tomtom serial connection

[Maksim Yevmenkin]

On 4/18/07, Iain Hibbert <plunky at rya-online.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Apr 2007, Vittorio De Martino wrote:
>
> > What I would like to do is to read gps data position in NMEA format
> > (I've read somewhere that this is the standard for tomtom).
>
> Yeah, but where did you read that?

yes, if your tomtom running standard unmodified software i do not see
a way to do it. it certainly does not tell anything about it in user
guide :)

>
> > In other words by means of a terminal like minicom and a
> > /dev/somethingIdontknow I would read the flow of data position while
> > read by the gps device. In a nutshell to capture them.
>
> on that opentom.org wiki you posted a link to, there seems to be such
> capability - but opentom is a replacement OS for the device, you need to
> build it and put it on your SD card and reboot the machine (I think)
>
> I don't see anything saying you can access the GPS raw data over bluetooth
> with the basic operating system..

agreed

thanks,
max

>
> iain
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