Is it possible to change the bit rate setting of my GPS input connection???

Hi there-
We have a GPS receiver that is hard-wired to output at 7-bit, no parity, 1 stop bit; 9600 bps. I don't see any options in GM (we have version 11 running) to change the bit rate.
Is it possible to change the bit rate at all in GM??
Thanks for any ideas..
Mark
We have a GPS receiver that is hard-wired to output at 7-bit, no parity, 1 stop bit; 9600 bps. I don't see any options in GM (we have version 11 running) to change the bit rate.
Is it possible to change the bit rate at all in GM??
Thanks for any ideas..
Mark
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You can change the baud rate on the GPS Setup dialog to be 9600 when using a serial port connection.
Let me know if I can be of further assistance.
Thanks,
Mike
Global Mapper Support
support@globalmapper.com
Ah sorry, didn't notice that, I wonder why the GPS receiver uses 7 bits, I've never seen that in a commercial GPS device.
Are you comfortable in the registry? I could probably add a registry setting for this pretty easy, but I don't know if I want to add a new user interface setting for this that might cause confusion just for one GPS device.
Thanks,
Mike
Global Mapper Support
support@globalmapper.com
Here is the documentation for the new feature:
By default GPS serial connections use 8-bit, no parity, and 1 stop bit (8N1), but if you have one of the rare units that uses 7-bit rather than 8-bit data streams, there is a way to set that. You need to run 'regedit' and create a DWORD key named 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Global Mapper\GPS_ByteSize' with a value of 7 (do this with Global Mapper closed), then your serial connections will use 7-bit mode rather than 8-bit mode.
Let me know if I can be of further assistance.
Thanks,
Mike
Global Mapper Support
support@globalmapper.com