Information for the hackers out there.

firehopper · 04-20-2005

the new tiny earthmate usb will output on both USB and serial at the same time..

I have one and found the pinout and added the 3 wires for a serial connection,

Led
1 - gnd
2 - usbd+
3 - usbd-
4 - +5v
5 - rxd
6 - txd
7 - dtr
8 - +5v
9 - gnd
10 - unknown
11 - unknown
12 - shield

I ran pin 5 of the gps to pin 3 of the pc serial port
pin 6 to pin 2 of the serial port
pin 9 to pin 5

if your going to use serial only connect pin 7 of the gps to pin 4 of the pc port.

4800 baud 8,n,1 no handshaking.
and connect +5v to either pin 8 or pin 4 of the gps

and poof

I can run both NS and Delorme street atlas..
I load NS, and then delorme, and then click start gps in delorme

and I see the location change in NS, and in Delorme

theprez98 · 04-20-2005

But GPS Gate is so much easier.

firehopper · 04-20-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by theprez98

But GPS Gate is so much easier.

perhaps, but I like a no driver soultion.. some systems have issues

wrzwaldo · 04-20-2005

Great info firehopper!

theprez98 · 04-20-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by firehopper

perhaps, but I like a no driver soultion.. some systems have issues

And I do appreciate that, you've posted some great information and I am sure someone will find a good use for it.

firehopper · 04-21-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by theprez98

And I do appreciate that, you've posted some great information and I am sure someone will find a good use for it.

you mentioned gps gate, how about a link

firehopper · 04-21-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by wrzwaldo

Great info firehopper!

the pinouts someone else found out, I just shared them here

firehopper · 04-21-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by theprez98

And I do appreciate that, you've posted some great information and I am sure someone will find a good use for it.

I hope this helps the wardrivers

I'm going to use my laptop/gps combo to make a signal strength map around my home

then I'll use a custom written VB program to plot the data out for printing

wrzwaldo · 04-21-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by firehopper

you mentioned gps gate, how about a link

Google

"GPSgate"

theprez98 · 04-21-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by firehopper

you mentioned gps gate, how about a link

http://www.franson.com/gpsgate/

04-20-2005	#1 (permalink)
firehopper Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 11	Information for the hackers out there. the new tiny earthmate usb will output on both USB and serial at the same time.. I have one and found the pinout and added the 3 wires for a serial connection, Led 1 - gnd 2 - usbd+ 3 - usbd- 4 - +5v 5 - rxd 6 - txd 7 - dtr 8 - +5v 9 - gnd 10 - unknown 11 - unknown 12 - shield I ran pin 5 of the gps to pin 3 of the pc serial port pin 6 to pin 2 of the serial port pin 9 to pin 5 if your going to use serial only connect pin 7 of the gps to pin 4 of the pc port. 4800 baud 8,n,1 no handshaking. and connect +5v to either pin 8 or pin 4 of the gps and poof I can run both NS and Delorme street atlas.. I load NS, and then delorme, and then click start gps in delorme and I see the location change in NS, and in Delorme

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04-20-2005	#2 (permalink)
theprez98 SpoonfeederExtraordinaire Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Maryland Posts: 3,709	But GPS Gate is so much easier.

04-20-2005	#4 (permalink)
wrzwaldo I amuse you? Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 9,147	Great info firehopper!