kovan

Hi all, I am having a small issue,
I have hooked up my gps to the pc and using Hyperterminal i am able to read NMEA sentences just fine, everything works.
when i hook it up to Map point 2004, it says "Initializing" and it never finds the current location,
Map Point states that the gps reciever must be NMEA 2.0 compatible and i did check the reciever specs, it says its NMEA 2.0 compatible.
i am just wondering waht i am doing wrong.
i do no thave any other software other than map point to test it
if anyone had issues, assistance would be appreciate it

Kovan,

MP3Car.com

 

wi77iam

How do you connect the gps to the pc - is it usb or serial? If usb, do you have a usb-serial driver that makes it appear on a comport? Mappoint needs to see the gps on a comport.

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kovan

the gps is serial,
and yes the map point sees the port because when i go to "configure GPS" it lists the port the gps is on, so it has no problem detecting that there is a communication port that is avaialbe (and only shows it if gps is connected)
the problem is that map point is not getting the signals

yuprules

I notice you have been configuring your software over and over, have you actually configured your GPS to send out NMEA instead of whatever the default is? Example: My Garmin by default is NOT NMEA, it is a Garmin protocal. so it only works with my Garmin Map Source CD's I purchased.

ukchris

What do the strings look like in HyperTerminal?

I've found MapPoint to be fairly picky, it likes a very good lock before it is happy to show position. Did your GPS come with any test program? Mine (Deluo) has a test app, I guess it should be generic, you might want to grab it from their web site and try it.

You did close down HyperTerminal I assume... apps don't like to share serial data.

Chris.

MP3Car.com