GPS Devices
| Model | Vendor | Linux | Windows | Mac OS X |
| BU-353 USB | Various | Yes, native | Yes with driver | Yes with driver |
| Foretrex 201 | Garmin | Pl2303 driver and gpsd. Gpsd hotplugging is disabled for the device, so you need to edit the gpsd udev rules. | ? | ? |
| GPS126 GPS128 | Garmin | "Send Route to GPS" Only the waypoints are transferred, not the route | ? | |
| GPSmap 76CSx | Garmin | GPS is connected via USB cable. Works with OCPN stable 2.3.1 and beta 2.4.708 on Ubuntu 10.04 with kernel 2.6.38 and gpsd 2.95 via Network LIBGPS as NMEA source | ? | ? |
| Nokia E71 + EXTGps | Nokia+Symarctic | ? | WinXP SP3 Yes Win7 Data yes - OpenCPN No |
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| QSTARZ 51 Channel Bluetooth GPS | Qstarz | Yes native. Works great as per help file wiki Bluetooth GPS Ubuntu Install | Could not get it to work with Windows and MaxSea. never tried on OpenCPN on Windows. | |
| RayNav 300 | Raymarine | Works on Linux Debian, build the serial cable and you're set | Works on Windows XP | Not tried |
| NL-302U | Navilock | XP & 7U46 fine | ||
| NL-402U (u-blox5 chipset) | Navilock | Works, tested on Ubuntu 10.10 | Works tried on Windows XP and Windows 7 32-bit | Not tried |
| ND-100S SiRF-III | Nobrand | Works well with Ubuntu | seems similar.Successfully connected and continuously returning nmea-signal. Vista. Works with Win 98 and XP |
Not tested |
| Holux GM-210 USB | Sony Viao with Vista | |||
| RBT-1000 Bluetooth |
RoyalTek Windows Configuration Tool, best results when set GLL to 5 with Config Tool |
not tested | works with USB Bluetooth Dongle, WinXP SP3 | works with built in Bluetooth of MacBookPro OS X 10.6.4 |
| SKYTRAQ GM 65 |
Skytraq - chipset Venus 6 USB - NMEA 0183 |
not tested | Yes, with driver tested with Win7 64 & 32. |
Yes, with driver |
| GP-01 USB Eastern Star 7 | MC-Marine | Yes, "out of the box" | Yes with driver | ? |
| GP-01S USB SiFR Star III | MC-Marine | Yes, "out of the box" | Yes with driver | ? |
| Earthmate GPS LT-40 | DeLorme | Yes, "out of the box" | Yes with driver | Testing |