CF29 GPS opening Comm Port

Hi all,
Thanks to this excellent forum I now have a CF29 that I am very pleased with, however I could do with some advice ref the GPS and Comm Port.
I installed my EM408 today, downloaded the drivers, installed them along with GPS Info, found the EM408 was on Comm 3 so fired up VirtualGPS, set it up and achieved solid lock on 10 birds indoors within 5 seconds, brilliant.
Now comes the catch.
When I re-start neither GPS Info or Virtual GPS can find the EM408. V GPS says cannot open comm port and GPS Info shows no device installed on comm 3. If I check System Devices it shows Panasonic Filter Driver installed and working. The only cure is to go to the download of GPS Filter 050926A, hit GPSFinstall, then "install" which shows update as it's loading, then "Driver Installed Succesfully". Now fire up V GPS and all is working!
Hopefully someone will be able to tell me where I am going wrong!
Thanks,
Ade
Forgot to add that I've tried searching the forum and re-reading the GPS threads but couldn't see an answer.

 

your problem is the IRQ assignment. You can make the gps working with em408 without the filter by just hitting the correct rsources.


ohlip

 

Ohlip,
Thank you for the quick and helpful reply. I have now tried disabling the Panasonic Filter and then in BIOS, Auto, then Enabled with each IRQ tried in turn. I didn't try 3E8/IRQ7as it gave a boot error "Serial Port Configuration changed" I didn't hit F1 to continue as I was not sure what I would mess up!
The other IRQ's did not work with GPS Info or Virtual GPS.
Should I have tried IRQ7?
Ade

 

Ok! here is the best thing that you can do. Go to bios set the gps to auto. Reboot the pc, Uninstall the comport(where the gps com port assigned) and then reboot. Let windows install the new com port. I'll say at com 3, double click the comport and it open the properties. There is tab at the upper "resources" click that. If the box at the middle has check mark(Use automatic setting), uncheck that and then choose on the Setting based on: "Basic configuration 001 and then Ok. Then there's gonna pop up a new window, just hit ok. Then reboot. Scan gps using your software at 4800 baudrate and your set to go. Good Luck.


ohlip

 

Thanks. I followed your instruction exactly and after last reboot I scanned and no GPS found! Went back into comm 3 selected 001 again and then didn't reboot but ran GPS Info and it shows up. Did another reboot and it has forgotten then settings again. How can I force it to remember the config of 001 please?

Ade

 

Probably other device use the same port. Change the port setting I say to com4 any port as long as not in use and the same procedure. Let see.

I did mentioned that on "aftermarket gps......" that sometimes port setting is bet tricky. And another way is; Set the bios into default setting then go to gps and set it auto then save setting and reboot. Follow the same instruction as i mentioned above. Let me know.


BTW, how many hair you pulled it out already?

ohlip

 

Ohlip,
Thank you very much for your help. Changed port to comm 4 as you said and it's working great even after reboot.

Ade

 

But you didn't answer my Q? before you configured the setting

How many............already? Oh! well you probably no hair no more.



ohlip

 

Sorry, missed the Q in the excitement of getting it running!
Hair still in place but head sore from banging it on desk repeatedly trying to reconfig brain!

Ade

 

As a side note, let me again recommend Franson Gate. If you are using GPS this little app. is very useful. When you boot up it finds the GPS and grabs that com port for itself. When you open it up it lets you create multiple virtual com ports which you can assign to specific GPS apps. You can then have as many GPS apps. open as you please, all running at the same time. When on the road, I run M$ Streets and Trips for planned routes, Topo 2008 for off road and a quick resource for "what mountain is that?" and 3-D views of the terrain ahead, and finally, Visual GPS for data and route logging. Once you have created the virtual ports, F-G remembers them and your app. will find the GPS if it remembers where you told it to look. Most GPS apps. seem to be a little flaky about remembering the settings in the GPS set up window. It's great to run a split sdreen with your road map on one side and the 3-D topo map on the other.
Cap

 

I don't consider myself an idiot by any means.. but I can't seem to find this application anywhere. I swear it is driving me crazy!! Do you have a link for it; I remember you mentioning it before, and couldn't find it then.. WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME!!!

 

Doobi,
We all refer to it as Franson Gate, they seem to call it Franson GPSgate.
http://franson.com/gpsgate/
Sorry if I caused any confusion.
Another nice FREE app. is CorpsCon6 available for free download from the US Army Corps of Engineers. It will convert map datum from Lat-Long to UTM, State Plane Grids, and all the different NAD standards. Very handy if you're looking for old mines in Utah and the maps are all in State Plane or UTM and your GPS app. only functions in Lat-Long for instance.
http://crunch.tec.army.mil/software/corpscon/corpscon.html
Cap

 

Ya, I don't think it was you.... I confuse easy sometimes. Something about HIGH intelligence, but LOW wisdom... hehehe

Thanks for the link. btw, which version do you run; express or standard? Just curious.

 

Doobi,
I use Standard as I often run more than two apps. at once. It's money well spent.
Cap