GPS input into Red Lion controller

Hi,

I potentially need to put a GPS input into a Red Lion CSMSTRSX. It will be the receiver on the link below.

http://www.usglobalsat.com/store/download/62/bu353_ds_ug.pdf

My question is, can I simply use an RS232 port configured (4800/N/8/1) and analyze the string when it comes in?

Cheers,

The data sheet you have given is for the USB version of a GPS sensor not RS232, so you can't use that one. The RS232 version needs 4.5 to 6.5 volt supply which is a bit of a pain in a 24Vd.c. controls world. So those problems aside, yes you can just analyse the string as it comes in. I can't see that it says which NMEA 0183 sentence it gives out, see here for the differences:
http://www.gpsinformation.org/dale/nmea.htm

Personally I use a Garmin GPS16x HVS sensor, mostly because it takes a 24Vd.c. supply.