I am looking for a serial cable with power connector so I can use the serial port while charging the MDA II (as well as the MDA I).
Does anyone know where I can buy one (or actually many of them)?
I live in the Netherlands, but mailorder is fine as well.
im pretty sure my old XDA1 serial cable i got from the o2 shop had a power socket adapter on it too :\ it was £15 from the o2shop uptown...
Thanks. In the Netherlands they do have the serial cable but none with power. I cannot even by the connectors themselves (so without wiring).
I just bought two at this site: http://pc-mobile.net/xda.htm, hope they deliver...
Related
Hi folks,
this is for everyone who can not get a serial cable or who is unable to wait for a cable after ordering it.
I modified my USB cradle and added a serial cable to it.
My cradle is a T-Mobile MDA 2 german one,
but I think others are the same.
Here is a small, pictured, description how I did it.
http://www.tech4web.de/xdacradle/
Now You can read Your roms to sd or do all other serial things.
Be sure that You are able to do the soldering things. If not better keep Your hands out of it.
hi...
i already have the Magellan gps 315 and wanted to know if its possible to connect to the XDA II. what cables would i need etc.... it is NMEA 2.1 compliant...
thanks for any help or suggestions
maxd
I assume the Magellan communicate with a serial port?
The simple way is to get hold of a serial sync cable and a "crossover gender bender" (that is what I have for my Garmin GPS 35 at least).
This won't get your XDA II charged though... but I think there is a serial sync and power cable available.
Best regards,
Ørjan Sandland
hi
thanks,
there is a cable, one with bare wires for wiring yourself or a serial i think...
how do i connect it to the XDA II though...
cheers
maxd
What do you mean? The serial sync cable attaches to your XDA sync port in one end, and has a female serial connector in the other end.
Then you get a serial cable for your GPS, which will probably leave you with a female serial in the "open" end too.
This is where the "crossover gender bender" comes into action, as you'll need a male-male adapter that have some of the pins crossed (any decent computershop should be able to sell you a serial crossover cable or an adapter).
Ørjan
hi...
no there is a cable from magellan that attaches to the GPS and the other end there are bare wires for your own use...
could i connect to the xDA II with these wires...
thanks for all you help so far...
maxd
Yes max, you will need a plug that fits the xda though, might be an idea to also input power for the xda through the same plug.
thanks again..
where can i get a connector for the XDAII and what wires go where...
cheers
maxd
Hi,
title says it all really... I damaged my cable. As I still have the Haicom receiver, I still want to use it.
I can't find this cable anywhere.
The cable in question is the in car charger cable for the XDA/XDA2 but also connects the GPS receiver to the XDA. The connection to the Haicom HI-203e is a PS/2 connector (same as older mouse or keyboard).
If anyone knows where I can get one of the in the UK i'd appreciate it if you could let me know where.....
XDA2 is a cool tool...
Sno...
try:
http://www.globalpositioningsystems.co.uk/allprods.php?compared_products=&page=1&category_id=12
or ebay sellers usually sell them for £20
Or if your capable with a soldering iron you can make yourself one
http://www.vanhemert.biz/Car_Kit_GPS_Connection.htm
HTH
Neil
tried it...
Thanks Swifty.
Tried to do this but used a incar charger instead of the car kit.
Didn't work.
The HI-203e was getting power but not enough...
I think the resistor in the car charger must be bigger than the one in the proper cable...
And, I have also tried to find this cable on Ebay...
Impossible, if anyone does find one tho let me know.
I have scoured the Internet trying to find this cable with NO joy...
Sno
phone up GPS systems and ask...... :roll:
Sno, you can always grab a universal incar ciggy adaptor from maplin or similar, they are only £7 then just set the dial to 5Volts (or whatever the 203 needs) then put the + and - cables onto the cable you made, obviously you will need a ciggy lighter splitter for your car, so that you can use your charge cable, and gps @ the same time. Or grab yourself a female lighter socket and cable it upto your battery..
..got it...
managed to find it @
http://www.globalpositioningsystems.co.uk
cheers...
Sno
Hi there,
I currently have a recently deceased ipaq 3630 with GPS cable, currently hardwired into my car (I just took the plastics off the plug, hard wired it to ground and ignition power and re-boxed it)
Anyways, I also have an Orange M1000 with 2 cradles, and I'm a cheap*ss mofo.... so what I'm basically planning on is:-
get pinouts for ipaq 3630
get pinouts for M1000 (I see they're in a post in this forum)
cut ipaq end off GPS cable and strip
cut usb end off M1000 cradle cable and strip
using multimeter buzz out the pin -> colour on each of the cables
wire together
glue (or duck tape or something) cradle into car
I'm working on the theory that the gps -> ipaq connection is going to have power and tx/rx which will be all I need for the gps, and that the M1000 cradle will have the same for activesync.
Anyone done this or similar, or does anyone think I'm just crazy?
Cheers
Doogie
Answering my own question because noone else did
The cradle I had was for USB not serial and I couldn't manage to get serial over USB option working in tomtom..... I opened the cradle (T6 driver), split the cable to leave the power going where it was but split out the 2 usb cables and I buzzed out some points on the board where there was connectivity to the 8 & 10 pins... little bit of soldering and reassembly and I now have a serial cradle with power that connects to my GPS..... now just need to make it look purty in my car
I ordered and received my TC from Clove Technology (UK) since it is still not available in my country (Slovenia). Now to the problem - the power adapter which arrived with it is UK type which is not compatible with continental electric outlets. Since TC is still not available here, I can't buy a spare one, but I can get it for Tytn II (Kaiser) or Touch/Touch Dual.
Can anyone confirm that they are compatible and I can safely use it for charging my TC? So far I survive with USB charging.
Thanks
Power adapter - plug converter
Maybe you just need a power plug UK to EU converter. Here, in Serbia it's just a few hundred Dinars (approx 2-3 EUR)
(or simply charge from USB)
Chinese have power plugs compatible with the whole world - checked out.
I received a UK power plug with my TC and swapped it for the US one that I used for my Tilt (Kaiser). I also kept and use the USB cable from the Tilt for the TC. I've had no problems with either - as long as they fit (miniUSB on one end, power plug or USB on the other) they should be fine.