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Garmin to Ipaq cable wiring ?
I purchased an Ipaq to USB cable, with the intention
of making a simple Garmin GPS to Ipaq cable by cutting off the USB plug and wiring a 4 pin Garmin plug there (it's a Garmin 12). Thats fine, I see 4 cables which the Wikipedia USB pages ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_s erial_bus ) tells me a Red (V+), Black (Gnd), White (D-), Green, D+). But these pages explain USB uses duplex communication and it's not clear to me which Data cable to connect to the Garmin Tx/Rx pins. IE: D+ to Rx, or D+ to Tx? Anybody already made one of these and can enlighten me? I have a multimeter but the Ipaq end plug is TINY and I don't believe I could tell if my multimeter probe was on pin 7 (RXD, to Garmin T) or pin 8 (TXD, to GPS R) (Ref. http://pinouts.ru/PDA/ipaq_22p_pinout.shtml ). |
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Garmin to Ipaq cable wiring ?
Bernie Baer wrote:
I purchased an Ipaq to USB cable, with the intention of making a simple Garmin GPS to Ipaq cable by cutting off the USB plug and wiring a 4 pin Garmin plug there (it's a Garmin 12). Thats fine, I see 4 cables which the Wikipedia USB pages ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_s erial_bus ) tells me a Red (V+), Black (Gnd), White (D-), Green, D+). But these pages explain USB uses duplex communication and it's not clear to me which Data cable to connect to the Garmin Tx/Rx pins. IE: D+ to Rx, or D+ to Tx? Anybody already made one of these and can enlighten me? I have a multimeter but the Ipaq end plug is TINY and I don't believe I could tell if my multimeter probe was on pin 7 (RXD, to Garmin T) or pin 8 (TXD, to GPS R) (Ref. http://pinouts.ru/PDA/ipaq_22p_pinout.shtml ). You are confusing USB with the older RS232 serial ports. They are electrically different. The white wire is actually connected to pin 21, the green wire to pin 19. You need to relocated these wires to pin 7 (RS232 RXD) and pin 8 (RS232 TXD) inside the connector at the iPAQ end. I believe there may also be a resistor connected to pin 17 which signals the iPAQ to use USB, which will have to be either disconnected, or changed to a different value. If you aren't comfortable soldering tiny wires to tiny pins, I suggest you buy a pre-made iPAQ to Garmin cable: https://www.bluehillsinnovations.com/store/ http://www.pc-mobile.net/grdc.htm By the way, if you happen to have an iPAQ 1910, while it uses the same 22 pin connector as the other newer iPAQs, the RS232 serial port is not wired to the connector, so you won't be able to connect it to a GPS 12... Marc |
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Garmin to Ipaq cable wiring ?
Gotcha, thanks Marc!
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Garmin to Ipaq cable wiring ?
Hi,
Are you trying to make a USB cable, or an RS-232 serial data cable. USB would not work because both Garmin units and iPAQs are USB slaves. The PC is the master when communicating with those units. Two slaves can't talk to each other. RS-232 communication is possible depending on the iPAQ model you have. Which iPAQ and which Garmin are you using? I sell and support cables for connecting most Pocket PCs to most GPS units. Paul Remde Cumulus Soaring, Inc. http://www.cumulus-soaring.com "Bernie Baer" wrote in message ... I purchased an Ipaq to USB cable, with the intention of making a simple Garmin GPS to Ipaq cable by cutting off the USB plug and wiring a 4 pin Garmin plug there (it's a Garmin 12). Thats fine, I see 4 cables which the Wikipedia USB pages ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_s erial_bus ) tells me a Red (V+), Black (Gnd), White (D-), Green, D+). But these pages explain USB uses duplex communication and it's not clear to me which Data cable to connect to the Garmin Tx/Rx pins. IE: D+ to Rx, or D+ to Tx? Anybody already made one of these and can enlighten me? I have a multimeter but the Ipaq end plug is TINY and I don't believe I could tell if my multimeter probe was on pin 7 (RXD, to Garmin T) or pin 8 (TXD, to GPS R) (Ref. http://pinouts.ru/PDA/ipaq_22p_pinout.shtml ). |
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Garmin to Ipaq cable wiring ?
