T&T: Fw: Inexpensive hockey puck GPS

[Larry N. Brown]

> Butch:
>
> Let me suggest another approach which you should try and which applies to
> anyone that has purchased a generic, hockey puck type GPS. This 
> recommendation
> is for any GPS that puts out a standand NMEA 0183 data format.
>
> 1. Go to the Delorme home site and download the program: Delorme 
> Diagnostic.
> Install it and put an icon on your desktop. It can be used with any GPS.
>
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>
> While this sounds complicated, it isn't. I have used this approach to help 
> a
> number of fellow cruisers, even while I was guiding them via cell phone 
> and
> they were in a panic because they were out on the water and their nav 
> program
> had crashed.  Martin I. Veiner


In addition to this, I might add something specifically for the CAPN. 
Sometimes on bootup, the hockey puck GPS will shift to another com port and 
the CAPN can't find it. Manually find the com port the way Martin describes 
and then use the following method: http://tinyurl.com/cvzbnp  Before 
starting the CAPN, get into its folder and open the GPS.INI file with word 
pad. Change the com port to what you find by Martin's method and save it. 
Boot up the CAPN and it'll find it immediately.

Regards,

Larry and Teri
M/V Cigano, 47' Prairie Sundeck Cruiser
Lying: 64 Cypress Road
          Covington, LA

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