[FADCA] I need a GPS receiver that will output thesignalneededbya SCS PTC-IIpro PACTOR controller.

[Bill R.]

Russ

A little additional information: The SCS modem will also accept the NEMA 
position data.  To do this you need a Y cable that connects both the 
computer and GPS to the modem.  In my PTC-IIpro manual this is discribed on 
page 41 and the wiring of the Y cable is on page 236.  What I wasn't sure 
about was whether Airmail could deal with this or not so I spoke to my 
buddy, Gary, AA1GJ, who is an SCS dealer (www.docksideradio.com)   He said 
that Airmail can also be set to pick up the position data from the modem and 
that this works with all the SCS pactor modems.  The advantage of doing it 
this way is that you don't need another com port on the computer, the 
disadvantage is that the GPS data is not available for other computer 
programs that might need it such as a mapping program.

Bill, K5TAS

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russell Oder" <oderr at bellsouth.net>
To: "Florida Amateur Digital Communication Association" 
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Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 3:40 PM
Subject: Re: [FADCA] I need a GPS receiver that will output 
thesignalneededbya SCS PTC-IIpro PACTOR controller.


> Bill, thanks. That is the information I needed.
>
> Thanks to all of you who replied.
>
> Russ
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill R." <velasail93 at comcast.net>
> To: "Florida Amateur Digital Communication Association" 
> <fadca at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 9:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [FADCA] I need a GPS receiver that will output the 
> signalneededbya SCS PTC-IIpro PACTOR controller.
>
>
>> Russ
>> I am most familiar with Garmin GPS, but this probably applies to other 
>> manufacturers as well.  Most (if not all) of the current Garmin units 
>> will output position data in a choice of several formats.  If you go to 
>> their website you can download the manual for each unit.  The information 
>> on interfacing is usually in an appendix.  I just looked at the GPS-60, 
>> I am sure the GPS-76 series will also do this.  Older models such as the 
>> GPS-48, GPS-45, etc. will also output postition data.  I use a GPS-48.
>>
>> Airmial picks up position data from the computer serial port.  See "GPS 
>> Input" and "Adding Serial Ports" in Airmail help.
>>
>>
>> Bill, K5TAS
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Russell Oder" <oderr at bellsouth.net>
>> To: "Chuck Hast" <wchast at gmail.com>; "Florida Amateur Digital 
>> Communication Association" <fadca at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 12:20 AM
>> Subject: Re: [FADCA] I need a GPS receiver that will output the 
>> signalneededby a SCS PTC-IIpro PACTOR controller.
>>
>>
>>> The SCS manual says nothing about the GPS signal.  Maybe it is the 
>>> Airmail program that uses the data to put my position in the Emails I 
>>> send using Airmail.
>>>
>>> When I purchased the controller Farallon Electronics, who sells the 
>>> SCS-IIPRO Pactor controller said they would modify the DB9 connector 
>>> that goes into the serial port on my laptop to allow me to pug it into a 
>>> GPS receiver so my position could be reported with the Email I send 
>>> using Airmail.
>>>
>>> Anyone know?
>>>
>>> Russ
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Chuck Hast" <wchast at gmail.com>
>>> To: "Florida Amateur Digital Communication Association" 
>>> <fadca at mailman.qth.net>
>>> Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 11:44 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [FADCA] I need a GPS receiver that will output the signal 
>>> neededby a SCS PTC-IIpro PACTOR controller.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7/9/05, Russell Oder <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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Chuck Hast
>>> To paraphrase my flight instructor;
>>> "the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going
>>> out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn
>>> and twisted metal."
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