[wellylug] USB cable design and GPS for linux

[nic]

USB standard says red and black are +V and Gnd respectively. Don't swap them. Then green 
and white are the data lines, so swap them if you need to.

Nic

Edouard Chalaron wrote:
> Hello All
> I have here a GPSmart fortuna that does have a mini usb connector.
> After battling to get my data out of it on my ubuntu laptop, I eventually found 
> that this particular GPS needs to have to wires inverted in the USB cable.
> I am tempted to cut open an USB cable and do it myself, though I am not sure how 
> to properly identify the wires ?
> Is there any coding colours in them or any sort of indication or standard?
> Thanks a lot
> E
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