Configuring OziExplorer for USB GPS BU-353(USB)

Hi OzTroopie

The first thing you have to select from the Configuration button is GPS.

When that tab is selected, under GPS make, select NMEA only

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Then once you have carried that out, connect the GPS Mouse to the computer and then select Find GPS Port

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Once you know the correct Com Port, it should be all system Go.


I hope this is some help.




Cheers



Stephen

OzTroopie,

Yep that's all good mate, if you had set anything incorrect i.e. port,parity,stop bits you would not get a moving map because there would be no communication to the BU353. You will see at the bottom of Ozi the NMEA sentences (position data) displayed when the moving map is on and Ozi and the BU353 are communicating.

The NMEA baud rate is the speed that it gets the information for the position at, the upload/download rate is the speed used to upload/download tracks/waypoints from a full fat GPS such as Garmin etc and doesn't affect communicating the GPS position which is done by NMEA sentences.

I'm sure you don't but if you want to know more about the other settings just google RS232 which is the specification used for communication even though its a USB device, its a legacy thing.

So to sum up, if the map moves you've cracked it! :)

This is a great thread but there is a dedicated discussion group for OziExplorer at OziUsers-L.

Cheers