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Quote:

Originally Posted by Meindert Sprang

"Kees Verruijt" wrote in message
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The yeoman is receiving GPS data via the NMEA mulitplexer ok, I haven't
yet tried changing the baud settings to get the yeoman to send waypoints
to the C120 plotter, but I will try and report back, at the moment I
connact my laptop to the newtwork via a 9 pin series connector, this
receives GPS & AIS data to make Winchart work, what I would like to
work out is how this data can get to winchart via the bluetooth
straight from the multiplexer, I am sure it's something to do with the
port configuration but I am not skilled enough to work this out.

As the Shipmodul 42 BT manual says (page 5, at the top) you need to
enable Bluetooth on your laptop and "pair" with the multiplexer.

- Enable the Bluetooth adapter in your laptop
- Go to My Bluetooth Places (usually a desktop icon)
- Otherwise, go to Control Panel Bluetooth configuration

From there you need to experiment a little since I don't have a BT
multiplexer.

Thanks for doing my jobs so far, Kees :-))
Sorry for not returning earlier, terribly busy at the moment.
Kees has already said everything there is to say. As for the Bluetooth, you
must indeed pair the multiplexer with your PC.
In My Bluetooth Places you can search for devices, which will show the
multiplexer by it's name. If you then double click on the multiplexers'
icon, it will show you the provided services which is a Serial Profile. If
you click on that, you will be asked for a PIN or Pass Key, which is 0000
(four zero's) by default. After that, your multiplexer is paired and
connected to a virtual COM port, very ofter COM10. You can check that by
checking the properties of the serial icon.

Every time now when this com port is opened by the navigation software, it
will automatically establish the bluetooth connection. It might be that you
have to enter the Pass Key again, but it should be able to add this to a
Trusted List to prevent you from having to enter the Pass Key everytime.

Regards,
Meindert

which involves entering the PIN code or Pass Key when

Thankyou for this Meindert, I have paired the bluetooth and am getting NMEA data to the laptop, I will need to work out how to get the Mapech programme to make use of this conection, I still can't send way point data from the yeoman though.

Regards