Relying on TMC? Better be careful!

[lbendlin]

A group of italian hackers has demonstrated a way to send out fake TMC messages. What started off as an April Fools day joke has now been demonstrated to actually work, and with relatively little effort. Think about a disgruntled local establishing his or her own private radio station to tell motorists of a permanent accident around his/her house...

http://news.com.com/Dont+let+your+navigation+system+fool+you/2100-1002_3-6178106.html?tag=nefd.top
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[classy56]

To be honest going by posts on this forum, most people will be happy to recieve any message, hacked or not :D :D :D
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[jonandmarkuk]

Interesting to read that something called TPEG should be replacing TMC sometime. Interesting to see how that will work and if existing hardware will be able to use the data.

[jonandmarkuk]

Hmmm been in development since 1997, so maybe still sometime before the existing system is replaced. Also seems to be DAB radio broadcasts which can be just as hard if not more difficult to get a strong signal on?

[swing]

Also, of course, a DAB based solution means all new hardware, and you would definitely need an external aerial DAB connection. I'd prefer the UK companies to concentrate on improving the current TMC solution
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[mikealder]

[jonandmarkuk]

How difficult would it be for car makers / gps makers decide on a standard connection which the car would have and the GPS plugged into it and gave access to the aerial on top of the car, sorry but I'm not prepared to take my car apart or trail unsightly wires all over as a perminant solution. I don't like having to trail a wire over the screen as it is.

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[jonandmarkuk]

I got info of slow moving traffic on the M1 just as it was too late to get off at the junction . A few seconds earlier and I may not have got stuck

[Gee-Pee]

[/quote]I wish the RDS-TMC recievers that are currently available had an external connection to feed them with a decent signal, they might start to work a little better - Mike[/quote]

Mine has
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[mikealder]

So do most of the RDS-TMC units I use, but I have had to modify them with a soldering iron to achieve this, the Navman product looks good though at least it is supplied with an aerial and the capability to connect an external feed via the socket - big plus point having the connection fitted to the device, looking forwards to seeing how well this T1 works in the NW of UK - Mike

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[thezerocool]

OMG YOU GUYS ARE USELESS!!!

TMC works a treat if you would just read the instructions and fit it in your car properly.

Im running TT 910 with the £69.99 RDS/TMC adaptor for my work EVERY day and for personal at the weekends and evenings and the TMC adaptor give me info ALL the time.

Remember that updates only appear every 15 mins and there may be nothing to report. Not every que will be on there if the traffic network doesnt know about it. And if you are getting NOTHING... they maybe use your brains and check why, a penny to a pound it coz you installed it all wrong!!!

I wont have my TT connected anymore without TMC as it works so well so the rest of the world (PocketGPS) must be doing something seriously wrong!!!

READ THE INSTRUCTIONS!!!

the ZC

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