USB GPS & Maxsea

[johnneale]

Has anyone got any experience of hooking up and using a cheap USB GPS (as advertised on Ebay) to a laptop running Maxsea ?

I don't want to blow £20 and then find it won't work

Thanks
J

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[Oldhand]

My answer to your question is no, I don't have such experience, however I do have experience of MaxSea run on a PC with GPS input.

MaxSea is written to receive and transmit data through PC RS232 Serial ports thus you will not be able to configure MaxSea for a GPS receiver which is directly connected to a USB port. MaxSea will receive data through a RS232/USB adapter but to use a USB GPS you would require a USB/RS232 adapter and I don't think such a beast exists. Use a conventioanal NMEA output/input GPS receiver with a NMEA/RS232 PC cable.

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[Mariner]

My answer to your question is yes and I do have such experience. Most USB receivers come with a software driver which creates a serial com port which Maxsea can access to receive the GPS information.
However whether the ones you have seen on ebay come with the required software I do not know, but if they don't all is not lost as you can get 3rd party software which can create virtual com ports.


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[MrFish]

I am looking at a similar device to your USB GPS - it is available from Dick Smith Electronics in New Zealand (www.dse.co.nz) It says it simulates the serial port so that software using it thinks it is connected through a serial (or com) port.
http://www.dse.co.nz/cgi-bn/dse.storefront/4077beec0d6b56de273fc0a87f99077d/Product/View/XH6831
is the item web address with full specification.
Seems pretty full proof to me
All the best
Ian

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