The FP10 does supply the 5V for the PDA, and I did check that it has power.

I plugged my desktop into the FP10, and was able to receive serial data from
the GPS (4800-8-n-1). I hgave also played with every conceivable baud rate
setting on the Oudie, and still no joy. I fear I may have fried the Max232
ttl converter :-(

Pete

"Paul Remde" wrote in message
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Hi Peter,

When you connected the Oudie-PS5a-1 to the PC, was it powered with 5V? It
must be powered with 5V for the RS-232 voltage level converter to work.

Best Regards,

--
Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.



"vontresc" wrote in message
news:28911584.1000.1333382053976.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@ynlp3...
That was my initial thought as well. I tested the FP10 with my desktop and
a
serial cable, and all was well at 4800/8/n/1.

The interesting thing was whan I tried the goddard cable with Condor on my
PC, I got the same jibberish coming through on the oudie cable.

On Monday, April 2, 2012 10:29:16 AM UTC-5, cfinn wrote:
If it's jibberish, I would expect you have a mismatch in the data
rates between the devices.

On Apr 2, 11:10 am, "Peter von Tresckow" wrote:
I was in the process of upgrading my panel with my new to me Tasman
V1000/FP10. The vario did come with the Goddard Oudie connection cable
(ps5a
i think), and it was working fine at first, but now I am just seeing
jibberish being transmitted when I go into terminal mode in see you on
the
Oudie. I have tried the Naviter cable, and the FP10 is working
correctly
as
that cable transmits the data without issue.

Did I possibly fry my goddard cable???

Thanks

Peter