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NAME

       gpstrans - communicate with Garmin GPS receiver

SYNOPOSIS

       gpstrans [ options ]  [ file ]

DESCRIPTION

       gpstrans  allows  the  user  with  a Garmin GPS receiver to upload and download waypoints,
       routes, almanacs (satellite orbital elements) and trackroutes.  If file is  not  supplied,
       data will be read from stdin (-ux switch) or written to stdout (-dx switch).

OPTIONS

       -pport set serial I/O device

       -s     set   datum,   format,   offset,   and  device  interactively,  and  save  them  in
              $HOME/.gpstrans.

       -i     identify connected GPS

       -o     turn off GPS device

       -t     get time from GPS

       -ts    get time from GPS and set system time on host

       -dx    download data indicated by x: r=route, t=track, w=waypoint, a=almanac

       -m     With -dt, downloads track data in the  format  which  can  be  displayed  by  Mayko
              mXmap(1).   With -dr or -ur, downloads or uploads route data in a format compatible
              with Mayko mXmap.

       -ux    upload data indicated by x: r=route, t=track, w=waypoint, a=almanac

       -v     print program version.

       --verbose
              Increase verbosity.

       --debug
              Add debug printouts.

       --help Print help text.

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.

                               1     ### #####
                               o o o # # # o # o o o o o
                                o o o o o o # o o o o o

       Connect the Garmin cable as follows:

                                 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)

       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:

                    _____                    _____,-----,
               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.)

        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:

                                              _____,-----,
                                   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, gpstrans won't work.

       After finishing the test, be sure to set your GPS receiver to GRMN/GRMN.

ENVIRONMENT

       GPSDEV Serial  I/O  device (overrides contents of $HOME/.gpstrans, and is overridden by -p
              switch).

FILES

       $HOME/.gpstrans
              Has user preferences for datum, format, offset,  and  serial  I/O  device  (see  -s
              switch, above).

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>.

SEE ALSO

       mxmap(1), GPSMan

-                                           2006 May 7                                GPSTRANS(1)