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PART 2: SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION
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Chapter 7 GPS configuration
The following screen capture shows the GPS tab.
GPS (Global Positioning System) data is gathered from the GPS receiver using the standard NMEA protocol
and may be redirected to either a serial or TCP port. See the NMEA Web site ( www.nmea.org ) for more
information on the NMEA protocol standard. The GPS data may also be cached and delivered to a server in
another format using the UDP protocol.
The following table lists the options that may be configured to enable the collection and distribution of GPS
data.
OPTION EXPLANATION
Forward GPS to physical COM Port? Select Yes for this item to send GPS data to a
physical serial port on the ZyWAN in NMEA format.
See page 88 .
Enable GPS Terminal Server?
Select Yes to enable a terminal server on the
ZyWAN, which allows a host to connect and obtain
streaming GPS data over a network connection in
NMEA format. See page 89 .
GPS UDP Message Format? Select a data format to enable the ZyWAN to send
GPS data over a network connection using UDP
protocol. Available options are None , Arcom
Format , and ActSoft Format . See page 90 .
When selecting the
ActSoft Format
, the server
address is sent to a Comet Tracker server by
Actsoft™ Inc. ( www.actsoft.com ).
When selecting the Arcom Format , a server is
required which is able to handle the Arcom GPS
data format. See Arcom Format for GPS
Messages (UDP) on page 92 for further details.
After setting all the properties, click the Submit New Configuration button before switching to a new tab or
closing the window.