TheJouster wrote:

Hi, Our work vessel has a Furuno GP32 GPS. I am having trouble sending the
GPS data to my laptop for backup purposes. I know how to set the GPS to send
data, I just need an app to recieve the file. I've done this no problem with
Garmin and Micrologic GPS', but the same apps dont work with the Furuno. Any
info would be appriciated. Wejust got this new GPS installed on our Tug and
its sad cause we lost our old waypoints due to lack of communication with
our shore crew. I dont want that to happen again.


If the Furuno sends that as ascii text via a serial port, maybe you can
use Hyperterminal (that is included with Windows).

To use that, start the Hyperterm, type in any name for the connection,
in the Connect to: window select the COM port you expect the data to be
sent to and click OK. On the settings select:

4800 (or whatever speed the Furuno is set to)
8
None
1
Hardware

and click OK again. Click on Call and Call again and then send the data
from the Furuno.

If it is sent on the same port as NMEA data, you should see the NMEA
data scrolling as soon as you connect.

From the Transfer menu you can set it up to send the data to a file.
Or you can copy it and paste in into Notepad, Wordpad or any word
processor.

Jack










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