Specifications

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GPS Status Menu Bar
Connecting the Internal GPS Receiver to
your Application
As explained in GPS Ports Configuration on page 44, the
COM2 port in MobileMapper CE is a virtual COM port named
“GPS VSP Output” and has fixed settings: 57600 bauds, 8
data bits, 1 stop bit and no parity.
This virtual port may serve as an input to off-the-shelf Win-
dows CE mobile mapping applications running on MobileMap-
per CE. To do this, you just have to select “COM2” in your GIS
application as the source of GPS data.
COM2 can therefore provide the running application with
NMEA-formatted data coming from the internal GPS receiver.
You can define the NMEA sentences you would like to output
through this port from the NMEA tab in the GPS Ports Config-
uration utility (see page 44).
Menu Sub-Menu Function
File
Configura-
tion>Units
Allows you to set the units used for dis-
tance and speed, for altitude/elevation
and the format for latitude and longitude.
Exit
Use this command to quit the GPS Status
utility.
Tools Log>Start
Starts logging of NMEA data. Asks for a
log file to be created and opened before
starting logging data.
Log>Stop
Stops data logging and closes the open
log file.
Stats>Enable
When checked, this option enables the
Statistics window to display data.
Stats>Reset
Resets the data shown in the Statistics
window (zeroes all results).
Stats>Setup Avg
Thresholds
Sets data thresholds (see screen oppo-
site) involved in averaging calculations
whose results are shown on the Stats
tab.
Help About GPS Status...
Displays the current software version of
the GPS Status utility.