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Serial Connection
When connecting to a laptop through a serial port the receiver is powered through the
laptops battery. Plug the PS/2 port connector on your GPS unit into the PS/2 port of your
laptop. Do not plug the serial port connector into your laptop until after Windows has
finished booting up.
TIP:
To see the serial ports available on your PC, open the
Control Panel
, select
System
,
click on the
Device Manager
tab, then click on the plus sign next to
Ports
in the list of
devices. The
Settings
box displays the hardware settings used by the COM port. The
setting for your COM port should be
4800,8,N,1
. See diagram below for connection
instructions.