[Laser] Telescope & GPS interface

[J Forster]

No guarantees, but the GPS communication protocol is a standard. You might luck
out.
-John


Terry Morris W5TDM wrote:

> Hello group,
> Hope this is not too far off topic. I just bought a Celestron 6SE telescope
> for use with optical receiver. The controller for the telescope  has a GPS
> input to locate the telescope position/time. They will sell you a GPS unit
> made for the scope at a nice price. However,I have a Garmin GPS 3
> I would like to find a way to interface to the telescope.  Anyone in the
> group tried this before. The electrical interface is probably not a problem,
> the communications requirments may be a problem. Will I have to have a
> computer/microcontroller between the two devices?
>
> Any information would be useful as I am just getting started. Questions are
> welcome!
>
> 73
> Terry
> W5TDM
>
> P.S. Sorry for the double group post, but I know both groups have GPS
> interface experiance.