LX 1600 and gps

[Mark Jardini]

Has anyone been successful hooking a GPS engine up with an LX 1600
through the port where a Colibri would go? That would be with the GPS
engine spliced to an RJ6 flat cable. That port should supply 12v to
the GPS antenna.
I am so far utterly defeated, trying to use a Garmin 18 PC.
Any tips or tricks encountered on your road to success would be much
appreciated.

Lost in th electronic woods.

Mark
Apis MC

[Paul Remde]

Hi Mark,

I see that the Garmin 18 PC has 12V power input by using a cigarette lighter
power converter. My guess is that the unit is actually powered by a lower
voltage. Are you using the cigarette lighter voltage reducer?

I don't know whether the Colibri connector will work. Since it connects to
the Colibri's only RS-232 port, I can't think of any reason why it wouldn't
work.

I recommend using the standard GPS input connector rather than the Colibri
connector.

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com


"Mark Jardini" > wrote in message
...
> Has anyone been successful hooking a GPS engine up with an LX 1600
> through the port where a Colibri would go? That would be with the GPS
> engine spliced to an RJ6 flat cable. That port should supply 12v to
> the GPS antenna.
> I am so far utterly defeated, trying to use a Garmin 18 PC.
> Any tips or tricks encountered on your road to success would be much
> appreciated.
>
> Lost in th electronic woods.
>
> Mark
> Apis MC