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.TH "GPSTRANS" "1" "2006 May 7" "-" "GPS Utility"
.SH "NAME"
gpstrans \- communicate with Garmin GPS receiver
.SH "SYNOPOSIS"
.BR gpstrans " [ "
.IR options " ] [ " "file " ]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBgpstrans\fP allows the user with a Garmin GPS receiver to upload
and download waypoints, routes, almanacs (satellite orbital elements)
and trackroutes. If \fIfile\fP is not supplied, data will be read
from stdin (\fB\-u\fP\fIx\fP switch) or written to stdout
(\fB\-d\fP\fIx\fP switch).
.SH "OPTIONS"
.TP
.BI \-p "port"
set serial I/O device
.TP
.B \-s
set datum, format, offset, and device interactively, and save them in
\fI$HOME/.gpstrans\fP.
.TP
.B \-i
identify connected GPS
.TP
.B \-o
turn off GPS device
.TP
.B \-t
get time from GPS
.TP
.B \-ts
get time from GPS and set system time on host
.TP
.BI \-d x
download data indicated by \fIx\fP: \fBr\fP=route, \fBt\fP=track,
\fBw\fP=waypoint, \fBa\fP=almanac
.TP
.B \-m
With \fB\-dt\fP, downloads track data in the format which can be
displayed by Mayko mXmap(1). With \fB\-dr\fP or \fB\-ur\fP, downloads or
uploads route data in a format compatible with Mayko mXmap.
.TP
.BI \-u x
upload data indicated by \fIx\fP: \fBr\fP=route, \fBt\fP=track,
\fBw\fP=waypoint, \fBa\fP=almanac
.TP
.B \-v
print program version.
.TP
.BI \-\-verbose
Increase verbosity.
.TP
.BI \-\-debug
Add debug printouts.
.TP
.BI \-\-help
Print help text.
.SH "CONNECTION"
For a DB\-25 connector, you may need to connect pin 4, 5 and 6, 8, 20
together. This sets handshake signals so that your workstation can use
the serial port to communicate with the GPS.
.nf
.sp
1 ### #####
o o o # # # o # o o o o o
o o o o o o # o o o o o
.fi
Connect the Garmin cable as follows:
.nf
.sp
2 3 7
o o o o o o o o o o o o o
o o o o o o o o o o o o
Pin 2 goes to DATA IN (White)
Pin 3 goes to DATA OUT (Brown)
Pin 7 goes to GROUND (Black)
.fi
If it doesn't work in this way, try exchanging pins 2 and 3 at the connector.
The circular connector on a Garmin GPS II receiver can be wired to a DB\-9
connector as follows:
.nf
.sp
_____ _____,\-\-\-\-\-,
3 / \\ 4 | | |
| o o | | | |_____
| < <\- groove \-> |=====| |\-\-\-\-,|
| o o | | | | ||
2 \\ _____ / 1 |_____| | ||
`\-\-\-\-\-' ||
||
views are looking ||
into connector ||
at each end of cable ||
||
||
5 3 2 ________ ||
o o o o o | \\___________||
o o o o |_________,\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-'
DB\-9 pin 2 goes to circular connector pin 2
DB\-9 pin 3 goes to circular connector pin 4
DB\-9 pin 5 goes to circular connector pin 3
other pins are not connected
(Note: the pin numbers for the circular connector are
arbitrary, and may not match the `official' numbers.)
.fi
If your plug is more recent than the one above (ex: etrex) then you need DB\-9 or DB\-25 to be connected to your Garmin GPS like this:
.BR
_____,\-\-\-\-\-,
POWER(+) | | |
groove \-\-> |=====| |_____
DATA IN | | |\-\-\-\-,|
DATA OUT | | | ||
GROUND(\-) |_____| | ||
`\-\-\-\-\-' ||
||
||
||
||
||
||
________ ||
| \\___________||
|_________,\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-'
DB\-25 :
2 3 7
o o o o o o o o o o o o o
o o o o o o o o o o o o
Pin 2 goes to DATA IN (White)
Pin 3 goes to DATA OUT (Brown)
Pin 7 goes to GROUND (Black)
DB\-9:
5 3 2
o o o o o
o o o o
pin 2 goes to DATA IN (White)
pin 3 goes to DATA OUT (Brown)
pin 5 goes to GROUND (Black)
other pins are not connected
For testing, you might try setting the GPS to NMEA\-Output and using a
terminal emulator program like Kermit. The GPS will send a data record
every 2 seconds. As long as you don't see any data on your computer,
\fBgpstrans\fP won't work.
After finishing the test, be sure to set your GPS receiver to
GRMN/GRMN.
.SH "ENVIRONMENT"
.TP
.B GPSDEV
Serial I/O device (overrides contents of \fI$HOME/.gpstrans\fP, and is
overridden by \fB\-p\fP switch).
.SH "FILES"
.TP
.I $HOME/.gpstrans
Has user preferences for datum, format, offset, and serial I/O device
(see \fB\-s\fP switch, above).
.SH "AUTHOR"
GPStrans is Copyright 1995 by Carsten Tschach
<tschach@zedat.fu\-berlin.de>. The datum translation routines are
based on the program MacGPS from John F. Waers <jfwaers@csn.net>.
Mayko mXmap output format by Matthias Kattanek <mattes@ugraf.com>.
German Grid by Andreas Lange <andreas.lange@rhein\-main.de>.
etrex support by Joao Seabra CT2GNL \- <seabra@ci.aac.uc.pt>.
Other Garmin formats added by Jim Van Zandt <jrvz@comcast.remove.me.net>.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR mxmap (1),
.BR GPSMan
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