From mujibur.inmind.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!salliemae!newsfeed.internetmci.com!globe.indirect.com!usenet Sun Aug 13 14:33:32 1995 Path: mujibur.inmind.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!salliemae!newsfeed.internetmci.com!globe.indirect.com!usenet From: tbnelson@indirect.com (Blaine Nelson) Newsgroups: sci.geo.satellite-nav Subject: Re: Pin outs for GPS 45 to 9 pin D on PC Date: 12 Aug 1995 22:29:02 GMT Organization: Internet Direct, Inc. Lines: 9 Message-ID: <40j9ve$i4h@globe.indirect.com> References: <3v5j2i$5jn@galaxy.ee.rochester.edu> <40co9h$en5@linux.nildram.co.uk> Reply-To: tbnelson@indirect.com (Blaine Nelson) NNTP-Posting-Host: slip66.indirect.com X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.09 In <40co9h$en5@linux.nildram.co.uk>, James Hardy writes: >Please could someone post/email the PC pin-outs for a 9pin D connector, >I've got this info *somewhere* but have been going around in ever > decreasing circles for the last 2 hours trying to find it!!! > Sure, a DB9 connector has ground on pin 5, Xmit on pin 3, and Recv on pin 2. Note that if you have a DB25, ground is pin 7, Xmit on pin 2, and Recv on pin 3. (These are the PC conventions, others may vary). Aren't standards wonderful? From mujibur.inmind.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!news.sprintlink.net!matlock.mindspring.com!usenet Tue Aug 15 11:22:10 1995 Path: mujibur.inmind.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!news.sprintlink.net!matlock.mindspring.com!usenet From: rwf@mindspring.com (rwf) Newsgroups: sci.geo.satellite-nav Subject: Re: Pin outs for GPS 45 to 9 pin D on PC Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 03:10:04 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Lines: 61 Message-ID: <40p2to$1n6i@firehose.mindspring.com> References: <3v5j2i$5jn@galaxy.ee.rochester.edu> <40co9h$en5@linux.nildram.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: rwf.mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99.82 James Hardy wrote: >Please could someone post/email the PC pin-outs for a 9pin D connector, >I've got this info *somewhere* but have been going around in ever > decreasing circles for the last 2 hours trying to find it!!! >Thanks in advance >cheers >james For those of you wanting to connect the GPS-45 to a PC for use with the GARDOWN program- Here's my cable: Garmin GPS-45 PC (9 pin) (their cable) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Brown (Data Out) 2 White (Data In) 3 Black (Ground) 5 And if you want to power the GPS externally (5-40 VDC) (assuming yiu have the power/data cable) Black connect to neg terminal of power Red connect to pos terminal of power I used an empty 35mm film container as a junction box Remember to set GPS for the Garmin/Garmin protocol! Thank you to Mike Montgomery, the author of GARDOWN for creating this program!! Ralph Fowler N4NEQ Atlanta, GA