I purchased the GISTEQ GPS-GR-110 dongle to use with Microsoft Streets and Trips 2009, but can't seem to get it working. I get a message that says the baud rate has to be 4800 and GPS receiver has to be set to NMEA 2.
Has anybody had experience with this and have a solution
Thanks
Has anybody had experience with this and have a solution
Thanks
Hi Johnok2,
Welcome to Laptop GPS World.
GiSTEQ GR-110 GPS USB Dongle comes set to 38400 baud rate. There may be a way to change this default baud rate down to 4800. Send a quick email to either Gisteq or the retailer from whom you bought it, asking if they have a utility software to change the default baud rate. Please, do let us know their reply. I read Gisteq does have a utility software available to achieve this rather easily.
By the way, there is now a new version of Microsoft Streets & Trips 2010, but at the moment I have no access to GPS receivers w/baud rate other than 4800, so I have no way of testing if the new version still has this limitation.
Welcome to Laptop GPS World.
GiSTEQ GR-110 GPS USB Dongle comes set to 38400 baud rate. There may be a way to change this default baud rate down to 4800. Send a quick email to either Gisteq or the retailer from whom you bought it, asking if they have a utility software to change the default baud rate. Please, do let us know their reply. I read Gisteq does have a utility software available to achieve this rather easily.
By the way, there is now a new version of Microsoft Streets & Trips 2010, but at the moment I have no access to GPS receivers w/baud rate other than 4800, so I have no way of testing if the new version still has this limitation.
The GiSTEQ site says the RG-110 defaults to 4800 so it must be adjustable with the software included.
http://www.gisteq.com/resources/USBGPS_guide.pdf
Terry
http://www.gisteq.com/resources/USBGPS_guide.pdf
Terry
Terry, I was wrong. Indeed, according to the PDF file you linked the default baud rate should be 4800. (But if the rate is different, there is a utility to change it to 4800.)
That makes me wonder if the issue is something else. Does the USB GPS receiver work with any other program at all? Is it just Streets & Trips that doesn't seem to want to work with it?
That makes me wonder if the issue is something else. Does the USB GPS receiver work with any other program at all? Is it just Streets & Trips that doesn't seem to want to work with it?
Marvin, I think your first message was correct even though the PDF says it defaults to 4800, it doesn't stay there even after you change it in S&T. I read somewhere else abouit the utility you mention but can't find it anywhere on their web site.
Are you sure there is no utility on the CD to adjust it? You can't change the data rate with S&T, it requires a dedicated utility that can talk to the GPS firmware.
Terry
Terry
I have GISTEQ GPS-GR-110 and I had the same problem but I resolved it with GpsGate.
That is certainly one way. I think xport would work too. But there must be a way of switching it to 4800 as it says it can do that.
Terry
Terry
Hi I am new to this web site. Great site by the way. I have the same receiver and S&T and had the same problem and I found some good instructions on Amazon.
Here is the tool you need.- http://www.gisteq.com/resources/GPSViewer.zip
1. Plug in the device and make sure that drivers are installed. It should show in Device Manager under the "Ports (COM & LPT)" category as Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port (COM#).
2. Unzip the file you downloaded from the link above and run GPS Viewer executable file.
3. Select the right COM port (if you don't know the COM port you can find it in device manager, see #1).
4. Select 38400 as baud rate
5. Click the connect button, immediately to the right of Baudrate. It's titled "Close" for some reason.
6. When you see some codes appear in the Message section, you are ready to change the baud rate
Message should look something like this:
---,$GPRMC,013211.000,A,3355.2100,N,11754.9368,W,28.00,0.00,091206,,*26
---,$GPRMC,013212.000,A,3355.2183,N,11754.9369,W,29.00,0.00,091206,,*2E
---,$GPRMC,013213.000,A,3355.2266,N,11754.9369,W,29.00,0.00,091206,,*27
7. Go to Binary menu (next to File at the top left of the window)-> Configure Serial Port.
8. Change the baud rate to 4800 and click Set.
9. Make sure you see the message "Configure Serial Port Successful" in the Response window
10. You should now see that the baud rate has changed to 4800.
11. Click "Connect" button right next to Baudrate to disconnect.
12. Close the program.
Here is the tool you need.- http://www.gisteq.com/resources/GPSViewer.zip
1. Plug in the device and make sure that drivers are installed. It should show in Device Manager under the "Ports (COM & LPT)" category as Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port (COM#).
2. Unzip the file you downloaded from the link above and run GPS Viewer executable file.
3. Select the right COM port (if you don't know the COM port you can find it in device manager, see #1).
4. Select 38400 as baud rate
5. Click the connect button, immediately to the right of Baudrate. It's titled "Close" for some reason.
6. When you see some codes appear in the Message section, you are ready to change the baud rate
Message should look something like this:
---,$GPRMC,013211.000,A,3355.2100,N,11754.9368,W,28.00,0.00,091206,,*26
---,$GPRMC,013212.000,A,3355.2183,N,11754.9369,W,29.00,0.00,091206,,*2E
---,$GPRMC,013213.000,A,3355.2266,N,11754.9369,W,29.00,0.00,091206,,*27
7. Go to Binary menu (next to File at the top left of the window)-> Configure Serial Port.
8. Change the baud rate to 4800 and click Set.
9. Make sure you see the message "Configure Serial Port Successful" in the Response window
10. You should now see that the baud rate has changed to 4800.
11. Click "Connect" button right next to Baudrate to disconnect.
12. Close the program.