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SkyDemon on Windows Laptop

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By FlyingMarkus - 12/6/2019 5:41:41 AM

Hey guys,

I have an Acer spin 5 (tablet pc). For that i need GPS. So i bought a GPS USB receiver from Amazon. After the installation i installed the current drivers and set the Reciver to "COM5". If i want to connect now with SkyDemon he shows me an error message. Can anyone help me?

Screenshot 1: The included program shows that the GPS is received.



Screenshot 2: In the settings of Skydemon "GPS Navigation options" COM5 enabled.



Screenshot 3: If I now click on "Connect to RS232 GPS Hardware" under "Go Flying" this error message appears.



Massage from German to English: The specified port name does not start with COM / com or will not resolve to a valid serial port.

Unfortunately i do not know what to do to make this work. How did you do that work with your laptop?

Best regards, blue skies and happy landings,
Markus
By bkj5 - 5/23/2020 8:22:31 AM

If you can see the GPS-Signal allready on a COM-Port, you may want to install the Sotware "Franson GPS-Gate". This installs a virtuell Null-Modem where you can define your present COM-Port as input and another one as output. Skydemon then can connect to this new COM-Port. At least it worked for me that way.