[OSM-talk] USB Serial converters - any recommendations?

[Dave G]

Nick

It could be the problem, bash commands can be very fussy about
whitespaces/switches/comamnd order etc.  sometimes

dave



2009/9/24 Nick Whitelegg <Nick.Whitelegg at solent.ac.uk>:
> Hello Dave,
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> There is, though why would that make a difference?
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> Dave G <9gerkin9 at gmail.com>
> 22/09/2009 20:11
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> the command looks right to me but there is an extra white-space
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> 2009/9/22 Nick Whitelegg <Nick.Whitelegg at solent.ac.uk>:
>> Hello Dave,
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>> I'm using the command quoted on the OSM wiki page on the subject, using
>> /dev/ttyUSB0. i.e something like
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>> gpsbabel -t  -i garmin -f /dev/ttyUSB0 -o gpx -F blah.gpx
>> Will look at your scripts.
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>> Thanks,
>> Nick
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>> Dave G <9gerkin9 at gmail.com>
>> 22/09/2009 10:47
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>> could be but mine is just a cheap and nasty one of the interweb as well
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>> what command are you using to download with GPSBabel?
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>> I use these scripts here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Gerkin
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>> maybe they will be of some use?
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>> cheers......dave
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>> 2009/9/22 Nick Whitelegg <Nick.Whitelegg at solent.ac.uk>:
>>>> [snip mostly PL2303 recommendations]
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>>> Thanks for the replies on this.
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>>> My converter is a PL2303 based one, the kernel module detects it when
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>>> plugged in, but... I can't get data out of it using gpsbabel, it
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>>> "Timeout - no data read" or similar.
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>>> Maybe I just got a cheap-and-nasty converter, despite it having the
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>>> compatible chipset.
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>>> Thanks,
>>> Nick
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