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British Forum => General Discussion => Topic started by: Chris Parsons on May 21, 2016, 08:59:56 am
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I see there is now an option for a remote GPS receiver - which I think is a much better idea as you can place it where there is better reception (I am still thinking about where to mount the main unit...)
This got me thinking as I already had a GPS 'mouse' - a GlobalSat BU-353 - check the link below
http://usglobalsat.com/images/supportimages/BU353_FRONT_MED.jpg
I plugged this in and after changing port 3 on the config web page from 'Auto' to 'GPS' (I left the speed at 4800 baud)
this started working :) Interestingly in the same location the supplied UBlox receiver couldn't pick anything up?
This also makes the other USB ports more accessible for (perhaps) plugging in a cable to feed GPS data to a transponder,
the Ublox receiver gets in the way?
Thought the information might be of use for someone else!
Regards
Chris Parsons
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As usual I did not think about things but wanted to remote mount the GPS Rx so just plugged in a mouse type I had laying in my bits box (replacing the dongle supplied). It works fine.
John
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I did comparative testing between the Ublox7 dongle and an MTK chipset 'mouse type' and the MTK mouse GPS was by far and away the better GPS in acquisition time from cold & warm and also had zero dropouts unlike the Ublox dongle. I am also not a fan of things sticking out of sockets, especially as USB isn't terribly robust and real estate on top of the coaming in my Pup is somewhat tight due to the rake of the screen.
Lee did a fair bit of work to get the generic type GPS working as there were initially a few issues as the software had originally been coded around the Ublox dongle, but certainly when I dropped out of beta testing it was working perfectly. Whether every type of GPS will work though, only time and testing will tell.
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My PAW arrived this morning so after setting up with the supplied Ublox GPS (which did get its sats relatively quickly but maxed out at 8) I swapped it out for the 'generic Mouse type' which required the USB port setting to Serial and at 9600bps.
Considering I haven't used this GPS for a few months, it started up and got a lock immediately, and is claiming 14 sats received.
Think I will use this ILO the Ublox type supplied as it can be stuck on the glareshield with the supplied 3M pad and it's one less thing sticking out of the side, especially as I'm considering remote mounting the PAW box in the passenger footwell. Just need to sort out an extension and position for the antenna now.