Help setting up station...

09-18-2001

Hello People,

I am new in this, Maybe someone can help me out a bit.
I would like to set up a WarDrive "Unit", now my question is what hardware can I use the best. Currently I have a laptop (Asus L8400) and a Lucent Technologies Orinico "Silver" Wavelan card. I would like to buy a GPS set and a Antenna, Now, What antenna and what GPS set should I buy..? I have about $ 300 to spend on both the antenna and the GPS unit. Than my last questions are: How do I connect my antenna to my Lucent Wavelan card? and Are there any people in the netherlands around ammsterdam who can help me or share the same interest.

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Any responce would be appreciated.

Regards,

Lockje

09-18-2001

Get a pigtail and build the $7 antenna.

http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/448

Get a Garmin eTrex, plus the data/car adapter cable. The gps is about $100, and about another $30 for the cable.

There, you spent $137. Now take some nice girl out for a nice evening.

03-18-2002

Hi there!
I'm in Amsterdam, and very interested in getting into this. Let me know if you're still around, and want to hook up.

My problem is that I have several pieces of kit that I can't get to work with each other. My Sony laptop (without serial port - why?) refuses to accept the Garmin eTrexe GPS that I connect to a spare USB port, via a Serial to USB converter. The PC must think that the GPS is a mouse cos the arrow flickers all over the screen trying to right-click on whatever it is near. It's crazy! Is there any fix for this, cos there's nothing listed on Garmin's site...

So, to get around this, I guess I need to pick up a PCMCIA GPS that I can hook an external antenna to, or just get a plain USB port GPS unit instead. And, then there's the Wireless NIC - I can't decide which one to get. Orinoco Silver card, maybe?

03-18-2002

go for the silver and i will change it to a gold for you.

03-18-2002

Can you walk me through how you change a silver card to a gold card?

Thanks
GW

03-18-2002

That would be cool - thanks...
Where's a good place to get hold of the cards, that you know of? I can only find them on the net, there are no shops that stock them around here...

03-18-2002

Rob.. Try not booting with the serial adaptor plugged in. I used to have that problem all the time with my laptop until I realized that windows will accept pretty much anything on com1 as a mouse on boot. If you plug it in after you boot, you should be OK. Might be different with USB, but I bet that will fix things..

03-18-2002

I just ordered a USB-to-serial (9-pin) and a serial-to-GPS cable for my Garmin eTrex for $39 from www.pfranc.com.

Haven't got it yet, but it looks like it should do the job.

03-18-2002

order through www.inmac.nl
or if you wait a while im getting a partnership for our company and then you can get all of your orinoco stuff through me. the cost in inmac is about €120...

09-18-2001	#1 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	Help setting up station... Hello People, I am new in this, Maybe someone can help me out a bit. I would like to set up a WarDrive "Unit", now my question is what hardware can I use the best. Currently I have a laptop (Asus L8400) and a Lucent Technologies Orinico "Silver" Wavelan card. I would like to buy a GPS set and a Antenna, Now, What antenna and what GPS set should I buy..? I have about $ 300 to spend on both the antenna and the GPS unit. Than my last questions are: How do I connect my antenna to my Lucent Wavelan card? and Are there any people in the netherlands around ammsterdam who can help me or share the same interest. ? Any responce would be appreciated. Regards, Lockje

03-18-2002	#8 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	GPS USB cable I just ordered a USB-to-serial (9-pin) and a serial-to-GPS cable for my Garmin eTrex for $39 from www.pfranc.com. Haven't got it yet, but it looks like it should do the job.

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09-18-2001	#2 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	Get a pigtail and build the $7 antenna. http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/448 Get a Garmin eTrex, plus the data/car adapter cable. The gps is about $100, and about another $30 for the cable. There, you spent $137. Now take some nice girl out for a nice evening.

03-18-2002	#3 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	Hi there! I'm in Amsterdam, and very interested in getting into this. Let me know if you're still around, and want to hook up. My problem is that I have several pieces of kit that I can't get to work with each other. My Sony laptop (without serial port - why?) refuses to accept the Garmin eTrexe GPS that I connect to a spare USB port, via a Serial to USB converter. The PC must think that the GPS is a mouse cos the arrow flickers all over the screen trying to right-click on whatever it is near. It's crazy! Is there any fix for this, cos there's nothing listed on Garmin's site... So, to get around this, I guess I need to pick up a PCMCIA GPS that I can hook an external antenna to, or just get a plain USB port GPS unit instead. And, then there's the Wireless NIC - I can't decide which one to get. Orinoco Silver card, maybe?

03-18-2002	#4 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	go for the silver and i will change it to a gold for you.

03-18-2002	#5 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	Can you walk me through how you change a silver card to a gold card? Thanks GW

03-18-2002	#6 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	That would be cool - thanks... Where's a good place to get hold of the cards, that you know of? I can only find them on the net, there are no shops that stock them around here...

03-18-2002	#7 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	Rob.. Try not booting with the serial adaptor plugged in. I used to have that problem all the time with my laptop until I realized that windows will accept pretty much anything on com1 as a mouse on boot. If you plug it in after you boot, you should be OK. Might be different with USB, but I bet that will fix things..

03-18-2002	#9 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	order through www.inmac.nl or if you wait a while im getting a partnership for our company and then you can get all of your orinoco stuff through me. the cost in inmac is about €120...