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wa8yxm
May 20, 2017Explorer III
UPDATE time... First. I see where someon said "The antique GPS receiver it shipped with is junk. Instead using a native USB gps, they glued a really old serial port receiver onto a USB to serial adapter." That would have saved me 12 bucks.
2013 shipped with a USB dongle, Now for years (Since I got the program) it showed up as COM:4 and worked great but about half an hour out of "I don't need GPS any more" the driver updated and suddenly it is a "Sensor" and not a com port any more.. As F.F. Might say Rozin,Fozin,Friggin, Fraggit. (You get age points if you know who F.F. is)
Found the 9.99 Euro solution today.
http://turboirc.com/gps7/
You need the "Reverse" driver file.. You download the full set but the installer lets you pick and choose and you can license just the REVERSE for 9.99 Euros, currently a bit under 12 bucks US.
Got it working and S&T still was not happy
Turns out the GPS dongle was in a bad place. moved it and HAPPY.
2013 shipped with a USB dongle, Now for years (Since I got the program) it showed up as COM:4 and worked great but about half an hour out of "I don't need GPS any more" the driver updated and suddenly it is a "Sensor" and not a com port any more.. As F.F. Might say Rozin,Fozin,Friggin, Fraggit. (You get age points if you know who F.F. is)
Found the 9.99 Euro solution today.
http://turboirc.com/gps7/
You need the "Reverse" driver file.. You download the full set but the installer lets you pick and choose and you can license just the REVERSE for 9.99 Euros, currently a bit under 12 bucks US.
Got it working and S&T still was not happy
Turns out the GPS dongle was in a bad place. moved it and HAPPY.
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