Data Hacking

38 Part I — Hardware Hacks
Now tap Tools followed by Settings and you will see the window shown in Figure 2-29.
FIGURE 2-29: The settings window
This shows you the protocols available (e.g., NMEA and SiRF), the serial port on which you
will connect, and the baud rate to use.
I recommend that you always try out NMEA first, so make sure this is selected. When it comes
to baud rate (the rate at which communication should occur, measured in bits per second), generally
NMEA prefers to use 4800, so make sure it’s set to that.
For the Port setting, you know that you are connecting to a GPS receiver that plugs into the
bottom of the sync port, and most of the time this is regarded as Serial1 COM1, so you can
set it to this.
Tap the OK button. You should be taken back to the Development window in WinFast
Navigator, where you should see a screen like the one shown in Figure 2-30.
FIGURE 2-30: Development
window in WinFast