I think you can use setserial /dev/ttyS0 to set the speed and other
options on the com port.. I cant remember exactly - also , try this
before using the max232 because it seems that gps of yours doesn't need
a level converter so if you add a level converter the logic is gonna be
inverted which wont work anyway

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[mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of Amaury Jacquot
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Subject: Re: [EE]: connecting a Garmin GPS 16A to a PC serial port


Andre Thomas wrote:
> Did you check both tx and rx lines? I have found (I think it was a
> motorola gsm module) where either the tx or the rx was running at 5v
> whilst the other was running 3.3 volt.

yeah, the oscilloscope was showing 5v/0v on one cable, and about 50mv to
10mv crosstalk on the other.

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