GPS software for the PalmPilot

[rickalty]

Hi... I see that you've been able to get GPSOut to work with serial port PalmPilots.

I have a Palm IIIxe with a serial cable.

Can anyone recommend a GPS application for the Palm that will take the GPSOut signal? Freeware would be preferred of course :-)

Richard

[captaingps]

Try http://www.palmflying.com, more specifically http://www.palmflying.com/mininav.html

John Bell

[rickalty]

Thank you very much, CaptainGPS. I found that site last night, and have installed "GPS Master" and it's related BMP - Raster map converter, but I'm having trouble getting it to connect to MSFS, so I'll give mininav a try.

PETE....

In the GPSout.ini fle, the default sentence info includes "GPRMZ", but in the info below, it lists "PGRMZ". I assume one of these is a typo? which should I try?

Richard

[Pete Dowson]

In the GPSout.ini fle, the default sentence info includes "GPRMZ", but in the info below, it lists "PGRMZ". I assume one of these is a typo? which should I try?

Oh, drat! Is that typo still there? Sorry. It should be "PGRMZ". The P is for "Proprietary" and "GRM" is for Garmin. There are other PGRM sentences too but the Z one is the only one I've implemented -- I've no information on others and they don't seem to be needed in any case.

Regards,

Pete

[rickalty]

Just an update..... I've gotten the "GPS Master" freeware program to connect with the GPSOut function of MSFS.... sort of :-(

The moving map moves, the track seems right, waypoint, routes etc are all working, but the displayed speed is all over the place - flying straight and level at 100 knots it bounces around from 40 kts to 250 kts.

I'll keep playing and let you know how it goes.

Richard

[captaingps]

Just an update..... I've gotten the "GPS Master" freeware program to connect with the GPSOut function of MSFS.... sort of :-(

Richard

Richard,

I should have warned you that I have not tried any of the Palm programs, but that I was just steering you towards some possibilities.

John Bell