Data Hacking

176 Part III — Data Hacking
3. Select the GPS that you have and click OK.
4. The GPS Settings dialog box appears. Select the serial port to which the GPS unit is
connected (see Figure 8-15). Click OK twice.
FIGURE 8-15: Selecting the serial port
5. To test your settings, click GPS ➪ Test Serial Connection. The dialog box shown in
Figure 8-16 appears. Click OK to begin the test.
FIGURE 8-16: Testing the connection. This
attempts to communicate with the GPS
using the connection settings specified.
6. EasyGPS will detect the serial port. If the GPS is switched on and has satellite lock, it
will detect the GPS type and version numbers (see Figure 8-17).