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    U-blox GPS Kit for CF-19 Mk2

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by Mil3, Jun 30, 2012.

  1. Mil3

    Mil3 Notebook Consultant

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    Hi all,

    I received today the GPS kit I purchased on ebay. I installed this kit instead of the OEM Sony. Also, I installed a clean Windows 7 Pro with all the drivers.
    But, for some reason the GPS is not recognized on windows 7. I also installed the Ublox driver for windows 7 from Microsoft. All it does is creating a virtual com port. But still, can't find the GPS. In the BIOS it shows GPS= Auto. Am I doing something wrong? Does any of you dealt with that GPS kit before? Any help will be appreciated.

    (sorry for the English)

    Thanks.
     

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  2. wichie

    wichie Notebook Consultant

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    Have you contacted the seller yet?
     
    wichie, Jun 30, 2012
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    toughasnails Toughbook Moderator Moderator

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    mnementh Crusty Ol' TinkerDwagon

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    Look in Device Manager; see what the Virtual Com port # is. Then go get PuTTY, connect to that Com port, and look for NMEA formatted data.

    Or, you can search for "nmea data viewer" and find dozens of shareware/trial apps that will connect to a com port and decipher/log an nmea data stream for you.

    mnem
    *Out of place*
     
    mnementh, Jul 2, 2012
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