September 18, 2009 14:41
Here's my list of working GPS devices with GPSNavX and MacENC (older and latest versions)
- Garmin 12 (serial via Keyspan adapter)
- Garmin 72 (serial via Keyspan adapter)
- Magellan Meridian Marine
- BU-353 (works best, reliable, fast even in house at home, where non of the other were able to get a signal!)
- Locosys BGT-31 (Bluetooth and usb mode) (GPS Data logger with SD card)
- SysOnChip Bluetooth GPS
the above GPS have been tested on several Macs (iBook G4, Macbook white from OS X 10.3.x - 10.5.x), and different Netbooks running OS X)
a friend mine uses a cheap Bluetooth GPS and an imported VHF with GPS from the USA, with no problems.
None of the GPS had any problems, except for giving sometimes the wrong position, but that has to do with either poor signal strength or disturbing radiations at special places (GSM antenna, military regions, radio antennas, interferences with other electronics or just wrong cabling etc. )
With Garmin GPS I noticed when using cheap PC Serial 2 USB cable, not all data was transferred. Using the Keyspan adapter corrected this problem.
I haven't updated my Mac laptops to Snow Leopard yet (10.6.x)
because I notice many USB related problems on my iMac at home: signing stick, Canon EOS picture loader etc doesn't work correctly, but that a problem of the drivers or apps not being Snow Leo compatible.
Regards,
Manou
- Garmin 12 (serial via Keyspan adapter)
- Garmin 72 (serial via Keyspan adapter)
- Magellan Meridian Marine
- BU-353 (works best, reliable, fast even in house at home, where non of the other were able to get a signal!)
- Locosys BGT-31 (Bluetooth and usb mode) (GPS Data logger with SD card)
- SysOnChip Bluetooth GPS
the above GPS have been tested on several Macs (iBook G4, Macbook white from OS X 10.3.x - 10.5.x), and different Netbooks running OS X)
a friend mine uses a cheap Bluetooth GPS and an imported VHF with GPS from the USA, with no problems.
None of the GPS had any problems, except for giving sometimes the wrong position, but that has to do with either poor signal strength or disturbing radiations at special places (GSM antenna, military regions, radio antennas, interferences with other electronics or just wrong cabling etc. )
With Garmin GPS I noticed when using cheap PC Serial 2 USB cable, not all data was transferred. Using the Keyspan adapter corrected this problem.
I haven't updated my Mac laptops to Snow Leopard yet (10.6.x)
because I notice many USB related problems on my iMac at home: signing stick, Canon EOS picture loader etc doesn't work correctly, but that a problem of the drivers or apps not being Snow Leo compatible.
Regards,
Manou