USB GPS by DeLorme

[Matthew Carpenter]

Roger Oberholtzer wrote:

>So, is the USB GPS a serial-over-usb device after all?
>
>We use high-end trimble GPS systems and would love to eliminate the serial
>stuff. We use them in asynchronous mode (we get a signal when data arrives).
>I have not had a chance to see if the USB interface allows this. I would
>imagine it should. That is why I have a serial->USB cable sitting around.
>But it is low down on the list of things to check.
>
>
>  
>
Never got it to work, and gave it back to my boss.  It was apparently 
being categorized as an HID device.  When accessing /dev/usb/hiddev0 
gpsd acted like it saw the GPS but I never got a satellite to connect. 
 The red light flashed at first then quit.