smo Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 I'm after a usb gps reciever for my toughbook for use in the d-lander, can anyone recommend what i should be looking for, i know the sirf 3 chipset was good a while back but everything moves so fast,....whats good now?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warthog Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 I had considered this one from Ebay, has the SIRF 111 chipset, and states it is waterproof? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Haicom-SiRF-III-USB-...1QQcmdZViewItem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Humphreys Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 I had considered this one from Ebay, has the SIRF 111 chipset, and states it is waterproof?http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Haicom-SiRF-III-USB-...1QQcmdZViewItem Thats the one I have, works very well. Not sure about waterproof as mine is on the dash on the inside. Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warthog Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Thats the one I have, works very well. Not sure about waterproof as mine is on the dash on the inside.Paul For when it falls off and is floating in the footwell, as your truck is stuck in some swamp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smo Posted October 18, 2007 Author Share Posted October 18, 2007 So it seems Sirf 3 (111) is still the chosen reciever chipset Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henk Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 So it seems Sirf 3 (111) is still the chosen reciever chipset Sirf3 is indeed the way to go, I have a holux 213, very pleased with that one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthdicky Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 I've got a Holux GPSlim236 which I'm very pleased with, my brother has just bought an M1000 which is 32channel so even more sensitive. Both are bluetooth as standard, if you want to wire it to a laptop you need the optional USB data cable as the normal USB cable that comes with it is only for powering it from a laptop. Apparently the data cable has a Serial>USB converter moulded in the cable which is why that works and the normal USB one doesn't Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smo Posted October 18, 2007 Author Share Posted October 18, 2007 I've got a Holux GPSlim236 which I'm very pleased with, my brother has just bought an M1000 which is 32channel so even more sensitive. Both are bluetooth as standard, if you want to wire it to a laptop you need the optional USB data cable as the normal USB cable that comes with it is only for powering it from a laptop.Apparently the data cable has a Serial>USB converter moulded in the cable which is why that works and the normal USB one doesn't Richard Sounds good, my toughbook has bluetooth built in anyway so that might be feasable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthdicky Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Should work fine as it is then, I haven't had any problems with the Bluetooth connection with my PDA. What is quite cool is that the Bluetooth still works when the data cable is used, so I can it to connect to my laptop and PDA at the same time and run different maps/views/software on them Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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