Joey GPS Puck


Last Changed 3/10/2017
We placed the GPS puck on the dash of *Joey. The windshield is more vertical that a typical automobile. We found that located in this position worked just fine in Red Rover*.
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	This is the GPS Puck we will bought. The BU-353S4.
	To mount the GPS Puck for the Nav Computer, we used a piece of PVC sheet formed as a wedge to fit the front of the dash. The wedge was covered in Velcro which attaches the wedge to the dash. The GPS Puck it also attached to the wedge with Velcro. The SiriusXM antenna is also attached to the wedge.
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Change to Android 10/24/2016 Android devices have to have a GPS receiver built-in. The question is how good of GPS receiver? We found we could use our BU-353S4 by using an On-the-Go (OTG) cable. The OTG cable plugs into the charging port of the Android device and allows regular USB devices to be attached. In this case we just transferred the USB hub that the BU-353S4, the mouse, and the speakers were attached to and connected it to the OTG cable. All the devices worked. The disadvantage of the OTG cable is that it cannot supple power to the Android device. For the time being we are using the built-in GPS capability of the tablets. If that proves to be unsatisfactory, we will get a Bluetooth GPS receiver.

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