may i know how to NMEA information to laptop

kin · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 29, 2005 Posts: 14

hi, i have a problem here... i have connected emtac gps receiver with my pda already and i need to pass the NMEA information to my laptop(if possible to database) in order to do my project. May i know is it auto pass the information to my laptop?if so,may i know how is it done?

Thanks.....

lbendlin · Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 8:30 pm Post subject:

Do you need a permanent connection, or do you just want to be able to copy log files over?
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kin · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 29, 2005 Posts: 14

hi lbendlin,
hmmm, wat do u mean by permament connection? in my case, i want to pass the log information whenever i am connected to gps. my scenario is like this:
1) when i connect my pda with the gps, i am able to receive the gps connection. able to see the signals,everything
2) i need to pass the NMEA information that i get from gps in my pda to my laptop.

i am using emtac bluetooth gps. and my pda is hp jornada. my laptop is tosiba.

by the way, i need to write a gps application in vb.net in order to read the NMEA information once it is transferred from the pda to my laptop rite?

thanks alot.....

Brandon · Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 5:19 pm Post subject:

You can use a program called VisualGPSce to record the NMEA string to your SD card, then transfer the data to your PC. It saves it as a .txt file. I know it may not be the solution you are looking for, but hopefully it helps.

Here is a bit from their website...."VisualGPSce is a very simple application to allow the user to log and playback NMEA data. Currently, VisualGPSce is not complete and considered BETA/EXPERIMENTAL. There are no help files and no formal install. The executable file is self contained with all the libraries built in. Only the ARM based Pocket PC 2002 platform is supported." (I am not sure if it will run on your device)

I have used it many times for doing accuracy testing with various GPS devices.

You can find the program on www.visualgps.net

-Brandon

kin · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 29, 2005 Posts: 14

hi brandon,
thanks for ur reply.. after saving the .txt file in our pda, to transfer the .txt file to laptop is it by activesyn? or by other means? is there any ways to transfer automatically??

thanks a million....

kin · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 29, 2005 Posts: 14

to all help ful guys out there...
wat happen if my pda doesnt have a sd slot. is there other ways to do the transferring of data from gps to pda to laptop?i need this help desperately..

thanks...thanks...thanks.

lbendlin · Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 9:17 pm Post subject:

you can use infrared transfer but that will be pretty slow and cumbersome. Don't you have a cradle for ActiveSync?
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kin · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 29, 2005 Posts: 14

lbendlin · Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 3:26 am Post subject:

What you want to achieve requires the following components

1. A GPS receiver ( you have your Emtac, so check that)
2. A PDA where you connect the receiver to (check that)
3. a software on the Pocket PC that communicates with the GPS and is able to record a logfile of the GPS data (What Brendan proposed - VisualGPSCE)
4. A PC where you can connect the Pocket PC to AFTER you have used the GPS, snd where you can copy the recorded logfiles to (via ActiveSync)

Do you agree? Or do you want to transfer the GPS data WHILE you use the GPS?
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lbendlin · Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 3:24 am Post subject:

3) Crux_View is not good enough, you need VisualGPSCe or another program that can write log files

If - contrary to the described procedure - you want to transfer teh GPS data real time, then you do not need any GPS program on the Jornada. What you then need instead is GPSGate. But I doubt that will run on the Jornada...(unless it's an ARM processor Jornada)
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kin · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 29, 2005 Posts: 14

lbendlin · Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 4:02 am Post subject:

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