Marc,
I also believe the power line in the USB is 5V and your Garmin requires 12 V. So you need some kind of a voltage regulator to drop the voltage from 12 to 5 (12 will fry your PDA.) Wayne HP-14 "6F" "Bernie Baer" wrote in message ... Gotcha, thanks Marc! |
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Garmin to Ipaq cable wiring ?
Wayne Paul wrote:
Marc, I also believe the power line in the USB is 5V and your Garmin requires 12 V. So you need some kind of a voltage regulator to drop the voltage from 12 to 5 (12 will fry your PDA.) Actually, the GPS 12 that the original poster mentioned is one of the odd Garmins that needs a 5 to 8 VDC supply. I'm not sure how well it will work, but if he is looking to supply power externally (which he may not be), 5V may work for both... Marc |
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Garmin to Ipaq cable wiring ?
Marc Ramsey wrote:
Actually, the GPS 12 that the original poster mentioned is one of the odd Garmins that needs a 5 to 8 VDC supply. I'm not sure how well it will work, but if he is looking to supply power externally (which he may not be), 5V may work for both... And, just to confuse things further, the "GPS 12" is different from the "GPS 12XL" and "GPS 12MAP", which both take 10 to 32 VDC externally... Marc |
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Garmin to Ipaq cable wiring ?
Wayne Paul wrote:
Marc, I also believe the power line in the USB is 5V and your Garmin requires 12 V. So you need some kind of a voltage regulator to drop the voltage from 12 to 5 (12 will fry your PDA.) If you're feeling handy with a soldering iron and want to save a little cash, go out and buy the cable used to power an iPAQ from a car cigar lighter socket. They are cheap and the plug on the cigar lighter end contains a very small switch-mode 5v power supply. You can also find iPAQ cable with 12v ans serial date lines in it, so you only need one cable and plug on the iPAQ. It may be a good idea to put the PSU in a metal box and add ferrite suppressors to the cables connected to it because some switch mode PSUs radiate RF like crazy. I use exactly this setup, but the box is bigger: it also holds the interconnect wiring to feed GPS data to my iPAQ, SDI C4 and EW logger as well as distributing 12v to the GPS, logger and C4. All connections to the box are D-9 connectors apart from 12v in, which is an XLR chassis plug to match the glider's power cable. This way I can also plug a gel cell directly into the interconnect box for bench testing at home. The result is a neater setup behind the panel because there's just one cable between the box and each instrument apart from the C4, which requires a separate power cable. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org | |
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Garmin to Ipaq cable wiring ?
Guys, thanks for all the advice. I just wanted to transfer
data to/from the Garmin 12 to the Ipaq 3950, not power, I'll live with the internal batteries of the units for that. Our club has a Jantar and DG-303 both fitted with Cambridge 302 varios, and I have a lead that connects the CAI 302 directly to the Ipaq, supplying power and data. We also have an Astir and Junior that dont have CAI 302 but I will fly occasionally. I thought for the occasions when I fly them I could live with a simple battery powered Garmin to Ipaq setup. However as the first reply has pointed out, the lead I procured and butchered is wired differently at the Ipaq end than what I require. I can buy the lead I need locally (Sydney) for AUD$50 so will probably go that way, or maybe not even bother and just fly with the GPS. Thanks for all the advice though, much appreciated. |
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Garmin to Ipaq cable wiring ?
Just realised that since I already have an Ipaq to
Male 9 pin cable, all I need to do is to buy a Female 9 pin socket and wire it to the Garmin plug I have! Now why didn't I think of that a week ago! |
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