serial GPS units because there is no standard protocol defined by the NMEA for USB GPS data transfers (afaik). Most GPS manufacturers have a serial emulation driver for just this purpose, but they are mostly proprietary (due to no set standard). You'll need to check the driver CD that came with the GPS unit, or go to the manufaturer's website and hope that they have an emulation driver for OS X.

Hope this helps!

svinto · 12-02-2004

http://www.66.com/route66/support.ph...=1&ssec=4#L_13

Under No 3, there's a link for a driver that the developers of Route 66 thinks might work for USB GPS's. I have no idea if it works or not, I do know however that I bought a USB GPS from Ebay today based on the fact that the driver exists. I hope it does.
Otherwise check this out (translated by Google):
http://translate.google.com/translat...language_tools
Please let us know your findings! I will try these once I get my GPS and get back to you.

Sincerely,

Svinto

07-25-2004	#1 (permalink)
MacDan Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 1	USB GPS with KisMAC Hey, Me and a friend are getting into wardriving now that we have wireless cards and we want to try GPS with it. As far as we can tell, we need an emulation driver to be able to use a USB GPS device with KisMAC. Can anyone tell me where I could find a driver that will do this for us? Thanks a lot, Dan

07-25-2004	#2 (permalink)
Barry Managing the iTards. Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 5,383	Keyspan has usb-serial adapters. Works for me and my garmin. __________________ Atheism is a non-prophet organization.

12-02-2004	#4 (permalink)
svinto Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1	Look here for a driver that might work... http://www.66.com/route66/support.ph...=1&ssec=4#L_13 Under No 3, there's a link for a driver that the developers of Route 66 thinks might work for USB GPS's. I have no idea if it works or not, I do know however that I bought a USB GPS from Ebay today based on the fact that the driver exists. I hope it does. Otherwise check this out (translated by Google): http://translate.google.com/translat...language_tools Please let us know your findings! I will try these once I get my GPS and get back to you. Sincerely, Svinto

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08-04-2004	#3 (permalink)
MacEnvy MacBumbler Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Hamilton, NY Posts: 3	It looks like you are looking for a serial emulation driver for a USB GPS, not a KisMAC driver for a serial GPS, correct? KisMAC only supports serial GPS units because there is no standard protocol defined by the NMEA for USB GPS data transfers (afaik). Most GPS manufacturers have a serial emulation driver for just this purpose, but they are mostly proprietary (due to no set standard). You'll need to check the driver CD that came with the GPS unit, or go to the manufaturer's website and hope that they have an emulation driver for OS X. Hope this helps!