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Bluetooth GPS / Windows 11
Hi Nick --
We're offshore (mid-Atlantic) and our Yacht Devices interface to our Raymarine system has died. I'm trying to interface a Bluetooth GPS (Dual Electronics XPS160) to my Win 11 laptop in order to resume tracking in Expedition. I have successfully connected to it on OpenCPN using COM6 on the same machine but whatever I do in Expedition, I can't get the GPS data in. I have selected the GPS source as COM6. Are there port settings somewhere that I'm missing? Anything else that I should try?
Thanks,
Adam
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Re: Bluetooth GPS / Windows 11
Just a reminder that if you are using a COM port only bit of software at a time can talk to the port.
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Re: Bluetooth GPS / Windows 11
Make sure you close OpenCPN before opening Expedition to use the com port.
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Re: Bluetooth GPS / Windows 11
Thank you! I hadn't realized that you can only have one application listening to a COM port. I think that OpenCPN can relay NMEA data as a talker, so the next time the YD box cuts out I'll try setting up OpenCPN to relay the COM6 data to Expedition on a different port.
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Re: Bluetooth GPS / Windows 11
Expedition can also broadcast incoming data to a UDP port.
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Re: Bluetooth GPS / Windows 11
Very helpful! Thank you!
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