ND-100 GPS Dongle

Got an ND-100 GPS dongle and can't figure out how to get the information off
it and into any applications.

Don't have a CD-drive so downloaded the driver and GPS utility from the
website. Installed the drivers, plugged it in and it seems to be detected on
all my USB ports, ranging from COM 6 to COM 8, although no light comes on
like it is supposed to. Some reviews say that the light is hard to see in
daylight, however.

Opened the MiniCDU program and selected the COM port that it's plugged in
to, and am getting nothing - even if it isn't receiving GPS info it's
supposed to display 0s in the application. Have tried changing the baud rate
COM port settings, and also changing the COM port settings to 4800 baud
which is what most GPS applications are accepting, but still nothing.

Have tried it in all USB ports and everything else that seems to be an
option in the miniCDU program and still no output.

Any ideas?

wrote:



Try downloading the free trial version of MS Streets and Trips and see
whether that detects it: http://www.microsoft.com/streets/en-us/Trial.aspx

Tony

I have Autoroute 2007 which is the same sort of thing, I believe. Before I
got the ND-100, there was only one item showing under available COM ports
under the "Configure GPS" option, which was COM 5, where I have a internal
bluetooth port.

However, with the ND-100 connected, when I scan the COM ports, it shows the
ones for my bluetooth (COM 5) and the first USB that I have the ND100
plugged into (COM 6) but after each of those, it says "no devices detected"

So it recognises that there is something attached to the port, but it is not
seeing the device.

wrote:


Try setting the baud rate in Device Manager. 115,000 bps and 4800 bps are
two defaults that are frequently used.

Tony

It says it's a 34800 device, and I tried that and others, as device manager
gave me defaults of 9600 - but nothing worked