Re: How to Interface to USB

well, you said "any" suggestions, so ...

have you tried contacting the company that *makes* the GPS?
they may have, or may be able to point you to, driver[s].

in any case, please post back so we can all learn from you.

-paladin


"Mocacius" <Mocacius@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:435459c9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I posted this in Activex.Writing and was told this might be a better place
> for it, so here it goes...
>
> -----
>
> Using Delphi5. I'm writing an OCX to track a vehicle position from live GPS
> data. I was using a serial GPS and had no problems, I was reading the data,
> processing it, etc.. However, a client needs to use this with a GPS
> connected through the USB port, and I don't know how to read the data from
> it. Is there any specific information, on how to get data from the USB
> port? Are there any controls that I may need to get/license to let me
> communicate with the USB? What can I do?
>
> I am really desperate, so any information, help, suggestions would be great!
>
> *M*
>
>


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