USB8L USER GUIDE
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GPS Tab
Use the GPS tab to configure GPS settings for your modem.
GPS Settings
Enable GPS:
This setting enables or disables the GPS radio on your USB8L. When the ON/OFF slider is
ON
, the device acquires GPS and makes GPS location data available on this page. A GPS Agreement
appears, click
Confirm
to proceed. When
OFF
, no GPS data is available.
Turn off GPS when the USB Modem restarts:
This setting determines when the GPS receiver will
turn off, once it is on. When the ON/OFF slider is
ON
, the GPS receiver turns off when the USB8L is shut
down. You will need to turn it on again the next time the GPS receiver is needed.
Enable NMEA over LAN:
NMEA is a standard method of providing a GPS data stream in Windows and
other computing platforms.
You can use third-party applications to utilize or forward the GPS data to a
remote server over your local area network (LAN).
Use the
ON/OFF
slider to enable or disable NMEA
over LAN. To use this feature, follow these steps:
1.
Turn on
Enable GPS
and
Turn on Enable NMEA over LAN
, then click
Save Changes
.
2.
Click the
Download Driver
button and save the driver to your computer.
3.
Open the driver .exe file and follow the installation instructions.
Port number:
The TCP port number used to establish a connection to the USB8L and obtain raw GPS
data for the NMEA over LAN feature. Unless there is a good reason to do so, you should not change
the port number. Acceptable port values are between 1024 and 65535.
