September 23, 2009 02:51
from that list, any garmin with NMEA-0183, the magellan gps 300 - 330 series (including MAP versions), Meridien series all have rs232/serial output not usb - so you need a serial/usb adapter which you would need regardless - even with mega bucks PC software
ok, generic puck type USB receivers plug straight in, if they don't work immediately with GPSNavx that is down to the hardware manufactures lack of drivers for the Mac, not a failing in GPSNavX surely??
the MR350, BU303 and 353 all work, you don't need a cable adapter, they plug into usb and away they go. If they don't work in 10.6 anymore, they won't work with anything in 10.6 - the issue is a driver one from thegps manufacturer not a GPSNavX one, which I guess means that those GPS's modules can then be lumped together as legacy products also???
still don't understand the issues. you have a 3 stage system, 1 - gps device, 2 the mac and then 3 GPSNavX
the third relies soley on the first and second communicating with each other, failure to do so can hardly be blamed on GPSNavX
go and buy a brand new PC and 5 grands worth of MaxSea or OLEX, you will have the same issues - cable adapters to connect gps serial data to pc and a reliance on drivers/adapters if they are USB driven. Try plug the latest whizzy garmin hand held into a PC and maxsea and it won't work unless you change the settings on the garmin - that hardly makes maxsea a legacy product
I sense you've got a grudge
I have fitted countless gps systems to boats, from just about every manufacturer going, and still do, my macbook/GPSNavX is used to plug into them to check the NMEA data through a cheap as cheaps serial to USB adpater (£3 - ebay) and as yet have to find a system that hasn't just worked
some GPS units may default to a non standard communication protocol ie garmin, takes seconds to go through the menus on that device to switch it to NMEA and off it goes
In essence the only 'add-on' GPSNavX needs is a cable adapter to convert serial data to USB due to the lack of rs232 ports on a mac. can't see that it needs any drivers, drivers are ened for the mac to communicate with a device, if there's no drivers to do that you won't find any mac software that will communicate with the device, so that I guess by your logic makes the mac itself a legacy device
ok, generic puck type USB receivers plug straight in, if they don't work immediately with GPSNavx that is down to the hardware manufactures lack of drivers for the Mac, not a failing in GPSNavX surely??
the MR350, BU303 and 353 all work, you don't need a cable adapter, they plug into usb and away they go. If they don't work in 10.6 anymore, they won't work with anything in 10.6 - the issue is a driver one from thegps manufacturer not a GPSNavX one, which I guess means that those GPS's modules can then be lumped together as legacy products also???
still don't understand the issues. you have a 3 stage system, 1 - gps device, 2 the mac and then 3 GPSNavX
the third relies soley on the first and second communicating with each other, failure to do so can hardly be blamed on GPSNavX
go and buy a brand new PC and 5 grands worth of MaxSea or OLEX, you will have the same issues - cable adapters to connect gps serial data to pc and a reliance on drivers/adapters if they are USB driven. Try plug the latest whizzy garmin hand held into a PC and maxsea and it won't work unless you change the settings on the garmin - that hardly makes maxsea a legacy product
I sense you've got a grudge
Quote:That little stunt where GPSNavX stopped working.....
I have fitted countless gps systems to boats, from just about every manufacturer going, and still do, my macbook/GPSNavX is used to plug into them to check the NMEA data through a cheap as cheaps serial to USB adpater (£3 - ebay) and as yet have to find a system that hasn't just worked
some GPS units may default to a non standard communication protocol ie garmin, takes seconds to go through the menus on that device to switch it to NMEA and off it goes
In essence the only 'add-on' GPSNavX needs is a cable adapter to convert serial data to USB due to the lack of rs232 ports on a mac. can't see that it needs any drivers, drivers are ened for the mac to communicate with a device, if there's no drivers to do that you won't find any mac software that will communicate with the device, so that I guess by your logic makes the mac itself a legacy device