[MLB-WIRELESS] [OT] transcom VTX units

[Red_Wolf_2]

Indeed it can, but as we found, Transcom wasn't exactly willing to
come to the table over getting the devices to work... Certainly, I
would gladly reassemble the unit if we did manage to get all the
software to use it properly (assuming it still works now!)

As for information regarding the unit, I have a half-baked page built,
which I was eventually going to submit to hackaday, however I then
partly cannibalised my circuit to build a pic programmer, and am yet
to put it all back together again. Given I now have some more parts, I
think i will put it back and see how it all goes.
More details regarding pinouts, the software I made to deal with SMS
messages, etc coming soon...

(Anyone know of some good software for drawing circuit diagrams? It
would make life a lot easier than having to hand draw the whole
thing!)

On 6/26/07, Rowan 2006 <rowan2006 at sensation.net.au> wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Jun 2007, Red_Wolf_2 wrote:
>
> > I guess it would be possible to interface both modules to a different
> > microcontroller, such as one of the PIC or ARM line, but I don't know
> > enough about programming those to do it. Any takers out there? :P
> > It would be nice to make a little unit that could receive an SMS, and
> > respond to it with its current GPS location, or maybe (for the more
> > adventurous) establish a GPRS session and upload trip data to a server
> > somewhere...
>
> Hmmm hardware hacking is fun, but wouldn't it be better not to reinvent
> the wheel? ;) I believe that's what the Transcom unit can already do.
>
> Anyway...
>
> I have a pocket PC with inbuilt GPS & bluetooth so at this stage I'm
> wondering whether I should just try to find (or write) something that will
> occasionally send off an SMS with my car's location once I'm further than
> X kilometres from home, and I've moved since the last SMS update. I was
> hoping for a more permanent and reliable solution though - the Transcom
> unit (with external antenna) will probably be better at sending SMSs in
> fringe or other difficult areas, compared to a mobile phone in my trouser
> pocket. ;) OTOH, the PPC+phone solution is portable beyond the car.
>
> Cheers.
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