User's Manual

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handset basics
standard. Consequently it's unsuitable for
conventional marine NMEA-0183 equipment
use. Its intended use is for normal
“terrestrial” mobile users who want to enable
their USB hosting computing devices such as
a PC, laptop or PDA with the handset's highly-
capable GPS functionality.
get connected
1
Remove the protective cover from
the handset's side connector and insert a
cable into the handset's side connector.
2
Insert the other end of the cable into a
vacant USB receptacle of your host
device. A virtual USB Comm Port will be
created on your host device upon
successful enumeration of the handset as
a USB Communications Device Class
device.
3
Ensure no application in your host device
is using the created COMM port. You may
need to ensure that the created virtual
COMM port settings are set as follows:
Bits per second
: 4800
Data bits
: 8
Parity
: None
Stop bits
: 1
Flow control
: None
4
Start the GPS application on your host
device. Set the GPS application to start
accepting NMEA-0183 formatted data
from the created Virtual COMM port.
5
Set your handset to start sending
NMEA-0183 formatted location
information.
Find it:
M
>
GPS
>
Interface
>
NMEA OUT
>
On
Your handset is now actively sending location
NMEA-0183 formatted GPS data to your USB
host device.