GlobalSat DG-200 Download (dg-200)
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## GlobalSat DG-200 Download (dg-200)

This format can...

- read tracks

This format has the following options: erase, erase_only .

Serial download protocol for the GlobalSat DG-200™GPS data loggers.

GlobalSat DG-200

Example 3.14. Command showing DG-200 download and erase on Linux

`gpsbabel -t -i dg-200,erase -o gpx /dev/ttyUSB0 outputfile.gpx`

Example 3.15. Command showing DG-200 erase_only option on Linux

`gpsbabel -t -i dg-200,erase_only /dev/ttyUSB0`

The DG-200 provides a physical USB interface to the host computer, but internally it uses a Prolific PL-2303 chip to do this. So you must have drivers installed on your computer to recognize the PL-2303 and provide that data as a serial port to software like GPSBabel. Such software comes with the unit for Windows. Prolific provides software for Mac OS/X, but unfortunately their driver has a defect which makes it unstable with GPSBabel.

### `erase` option

Erase device data after download.

This option erases the track log from the device after download.

### `erase_only` option

Only erase device data, do not download anything.

Much like the `erase` this optio erases the data in the GPS. It does not transfer data before doing so, making it much faster. This may be handy in a work flow where you want to transfer the data from the GPS, check it on a map, and then remove it from the unit.

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