[FADCA] I need a GPS receiver that will output the signal needed by a SCS PTC-IIpro PACTOR controller.

[Dan Garley]

On Saturday 09 July 2005 23:44, Chuck Hast wrote:
 <oderr at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > Which GPS receiver will provide the data needed and where can it be
> > obtained.
> >
> > No one in this area who sells GPS receivers seems to know what I am
> > talking about.  None of the manufactures web sites that I have found say
> > anyting about providing out put for a device that can use the data.
> >
> > I need product model etc.
>
> Can you tell me what data the pactor box needs, I assume that it is in
> NMEA format, if not then we need to know what format they are looking
> for.
>
> If it is NMEA format then which sentences are they looking for?
>
> The problem is that none of them probably know what a pactor box is. But
> I bet (providing the pactor box is looking for NMEA sentences) which
> sentences you are looking for someone could ID the device you are looking
> for.

Russ,
Tell me what data stream you need.  I don't know anything about the PTCII. I 
have used both NMEA and other formats , for example I put in a master time 
reference for my NOC at DME using the  gps time messages going into a serial 
port on a pc.
Dan