[Linux] USB and GPS and TclTk
Adam Glass
linux@flux.org
Mon, 2 Jun 2008 17:48:48 -0400
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Hmm, someone else from the office just sent this ...
I use one from Belkin ($5-$10). I think they all "just work". Only
difference is that it will not communicate via /dev/ttyS0 (serial) but
/dev/ttyUSB0 (usb serial converter).
On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 5:11 PM, Adam Glass <adamglass@gmail.com> wrote:
> As it happens, folks where I work use USB to serial adapters under Linux.
> One from a company named Sewell is reported to work under Fedora and
> Ubuntu.
>
> Here's a link to another which is reported to work under Ubuntu...
>
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812203018
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>
>
> --Adam
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> On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 4:33 PM, Steven Benmosh <wordz2u@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Several related questions - trying to get a Garmin Geko/eTrex serial
>> adapter connected to a USB port, and use GPSman to communicate with the GPS:
>>
>> 1. Anyone had any luck with a USB to Serial Converters under Linux? I
>> bought one from TigerDirect to connect my GPS to a USB slot, and it did not
>> even work in Windows, where there was a drivers disk.
>>
>> 2. Anyone knows how to run GPSMan (written in Tcl/Tk) on OSX? I have
>> someone offering me a converter, and I want to try it on a macbook (the only
>> computer I have access to right now), and I installed something called Aqua
>> which is Tcl/Tk for mac, and it has an interface called Wish, but I still
>> can't seem to run anything on it...
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Z.
>>
>> --
>> Check out my web site - www.words2u.net
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Hmm, someone else from the office just sent this ...<div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; ">I use one from Belkin ($5-$10). I think they all "just work". Only difference is that it will not communicate via /dev/ttyS0 (serial) but /dev/ttyUSB0 (usb serial converter).</span><br>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 5:11 PM, Adam Glass <<a href="mailto:adamglass@gmail.com">adamglass@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
As it happens, folks where I work use USB to serial adapters under Linux.<div><br></div><div>One from a company named Sewell is reported to work under Fedora and Ubuntu.</div><div><br></div><div>Here's a link to another which is reported to work under Ubuntu...</div>
<div><br></div><div><p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:12.0px Helvetica"><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812203018" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812203018</a></p>
<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:12.0px Helvetica"><br></p><font color="#888888"><p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:12.0px Helvetica"><br></p><p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:12.0px Helvetica">
--Adam</p>
</font></div><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 4:33 PM, Steven Benmosh <<a href="mailto:wordz2u@gmail.com" target="_blank">wordz2u@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Several related questions - trying to get a Garmin Geko/eTrex serial adapter connected to a USB port, and use GPSman to communicate with the GPS:<br><br>1. Anyone had any luck with a USB to Serial Converters under Linux? I bought one from TigerDirect to connect my GPS to a USB slot, and it did not even work in Windows, where there was a drivers disk.<br>
<br>2. Anyone knows how to run GPSMan (written in Tcl/Tk) on OSX? I have someone offering me a converter, and I want to try it on a macbook (the only computer I have access to right now), and I installed something called Aqua which is Tcl/Tk for mac, and it has an interface called Wish, but I still can't seem to run anything on it...<br>
<br>Thanks,<br><br>Z.<br clear="all"><font color="#888888"><br>-- <br>Check out my web site - <a href="http://www.words2u.net" target="_blank">www.words2u.net</a>
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