GPSout Version 2.601
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GPSout.ini and .dll should both go into the Flight Simulator Modules
folder.

NOTE: If you cannot see the DLL, please go to the Explorer's View menu.
Select "Folder Options" and then the "View" Tab. Then choose either the
"Show all files" button or the "Do not show hidden files" -- anything but
the "Do not show hidden or system files" button! (Windows 98/XP now seems to
regard all DLLs as system files and not the "application extensions" they
usually are!).

Connect your flying PC to your moving map PC with a serial "null modem" cable
(ie send and receive crossed over), and configure your map program accordingly.

Alternatively, if you use WideFS you can tell GPSout to send the GPS
data to the Client PCs. You will need to configure those in the
WideClient.ini files.

A virtual serial port program (freeware) from MixW is included in the Zip. You
can use this to generate a pair of linked virtual serial ports to connect
between GPSout and a receiving porgram on the same PC, or between Wideclient
and the receiving program on a client PC. Either way, no cables are needed.

See the GPSout.ini file, which contains explanations for parameters in GPSout
which you may need to adjust. It also gives help for FliteMap, for which
GPSout was originally written.

GPSout *may* not support all other moving map and atlas programs, but it has
been tested with:

	AutoRoute 2001: use GGA sentences
	AutoRoute Express 98: use GGA
	Anywhere Map, by Control Vision: use RMC, GGA and GSA
	MapPoint 2001: use GGA or RMC
	Map'n'Go: use RMC
	FliteMap: use RMC and PGRMZ with a Garmin NMEA setting,
		or (for version 8) RMC, GGA and GSA.
		
It is also known to work with real Garmin GPS units which support input in the
"Series 400 Aviation" format (this may also be known as ARNAV, or KING format,
but I cannot be sure of that). For this you should set just AV400 as the only
sentence, and the speed is normally 9600 in this format, but it may be adjustable.

I've received confirmation that the "Aviation In" mode works with the AV400
protocol, with the Garmin GPS III Pilot and the GPS 196. The GPS has to be
in simulator mode, and then shows the correct track and vertical data as well
as position and speed.

Use with PDAs
=============

For those who have an older Palm PDA, one with serial PC connection
rather than the now ubiquitous USB, you can get software which will turn the PDA
into a moving map device, working with GPSout, from www.gpspilot.com -- look for
"Atlas" or "Fly" applications. For these you need to run the link at 4800 baud
and sentences RMC and GGA should be specified for GPSout.

For the IPAQ, try "PocketFms" (pocketfms.com), a Donationware  program. This
is reported to run well in an Ipaq 3670 with the following settings:
	
	Sentences=RMC,PGRMZ,GGA
	Interval=100
	Speed=52600
	
	
Use with PDAs on a USB connection
=================================

I've received the following information which may help those with only USB connections on their Pocket PC:

[From David Griersom, with thanks]

Replace whatever COM4/COM3/etc entry you have next to Port= in the ini with "\\\WCEUSBSH001", ie, 

Port=\\\WCEUSBSH001 

Then kill ActiveSync on both the PC and PocketPC, fire up your PocketPC GPS 
software and select COM9/USB as your GPS reciever from within the PocketPC 
software. Start up FS and hopefully everything should be working together. 

David tried this with a Medion PDA (rebranded Mitac Mio 168) and a friends HP 
iPAQ without problems, and at baud rates up to 19200 (he can't remember the 
specific value but it was close to that) using both the Medion Navigator (for 
cars) software and the PocketFMS software. Apparently both worked particularly 
well.

	
Use with GPS emulator software
==============================

It seems GPSout works with the Lowrance 500 and 1000 emulators from
www.lowrance.com. The following settings are reported to be okay:

Sentences=RMA, RMC, GGA,GSA 
Speed=4800 

though I think "RMA" should be left off as it is a total subset of RMC.

Another hint has been published for these emulators: you can set it up
to accept NMEA in, but don't do this, This will probably work if you
have a real Lowrance 500 or 1000, but just start the emulator and it
should get a position. 

[Thanks due to John Bell for the above information]



Note: THERE IS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN THE GPSOUT.INI PROVIDED.


Regards,

Pete Dowson

15th November 2005
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