GPS Unit Compatibility

GPSy® and GPSy Pro™ were designed to be the most compatible GPS software programs on the market. They support the NMEA-0183; NMEA-0182; Rockwell NavCore V; Rockwell Zodiac; Sony IPS; Trimble (TSIP); and Garmin host mode real-time positional protocols.

GPSy® and GPSy Pro™ also support data transfers of waypoints, routes, and so forth with Garmin; Magellan and Lowrance/Eagle GPS units. To the best of our knowledge, no other GPS program on the market supports more GPS units or NMEA sentences than the GPSy software line.

Garmin USB Units: We are working on adding support for the Garmin USB units as soon as possible.

Magellan USB Units: Magellan doesn't provide either the necessary drivers for Mac OS X or the specification required for us to write our own drivers, so at this time we have no plans to support the USB-based Magellan units.

GPSy® and GPSy Pro™ have been tested and run with the following units:



GPSy Compatibility
GPS UnitReal-Time ProtocolData transfersCommand Control
Apelco GPS-15NMEA-0183--
Apelco 6700
(Raytheon Raystar 108 GPS engine)
NMEA-0183--
Ashtec SCA-12; 12SNMEA-0183-Yes
DeLorme Earthmate Rockwell Zodiac
(Full, licensed initialization sequence)
--
DeLorme Tripmate NMEA-0183
(Full, licensed initialization sequence)
-Yes
DeLorme Tripmate Rockwell Zodiac
(Full, licensed initialization sequence)
--
DeLorme Track'n'Go Rockwell NavCore V
(Full, licensed initialization sequence)
--
Eagle AccuMap 12
Eagle AccuMap Sport
Eagle AccuNav Sport
Eagle AccuTrail
Eagle Explorer / II
Eagle Expedition
Eagle Map Guide Pro
Eagle UltraNav GPS
Eagle View
NMEA-0183LSI-100 (wpts; rtes)-
Furuno GP30, GP35 NMEA-0183-Yes
GPS UnitReal-Time ProtocolData transfersCommand Control
Garmin II, II+, 38
Garmin 40, 45, 45XL
Garmin 48, 75
NMEA-0183 &
GRMN/GRMN
GRMN/GRMN
(wpt; rte; trk; alm)
-
Garmin 12; 12XL
Garmin 12CX; 12Map
NMEA-0183 &
GRMN/GRMN
GRMN/GRMN
(wpt; rte; trk; alm; prx; usr; cfg)
-
Garmin III / III+ NMEA-0183 &
GRMN/GRMN
GRMN/GRMN
(wpt; rte; trk; alm; prx; screen)
-
Garmin StreetPilot
Garmin ColorMap
Garmin GPSMap 195
NMEA-0183 &
GRMN/GRMN
GRMN/GRMN
(wpt; rte; trk; alm; screen)
-
Garmin eMap
Garmin eTrex (serial models)
NMEA-0183 &
GRMN/GRMN
GRMN/GRMN
(wpt; trk alm; screen)
-
Garmin 175
Garmin GPSMap 210
Garmin GPSMap 220
NMEA-0183 &
GRMN/GRMN
GRMN/GRMN
(wpt; rte; trk; alm; prx)
-
Garmin 55, 55 AVD
Garmin 80, 89, 92
Garmin 90, 95XL
Garmin 95 AVD
Garmin 100 AVD
Garmin 120
Garmin 125, 135
Garmin 150, 155
Garmin GPSCOM 190
Garmin III Pilot
NMEA-0183--
Garmin GNC 250
Garmin GNC 300
NMEA-0183--
Garmin 20, 20SL, 30
Garmin 31, 35, 36
NMEA-0183
(Full initialization sequence)
-Yes
Garmin Glo NMEA-0183--
GPS UnitReal-Time ProtocolData transfersCommand Control
ICOM GPS-22 NMEA-0183--
Leica MX400 Professional DGPS Navigator NMEA-0183--
Lowrance AirMap
Lowrance GlobalMap Sport
Lowrance GlobalNav Sport
Lowrance GlobalNav 200/212
Lowrance GlobalNav 310
Lowrance Global Map 100
Lowrance SeaNav
NMEA-0183LSI-100 (wpts; rtes)-

Magellan 315
Magellan 320
Magellan 410
Magellan 2000XL *
Magellan 3000XL *
Magellan 4000XL *
Magellan ColorTrak
Magellan Tracker
Magellan Trailblazer XL
Magellan NAV 6000
(* with power/data module) Magellan SporTrak
Magellan Meridian
(*All models)

