Non-BT GPS receiver with SiRF Star III

[uffe73]

Hi all,

Can anyone advice me on a GPS unit with SiRF Star III chipset that can be connected to a PDA by cable instead of bluetooth? I currently own an Onyx GPS Mouse (RFG-1000) which works just this way. It was delivered with a single cable connecting the receiver to both power outlet and PDA - extremely handy. This saves me the hassle of connecting to bluetooth manually each time I want to use the system and the PDA GPS driver in my PDA is started automatically by plug-and-play whey I connect the cable. Perfect, except that the RFG-1000 supports only 8 GPS channels...

Cheers,

Ulf
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[uffe73]

I found an answer myself through some digging on the internet. The Holux GPSlim 236 offers dual interfaces for connection - both serial and BT. The question is now if there's a cable available that lets me connect the GPS receiver to my iPAQ 2210 and at the same time powering both units from my cigg outlet. I will email Holux and ask if they provide such cables.

Does anyone know if there are more SiRF Star III receivers available with this dual functionality?

Regards,

Ulf

[uffe73]

Found three GPS Mouse receivers (only serial interface) with SiRF Star III that are probably more what I'm looking for - and most likely cheaper than Holux GPSlim 236:

Holux GR-213
Globalsat BR-355
Globalsat BU353

The specs for these units look similar to their big brothers Globalsat BT-338 and Holux GPSlim-236, except that bluetooth is omitted. It would be nice to see some tests on above GPS mouse receivers on PocketGPSWorld to see how they compare

/Ulf

[ttrevor]

I bought the cable from Holux (£25) it alloys you to connect for charging and also a cable gps,on one end of the cable i have the mini usb that goes into the 236 and on the other end of the cable i have the Rj11 that fits into the y connection box that goes to my Brodit holder and PDA.
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