Earthmate Gps Model 9538 Driver
Additional GPS Links to; First, as far as Delorme is concerned, the Tripmate no longer exists. A search on their site for the word 'Tripmate' turns up no results. But there are still a huge number of these units out in the world, and if you can find one for cheap, grab it, as, in my experience, it is a good, accurate NMEA compatible GPS receiver which can be a very inexpensive way to start learning about the GPS system using Delorme GPS mapping software. However, the unit is dated, designed to be used with Delorme products (see below for the special 'init string) so I have moved on to more uptodate products such as the Magellan and self contained handheld mapping units and have forgotten most of what I used to know about the Tripmate, so, if the information you seek is not on this page, it's 'Google Time' as asking me is not going to be productive. Enjoy it and may you learn as much as I did. Tripmate Drivers? As time passes and the Tripmates quietly age around the country and globe, many find their way to EBay to be bought without any documentation by the curious.
Great add-on. This is for a DeLorme Earthmate GPS receiver which connects to a computers USB port. When used with popular mapping software it will allow you to pinpoint where you are in realtime. See your position updated in real-time as you track using Street Atlas USA or Topo USA. This product does NOT include the. The DeLorme Serial Emulator is a system tray utility that provides. Best Free Driver Software. Assign up to three different COM Ports for the Earthmate GPS.
As a result of that and this being one of the few Tripmate information sites, I am getting an increasing number of queries, many of which are 'Where are the Tripmate drivers?' Along with 'What GPS software will it work with' First, it is a serial device (4800,8,n,1 with no flow control) so it does not require drivers to work, just a program that communicates across a RS-232 serial connection. If your computer does not have a serial port, you can use a usb serial 'dongle' and, while the 'dongle' will require usb drivers, serial devices such as the Tripmate do not. 'ASTRAL' Initialization String However, unlike almost all other serial GPS receivers, it will not begin receiving until the string 'ASTRAL' () is sent to it via that serial connection. While the Tripmate is NMEA compatible (the geodetic datum used is WGS84,) when using it with software other than Delorme, the software must first transmit the string ASTRAL to trigger it into action.
If this is not done, the Tripmate will simply transmit the same string until it's batteries die. Next, the Tripmate was designed by Delorme so that it should work with any Delorme software that has GPS options such as Street Atlas. A few other GPS/Map programs support the Tripmate, and if they do, 'Delorme' and/or 'Tripmate' will be selectable in the software's GPS setup. If 'Delorme or Tripmate' is not an option, the Tripmate will not function as it will not be initialized by the software. MS Streets and Trips does not support the Tripmate. Alison Moyet The Minutes Rapidshare S.
I have been able to initialize it for some PC programs by starting a terminal program such as Hyperterminal and sending the 'ASTRAL' string, but this will not work with XP or the PocketPC OS since those operating systems do not allow two different programs to access the same serial port at the same time, plus the port is 'closed' when one program releases it which puts the Tripmate back to sleep. Since the Tripmate itself puts out the 'ASTRAL' string repeatedly when it is inactive, another solution has been to rewire the serial connector so that this string is routed back to the receiver to wake it up. Show wiring options to meet this need.