Can One GPS be Shared by Delorme SA and Netstumbler?

I travel extensively using DeLorme Street Atlas for navigation and have
my NEMA GPS connected to my serial port (COM1). SA works just fine.
I also use Netstumbler, as I travel, to find occasional open APs
(wireless access points) for communication. When I use Netstumbler by it's
self, it easily finds and uses my GPS, which allows me to create a lat/lon
file of locations, but when I run DeLorme AND Netstumbler together, DeLorme
appears to *capture* the GPS leaving Netstumbler without a GPS input.
Question: is it possible to simultaneously share my single GPS between
DeLorme and Netstumbler? If so how?Or must I purchase a second GPS and
connect it to perhaps my USB port?
TIA

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Tom M

Tom M <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I travel extensively using DeLorme Street Atlas for navigation and have
> my NEMA GPS connected to my serial port (COM1). SA works just fine.
> I also use Netstumbler, as I travel, to find occasional open APs
> (wireless access points) for communication. When I use Netstumbler by it's
> self, it easily finds and uses my GPS, which allows me to create a lat/lon
> file of locations, but when I run DeLorme AND Netstumbler together, DeLorme
> appears to *capture* the GPS leaving Netstumbler without a GPS input.
> Question: is it possible to simultaneously share my single GPS between
> DeLorme and Netstumbler? If so how?Or must I purchase a second GPS and
> connect it to perhaps my USB port?

Horrible non-software solution.
Purchase a USB serial port.
Wire a cable to copy the RX line over onto both.
A GPS in NEMA mode will just spew data, and should work fine.


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Thanks Ian,
Can you give me a little more guidance on how to accomplish this?
TIA

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Tom M
"Ian Stirling" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Tom M <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> > I travel extensively using DeLorme Street Atlas for navigation and
have
> > my NEMA GPS connected to my serial port (COM1). SA works just fine.
> > I also use Netstumbler, as I travel, to find occasional open APs
> > (wireless access points) for communication. When I use Netstumbler by
it's
> > self, it easily finds and uses my GPS, which allows me to create a
lat/lon
> > file of locations, but when I run DeLorme AND Netstumbler together,
DeLorme
> > appears to *capture* the GPS leaving Netstumbler without a GPS input.
> > Question: is it possible to simultaneously share my single GPS
between
> > DeLorme and Netstumbler? If so how?Or must I purchase a second GPS and
> > connect it to perhaps my USB port?
>
> Horrible non-software solution.
> Purchase a USB serial port.
> Wire a cable to copy the RX line over onto both.
> A GPS in NEMA mode will just spew data, and should work fine.
>
>
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> Things a surgeon should never say:
> Better save that for the autopsy.

Tom M <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Thanks Ian,
> Can you give me a little more guidance on how to accomplish this?
> TIA

Do you own a soldering iron?

What connector is the GPS connected to?

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Yes, I have an iron and GPS is connected to my serial port.

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Tom M
"Ian Stirling" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Tom M <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> > Thanks Ian,
> > Can you give me a little more guidance on how to accomplish this?
> > TIA
>
> Do you own a soldering iron?
>
> What connector is the GPS connected to?
>
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> Therefore, guard yourself against thoughtless speech.

Tom M <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Yes, I have an iron and GPS is connected to my serial port.

Right, you basically need to build a cable with one input, and
two outputs.
Go and look up the pinouts of the RS232 connector you are using (9
or 25 pin).
Now, connect up two appropriate sockets so that the ground and
recieve wires are connected together, and one plug which
plugs into the GPS lead and connects it's transmit and ground
outputs to the sockets.
Now, connect the GPS. One socket goes to the existing serial port and
one to a new USB serail port.


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