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Technical Topics => Software => Topic started by: LibertyCave WS7PB on November 24, 2022, 0608 UTC

Title: Identify Garmin RINO data mode
Post by: LibertyCave WS7PB on November 24, 2022, 0608 UTC

What software would you use to identify the mode Garmin RINO radios are using to transmit position data? I prefer Linux, but other people interested in this use Windows and Ios products.

Title: Re: Identify Garmin RINO data mode
Post by: RobRich on November 24, 2022, 1335 UTC

I dropped a few searches and skimmed some pages. Apparently it is a MSK format with a 600 or maybe 1200 baud rate. Encoding seems proprietary, and that is about as far as I got down the rabbit hole.

http://www.radio-active.net.au/web3/APRS/Resources/RINO

https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/interoperation-between-garmin-rino-650-and-yaesu-8dr.251836/

Xastir has a way to access RINO GPS data for for APRS use, but that means needing a serial connection to a receiving RINO radio.

https://github.com/Xastir/Xastir/blob/master/INSTALL#L1284

Title: Re: Identify Garmin RINO data mode
Post by: LibertyCave WS7PB on November 24, 2022, 1839 UTC

Thank you for this info. I believe by law they must us PSk, AFSK, or FSK. Though that is in America, and they may have used another mode in other parts of the world for the same reason. I am going to give Xaster a try.