NMEA-0183Magellan-
Magellan GPS3000; 4000
Magellan Pro Mark-X
Magellan MAP330
NMEA-0183--
GPS UnitReal-Time ProtocolData transfersCommand Control
Motorola PVT-6 NMEA-0183-Yes
Novatel NavCard NMEA-0183-Yes
Panasonic KX-G93
Panasonic KX-G5700
NMEA-0183--
Raytheon 790 Fishfinder
Raytheon Raystar 108 GPS engine
NMEA-0183--
Rockwell NavCard Rockwell NavCore V--
Rockwell PLGR NMEA-0183--
Sony IPS-3000
Sony IPS-5000
Sony IPS-5100
Sony IPS760
Sony PACY-CNV
Sony IPS--
Toshiba Noteworthy
GPS PC Card NWGPS01
Rockwell NavCore V--
Trimble 4000SSi
Trimble Ensign XL
Trimble FlightPro
Trimble GPS PC-Card
Trimble ScoutMaster
NMEA-0183--
Trimble Mobile GPS Gold Card
Trimble SVee-Six
et al.
Trimble TSIP--
Functions indicated in purple are GPSy Pro specific

Please do not consider this list to be exclusive or definitive as GPSy/GPSy Pro support practically all GPS units with data output capabilities. New units are being tested by our users and added constantly. Not all units support all data transfer types (some even vary by the ROM version number), so test your own unit for compatibility using the demo version of GPSy before purchasing. If your specific GPS unit isn't listed, but there's another model from another manufacturer, then your unit will most probably work fine.


NMEA 0183 Sentences

GPSyTM is compatible with all NMEA-0183 compatible talkers and recognizes all major NMEA sentences produced by GPS, Loran-C, and other navigational units:
   AAM - Waypoint arrival alarm
   APA - Autopilot format A
   APB - Autopilot format B (xte,steerto,arrivalcircle,arrivalperpendicular,
         bearing (orig to dest), bearing (present to dest)
   BOD - Bearing, origin to destination
   BWC - Bearing and distance to waypoint, great circle
   BWR - Bearing and distance to waypoint, rhumb line (overridden by BWC if available)
   DBT - Depth below transducer
   DPT - Depth of water
   GGA - Global Positioning System Fix Data
   GLL - Geographic position, latitude and longitude (and time)
   GSA - GPS DOP and active satellites 
   GSV - Satellites in view
   HDM - Heading, magnetic north
   HDT - Heading, true north
   HSC - Steer to heading
   MTW - Mean water temperature
   RMB - Recommended minimum navigation info when dest. waypoint is active
   RMC - Recommended minimum specific GPS/Transit data
   VTG - Track made good and ground speed
   WCV - Waypoint closure velocity
   WPL - Waypoint location
   XTE - Cross-track error
   XTR - Cross-track error, dead reckoning (overriden by XTE if available)

Recognized and supported proprietary sentences are:

   PGRME   - Garmin Proprietary Estimated Position Error
   PGRMF   - Garmin Proprietary Position Fix Sentence
   PGRMM   - Garmin Proprietary Map Datum Sentence
   PGRMV   - Garmin Proprietary Velocity Sentence
   PGRMZ   - Garmin Proprietary Altitude Information
   PRWIZCH - Rockwell Zodiac Proprietary Channel Information

NMEA 0183 standard bps settings are 4800 bps; 8 data bits; 1 stop bit; no parity. You can use a telecommunication program at these settings to test whether your Mac is receiving the GPS NMEA sentences correctly or not.


NMEA-0182 Support

GPSyTM 2.2 adds NMEA-0182 support to the mix. Watch this area for a list of supported NMEA-0182 devices. Feel free to if your NMEA-0182 or NMEA-0183 device works and isn't listed.

GPSyTM 3.0 adds Rockwell Zodiac and NavCore protocols; Sony IPS protocol; and the Garmin real-time protocol as well as support for Magellan and Eagle/Lowrance data transfers.


Tested Macintosh Systems

GPSy® X and GPSy Pro X are provided as Universal Binaries. The system requirements for the Mac OS X releases:

The classic GPSyTM is provided as a 68K+PowerPC "fat" binary and is PowerPC accelerated. The system requirements are:

GPSy uses the native QuickTime imaging libraries for full JPEG/TIFF support (not secondary translations like other software). In addition, we are also QuickTime 4 optimized, taking advantage of new, faster routines in this release.


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