{"id":413,"date":"2010-05-10T20:36:58","date_gmt":"2010-05-10T20:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ravtrack.com\/GPStracking\/?p=413"},"modified":"2011-01-16T23:24:40","modified_gmt":"2011-01-16T23:24:40","slug":"gps-tracking-with-the-garmin-60c-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ravtrack.com\/GPStracking\/gps-tracking-with-the-garmin-60c-series\/","title":{"rendered":"GPS Tracking with the Garmin 60C Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

The M7 GX series of GPS transponders may be directly connected to a Garmin 60C <\/strong> series of hand-held GPSs.\u00a0 All members of the Garmin 60C family have an RS232 option that is compatible with NMEA 0183 messages.\u00a0 This allows them to be used with Raveon’s RavTrack<\/em> series of GPS radio transponders to make a complete GPS tracking system.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>When connected to the M7 GPS radio\u00a0transponder or the Atlas PL<\/em>Personal Locator, the\u00a0Garmin’s map will show the location of all of the the user\u00a0PLUS the location of all other\u00a0transponders within radio range.\u00a0 This unique feature allows one to quickly, easily, and inexpensively, make a\u00a0portable AVL system for tracking cars, trucks, racecars, construction equipment, or any thing Raveon’s M7 GX or Atlas PL<\/em> transponder may be installed on.<\/p>\n

The Garmin 60C series of hand-held GPSs have built-in interfaces for a “NMEA 0183” devices, which is another way of saying that they can connect to other devices using a serial cable.\u00a0\u00a0 The NMEA 0183 is an RS232 serial connection that typically operates at 4800 baud.\u00a0 It is used to exchange\u00a0way-point and other information between displays, GPS devices, and transponders.<\/p>\n

When Raveon’s M7 GX transponder is connected to the\u00a0Garmin display using the NMEA 0183 connection, the\u00a0GPS radio\u00a0transponder can put icons on the screen of the Garmin display.\u00a0 As the transponder receives updated positions from other vehicles, it updates the position of the tracked vehicle icons on the Garmin’s display.<\/p>\n

Garmin 60C, 60CS, 60Cx\u00a0Wiring<\/h2>\n

From the\u00a0Garmin technical manual, here is how their NMEA 0183 interface works:<\/p>\n

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NMEA 0183 Cable Connections<\/em><\/p>\n

NMEA 0183 is a standard communications format for marine electronic equipment. For example, an autopilot can connect to the NMEA interface on the Garmin 60C and receive positioning information.\u00a0 The Garmin 60C series can exchange information with any device that transmits or receives NMEA 0183 data.\u00a0 See the following diagram for general wiring connections. Read yourother product\u2019s owner\u2019s manual for more wiring information.<\/em><\/p>\n

NMEA 0183 Wiring\u00a0 (Data cable)<\/em><\/p>\n

Wiring the Serial Cable<\/h2>\n

The Garmin’s “Data Cable” must be connected to the M7 GPS transponder (or Atlas OL).\u00a0 This connection will allow the M7 to put icons on the screen of the Garmin display, showing the location of other tracked vehicles.\u00a0 The Raveon M7 GPS transponder uses a 9-pin “DB9” connector to connect to the Garmin.\u00a0 Solder the\u00a0Garmin data cable wires onto a DB9 connector and plug the DB9 into the M7 transponder as shown below:<\/p>\n

Connect the\u00a0white wire<\/strong>(serial data from M7 into Garmin) from the Garmin’s Serial Cable goes to pin\u00a02 of the M7’s RS232 DB9 connector.\u00a0 You do not need to connect the\u00a0brown wire<\/strong>(serial data from\u00a0Garmin), so you can trim it off.\u00a0 Connect the shield braid of the Garmin Serial Cable\u00a0to pin 5 of the DB9.\u00a0 The red wire optionally can connect to pin 9 of the Raveon GPS transponder’s DB9 to power the Garmin from the DC source that powers the M7.<\/p>\n

If you do not wire your own cable, but instead use Garmin’s RS232 serial cable, you will need to connect the Garmin’s RS232 cable to the M7 GPS transponder using a “NULL Modem” adaptor.<\/p>\n

Configuring the Garmin<\/h2>\n

Set the NMEA communication of the\u00a0Garmin to 4800 baud.<\/p>\n

Configuring the M7 GX Transponder<\/h2>\n

Raveon has a designed the M7 GX transponder to work with Lowrance Display or any other NMEA 0183 display that can accept the “$GPWPL” NMEA message.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The $GPWPL is an industry standard message that the Lowrance displays and many other GPS displays interpret as a waypoint command.\u00a0 The M7 GX outputs this $GPWPL message to put icons on the screen of the Lowarance, and to move the\u00a0icons around on its screen.<\/p>\n

To configure the M7 transponder to output the $GPWPL message, set the M7 GX to GPS mode 2.\u00a0 To do this, put it into the configuration mode by send the +++ into the serial port.\u00a0 The M7 will respond with an OK.\u00a0 Type GPS 4 and press enter to put it into GPS 4 mode.\u00a0 GPS 4 is the mode that causes the M7 GX to output $GPWPL messages whenever it receives a status\/position message over the air.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The M7 GX series of GPS transponders may be directly connected to a Garmin 60C series of hand-held GPSs.\u00a0 All members of the Garmin 60C family have an RS232 option that is compatible with NMEA 0183 messages.\u00a0 This allows them…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nGPS Tracking with the Garmin 60C Series - GPS Tracking - RavTrack Complete Real Time Tracking<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ravtrack.com\/GPStracking\/gps-tracking-with-the-garmin-60c-series\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"GPS Tracking with the Garmin 60C Series - GPS Tracking - RavTrack Complete Real Time Tracking\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The M7 GX series of GPS transponders may be directly connected to a Garmin 60C series of hand-held GPSs.\u00a0 All members of the Garmin 60C family have an RS232 option that is compatible with NMEA 0183 messages.\u00a0 This allows them…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ravtrack.com\/GPStracking\/gps-tracking-with-the-garmin-60c-series\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"GPS Tracking - 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