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2008-02-06
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Yep, you can indeed, if you can hack up the appropriate cable. I have my BU-353 USB GPS working hanging off my N800 - and that's a GPS that is powered from USB.
The software side of things might have to be messed with a little to make it access the GPS somewhere different, but it should work.
Don't worry about disconnecting the power line, a standalone Garmin GPS shouldn't draw that much power, and the N800 is good to go up to ~125ma AFAIK.
The software side of things might have to be messed with a little to make it access the GPS somewhere different, but it should work.
Don't worry about disconnecting the power line, a standalone Garmin GPS shouldn't draw that much power, and the N800 is good to go up to ~125ma AFAIK.
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2008-02-06
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GPSD needs to know where the serial port is, and I think in /var/lib/gps or somewhere it can be set. The source is available. And the standard GPSD should support Garmin protocol.
If N800 running OS2008 supports OTG, can I connect my Garmin GPSMAP CSX 60 (or any USB GPS device) as GPS device for N800 maemo map/mapper?
I know I can use my Garmin GPSMAP with laptop.
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