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I recently learned that the Dell 5720 broadband card in my Dell D630 laptop has a GPS unit built in. The GPS was inactive by default and was turned on by setting a registry key, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Novatel Wireless/NextGenCommon/GPSHWStatus to 1. After rebooting, the system automatically detected the GPS and assigned it to COM Port 7. On Microsoft Streets and Trips 2010, I went to Tools/GPS/Configure GPS Receiver. I just selected COM Port 7 and it worked right away.
Great tip, Tony. Thanks for sharing it.
...ken...
...ken...
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Originally Posted by Ken in Regina
Great tip, Tony. Thanks for sharing it.
...ken...
...ken...
How did you discover the latent GPS capability?
I wonder how many other laptops are so endowed...
The GPS functionality would be part of the WWAN cellular card, probably a mini PCIe plug in. These are an optional extra on some more recent laptops and other devices. Not all are GPS capable and finding the right procedure to enable the ones that are can be quite tricky. Congratulations!
Do you know the particular cellular card the Dell 5720 uses?
Terry
Do you know the particular cellular card the Dell 5720 uses?
Terry