[drats_users] Problem sending GPS coordinates

[Terry Breitenfeldt]

Ok, I did some experiments with another D-rats station.
They're seeing my GPS Beacons, but I'm not.  All of my other QST's are echoed back to the
screen so that I can see them being sent.  For some reason the GPS beacons are not being echoed.
Can this be fixed?
 
I also noticed that I loose connectivity to the GPS if I disable the QST (or change it in some way).
When I enable the QST again, the message down in the corner says "Unable to open GPS port".
The only way I can restore the connection is to exit from D-rats and start it up again, then everything
works fine.
 
Terry - N7EXB
 



> Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:10:59 -0700> From: dsmith at danplanet.com> To: drats_users at lists.danplanet.com> Subject: Re: [drats_users] Problem sending GPS coordinates> > > Thanks for the input. The GPS is a Garmin Street Pilot III. I'm using a > > 9pin Serial connector, connected to COM1.> > I did see an error message (down in the right hand corner of the Map > > screen) that said "unable to connect to COM Port".> > That means that either something else has the COM port open or the COM > port isn't available for some reason. Do you have anything else that is > trying to use the GPS? Is D-RATS looking on COM1 for your radio as well?> > -- > Dan Smith> dsmith#danplanet.com, s/#/@/> www.danplanet.com> KK7DS> > _______________________________________________> drats_users mailing list> drats_users at lists.danplanet.com> http://lists.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/drats_users
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